...ty on the 12th of May, 1864; second, on the eve of the preceding day, the 11th of May, I was detailed by order of General Johnson, with a number of men (General Jones having been killed, as stated by General Walker , and Colonel Witcher with his, the Twenty-first regiment, being detached to take charge of some strategic point) to serve as field officer of the day, on that part of our lines occupied by Jones's br...