admin Veil, Charles Henry. (9th Regiment). Edited by Henman Viola. Memoirs of Charles Henry Veil – A Soldier’s Recollections of the Civil War and the Arizona Territory, Orion, NY, 1993. Veil was Orderly to General John Reynolds at Gettysburg and was credited with rescuing the General’s body after his death. Veil was commissioned an officer in the 1st Cavalry for his actions at Gettysburg.