[Footnote: Official Records, vol.ii pp.

215, 260, 265.

C.W., vol.vi.

(Rosecrans) pp.

3-5.] The noise of the engagement had been heard in McClellan's camp, and he formed his troops for attack, but the long continuance of the cannonade and some signs of exultation in Pegram's camp seem to have made him think Rosecrans had been repulsed.