Only stubborn courage to fight and die could avail.
But Dick drew courage from the strong, thick figure sitting there so impassively and apparently impervious to alarm.

When he quit writing and began to give verbal orders, he spoke in even tones, in which no one could detect a trace of excitement.

When the name, "The Rock of Chickamauga," became general, Dick remembered that night and knew how well it was deserved.
Thomas gave his last order and his generals went to their commands.

Dick slipped back to his regiment, and lay down, but again could not sleep.
He waited in painful anxiety for the day.

He had never before been in such a highly nervous state, not at Shiloh, nor Stone River, nor anywhere else.