ten o'clock
The regiment moved across the railroad and through the woods into the fields beyond , far to the right of the position held by Company H . The regiment met the enemy in heavy force ; additional regiments from the brigade were hurried to the support of the First , which , by this time , was falling back before a full division of the enemy . The brigade retired in good order to the railroad , and Company H was ordered back into the battle line on the left of the First . -LSB- Illustration : Map entitled `` SECOND MANASSAS , Aug. 29 , 1882 '' -RSB- It was almost ten o'clock . Four companies of the First regiment , under Captain Shooter , were now ordered forward through the woods as skirmishers ; on the left of this force was Haskell 's company . We came up with the enemy 's skirmishers posted behind trees , and began firing . We advanced , driving the Yankee skirmish-line slowly through the woods .