Hooker also had signalmen on every height, and an ample field telegraph.

What Harry did not see he learned from the Southern scouts.

It seemed impossible that Lee and Jackson could break through the circle of steel, and Hooker thought so, too.
When the red sun set on that last day of April the confidence of the Northern general was at its height.

He had sent word to Sedgwick to keep a close watch upon the enemy in his front, and if he exposed a weak point to attack and destroy him.

And if he showed signs of retreat, also to follow and attack with the utmost vigor.
The moaning of the cannon ceased with the night, and it brought Harry intense relief.