He takes none of his officers into his confidence, but all have it.

Incredible, but true.

Why is it ?" He put his cigar back in his mouth and puffed meditatively.

Colonel Leonidas Talbot, who also had been puffing meditatively while Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire was speaking, now took his cigar from his mouth, blew away the delicate rings of smoke, and said in an equally thoughtful tone: "It occurs to me, Hector, that it is the power of intellect.

Stonewall Jackson has impressed the whole army down to the last and least little drummer with a sense of his mental force.