But he knew that it was necessary to inform his commander-in-chief of all that was happening, in order that Lee in the morning might have the two portions of the Southern army in perfect touch and under his complete command.

He selected Wilbourn to reach him, and Harry was detailed to accompany that gallant officer.

They were well fitted to tell all that had happened, as they had been in the thick of the battle and had been present at the fall of Jackson.
The two officers, saying but little, rode side by side through the Wilderness.

They were so much oppressed with grief that they did not have the wish to talk.

Both were devotedly attached to Jackson, and to both he was a hero, without fear and without reproach.