midnight
It was no wonder that George Dalton prayed . He ought to be praying himself , and lying there and not stirring he said under his breath a simple prayer that his mother had taught him when he was yet a little child . Then he fell asleep again , and awoke no more until the dawn . But while Harry slept the full dangers of his situation became known to Banks far after midnight at Strasburg . The regiment and the two guns that he had sent down the turnpike to relieve Kenly had been fired upon so incessantly by Southern pickets and riflemen that they were compelled to turn back . Everywhere the Northern scouts and skirmishers were driven in . Despite the darkness and rain they found a wary foe whom they could not pass .