midnight
'T was no more than a hint to his Lordship that we were not afraid of him , '' said my doughty colonel . `` You know the town , I take it ? '' `` Very well , indeed . '' `` Well , we had harassed him all the way from Blair 's Mill , and 't was midnight when we reached Charlotte . There we determined to make a stand and give him a taste of our mettle . We dismounted , took post behind the stone wall of the court house green and under cover of the fences along the road . '' `` Good !