Chapter 16 (RBoC)

Henry's regiment gets to the battle and relieves another regiment in a trench. Everyone is getting ready to shoot and the canons are thundering. Henry wishes that he could break the silence with a joke or something, but the cannons are too loud. A rumor starts to spread that they aren't doing so well. So they end up going back to camp, since they got "licked." Henry can't believe it however, and Wilson seems to be in a mood. When the young soldier is demanding a reason, the way he says something makes it seem like he actually fought and he thought someone would ridicule him for it. Wilson just thinks that they don't have any luck. A sarcastic soldier buds in to their conversation and asks Henry if he thinks he fought the whole battle himself yesterday, and Henry freaks out inside. That sarcastic man might know that he ran away! (hahaha, get what you deserve.) He didn't know about it, but it still shut Henry up.
Once they got to a clearing, everyone teamed up with their regiments or brigades and turned toward the confederates. The Lieutenant of Henry's regiment thinks that the enemy would fight every minute the sun is up if possible. The army gets ready for the enemy and all Henry can say is that the Union army are a bunch of cowards because they just get shot around and beaten all of the time. Wilson stays optimistic and tells him it will turn out right in the end.
The Lieutenant then yells at the regiment since they sound like a bunch of hens and are jackasses for verbally fighting instead of thinking about the battle ahead.
The sun comes out and Henry gets ready to meet the enemy head on before the tempest. The rebel army comes out of the forest and the whole regiment has a mini hesitation, where Henry describes it as men being tied to the stake.

Response- Since when is Henry so into the battles? He seems to still be full of himself, and also wonder what was up with Wilson, falling asleep before they retreated. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't fall asleep in the middle of a battle field, no matter how tired I am.

Question- Why is Wilson never talking anymore? I know he matured a little, but still...