Dick saw Sheridan galloping here and there, and urging on his troops, but the reserves were slow in coming and he was not yet able to hurl his full strength upon his enemy.

Noon came, the battle already having lasted four or five hours, and Sheridan had no triumph to show, save the little fort that the cavalry had seized early in the morning.
"Do you think we'll have to draw off ?" asked Pennington.
"Maybe we'll have to, but we won't," replied Dick.

"Sheridan refuses to recognize necessities when they're not in his favor.

You'll now see the difference between a man and men." Colonel Winchester's regiment was sent off further to the left to prevent any flanking movement, but they could still see most of the field.
For the moment they were not engaged, and they watched the thrilling and terrific panorama as it passed before them.
Colonel Winchester himself suddenly broke from his calm and pointed to the rear of the Union lines.
"Look!" he exclaimed.

"All our reserves of artillery and infantry are coming up! The whole army will now advance!" They saw very clearly the deepening of the lines in the center.