Sentence:  Wherever you looked , you saw Committeemen <WSD>running</WSD> across the meadows , some away from the road , some toward it , some parallel to it ; and about a mile to the west a cluster of at least fifty militia were making their way in our direction . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time