As the 4th and 5th Texas advanced against Little Round Top, order and discipline collapsed under intense fire, with men shouting commands and little heed paid to officers. Near this spot, Pvt. John West of the 4th Texas Infantry looked up at a rocky hill of rock and boulders that he had been ordered to assault, while Nicholas Pomeroy of the 5th Texas Infantry recalled bullets pouring down and striking the rocks as the attack began. A bitter fight for control of Little Round Top followed between the Texans and the 44th New York and 16th Michigan on the rocky heights above. The assault reached just below the summit, the farthest point attained by the attacking Texans. During the attack, Private John H. Roberts of Company E, 5th Texas was severely wounded, shot through both legs just short of the Union line, and as he lay trapped under heavy fire between the two sides, several Federal soldiers crawled out and built a small breastwork around him for protection. Captured after the battle, Roberts was exchanged that November and, because of his wounds, was discharged in 1864.