Being constructed of wood, they burned with great fury.

But the battle still raged, our men firing through the flames until it became too hot to remain longer.
Lee was now in distress.

His men were in confusion, and his personal efforts failed to restore order.

These facts, however, were learned subsequently, or we would have taken advantage of his condition and no doubt gained a decisive success.

His troops were withdrawn now, but I revoked the order, which I had given previously to this assault, for Hancock to attack, because his troops had exhausted their ammunition and did not have time to replenish from the train, which was at some distance.
Burnside, Sedgwick, and Warren had all kept up an assault during all this time; but their efforts had no other effect than to prevent the enemy from reinforcing his right from the troops in their front.
I had, on the 5th, ordered all the bridges over the Rapidan to be taken up except one at Germania Ford.
The troops on Sedgwick's right had been sent to enforce our left.