...carried between 7 and 8 o'clock, and its colors, arms, stores and ammunition were abandoned. The breakfasts of the men were on the tables, the officers' baggage and apparel left in the tents. General Hardee 's account of the opening of the battle is as follows: Hindman's-brigade engaged the enemy with great vigor in the edge of a wood, and drove him rapidly back over the field toward Pittsburg, whil...