“I don't think it's fair to ask the cavalry to fight on foot as we did yesterday.”
“But what else could we do when we come to that high fence?”
“We might have stopped and waited for the Johnnies to charge us.”
“Well, I guess Phil Sheridan knows how to fight his men better'n we know ourselves.”
“We'll have another fight in the morning.”
“Certainly.”
“And there'll be more of us killed and wounded.”
“Yes.”
“I wonder whether we're whipped, or the rebels have got the worst of it?”
“Can't tell till daylight, we're all mixed up so.”