He confided his belief to Warner, who agreed with him.

Presently they saw new coils of smoke in the darkness and knew they were right.

The transports, steaming swiftly, were soon beyond the range of the batteries, and then the gun boats, drawing off, dropped down the river with them.
Long before the boats reached a point level with Grant's camp the army was being formed in line for embarkation on the gunboats and transports.
The horses were to be placed on one or two of the transports and the men filled all the other vessels.
"You can't down Grant," said Pennington.

"A failure with him merely means that he's going to try again." "But don't forget the navy and the Father of Waters," said Dick, as their transports swung from the shore upon the dark surface of the river.

"The mighty rivers help us.