Official copy. M. M. Kimmell, Maj. & A. A. G.
[2] Of this last I am not positive, but believe I am correct.
[3] Since the above was written Major-General William Rufus Shafter had been placed upon the retired list. In the fall of 1906 he was stricken with pneumonia, near Bakersfield, Cal., where he died November 12, after a short illness.
[4] If the Third Texas colors were captured by them, they were found in an ambulance, as we did not have the flag unfurled on this expedition.
[5] It will be noted here that the aggregate loss of 206 men is only the loss of one division, not including Kilpatrick’s Division and the two batteries.
[6] Since the above was written, this Southern heroine has passed to that bourne from which no traveler returns.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
—Obvious errors were corrected.