Ahead of them were great masses of men, retreating and jammed among the wagons.

The horses, many of them wounded, were running about, neighing in pain and terror.

Officers, their uniforms often red from wounds, were rushing everywhere, seeking to stay the panic.
Yet the Union officers at last succeeded in getting some order out of the chaos.

A battery was rallied on a hill and threw a sleet of steel on the charging men in gray.

Some of the seasoned infantry regiments were managing to form a line and they were beginning to send back a rifle fire.