Nighthawk smiled.
“I heard Sedgwick utter a few words, general.”
“What?”
“He said to Warren, ‘I hear Hood is to take Stuart’s place. I am glad of it, for Stuart is the best cavalry officer ever foaled in North America!’”{1}
{Footnote 1: His words.}
XXXII. — THE UNSEEN DEATH.
The morning of the 6th of May was ushered in with thunder.
The battle of the preceding day had been a sort of “feeler”—now the real struggle came.