-The patriotism of the men composing these regiments will not be questioned, as' they entered the service in the darkest days of the war, and when money could not have entered into the question, as neither Government, State, nor composites were being paid, while, physically, mentally, and morally, the composite of these regiments was made up of the best young men of the State, and probably was not excelled in the troops of any other State, or in the armies of any other nation.