“Soldier’s Heart” by Gary Paulsen – Chapter 8 “Winter”

“There they are!” somebody near him cried. “In the trees …” Charley squinted and saw them. Not infantry this time. But assembling back in the trees were troops of cavalry, the horses jostling each other and kicking as they were pulled alongside each other. “They’re going to come at us! They’re sending horse against us ... ................
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