...spoke and acted with entire naturalness. Often his utterances were full of rough humor. Having reported to him, on one occasion, that a force of Federal cavalry had crossed the Rappahannock below Fleetwood , and were drawn up on the southern bank, I received from him the order: Well, tell Colonel Beale to lick into 'em, and jam 'em right over the river. At Fredericksburg, in the evening, when one of ...