The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-20
&iebmun1 4ispattt.
Intestipg' Details of the Fight by a
Participant.
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NAY 10, 1901.
Old Stonewall has kept us continuously on
the march ever since the battle OF Mcdowell,
20 that have not had spare moment here.
tofors 70 give you IN account Of that battIe.
For the space Of ground fought over, IL was
one Of the Aercest and bioodiest that has oc.
surrsd during the present war.
Generals JEcksOn and johnson having
driven the enemy from Shenandoah moun.
main body OF their forces at McDowell,
whers thsy made q stand. lhat Village IL
very strongly situated fUg defence lrom an At.
tack from the East there being very mar.
which the tus snpike runs before entering the
village. Generals Jackson and Johnson hav.
p4nk Asceriained their positions and thaa Is 4Has
tDpossi6ls 70 curry it BY IN attack On the
"ss.lington's Hili," on tho lef; OF the
turnpike, for the purpose Of reconnoi.
!e,ing The position Il the enemy
General Milroy at once saw that
mined that We should not occupy 1t IL be
could prevent It. During tho Reconnaissance
Gen. EdW. Johnson's command, consisting
Of Coi. W. y. Bcott's brigsde, composed Of
0ol. Hoard. Col. 8. H. Letcher beiug ssck; the
44;h Georgia. Maj horvsil Cobb, Lieut. -Uoi.
a. q. Jones beil absent on detached vice;
the I'd rg.mens. by Colonel ID. q Harmnn;
Oonnor's brigade, composed Of the 18th 0eor-
gis, commanded BY Major Hawkins, Lieat.-
OoA. Smend acting as Acj':. Gen. 10 0euerai
Johnson ; the a6tn regiment, By Col. dsolgs
smith; the STAT regiment, by tlol. john ..
Holman, Ltsat. .Uolonei A. II. Jackson, and
ArJ. Jos. OhineWorth, and the Lee battery,
commaaslea BY Capt. Raine. were brought on
This htiiis denuded Of trees, but has few
clumpe OF bushes In some parts Of 1t. Col.
Scott formed his line OF battle ON the crest OF
the hill, aRd hla mon faced west. This was
mere precautton 70 guard against astack,
which he did not expect; but, very unexpect.
edly, the enemy M ane n vigorous. attack un
Col. scotia night wirg. Immediately the
battle became nsKce ana furious. In u sk0rs
time eeveral regiments Of the enemy Were
sent to lurn Col. Scott's right flank, but Col
UenEor's brigade WIGS then f1rmed aI right
angles to Col. kcotts,to resist them. Tue bat
tlO was then general and underwriting. At
ono time the enemy, by covering themselves
oy hill, appeared suddenly In very short
distance Vf Col. Scott,s right wing, and pour.
"a into II 80 deadly fire as to cnuse his nien
70 Iecoil some fifteen or twenty yards.
Scotrs situation was then perilOus In the
extreme. He placed himself on his line OF
battle before his msn with not more than q
dczsn men who had not left, and waving his
nat around his head, appealed to his men In
the most animating manner TO rally to his
support. He asked them II Virginians would
| let parcel OF Yankees make Them run on
their own soil BY such appeals as this he
soon rAlhsd them, ana as they returned to
the charge, be waved his hat and chssred mcst
vociferousiy. His men then poured into the
enemy. whb had by this time got very near
TO his line, SO deadly fire a. to drive them
DOWN the bill. During this IRE his men shot
down the Il e bearer, snot the flagsta1 Il in two
OF three places, and during the temporary
night Of the enemy Nsjor COisy, of the Fiji, y.
sleatn Regiment, ran out and got the Il AZ,
which IS still In the Possession Of that rssi-
ment. As soon as the enemy were driven
down the hill, Colonel Scott proposed thres
with a Will.
The battle was equally fierce with Uolope,
Connor's Brigade. Indeed, 1t was fierces.
where the lsfG wing OF Connor's and the right
wing Of Scott's united at right angles to each
other. The 18th Georgia was nearer the left
suffered more than 6cott's, because Scott's
line of battle was on the west of the hill. and
a. hts front rank would fire he would cause is
to fall back few PAGES and lie down and
But for that it 10 generally believed that
majority OF ScOtt's right wing would have
been killed. General Taliaferro's Brigade
came up before the hattie closed, but I am
not not ADVISED & 2: 70 the part 1t bore IN tee ac-
commenced ah0ut 8 O'Clock, and did not close
until nearly r. M. In this action ali the
omcers ana men behaved most calamity
Eallantry. and had his horse killed under him.
and was wounded in the ankle
Col. darman was wounded In the arm ear.
~ In the action, and his regiment was then
we'll commanded by Lieut. Col Skinner and
Mojor Ross. Col. Taliaferro, Of the asd rexi-
ment, had his horse killed !; Dol. Scott, also,
had his horse killed under him by two balls
Indeed, 1t looks like miracle that he should
have escaped unhurt. Nc cne in the battle
distir uished himself more.
visited the flsld Of battle again YESTERDAY
and saw the marks Of tho enemy's balls. and
1t - ny opinion, and the opinion Of nearly
AL with us, that NO one could have stood or
any one place during the whole battle neal
Col. Scotts right wing, without being hit
Tne artillery on our side was not In action.
VIRaIHLAN.
AHOTHg1 ACCOUNT.
A eorrespo ndent Of the Lyme hburg Rfpub.
| iicsn. writing from the camp in Pendletor
| county, Virginia. May 18th, gives the follow
Ing interesting particulars of the recsut aght
at mcDo wells, in Highland:
On Monday. Msy OH, We left camp at Val
/ Icy Atllss Augusta co0nty, aix miles north O
l Staunton, with five days rAtions, wtthou
l tents and baggage, save blankets, under thl
l command OF Gen. Sd. johnson. and tho mex
day the advance guard, under Dol. Letcher
] fell In with the Outposts OF the enemy-ona
l cavalry company and body lpf infantry-
near ths forks Of the Jeunines's Gap and ths
1 PArkeySOuH turpDiko roads 81 nilea from