Already they had struck a blow and Ord with his ten thousand men had undoubtedly passed from the Luray Valley into the main Valley of Virginia to form a junction with Shields and his ten thousand.
What would Jackson do?
Older men in the train than Harry and Dalton were asking that question, but he remained silent.

He kept his eyes closed for some time, and Harry thought that he must be fast asleep, although it seemed incredible that a man with such responsibilities could sleep at such a time.

But he opened his eyes presently and began to talk with a warm personal friend who occupied the other half of the seat.
Harry did not know the tenor of this conversation then, but he heard of it later from the general's friend.

Jackson had remarked to the man that he seemed to be surrounded, and the other asked what he would do if the Northern armies cut him off entirely.

Jackson replied that he would go back toward the north, invade Maryland and march straight on Baltimore and Washington.