bartow (now with less than 400 men) was forced to retreat about noontime back to his original deployment site. there, he asked general beauregard, "what shall now be done? tell me, and if human efforts can avail, i will do it." waving at the enemy position on the stone bridge, beauregard replied, "that battery should be silenced." bartow gathered the remainder of the 7th regiment and launched another attack. around henry house hill, bartow's horse was shot out from under him and a bullet wounded him slightly. nonetheless, he grabbed another horse and continued the attack.