Finally, late in the afternoon, our brave Lieutenant Kinnison said to another officer: "We cannot take the trenches without charging them." Just as he was about to give the order for the bugler to sound "the charge" he was wounded and carried to the rear.

The men were then fighting like demons.

Without a word of command, though led by that gallant and intrepid Second Lieutenant J.A.Moss, 25th Infantry, some one gave a yell and the 25th Infantry was off, alone, to the charge.

The 4th U.S.
Infantry, fighting on the left, halted when those dusky heroes made the dash with a yell which would have done credit to a Comanche Indian.

No one knows who started the charge; one thing is certain, at the time it was made excitement was running high; each man was a captain for himself and fighting accordingly.