They were now in the deep woods.
The sun was almost gone.

The shadows from the east had crept over the whole sky, and it was already dark among the dense thickets of the Wilderness.

An hour had passed since the first rush, and few generals would have had the daring to push on in the forest, dark already and rapidly growing darker.

But Jackson was one of the few.

He continued to urge on his men, and he sent his staff officers galloping back and forth to help in the task.