CHAPTER XVIII.
A PERILOUS UNDERTAKING.
Vincent Wingfield had had an arduous time of it with his squadron of cavalry.

He had taken part in the desperate charge that checked the advance of Sheridan's great column of cavalry, which approached within three miles of Richmond--the charge that had cost the gallant Stuart his life; and the death of his beloved general had been a heavy blow for him.

Jackson and Stuart, two of the bravest and noblest spirits of the Confederate army, were gone.

Both had been personally dear to Vincent, and he felt how grievous was their loss to the cause for which he was fighting; but he had little time for grief.

The enemy, after the tremendous battles of the Wilderness, swung their army round to Cold Harbor, and Vincent's squadron was called up to aid Lee in his struggle there.