about midnight
He carried message after message to generals and colonels and captains . He saw the main portion of Ewell 's army withdrawn from Fremont 's front , leaving only a single brigade to hold him , in case he should advance at dawn . But he saw the fires increased , and he carried orders that the men should build them high , and see that they did not go down . When he came back from one of these errands about midnight , just after the rise of the moon , he found General Jackson standing upon the bank of the river , giving minute directions to a swarm of officers . His mind missed nothing . He directed not only the movements of the troops , but he saw also that the trains of ammunition and food were sent to the proper points . About half way between midnight and morning he lay down and slept in a small house near the river bank .