...nded that I was in readiness to act, but, for some reason unknown to me, these orders were countermanded. About 10 o'clock that night I rode back to my encampment to procure a cup of coffee, and, General Lee 's quarters being within a few hundred yards, I walked up the ridge and presented myself at his tent. He immediately asked me what I thought of the attack by the enemy during the day. I expressed my...