...hich has touched all the true soldier faces I have seen, and of which we who stay at home are not unconscious. Fire purifies, but it tries. The next extract describes his return to Beaufort. Headquarters , First S. C.V., Beaufort, August 22 As the Arago came up to the pier on Thursday, at Hilton Head, sudden movements were observed among the soldiers detailed for duty on the wharf; arms were raise...