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and the Lord have mercy upon their souls . -- Fire ! and the Lord have mercy upon their souls . '' With noise and a rolling smoke and a scorching breath and a mad excitement that annihilated time and reduced with a thunderclap every series of happenings into one all-embracing moment , the battle mounted and the day swung past its burning noon . The 11th and 14th New York had been pushed up the hill to the support of Ricketts and Griffin . Behind them showed in strength other climbing muskets . In the vale below Hampton and Cary had made diversion , had held the brigades in check , while upon the plateau the Confederates rallied .