"Now jump out," Langdon said at the end of five minutes. "You needn't
think because you've just come and are in a way a guest, that you can
keep this swimming hole all to yourself. A lot more of the Invincibles
need bathing and here come some for their chance."
Harry came out reluctantly, and in a few minutes they were on the way
to the quartermaster, where the needed uniform, one that appealed
gloriously to his eye, was bought. St. Clair was quiet, but Langdon
talked enough for all three.
"The Yankee vanguard is only a few miles away," he said. "You don't
have to go far before you see their tents, though I ought to say that
each side has another army westward in the mountains. There's been a
lot of fighting already, though not much of it here. The first shots on
Virginia soil were fired on our front the day General Beauregard arrived
to take command of our forces."
"How about those troops in the hills?" asked Harry.
"They've been up and doing. A young Yankee general named McClellan has
shown a lot of activity. He has beat us in some skirmishes and he has
organized troops as far west as the Ohio. Then he and his generals met
our general, Garnett, at Rich Mountain.
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