The rebels, of course, immediately commenced crowding about us, and the very first officer I saw was my brother Henry, who had risen to the position of adjutant, in father's regiment.

He instantly recognized me, and, after giving strict orders that I should be closely confined, rode off.

I had many acquaintances in the regiment.

Some of them had been my classmates at college; and the story of my _treason_, as they called it, was given a wide circulation.

I fared even worse than I had expected.