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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 172 (search)
ng had ceased, and the sun was struggling through the clouds. The fate of the day was like the aspect of the heavens above — mingled light and shade, a clear issue nowhere. The first terrible climax of the battle was over. Would the assault be renewed? To those looking into the face of Grant for answer to this query, there was no legible response. His is a face that tells no tale — a face impassive in victory or defeat; face of stone; a sphinx face! Not of him can it be said, as Lady Macbeth to her lord: This face, my thane, is as a book, wherein one may read strange things. Rather it is a palimpsest, whose obscured characters escape the scrutiny of the keenest-eyed searcher. Nothing, indeed, could be more striking than the contrast presented by the two commanders, as they stooped in consultation on that bare hill, with their faces turned Richmond-ward. The small form with the slight stoop in the shoulders, sunken gray eyes; still, reserved demeanor, impassive face, and