Soldiers know when the right kind of a man is holdin' the reins an' drivin' 'em.

Didn't we all feel that we was bein' driv right when General Grant took hold ?" "We all felt it," said the three in chorus.
"Of course you did," said the sergeant, "an' now I've got a kind of uneasy feelin' over General Johnston.

Why don't we hear somethin' from him?
Why don't we know what he's doin'?
We haven't sent out any scoutin' parties.

On the plains, no matter how strong we was, we was always on the lookout for hostile Indians, while here we know there is a big Confederate army somewhere within fifty miles of us, but don't take the trouble to look it up." "That's so," said Warner.

"Caution represents less than five per cent of our effectiveness.