I feel already that we're in the hands of a great general, and the feeling has gone through the whole army.

There's an end, so far as this force is concerned, to doubt and hesitation." "And we, the Southerners who are called the cavaliers, are led by a puritan," said Lieutenant-Colonel St.Hilaire.

"Because if there ever was a puritan, General Jackson is one." Harry passed on, intending to speak with his comrades, Langdon and St.Clair.He heard the young troops talking freely everywhere, never forgetting the fact that they were born free citizens as good as anybody, and never hesitating to comment, often in an unflattering way, upon their officers.

Harry saw a boy who had just taken off his shoes and who was tenderly rubbing his feet.
"I never marched so fast before," he said complainingly.

"My feet are sore all over." "Put on your shoes an' shut up," said another boy.