... I arose to take leave, when General Beauregard courteously walked down the stairs with me, remarking as we went that he was embarrassed for the want of a good cavalry commander. I saw in the yard Colonel Chilton , Assistant Adjutant and Inspector-General, and said, There is an old cavalry officer, who was trained in my old regiment, the First Dragoons, and who, I think, will answer your requirements. Upon ...