It was among the trees just behind the ridge that Turner Ashby had been slain.

Ewell had before him Fremont with two to one, and the rest of the army under Jackson's immediate command was four miles away, facing Shields.
"Do you hear anything behind you, Harry ?" asked Dalton.
"No, why do you ask ?" "If we heard the booming of guns, and we'd hear 'em at four miles, we'd know that General Jackson himself was engaged.

But as there's no sound, Shields hasn't come up, and we'll wait here a while to see if we can't have something important to report." "I don't think so," said Harry.

"We know that the enemy is about to attack here in full force, and that's enough to know about this side of the river.

We ought to gallop back to General Jackson and tell him." "You're right, Harry," said the Virginian, in whom the sense of duty was strong.