... the trenches, and as we were going to the rear I said to the general: Throw off your coat and go as a private. In case of retaliation you will suffer. He did not take my advice, and was sent to Fort Delaware . On the march to Fredericksburg we met 25,000 soldiers who had been doing garrison duty at Washington, and ordered to join General Grant. We were meeting each other for some hours and they guyed...