Noon
There 's not much marching over the other by either side in this war . '' A heavy battle of cannon and rifles , with no advantage to either side , went on for a long time . Dick saw Sheridan galloping here and there , and urging on his troops , but the reserves were slow in coming and he was not yet able to hurl his full strength upon his enemy . Noon came , the battle already having lasted four or five hours , and Sheridan had no triumph to show , save the little fort that the cavalry had seized early in the morning . `` Do you think we 'll have to draw off ? '' asked Pennington . `` Maybe we 'll have to , but we wo n't , '' replied Dick .