midnight
Harry , riding about in the darkness , recovered much of his spirits . The whole Southern army would be present in the morning , and while Jackson was dead , his spirit might ride again at their head . Now he awaited the dawn with confidence , believing that Lee would win another great victory . Harry was sent on his last errand far after midnight , and it took him to one of Ewell 's divisions , in the edge of Gettysburg . It was a clear night , with a bright summer sky , a good moon and the stars in their myriads twinkling peacefully over the panorama of human passion and death . But they seemed very far away and cold to the boy , who was chilled by the night and the impending sense of mighty conflict . In Virginia they were fighting against the invader and in defense of their own soil .