He did not even say a word.

Did not speak.

Just cut me dead." Not one of the four was destined for some days to learn what Jackson intended.

His highest officers even were kept in the same ignorance.
While the bulk of the army did little, the cavalry under Munford, who had succeeded Ashby, were exceedingly active.

The horsemen were like a swarm of hornets in front of Jackson, and so great was their activity that the Northern leaders were unable to gauge their numbers.