...nd resisted every effort of the enemy. O how long the hours were! he said. I never knew before what it was to watch and wait. But no help came save scattered troops, among whom finally came Lieutenant-Colonel Wells of the First Massachusetts, to whom Stevens offered his little force, and hurried for new supplies of cartridges. The little band was saved by Kearney's force, at half past 4 P. M.; and in the reac...