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John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., General Pegram on the night before his death. (search)
al message, information, etc., in reference to the cavalry movement. A small detachment of cavalry, belonging to Colonel Phillips' command, then on the right of the army, was placed at my orders; and setting out about night, we soon debouched upoge is torn up. What command do you belong to? What do you belong to? I ask who you are! Do you belong to Colonel Phillips' regiment? No! This reply was discouraging. Colonel Phillips held the extreme right; this should be his pickeColonel Phillips held the extreme right; this should be his picket; as it was not, the probabilities appeared to be in favour of the Federal picket view. Under the circumstances, the next course seemed to be a rapid about face, the use of the spur, and a quick retreat, taking the chances of a bullet. The sudden adquarters were near the junction of the Boydton and Quaker roads; and having turned over the cavalry detachment to Colonel Phillips, I entered the old wooden building and found General John Pegram. This gallant young officer had been my school-