nine o'clock
I 'll get the men where they belong . We 're all right , once we get in the timber . '' And so , little by little , slowly and steadily the skirmishers fell back to the shelter of the trees . There in big semicircle they were distributed , each in a little , hastily constructed rifle-pit or shelter of his own , and by nine o'clock this bright July morning the first phase of the combat was at an end , and there was time to `` take account of stock . '' Dana was shot through the side by a Henry or Winchester bullet , and was lying under the bank faint , thirsty , but plucky . Sergeant Gwinn and two of the men were dead , and eight men now needed the care of the surgeon ; three of them were senseless , probably mortally hurt . At least fifteen horses were killed or rendered useless ; the others were `` corralled '' under the bank , where , in a deep bend , they were safe except from long-range fire .