Dick felt all his pulses beating heavily and he saw a sea of fire before him, but his excitement was so intense that he forgot about danger.
The center also swung into the charge and then the left.

All the divisions of the army, as arranged by Sheridan, moved in perfect time.
The soldiers advanced like veterans going from one victory to another, instead of rallying from a defeat.

The war had not witnessed another instance of such a quick and powerful recovery.
Dick knew, as their charge gathered force at every step, that they were going to certain triumph.

The thinness of the Southern lines had already told him that they could not withstand the impact of Sheridan.

A moment later the crash came and the whole Union force rushed to victory.
Early's army, exhausted by its efforts of the morning, was overwhelmed.
It was swept from the stone fences and driven back in defeat, while the men in blue, growing more eager as they saw success achieved, pressed harder and harder.
No need for bugle and command to urge them on now.