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A gallant corps.
And here I must pay a tribute to these young men—many of them mere lads—who stood by me for so many anxious days.
Their training and discipline showed itself conspicuously during that time.
During the march across
South Carolina, footsore and ragged as they had become by that time, no murmur escaped them, and they never faltered.
I am sure that
Mr. Davis and
Mr. Mallory, if they were alive, would testify to the fact that when they saw the corps in
Abbeville, way worn and weary after its long march, it presented the same undaunted front as when it left
Richmond.
They were staunch to the last, and verified the adage that ‘blood will tell.’
The officers with me at this time were
Captain Rochelle,
Surgeon Garrelson,
Paymaster Wheliss, and
Lieutenants Peek,
McGuire,
Sanxay, and
Armistead.
Lieutenants Peek,
McGuire, and
Armistead are living, and will testify to the truth of the above narrative.
Immediately after turning the money over to
General Duke I disbanded my command.
And here ends my personal knowledge of the
Confederate treasure.
