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knowledgments are due. The horse of the former was killed under him by the same shell that wounded that of the latter. Both were eminently useful to me, and were distinguished for coolness and courage, until the enemy gave way, and fled in wild disorder in every direction — a scene the President of the Confederacy had the high satisfaction of witnessing, as he arrived upon the field at that exultant moment. I also received, from the time I reached the front, such signal service from H. E. Peyton, at the time a private in the Loudoun cavalry, that I have called him to my personal staff. Similar services were also rendered me, repeatedly during the battle, by T. J. Randolph, a Volunteer Acting A. D. C. to Colonel Cocke. Captain Clifton H. Smith, of the General Staff, was also present on the field, and rendered efficient service in the transmission of orders. It must be permitted me here to record my profound sense of my obligations to General Johnston, for his generous p