Would Lee and Jackson come up before they could reach the bigger river?
Would a battle be forced the next day while the Union army was in retreat?
He confided his anxieties to Warner who rode by his side.
"I take it that it's only a vanguard that's pursuing us," said the Vermonter.

"If they were in great force they'd have been pushing harder and harder.

We must have got a good start before Lee and Jackson found us out.

We know our Jackson, Dick, and he'd have been right on top of us without delay." "That's right, George.

It must be their cavalry mostly.