Events reported for themselves and explained everything also.

Their comrades greeted them with nods, but Harry never ceased to watch Lee.
The commander-in-chief in his turn was gazing at the panorama of battle, spread almost at his feet.

Although the combat was dying, enough was left to give it a terrible aspect.

The strife still went on in a part of Gettysburg and cannon were thudding and rifles cracking.

The flames from houses set on fire by the shells streamed aloft like vast torches.
Horses that had lost their riders galloped aimlessly, wild with terror.
While he looked, General Hill rode up and joined them.