from my pocket, and raised it to my lips; but brief as

victory; but, no matter what merit belonged to individual commanders,

I was always convinced that Curtis was deserving of the highest

commendation, not only for the skill displayed on the field, but for

a zeal and daring in campaign which was not often exhibited at that

early period of the war. Especially should this credit be awarded

him, when we consider the difficulties under which he labored, how he

was hampered in having to depend on a sparsely settled country for

the subsistence of his troops. In the reports of the battle that