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THE DARK EVE OF SHILOH.
Dick noticed as they went further into the forest how complete was the concealment of a great army, possible only in a country wooded so heavily, and in the presence of a careless enemy.

The center was like the front of the Southern force.

Not a fire burned, not a torch gleamed.
The horses were withdrawn so far that stamp or neigh could not be heard by the Union pickets.
"We'll stop here," said Robertson at length.

"As you're a Kentuckian, I thought it would be pleasanter for you to be handed over to Kentuckians.
The Orphan Brigade to which I belong is layin' on the ground right in front of us, an' the first regiment is that of Colonel Kenton.