Not yet firm in the bonds of discipline confusion ensued, and the high officers were too busy escaping by the river to restore it.

All through the night the two little steamers worked, but a vast majority of the troops were left behind.
But Dick could know nothing of this at the time.

He was sleeping too heavily.

He had merely taken a moment to snatch a bit of food, and then, at the suggestion of his commanding officer, he had rolled himself in his blankets.

Sleep came instantly, and it was not interrupted until Warner's hand fell upon his shoulder at dawn, and Warner's voice said in his ear: "Wake up, Dick, and look at the white flag fluttering over Donelson." Dick sprang to his feet, sleep gone in an instant, and gazed toward Donelson.