noon
I was at Lexington and saw them go . Good Lord ! most of them just children -- that Will Cleave , for instance , that used to beg a ride on my load of hay ! Four companies of them marched away at noon , with their muskets shining in the sun . All the town was up and out -- the minister blessing them , and the people crying and cheering ! Major T. J. Jackson led them . '' `` The Thunder Run men are going in Richard Cleave 's company .