The division of the Southern army that occupied Frankfort hastily
gathered up its arms and supplies and departed, taking with it the
governor who was never inaugurated, and soon afterward the Union men
marched in. Both May and Powell had the satisfaction of entering their
homes by the front doors, and seeing the parents who did not know until
then whether they were dead or alive.
Dick had a few hours' leave and he walked about the town. He had made
friends when he was there in the course of that memorable struggle over
secession, and he saw again all of them who had not gone to the war.
Harry and his father were much present in his mind then, because he had
recently seen Colonel Kenton, and because the year before, all three of
them had talked together in these very places.
But he could not dwell too much in the past. He was too young for it,
and the bustle of war was too great. It was said that Bragg's forces had
turned toward the southeast, but were still divided. It was reported
that the Bishop-General, Polk, had been ordered to attack the Northern
force in or near Frankfort, but the attack did not come.
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