about midnight
As I was thinking these things over and finding fault with the persons responsible for such foolishness , the chaplain , who had not showed up during the night , came up to where I was , without any hat , leading his horse , which was lame . The first thing he asked me how I would trade horses . They all wanted my Jen , but he was not in the market . The chaplain said he had caught up with the regiment about midnight , and had rode at the rear , with the horse-doctor . He said this expedition was foolish , and had no object except to try the endurance of the horses and men . I told him that we were going to have a fight in less than an hour , and burn a town , and probably we would all be killed . The chaplain turned pale and looked faint .