With cannonball whistling overhead, Chamberlain portrays Taylor casually telling Captain Bragg to load his guns with a "little more grape," which he probably did not say, but it has become part of the legend of the great battle and of Old Zach - a legend that helped carry him to the White House. Actually, it was a critical moment in the battle, because Captain O'Brien had just lost most of his guns and the Mexican attackers threatened to break the American line.