...short campaign of the war. At night of March 31st or April 1st I was ordered to proceed to Petersburg by rail. As the cars could take but one brigade at a time I arrived there with the leading one ( Benning 's) about 2 o'clock next day; the last did not come up till sunset. The enemy had already broken through our lines and were moving in upon the city. Brigadier-General Benning, who had recovered fr...