Chapter Ii. on Graduating Leave--Brevet Second Lieutenant in the

2d Artillery at Fort Moultrie--An Officer's Credit Before the War-- Second Lieutenant in the 1st Artillery--Journey to Fort Capron, Florida--A Reservation as to Whisky--A Trip to Charleston and a Troublesome Money-Bag--An "Affair of Honor"--A Few Law-books--An Extemporized "Map and Itinerary"--Yellow Fever--At A. P. Hill's Home in Virginia--Assigned to Duty in the Department of Philosophy at West Point--Interest in Astronomy--Marriage--A Hint from Jefferson Davis--Leave of Absence--Professor of Physics in Washington University.