Although the battle, in effect, was over, the Northern artillery, roaring and thundering triumphantly, was sending its shells across the valley and upon Seminary Ridge.

But he did not think anything of them, even when they struck near him.

It would be days before he could feel fear again.
He heard Lee say to an officer who rode up, and stated, between sobbing breaths, that his whole brigade was destroyed: "Never mind, General.

All this has been my fault.

It is I who have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." To another he said: "This has been a sad day for us, a sad day.