Eight o'clock
Along the southeast the horizon smokes and booms . Hear it ? The cannon roar in the valley below us . Eight o'clock ... seven miles ; nine o'clock ... ten miles ; ... a ford -- we cross at double-quick ; ... a bridge -- we cross at double-quick ; the sound of cannon and small arms is close in our front . What is that confusion up on the hill ? Smoke and dust and fire . See them ?