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ystem of signals. Almost the first shot fired by the enemy passed through the tent of his party at the Stone Bridge, where they subsequently firmly maintained their position in the discharge of their duty — the transmission of messages of the enemy's movements — for several hours under fire. Later, Capt Alexander acted as my aide-de-camp in the transmission of orders and in observation of the enemy. I was most efficiently served throughout the day by my volunteer aids, Cols. Preston, Manning, Chesnut, Miles, Rice, Heyward, and Chisholm, to whom I tender my thanks for their unflagging, intelligent, and fearless discharge of the laborious, responsible duties entrusted to them. To Lt. S. W. Ferguson, A. D. C., and Col. Heyward, who were habitually at my side from 12 noon until the close of the battle, my special acknowledgments are due. The horse of the former was killed under him by the same shell that wounded that of the latter. Both were eminently useful to me, and were disti