... and brought on the action early in the morning; but it did not become general until half-past 7 or eight o'clock. After driving in the pickets he was ordered with his battalion — the Blues and Capt. Coles 's company — to cover the left flank, Col. Shaw thinking the right well protected by a deep-looking cypress swamp. About ten o'clock Capt. Wise found his battalion exposed to the galling fire ...