| I shouldn't have blamed the boy if one or two rebs got by him. |
| The Rebs weren't as good as we were, but they were trickier, and they could fight. |
| They did all that they could for the Yanks as well as the rebs. |
| The fight lasted about three hours, when the rebs were obliged to skedaddle. |
| The rebs came back and chased 'em out into their boats on the river. |
| The rebs had retired about eighty yards in the wood to where it was thicker. |
