That night, a cavalryman sat with Jackson by a campfire alongside the Valley Pike and jokingly said "It was reported that they were retreating, General, but I guess they were retreating after us."
その夜、ある騎兵がバレーパイクに沿った焚き火の傍でジャクソンの横に座り、冗談交じりに「彼らは撤退していると報告された、将軍、しかし彼らは我々の後を撤退している」と話した。