... were pitilessly dragged along behind him. Toward midnight, one of their spies — a Northern man, named Sharp, and formerly in the plough business at Nashville-came in from the Cumberland river. Captain Forrest introduced Newcomer to him as a man after his own heart-true as steel, and as sharp as they make 'em. The two spies became intimate at once, and Sharp belied his name by making a confidant of his ...