noon
Our right was under orders to hold their position at all hazards . The battle , dreadful and bloody , continued . By degrees the troops on the right of Col. Anderson gave way and abandoned the field . At noon but one regiment besides Col. Anderson 's withstood the enemy on the right of our line . They were terribly cut up , and having no food , were nearly exhausted . Their ammunition was growing scarce , none having been brought up to this point for their supply . In this condition they stood like a wall , under the most galling fire of artillery and musketry , their comrades falling like grass before the sickle .