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mmand all the armies of the Confederacy, and that General Pemberton was our commanding officer. The new general visited Battery Island about the 10th of March unannounced. I was not favorably impressed by him, and I now believe that I was not then mistaken in my estimate of the man. After inspecting my batteries and dining with me, he went to Cole's Island. I have reason to think that on this visit he came to the conclusion to abandon the Stono as a line of defence. On Sunday, the 9th of March, Mr. Mellichamp, an Episcopal minister, visited us and held service in our camp. He had a good many acquaintances in the Washington Light Infantry. He preached a good sermon, and everybody was pleased with the venerable man of God. On Monday, the 17th day of March, I left the company in command of Lieutenant T. J. China, and went to the city, in obedience to orders received the previous week, for the purpose of taking my seat as a member of a court-martial. I went in the cart which