...rt to General Smythe in person, which I did, and received an appointment upon the brigade staff. This was only ten or fifteen days after reaching the army. On May 3, 1864, we started to cross the Rappahannock river , and then commenced the campaign of that year. We were constantly engaged in and about the Wilderness May 3, 4, 5, and 6. On May 4, I was struck in the head by a bullet which tore the scalp, and ...