By 1647 he had become a major in the same regiment.
And they all knew he was the best shot in the regiment.
He became a major in the regiment on 15 August 1804.
If he was happy, the rest of the officers in the regiment would be.
Said he'd been in the General's regiment when he was a young fellow.
Over 140,000 men served in the regiment, which lost 11,400 killed.
Nobody in the Regiment would ever ask anybody else what he was doing.
I have had every young officer in my own regiment asking after you!
Everyone in the whole regiment seemed no better than half awake.
Of the 556 men in the regiment, 200 were killed and 264 captured.