Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-25
From the i.icL,n5ad ni:pntch.
THE last DaY OF. CEN. Asllhy.

ne Last LAY ol \ren. ashf>.
1t was busy cne Scarcely ha,! he nrd red
his baggage train TO proceed before The enemy
opened fire upon his camp. With hut two
companies Of his old cavalry ne prepared to-
,ne"r item; seeing this they imme'iael,y
Withdrew The command vas then moved
slowly :hroug'; Harftisonburg, and drawn up
three hurdreJ yards from the oppnstc end.
Soon regiment Of blue coats came charg-
Ing through town, around the bend, in full
sight of A>lhy's men, who stood apun their
ir:,inu! chargers as if iiXcl to the grounl. |
Wnrn within Very Shurt DISTANCE, they COM
nence,l Ia s!acken their speed, only giving us
time 10 ten,ler the salu.a due them Soon
their ranks were broken and i'll confusion they
lid through the streets,
Never bcf're Lad x our noble Gen
eral ut.r Sic IA lOu - l. one Cans
e BY Victory over'a brave Ipe after lnrd
contested ght, but only seemed designed to
shame an ignolirnons baud for running before
trey were hur:. We had begun to entertain
Il high opiuun OF this body OF cavalry. Upon
ue Instance it Ilanke,i and charged upon a
battery, which was left wilhou. Il suppUrt-a
must d niEg feat fer them. Here Gen. Ash
hy stood by ,Ls. suns, fired every ln;l'i from
his three pistols, and brought everything away
saii.lyl Soon we We're moving along the
r ,al to Port K. public, tue enemy pressing
COSTLY. AsLby's caglesye was upon them,
~ If watching Tor an cxcuse to give ,lieln bat
tie An cxcuse, and even the necessity .ur
iisLt, >mn became evident. AIhe road was
very bad, the tral, moved slowly, and the
main body of the enelny's cavalry was only -
mile from its rear. They gave US nc time lr
prepare to lneet them.
.ashby had not besuH-;o inrm his. men, be-
fore three regiments, with c"lors !lying and
music rare, emerged from Il woods three-
fourlhS Of a mile distant. Bearing TO our
right, they charged, presenting a beautiful
sight. A<hhy could cuulain himself no long
er. Gently drawing his sabre, and waving 1t
around his head, Ills clear, sounding voice
rang out hs only co,nlnart-" Follow me"
The dash WAS simultaneous. Fences were
cleared, which at any other sinle would have
been thought impossible. The enemy came
10 Il halt. 1t was but for il moulent. AS ii."v
heard the strange wliz OF the sabre around
their heads they broke and ran. The work
OF slaughter had co4ninenccd. At e"cry step
AsIby, followed closel "riuis men, :cut them
down, or sent tlem to the rear. For twu
miles aud half the chase continued, aud the
scene became more bloody Never before
did our Gcn.ral or his mer use their >abres
to such All extent. None hut those who have
f witnessed similar Can imagine the SPECTACLE
Enragcd by deeds too horrible 10 mention
led By General whose, presence rxertcd a
mystic influence over every heart, tue bravery
OF The men knew no limit, and seldom was /,
summons to surrender heard.
, The scattered fragments Ct the three resi
uleu,s hid themselves behind their column n
; infautry three miles beyond the point of st
! tack and the pursuit ended not until this ill
iantry opened lire. Here Ashby drew up hi.
men and remained beneath their fire anf
waited fur riniorcemGnts from Jackson. lI
this fight Major Green, of the 9th Virginia
cavalry, was slightly wounded. Also annth
, CT, naine unknown. We took torty-tuur pr;S
: o :ers-among them the Colonel commanding
The brigade OF cavalry. The infantry having
arrived, Gems. Ashhv, Ewell and Stewart. 10
Marvanl) led them tO the fight. Here Ash
by's galianiry could not have been excelled
ci.rge.. ;I ssdd 'a Is'Se, .'aTE
ones, to the men, and whilst in the very act
4 bal rn"r"'i low in IL; l,.t sid. c.,:i,. IN
near The right breast, and shattered hs right
wrist. lie iel--he died. Net even a :.t5af
or sigh was uttered by the dying hero. liz
was brave whilst living, bIl: hraver in dying
The men We're not discouraged, Int plc:se,
on, and soon the victory VA; ours. Nlgh,
closed the fighting. The noble A<!lhy fell
between SIX and seven in The evening. The
news went like flash through our lines
Every heart was wounded. The agr,l, tie
young, and thu hard hearted, wry!. Nature
made deeper the gloom; and soon the dark.
ness OF the night made still darker the re.ors
Of lz mind He now sleeps in the I'niycr,i.
ily Eurying Grounds, near Charl"'tsvil!r.
tuAIH SMuT.