The soldiers, when they saw the stricken field and began to hear details from their brethren of the horse, shook their heads.
There was no joy of victory in the Southern army that night.

The enemy, when he was least expected, had struck hard and was away.
Harry rode to General Lee and gave him as many details as he could of the cavalry battle, to all of which the general listened without comment.

He had reports from others also, and soon he dismissed Harry, who took up his usual night quarters with his blankets under a green tree.

Here he found Dalton, who was eager to hear more.
"They say that the Yankees, although inferior in numbers, pushed us hard, Harry; is it so ?" he asked.
"It is, and they caught us napping, too.

George, I'm beginning to wonder what's waiting for us there in the North." It was dark now and he gazed toward the North, where the stars already twinkled serenely in the sky.