He felt that he must have water or die.

All the men around him were panting, and he knew they were suffering the same torture.
"This country ought to be full of brooks and creeks," he said to Pennington.

"If I see water I mean to make a dash for it, Johnnies or no Johnnies.

I'm perfectly willing to risk my life for a drink." "So am I," said Warner, who overheard him, "and so are all who are left in this regiment.

If they see the flash of water nothing can hold them back, not even Bragg's whole army.