nine o'clock
I 've lost a leg , but I 'm not going to lose this battle ! '' Night came with each stark battle line engaged in giving and receiving as deadly a bombardment as might well be conceived . The orchard grew a place tawny and red and roaring with sound . And then at nine o'clock the sound dwindled and the light sank . The blue withdrew in good order , taking with them their wounded . The battle was drawn , the grey rested on the field , the loss of both was heavy . Back of the apple orchard , on the long natural terrace where he had posted his six guns , that tall , blond , very youthful officer whom , a little later , Stuart called `` the heroic chivalric Pelham , '' whom Lee called `` the gallant Pelham , '' of whom Stonewall Jackson said , `` Every army should have a Pelham on each flank '' -- Major John Pelham surveyed the havoc among his men and horses .