Then he added in his crisp manner: "Are you tired ?" "Not if you wish me to do anything," replied Dick quickly.
Sherman smiled.
"The right spirit," he said.

"I wish you and your comrade to ride at once with this news to General Grant.

He may hear it from other sources, but I want to send a letter by you." In ten minutes Dick and the sergeant were riding proudly away on another mission, and, passing through all the dangers of Southern scouts and skirmishers, they reached General Grant, to whom they delivered the letter from Sherman.

Grant, who had recently been in doubt owing to the threat of Pemberton on his flank, hesitated no longer when he heard of the victory, and resolved at once upon the capture of Jackson.
Dick, after his battle and two rides, went to sleep in a wagon, while an orderly took his horse.

When he awoke unknown hours afterward he found that he was moving.