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This last rumor brought shouts of laughter , and ` Stump , ' as we termed him , a well-known young insurance broker of New York , remarked , in his characteristic way : `` It probably wo n't be this particular ` Yankee , ' boys , that will go there , but there 'll be others . '' There was much cleaning of kits and furbishing of cutlasses . We knew that we would not take the latter with us , but then it was practice , and we felt anxious to do something martial as a relief to our excitement . There was a diversion shortly before noon , when the `` old man '' -LRB- the captain -RRB- appeared with a number of official-looking papers in his hands . `` He 's got the orders , '' whispered little Potter , our latest recruit . `` Whoop ! we 'll get away this morning , sure . ''