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.........Served United States Army {Major, Cooke's Cavalry Reserve & Headquarters Army of the Potomac; a.d.c., Gen. Hooker 1862. Gen.'s U. S. Grant, "Little Phil" Sheridan, Hooker's confidaunt {Hooker's Ladies know how to pass the time}. Secret mission for Lincoln & Pinkerton with James Butler Hickock, pulled the wool over on Jeff Davis {said I was their to install a lighting-rod} with the help of a former Van Lew slave that had been installed there as a spy, recognized by Col. G. J. Wolseley while he is inspecting Confederate army. P.O.W., escaped Libby Prison, hid out in Elizabeth "Crazy Betsy" Van Lew's mansion on Grace St. downtowne Richmond, Va. with 99 other escapees after tunneling out. Incognito boarded a C.S.S. blockade runner to Vera Cruz, 1st Officer "Bully" Hayes acting Capt. after running battle during blockade run. Yorktown, Seven Days Battle, Gaines Mill, Cold Harbor, Chickahominy, Melvern Hill, Crew's Farm, Second Bull Run, Medal of Honor;}
......... Served L'aventure mexicaine {Major, R`egiment 'Etrangere, L`arm'ee Francaise, Col. Jeanningros`s staff, Intelligence Aide; remembered by frog Sargent who served in Crimea, gathering intelligence along the Fever Road, witness to Capt. Jean Danjou {had a fully articulated prosthetic wooden hand} & 3rd company of 1st R`egiment's demise when massacred in a run-down Hacienda by Republican troops out numbered 9-1 {tactical defeat, strategic victory, held up the whole southern Republican army}, escaped; Vera Cruz, Camerone.}
......... Served Army of the Confederacy {Colonel, Gen. Lee's staff, 1863; major planner in campaign strategies, exchanged cuts with Gen. G. A. Custer at Audie Skirmish, participated in the major cavalry engagements. While at the cavalry depot in Culpeper, Gen. George Stoneman tries to take it & is repulsed. Confidant of Gen. "Jeb" Staurt{the last Cavalier}, with him when he gave Gen. Custer the right about & when killed. On Jeb's staff Maj. Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver {soldier-of-fortune who will command armies for eighteen nations}. With Gen. Lee at surrender in the courthouse; Middleburg, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Boonesborough, Yellow Tavern, Brandy Station, Shiloh, Appomattox.}