So very true Doyle, and so stated by Borland in his letters to wit:
<http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/hertford/letters/borland21.txt> <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/hertford/letters/borland24.txt> one day he was placed in charge, the other later, allcoupled with the command should have been under a more experienced and trained officer,Borland seeming the most experienced left behind with Mexican war and the raid on Ft Smith behind him. He had the likes of Oliver Crosby Gray and Armistead Burwell (both later experienced and were promoted to captains), both school teachers fresh from Princeton, Dallas county, AR