missioned to escort the
daughters of the family to church or to school, or on any expedition
taking them from home. Sometimes the distance was long and across fields
and through lonely woods, but the kinky-headed, pigeon-heeled colored
man always delivered his charge safely, and would have died in his
footsteps to do it if the occasion required. Freedom, education, or
both, or something else, has developed in the negro a trait that no one
ever dreamed he possessed until after the close of the Civil War. Hence,
I have a great respect for the race. Not, however, on account of this
lately-developed trait, but for those other traits that were so much in
evidence during the time that tried men's souls.

The following is the name of the several divisions of the army in which
I served, and the names of the chief of each division from the captain
of my company to the commander-in-chief of the army:

Company.--I was in Company A, first commanded by Col. Richard H.
Dulaney, who served a few months and was promoted. He was succeeded by
Bruce Gibson of Fauquier county, Virginia, who served during the entire
war, and was once knocked from his horse by the concussion of a shell,
but sustained no other injuries. Was a prisoner from June, 1864, to the
end of the war.

Regiment.--Sixth Virginia Cavalry, commanded first by ex-Governor
Flournoy, who served one year, retired on account of age, was succeeded
by his son, who was killed at Cold Harbor in June, 1864, and was
succeeded by Richards from Clark county, Virginia. The regiment was
composed of ten companies, and came from the following counties:
Loudoun, Fauquier, Clark and Prince William.

Brigade.--First; Robinson, and then Gen. Wm. E. Jones, who was killed;
then Gen. Lomax, who, I believe, is still living near Warrenton,
Fauquier county, Virginia.

Division.--Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee. He survived
the war, and died a few months ago.

Corps.--Commanded by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, who was killed at Yellow Tavern
in 1864. He was succeeded by Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina, who
survived the war and died a few years ago.

Army.--Northern Virginia; commanded first by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, who
was succeeded by Joseph E. Johnston, who was succeeded by Gen. Robert E.
Lee, who held the position until the close of the war. Lee was also made
commander-in-chief of all the Confederate armies.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 6: General Longstreet says the total number s