He did not come to that part of the field again.
The Colonel made a slight error when he said his mixed command contained some colored infantry.

All the colored troops in that command were cavalry men.

His command consisted mostly of Rough Riders, with an aggregate of about one troop of the Tenth Cavalry, a few of the Ninth and a few of the First Regular Cavalry, with a half dozen officers.

Every few minutes brought men from the rear, everybody seeming to be anxious to get to the firing line.

For a while we kept up a desultory fire, but as we could not locate the enemy (he all the time keeping up a hot fire on our position), we became disgusted, and lay down and kept silent.