There were several Englishmen among the officers composing the staff, who had (they said) come out here to see active service, which they unquestionably had found to their hearts' content.

They seemed the sort of men who would do credit to their country.

I often wonder what has become of them; in one of them I was particularly interested.

He said his name was Cavendish, but it may have been a _nom de guerre_.
While we were in the camp a picket came in, whose officer reported having had a skirmish with the enemy, in which the Northerners had been whipped.

The way the cavalry outposts engaged with each other was curious enough.