...took part in many skirmishes in and about Halltown, Charleston, Sharpsburg, and on Bolivar Heights, and was favorably mentioned in the report of General Rufus Saxton. The Tenth Maine regiment, with Captain West , First Lieutenant John D. Beardsley, and Sergeant Ed Brackett, went up the valley with the rest, and joined Sheridan's army. I was still upon Colonel Miles' staff at the Ferry. While at Winchest...