I'd rather fight him than Joe Johnston." "They've been trying to unite, but we hear they haven't succeeded." Pemberton, in truth, had been suffering from the most painful doubt.
Having failed to do what Johnston had expected of him, he had got himself into a more dangerous position than ever.

Then, after listening to a divided council of his generals, he had undertaken a movement which brought him within striking distance of Grant, while Johnston was yet too far away to help him.
Dick did not know how much fortune was favoring the daring that morning, but he and his comrades were sanguine.

They felt all the time the strong hand over them.

Like the soldiers, they had acquired the utmost confidence in Grant.

He might make mistakes, but he would not doubt and hesitate and draw back.