nearly noon
But we 'll press on toward Nashville nevertheless . '' They camped the next night in a forest and kept a most vigilant watch . If those terrible raiders led by Forrest should strike them again they could make but little defense . They came the next morning upon a good road and followed it without interruption until nearly noon , when they saw the glint of arms across a wide field . Colonel Winchester drew his little troop back into the edge of the woods , and put his field glasses to his eyes . `` There are many men , riding along a road parallel to ours , '' he said . `` They look like an entire regiment , and by all that 's lucky , they 're in the uniforms of our own troops .