...o get a view of the position, when the bullet of a North Carolina drummer-boy penetrated his brain, and he fell dead. Townsend's retirement, the repulse on the right, and the assurance of Colonel Duryee , that his ammunition was exhausted, caused General Peirce,. with the concurrence of his colonels, to order a retreat. Greble was still at work, but with only one gun, for he had only five men left....