But the scattered Guards, returning
Through the river-bridge at midnight,
Scared and startled Dunlap’s posse,
At the moment of their vict’ry,
Scared and startled Stein’s besiegers,
Till they fled across the fences,
Till they dared not bear their captive
O’er the dangerous moonlit highway.
On and on the captors wandered,
Wandered over brush and briers,