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ments he had encountered. Happily he escaped unscratched, and the speed of his splendid horse was very perceptibly accelerated. The Princes, by the way, are elegant riders, have had a number of handsome horses in camp, and have always been ready for the field at a moment's warning. At the battle of Williamsburg he often had to "skedaddle." That night General Sumner sent him with two companies of infantry for the purpose of attempting to capture a gun which had been lost from Captain Gibson's battery. He proceeded cautiously with his command into the acacias in front of Fort Magruder, until he met the enemy's skirmishers who fired at him as he was riding on the road. The enemy had brought up some horses and was dragging the gun out of the mud. Finding it impossible to recapture it, the Due returned considerably disappointed. The Come acted as aid to General Stoneman at the battle of Williamsburg, and, as well as the Prince himself, rendered valuable services. It was the