The Captain chewed ruefully upon his knuckles.
The Captain chewed his lip and looked frustrated, then he said "Keep trying," and turned.
On Oct 23, 1862 an order to Colonel C. W. Adams, (Adams' Arkansas Infantry Regiment) countermanded a previous order assigning Captain Chew as Lieutenant Colonel of Adams' Regiment "in deference to the wishes of men and officers of the regiment in their memorandum to the Major General commanding."
On November 5, 1862 an order from Colonel Brooks at Camp Hindman mentioned a "memorial" of the commissioned officers of Hawthorne's Battalion to have Captain Chew appointed Major to fill the vacancy caused by promotion of Major Hawthorne.
This left Captain Chew without a company to command.
The Captain chewed his lip.
The Captain chewed his lip and his face worked in the fashion of a grown man who is busy not crying.
The Captain chewed ruefully upon a jellied lark's wing and grunted assent in a surly manner.
The Captain chewed vigorously on her bread.
