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The Tree of Appomattox

CHAPTER IV
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When he thought of it afterward he could scarcely remember a time in the whole war when he was not hungry.
The sense of unreality disappeared with the brilliant dawn, though the night itself with the battle in the moonlight seemed to be almost a dream.

Yet the combat had been fought, and he had met Harry Kenton and his friends.

The empty saddles proved it.
"I see a great country opening out before us," said Warner.

"I suppose it's this Valley of Virginia, of which we've all heard and seen so much, and in which once upon a time Stonewall Jackson thumped us so often." "It's a branch of it," said Pennington, "but Stonewall Jackson is gone, God rest his soul--I say that from the heart, even if he was against us-- and I've an idea that instead of getting thumped we're going to do the thumping.

There's something about this man Sheridan that appeals to me.
We've seen him in action with artillery, but now he's a cavalry commander.


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