I know, the same as if I had seen him, that Stonewall Jackson is down in them forests, comin' an' comin' fast." The sergeant's tone was ominous, and Dick felt a tingling at the roots of his hair.

The western troops were eager to meet this new Southern phenomenon who had suddenly shot like a burning star across the sky, but for the first time there was apprehension in his soul.

He had seen but little of the new general, Pope, but he had read his proclamations and he had thought them bombastic.

He talked lightly of the enemy and of the grand deeds that he was going to do.

Who was Pope to sweep away such men as Lee and Jackson with mere words! Dick longed for Grant, the stern, unyielding, unbeatable Grant whom he had known at Shiloh.