He awoke instantly, and when he saw General Jackson standing over him, he sprang up.
"I am going on a long ride," said the general briefly, "and I want only one man to go with me.

I've chosen you.

Get your horse.

We start in five minutes." Harry, a little dazed yet from sleep and the great honor that had been thrust upon him, ran, nevertheless, for his horse, and was ready with a minute to spare.
"Keep by my side," said Jackson curtly, and the two rode in silence from the camp, watched in wonder by the sentinels, who saw their general and his lone attendant disappear in the forest to the south.
It was then one o'clock in the morning of a moonlight night, and the errand of Jackson was an absolute secret.

Three or four miles from the camp a sentinel slipped from the woods and stopped them.