one o'clock
The skirmishing was incessant . Our losses were serious . We had fought constantly from sunrise until past midday , and there was no sign of an ending . At one o'clock a shell from our rear flew far above us , and then the devil broke loose . More than a hundred guns joined in , and the air was full of sounds . The Bliss barn was in flames . The Federal batteries answering doubled the din and made the valley and its slopes a hell of hideous noises .