He signalled to Harry also to dismount and enter.

An orderly took the horses of both.
"Sit down at the table there," said Jackson.

"I want to dictate to you some orders." Harry sat down.

He had forgotten to take off his cap and gloves, but he removed one gauntlet now, and picked up a pen which lay beside a little inkstand, a pad of coarse paper on the other side.
Jackson himself had not removed hat or gauntlets either, and the heavy cavalry cloak that he had worn on the ride remained flung over his shoulders.

He dictated a brief order to his brigadiers, Loring, Edward Johnson, Garnett, the commander of the Stonewall Brigade, and Ashby, who led the cavalry, to prepare for a campaign and to see that everything was ready for a march in the morning.
Harry made copies of all the orders and sealed them.
"Deliver every one to the man to whom it is addressed," said Jackson, "and then report to me.