the rest of bartow's 7th georgia continued to obey his last command to attack. the union forces were beginning to show fatigue, due to their having been weakened during bartow's morning attack. the confederates sustained their attack until finally destroying the enemy battery at stone bridge. general beauregard declared, "you georgians saved me," though the georgia "rome weekly courier" newspaper commented, "col. bartow's fine regiment of georgians were nearly annihilated".