about three o'clock
Now we advanced for a long distance ; troops -- no doubt Jackson 's -- could be seen at intervals marching rapidly on our left , marching forward and yet at a distance from our own line . We reached an elevated clearing , and halted . The brigade came up , and we returned to our position in the line of battle -- on the left of the First . It was about three o'clock ; to the right , far away , we could hear the pounding of artillery , while to the southeast , somewhere near the centre of Lee 's lines , on the other side of the Chickahominy perhaps , the noise of battle rose and fell . Shells from our front came among us . A battery -- Crenshaw 's -- galloped headlong into position on the right of the brigade , and began firing . The line of infantry hugged the ground .