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“Here they come…” Jeff whispered. Kyle’s eyes snapped open. He squinted at the wood line across the way. He saw nothing. Maybe the lieutenant was just nervous and seeing things, but then Kyle saw movement in the dark brush. Men on horses started to emerge from the trees. Kyle sucked in his breath as more and more came out of the darkness into the light that filled the clearing before him. They wore dark blue uniforms with brass buttons. Their kepi hats were pulled down so low that the shadows from their short visors extended half way down their noses revealing only beards and grim set mouths.
So many of them, Kyle thought. It was the first time he had seen Federal troops since he put on a Confederate uniform. Now, he was supposed to kill them. Even worse, they were supposed to kill him. It didn’t seem real. These were Americans. People he could have known in the time he spent in the North.
How is this possible…?
One of the blue-clad men wearing a slouch hat pulled down low, put up a gloved hand causing the rest of the Federal horsemen to stop.
They see us, Kyle thought, They have to see us.
“Hold…” Forrest whispered.
The man in the slouch hat motioned with his hand for the rest of them to straighten their line that spread out on either side of him. Once satisfied, he motioned with his hand forward.
“Steady…” Forrest growled.
My God, they are close! Kyle thought. It was maddening. Surely these Yankees could see the hundreds of men lying in the brush before them, but the sun was in their eyes and the Rebels were in the shade of the woods, so the Union soldiers kept approaching to the point that Kyle thought the Yankees would walk right over them.
“Fire!” Forrest roared. At first, a few carbines crackled, and then the whole line exploded in gunfire and smoke. Kyle pulled the first trigger of his shotgun. The kick and noise startled him. The smoke was so thick he couldn’t see if he had hit anything. But he could hear the sounds of horses screaming and men yelling.
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