...Wirz was sent in my place. Friends, I cannot go over my military service in further detail. I was in Danville when General Lee surrendered, went in company with Mr. J. H. Sands, of Richmond, to Greensville, N. C. There General Beauregard advised us to go back to Dick Taylor. I said: If there is a spot of land where our flag flies, I will find it. We pushed on, but were captured and paroled in South Carol...