Scope and Contents He writes, "I was taken sick the next day after the battle at West Point...fever for ten days..." "Williamsburg...not but a part of us in the hottest of the fight at that place for we had the ammunition train to guard...kept in the rear." "At West Point the programme was about the same only our ammunition was on steam transports in the river..." Went up Pamunkey River to White house landing. Ordered back to Washington by the Secretary of War to be mounted (on horses). Returned by the...