Many Confederates felt they had lost the battle - perhaps the war. At that moment Generals Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard arrived on Henry Hill and began to rally the scattered regiments. The fugitives started to reform behind fresh reinforcements that deployed along the edge of the woods. Men and horses muscled thirteen cannon to the front.
After stabilizing the Confederate position, Johnston established his headquarters at Portici, home of the Frank Lewis family, one-half mile to the woutheast. There he coordinated a steady stream of reinforcements to the front. Second-in-command Beauregard remained on Henry Hill to manage the battle.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service