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The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Van-Dorn's fight. (search)
w nearer the centre of the ring and said a few words, which were listened to with great attention. It may be he had some foreboding of the fate he was to meet on the morrow, for he did not seem to take much part in the discussion. General Brenkinridge lay stretched out on a blanket near the fire, and occasionally say upright and added a few words of counsel. General Bragg spoke frequently and with earnestness. General Polk sat on a camp stool at the outside of the circle and held his head between his hands, seeming buried in thought, others reclined or sat in various positions. What a grave study for Rembrandt was this, to see these men, who held the lives of many thousands in their power, planning how best to invoke the angel Israel to hurt his darts with the break of evening light. I heard General Breckinridge say, raising his head and pointing in the direction of the Federal camps, whose drums we could plainly hear, "Gentlemen, we sleep in the enemy's camps to morrow night."