noon
This was no festival to which they were going . Many of them would never return to Kentucky . They marched about three miles . It was noon now , and the sun from its vantage point in the center of the heavens poured down a flood of burning rays upon them . Colonel Clark , with his usual patience , made the men halt for a few minutes and take food . Their formation had never been broken for a moment . No matter from what side the attack came the whole army could face it inside of two minutes .