Like other young officers, he had his opinion, but he had the good sense to keep it to himself.

He and the colonel rejoined the regiment, and presently the trumpets were calling again for battle.
The men of Champion Hill, sanguine of success, marched straight upon Vicksburg.

All the officers of the Winchester regiment were dismounted, as their portion of the line was too difficult for horses.
Their advance, as at Champion Hill, was over ground wooded heavily and they soon heard the reports of the rifles before them.

Bullets began to cut the leaves and twigs, carrying away the bushes, scarring the trees and now and then taking human life.

The Winchester men fired whenever they saw an enemy, and with them it was largely an affair of sharpshooters, but on both left and right the battle rolled more heavily.