Altsheler Joseph Alexander. The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
CHAPTER I. THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY
CHAPTER II. AHORSE WITH SHERBURNE
CHAPTER III. JACKSON MOVES
CHAPTER IV. ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK
CHAPTER V. FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER VI. A CHRISTMAS DINNER
CHAPTER VII. JEB STUART'S BALL
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER IX. CHANCELLORSVILLE
CHAPTER X. THE NORTHERN MARCH
CHAPTER XI. THE CAVALRY COMBAT
CHAPTER XII. THE ZENITH OF THE SOUTH
CHAPTER XIII. GETTYSBURG
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Harry was glad that General Jackson had detailed him for this task. He missed his comrades of the staff, but Sherburne was a host in himself, and he was greatly attached to him. He rode a good horse and there was pleasure in galloping with these men over the rolling country, and breathing the crisp and vital air of autumn.
They soon left the forest, and rode along a narrow road between fields. Their spirits rose continually. It was a singular fact that the Army of Northern Virginia was not depressed by Antietam. It had been a bitter disappointment to the Southern people, who expected to see Lee take Baltimore and Philadelphia, but the army itself was full of pride over its achievement in beating off numbers so much superior.
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"That's McClellan's army," said Harry.
"And coming into Virginia," said Sherburne. "Well, we can't help their entering the state, but we can make it a very uncomfortable resting place for them."
