Harry saw nearly the whole Southern front. The members of Lee's staff
were busy that day, carrying orders to all his generals to rectify their
lines, and to be prepared, to the last detail, for another tremendous
assault. It was not until the afternoon that he was able to look up the
Invincibles again. The two colonels and the two lieutenants were doing
well, and the colonels were happy.
"We've already been notified," said Colonel Talbot, "that we're to retain
our organization as a regiment. We're to have about a hundred new men
now, the fragments of destroyed regiments. Of course, they won't be like
the veterans of the Invincibles, but a half-dozen battles like that of
yesterday should lick them into shape."
"I should think so," said Harry.
"Do you believe that Grant is retreating?" asked Lieutenant-Colonel
St. Hilaire.
"Our scouts don't say so."
"Then he is merely putting off the evil day. The sooner he withdraws the
more men he will save. No Yankee general can ever get by General Lee.
Keep that in your mind, Harry Kenton."
Harry was silent, but rejoicing to find that his friends would soon
recover from their wounds, he went back to his place, and saw all the
afternoon pass, without any movement indicating battle.
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