There's been a lot of fighting already, though not much of it here.

The first shots on Virginia soil were fired on our front the day General Beauregard arrived to take command of our forces." "How about those troops in the hills ?" asked Harry.
"They've been up and doing.

A young Yankee general named McClellan has shown a lot of activity.

He has beat us in some skirmishes and he has organized troops as far west as the Ohio.

Then he and his generals met our general, Garnett, at Rich Mountain.