from ▁left ▁to ▁right , ▁Brig . ▁G ens . ▁James ▁Des h ler , ▁Ster ling ▁Wood , ▁and ▁Lu cius ▁Pol k . ▁The ▁attack ▁deg ener ated ▁into ▁cha os ▁in ▁the ▁limited ▁visibility ▁of ▁tw il ight ▁and ▁smoke ▁from ▁burning ▁under br ush . ▁Some ▁of ▁Abs alom ▁B air d ' s ▁men ▁advanced ▁to ▁support ▁Bald win ' s ▁Union ▁brig ade , ▁but ▁mistaken ly ▁fired ▁at ▁them ▁and ▁were ▁subject ed ▁to ▁return ▁friendly ▁fire . ▁Bald win ▁was ▁shot ▁dead ▁from ▁his ▁horse ▁attempting ▁to ▁lead ▁a ▁counter att ack . ▁Des h ler ' s ▁brig ade ▁missed ▁their ▁objective ▁entirely ▁and ▁Des h ler ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁ch est ▁while ▁exam ining ▁am mun ition ▁boxes . ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁Pr eston ▁Smith ▁led ▁his ▁brig ade ▁forward ▁to ▁support ▁Des h ler ▁and ▁mistaken ly ▁rode ▁into ▁the ▁lines ▁of ▁Col . ▁Joseph ▁B . ▁D odge ' s ▁brig ade ▁( John son ' s ▁division ), ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁shot ▁down . ▁By ▁ 9 ▁p . m ▁Cle bur ne ' s ▁men ▁retained ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁W inf rey ▁field ▁and ▁Johnson ▁and ▁B air d ▁had ▁been ▁driven ▁back ▁inside ▁Thomas ' s ▁new ▁def ensive ▁line . ▁ ▁Cas ual ties ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁battle ▁are ▁difficult ▁to ▁calculate ▁because ▁losses ▁are ▁usually ▁reported ▁for ▁the ▁entire ▁battle . ▁Histor ian ▁Peter ▁C oz z ens ▁wrote ▁that ▁" an