We know that Bragg is before us, and a great battle can't be delayed long.
Fellows, I'm not so sure about the result." "Come! Come, Dick!" said Warner.

"It's not often you're downhearted.
What's struck you ?" "Nothing, George, but, between you and me and the gate post, I wish that our old 'Pap' Thomas commanded all the army, instead of the left merely.
I've learned a few things to-day.

The enemy is spreading out, trying to enfold us on both wings." "What of it ?" "It means that they are sanguine of victory, and they want to stand between us and Chattanooga, so they can cut off our retreat, after we're beaten, as they think we surely will be.

But their main force is not far from us now, so a scout told me.

It's massed heavily along the right bank of the Chickamauga." "And if there's a battle to-morrow we're likely to receive the first attack ?" "Could it come any better than at the place where Thomas stands ?" They sat long by the fire and Dick could not rest.