The army was not up.

Bragg was not ready for a general battle.

The big battle was fought the next day, Sunday.
We held our position for two hours and ten minutes in the midst of a deadly and galling fire, being enfiladed and almost surrounded, when General Forrest galloped up and said, "Colonel Field, look out, you are almost surrounded; you had better fall back." The order was given to retreat.

I ran through a solid line of blue coats.

As I fell back, they were upon the right of us, they were upon the left of us, they were in front of us, they were in the rear of us.