The gunners were shot down, but new ones rose at once in their place.

The fiercest conflict yet seen on American soil was raging here.

North would not yield, South ever rushed anew to the attack, and a vast cloud of mingled flame and smoke enclosed them both.
Dick had stood as if petrified, staring at the billows of flame, while the thunder of great armies in battle stunned his ears.

He realized suddenly that he was alone.

Colonel Kenton had said the night before that he did not know what to do with him, but that he would find a way in the morning.