But Stonewall Jackson is a far greater general than Zachary Taylor." "I'm hoping for the best," said Harry.
"We'll all wait and see," said the colonel.
They stopped falling back at Mount Jackson, twenty-five miles from Winchester, and the army occupied a strong position.

Harry felt instinctively that they would fall back no more, and his spirits began to rise again.

But the facts upon which his hopes were based were small.
Jackson had less than five thousand men, and in the North he was wiped off the map.

It was no longer necessary for cabinet members and generals to take him into consideration.
Jackson now out of the way, the main portion of the army under Banks was directed to march eastward to Manassas, while a heavy detachment still more than double Jackson's in numbers remained in the valley.

Meanwhile McClellan, with his right flank clear, was going by sea to Richmond, goaded to action at last by the incessant demands of a people which had a right to expect much of his great and splendidly equipped army.
Harry was with Stonewall Jackson when the news of these movements reached them, brought by Philip Sherburne, who, emulating his commander, Turner Ashby, seemed never to rest or grow weary.
"General Banks is moving eastward to cover the eastern approaches to Washington," said the young captain, "while General Shields with 12,000 men is between us and Winchester." "So," said Jackson.