The colonel saw the dawn come.
The dry fields and forests reddened with the rising sun, and then the army rose up from its sleep.

The cooks had already prepared coffee and food.
"Show me the enemy," said Pennington fiercely, "and as soon as I finish this cup of coffee, I'll go over and give him the thrashing he needs." "He's just across those ridges, sir, and on the banks of the far creek," said Sergeant Whitley.
"How do you know ?" "I made a call on him last night." "You did?
And what did he say ?" "I didn't send in my card.

I just took a look at his front door and came away.

He's at home, waiting and willing to give us a fight." "Well, it's a fine day for a battle anyway.

Look what a splendid sun is rising! And you can see the soft haze of fall over the hills and woods." "It's not as fine a fall as usual in Kentucky," said Dick, in an apologetic tone to Warner and Pennington.