He was always a very mild-spoken man, he spoke like a lady almost. He was, of course, a young man at that time, just out of West Point. He had a very heavy beard all through Mexico and his whiskers were of a reddish-brown color. Later in Detroit, when we returned he would shave off his beard, but he would let it grow a little. He had a very stiff beard and very thick whiskers.
H is general character was of a quiet, inoffensive man.
I remember the march from Camargo to Monterey and that was the first fight we were in. He was always up with he regiment and his services as a quartermaster were splendidly done and he was even complimented form the War Department for his services. When the regiment got there at night, they would have nothing to do but pitch their tents. H e started a bakery early in the war and ran it for the regiment. Sometimes I would go to see him to get bread for the boys, and I saw Grant often.