No men there, just women an' children, but when I looked back I saw them women an' children, too, grinnin' at me.

That means somethin', as shore as we're livin' an' breathin'.

I'm bettin' that we new fellows from the west will get acquainted with Stonewall Jackson inside of twenty-four hours." "You don't mean that?
It's not possible!" exclaimed Dick, startled.
"Why, when we last heard of Jackson he was so far south we can't expect him in a week!" "You've heard that they call his men the foot cavalry," said the sergeant gravely, "an' I reckon from all I've learned since I come east that they've won the name fair an' true.

See them woods off to the south there.

See the black line they make ag'inst the sky.