pipe, dilapidated pouch, and box of safety matches. He

that I could ever prove myself an expert, but a few practical lessons

in that line were impressed on me there, and I had retained enough to

enable me to make rough maps that could be readily understood, and

which would be suitable to replace the erroneous skeleton outlines of

northern Mississippi, with which at this time we were scantily

furnished; so as soon as possible I compiled for the use of myself

and my regimental commanders an information map of the surrounding

country. This map exhibited such details as country roads, streams,