about noon
The river was wide and deep . At once I felt confidence in Nick 's declarations . There could be little need for Confederate fortifications upon the other side of this unfordable stream . It must have been about noon ; I thought I heard firing far to my rear , and wondered what could be going on back there . Leaving the river , I directed my steps toward the northeast . So long as I was in the woods I went as rapidly as I could walk , and the country , even away from the river , was much wooded . My knowledge of the map placed Lee 's Mill northeast of Warwick , and northeast I went , but for fully three hours I kept on and found no river again .