The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-08-29

not proceeded far, when he met the advance,
guard ofKnptSs retreating COLUMN. He as.
once ordered them ts.surrender, when they
began to deploy. Without momeneshes.
itation, he gave orders IN loud voice for
"two regiments to be brought up ; one ,a
the right the other ON the. left.n As s,ou.
rs this order. was given, The Yankees said
they wotild surrender, Placing one man on
one side Of the road and occupying tho
other, Shadbourne directed the Yankees to
advance and drop their arms. While dsinp
this the main column Of the enemy came in
sight, and seeiny the condition Of their ad
vance guard, they charged TO release them.
But shadbourn was too quick for. thcm-.
He put his prisoners.in motion, guarded by
three men on each flank. made them gallon.
then form fours and all swept down to.
wards our command. AZ soon as his pris
eners were closed up and charging from
hcir o,cn men, he dispatched man to in.
form General Hampton to " look out, for,
the Yankees were charging down the road
he was on" The General immcdi iately took,
q few men back and soon met Shadbsurns.
who had brought off safely scpenty-shrce
prisoners the whole advance squadron Of
Kautzs command, and this too In full sight
Of the enemyi For this feat, Shadbourne
was highly complimented by bis command
Ing officer, and he was recommended for
promotion on the groand Of his " exttnor.,
dinary skill aud gallantry shown byhiuS
In his coaduct ofthis affair. .,., ..,,,;,,
1t would mako my eommup ioation too
long TO attempt to give you even q bare
recital of the stirring incidents in the career.
of This brave soldier, but win adduce ono
or two more adventures before I recall some
OF tho other gallant. "boys in grey who
belonged to Hampton's scouts. II you
think such rominiroences worthy OF place
in your Journal con give sketches Of many
men whose services, unrecorded and scarcely
known as they are, were. not only full OF
stirring adventure, but were Of vital i'm
portance to- our army. For the present,
shall confine myself to Shadbourne.
b On one occasion, he was betrayed by o
negro while sleeping in the lines of tho
enemy, and was eeptured. While his cap
tors were taking him of, ho requested them
to les him look for his hat which had drop
ped. In the pretended search for this, he
got near q wood, when dashing through &ha
surrounding enemy, he made into It, follow
ed by yolley from the whole party and
n vigorous pursuit, which proved fruitless.,
/ Subsequently,, he, with another brave.
scout, young Swan, Of the lst North Caro-
lima cavalry, was captured in Fredericksv v
burg, 7hcy were handeu6ed and sent by
water to the guard>boat near Fortress Mon.
roe, with the.censtant assurance a from their
humane captors that they would be snrely
hung. Not liking this prqspect, they man..
aged to alp their handcuffa. dropped over.
board, swan to q small boat anchored near :
and after several hours hard rowing, reach-,
cd the shore Of the James river. Here theyl
found a small party of our men ON signal
duty, and Shadbourne also ascertainai that
a company Of negro cavalry was in the
habit OF patrolling q Q, rtain road every day r
Getting the signal party to join them, our
two scouts formed an ambush for the Yam
kees, attacked them and KILLED ninfteer, be-
sides their commanding officer. This affair
gave arms and horses TO Shadbourne and
his scouts, so getting his men together he
brought them to Gen. Hampton, In HorcS
Carolina. where he served until the mrren.
der Of General Johnston; killing and cap,
turing Yankees to the close, with most
laudable perseverance, and most -untiring
energy. Such ore a very few of the Incl.
dents in the career Of this gallant young
soldier. Brave, skilltul. devoted. he was
unsurpassed in his line of duty, and much,
of tha information which reached the Army
of Northern Virginia, as to Federal move.
tnents. came through him.
Should you desire TO hear something of
his associates, I may, at come future time.
give you sketches Of some OF them.