While the east had long been full of light, the golden glow was just enveloping the west.

The rifles crashed incessantly and the heavy thunder of the cannon gave the steady sound a deeper note.

The fire of the defending Southern force made a red stream across the hills and fields.
"It's too early to have a battle," said Warner, looking at the sun, which was not yet far above the horizon.
"Too early for us or too early for the Johnnies ?" said Pennington.
"I think, Dick, I see those rebel friends of yours.

Turn your glasses to the right, and look at that regiment of horses by the edge of the grove.
I see at the head of it two men with longish hair.

Apparently they are elderly, and they must be Colonel Talbot and Lieutenant Colonel St.Hilaire." Dick turned his glasses eagerly and the officers of the Invincibles were at once recognizable to his more familiar eye.