about noon
They were mighty names to him . He was about to tread streets that had been trod by the famous Jefferson , by Madison , Monroe , Randolph of Roanoke , and many others . The shades of the great Virginians rose in a host before him . He arrived about noon , and , as he carried no baggage except his saddle bags and weapons , he was quickly within the city , his papers being in perfect order . He ate dinner , as the noonday meal was then called , and decided to seek General Beauregard at once , having learned from an officer on the train that he was in the city . It was said that he was at the residence of President Davis , called the White House , after that other and more famous one at Washington , in which the lank , awkward man , Abraham Lincoln , now lived . But Harry paused frequently on the way , as there was nothing to hurry him , and there was much to be seen .