about six o'clock in the evening
`` So I 've heard . Well , we 'll obey orders , I reckon , no matter what they are , '' concluded the commander of the seventh company . Orders were not long in coming . It was about six o'clock in the evening , and now General Granger joined Mitchell with his infantry once more , and another advance was ordered , with the cavalry again to the front . Away went the horsemen , straight for the trenches . Many took flying leaps over the openings , sending the mud into the very faces of the surprised and bewildered Confederates . The attack was short and sharp , and unable to withstand the shock of cavalry backed up by Granger 's fine infantry , the enemy threw down their arms and started pell-mell for Shelbyville proper .