He confided his faith to Pennington who rode beside him.
"I tell you, Frank, old man," he said, "the Southern army may never get back into Virginia." "Not if we light a prairie fire behind it and set another in front.

Then we'll have 'em trapped same as they trapped us at Manassas.

Wouldn't it be funny if we'd turn their own trick on 'em, and end the war right away ?" "It would be more than funny.

It would be grand, superb, splendid, magnificent.

But I wish old George was here.