[The Star of Gettysburg by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Star of Gettysburg CHAPTER II 3/45
This soil had been trodden over and over again by great armies, and it would be a long time before it called again for the plough.
The stone fences stood, as solid as ever, but those of wood had been used for fuel by the soldiers. They watered their horses at a clear creek, and then Sherburne and Harry, from the summit of a low hill, scanned the country with their glasses. They saw no human being.
There was the rolling country, brown now with autumn, and the clear, cool streams flowing through almost every valley, but so far as man was concerned the scene was one of desolation. "I should think that McClellan would have mounted scouts some distance this side of the Potomac," said Sherburne.
"Certainly, if he were making the crossing, as our reports say, he would send them ahead." "We're sure to strike 'em before we reach the river," said Harry. "I think with you that we'll see 'em, but it's our business to avoid 'em.
We're sent forth to see and not to fight.
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