Well, I don't call it much of a victory to thump your enemy and then go away, leaving him in possession of the field." "But the enemy was a third more numerous than we were," said Happy Tom, "and since it looks like a draw, so far as the fighting was concerned, we, being the smaller, get the honors." "That's just the trouble," said Dalton gravely.

"We are loaded down with honors.

Look at the great victories we've won in the East! Has anything solid come of them?
Here is the enemy on Virginia soil, just as he was before.

We've given the Army of the Potomac a terrible thrashing at Fredericksburg, but there it is on the other side of the Rappahannock, just as strong as ever, and maybe stronger, because they say recruits are pouring into it." "Stop! Stop, Dalton!" said Happy Tom.

"We don't want any lecture from you.