He was so delighted at his success that he subsequently took a commission in the line.

In time he was honored with the stars of a brigadier-general.
General Lyon was my personal friend, but he very nearly did me great injustice.

Seeing myself and a fellow-journalist on a distant part of the field, he mistook us for scouts of the enemy, and ordered his sharp-shooters to pick us off.

His chief-of-staff looked in our direction, and fortunately recognized us in time to countermand the order.

I was afterward on the point of being shot at by an infantry captain, through a similar mistake.