Chapter 38 IDENTITY

"Which, is the side that I must go withal?

I am with both: each army hath a hand;

And, in their rage, I having hold of both,

They whirl asunder, and dismember me."

--SHAKESPEARE.

I had been in the battle of Manassas, fighting in the ranks of blue soldiers--yes, I remember the charge and the defeat and the rout. How vividly I now reme