Nothing was able to move him.
"He'll have to retreat later on," Colonel Winchester shouted in Dick's ear, "because our lines are giving way elsewhere, but his courage and that of his men has saved us from an awful defeat." The battle in front of Sheridan increased in violence.

The Confederates were continually pouring fresh troops upon him, and it became apparent that even he, with all his courage and quickness of eye at the vital moment, could not withstand all day long the fierce attacks that were being made upon him.

The Southern fire from cannon and rifles grew more terrible.

Sheridan had three brigades and the commanders of all three of them were killed.

The Confederate attack had been repulsed three times, but it was coming again, stronger and fiercer than ever.
Dick, aghast, gazed at Colonel Winchester and somehow through the thunder of the battle he heard the colonel's reply: "Yes, we'll have to give up this position, but we have saved so much time that the army itself is saved.