Harry, sent on a message beyond Deep Run, found the Invincibles cooking their suppers on a spot that they had held throughout the day.

They had several cheerful fires burning and they saluted Harry gladly.
"A great victory, Harry," said Happy Tom.
"Yes, a great victory," interrupted Colonel Leonidas Talbot; "but, my friends, what else could you have expected?
They walked straight into our trap.

But I have learned this day to have a deep respect for the valor of the Yankees.

The way they charged up Marye's Hill in the face of certain death was worthy of the finest troops that South Carolina herself ever produced." "That is saying a great deal, Leonidas," said Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire, "but it is true." Harry talked a little with the two colonels, and also with Langdon and St.Clair.

Then he returned to his own headquarters.