Early after his victory in the morning was surprised to see the Union army gather itself together again and show such a formidable front.

Neither he nor his lieutenants could understand the sudden reversal, and the pause, which at first had been meant merely to give the troops opportunity for fresh breath, grew into a long delay.

Here and there, skirmishers were firing, feeling out one another, but the masses of the army paid no attention to those scattered shots.
The Winchester men were elated.

Colonel Winchester and the young officers knew that delay worked steadily for them.

All the defeated troops of the morning were coming back into line, and now they were anxious to retrieve their disaster.