The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-02-19

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us nnasa vest &C. hppen,
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porate. aua tnd aifooet determined 10
break away q gallap. when GencFal
(. AprshsN apni a order for dozen II
ltac sceats % 81 tafeaf1au fudMhoih-
|er thcre were ens r'clrts ri9l.t III front
. II challenged. pe we've Ia mnseef. uOsi-
cer 81 the Das. and one q ns ride for-
ward agd sbqN hla bme ceat vas one
lni TIC aa #, aud IS Sc spread ont in
tadanelne g0t ateg io tic aelt, and
slpned av as IN the darancm. rode
straight tar ,he pike, calculating that
th.Fe was balf tu hour yet bciore day-
Light and something might Be dono il
! could fni General Wright. perhasg
i, might have betl better II I had rid
den straight 30 Crook, but every mo.
nsen' vas IrFsseiens snu. ana 1 Thought
lof noimng but getting tie whole army
aroused ldashed up 10 Nrirht's head
quarters md found ilola perfectly
quiet with nothing stirring but "a single
Iguagd before the teuts 4 sleepy staff
Ioiiiccr thrust lia head oct ana asked,
I"What6 upt
I Ivasso fail ofexcitomtntthat could
hnrdy speak, and very hkoly acted a
IGtue Mild
The whole rebel army VIII attack us
FIN twenty minutes IropIed el.etno
sec General Nrght, aud Ill tell himall
about it,
You're drunk or ceag J, man; Idmt
clcarly know which, the officer laid..
Go % your regiment or I'll hand you
lNf'l ~ tAAhf \ ApNRaN ttAttlt4}sl.
| protested that | was in MY sober
scnsea, aud urged 70 be allowed To SEQ
General Wright soloudly, that the noise
awoke HIM, and his head, too was thrust
out
What's all This row aboaty' lie said.
| told him the whole story In less than
half minute, and assured him thal tho
rebel advance was MI in order Of battle
at that moment on Crook loft waiting
for Daylight TO begin the attack, and ho
merely laughed at me,
You've probably bcon scared out Of
your senses by guerilla" he said
go to your regiment
30 thege | was, left nll alone, with the
knowledge Of what was going to happen
M fifteen minutes, and nobody Would
Icfeditmt . can't FAY now that blaro
them; ! presume il | been the guard
before tao tents, should have doubted
the sobelness Of q man who would come
~ ond mke such a report But it wns
true icGfully true; and / think they
began 70 belieye me before they had IT,
ken forty winks morel
There as just one more chance one
faint, dt perato chance Cuatar would
believe use; and rcmounting my horse
Piled whip and spur, and galloped oy-
er the rough, hilly ground toward tho
IeEtremo SIGHT, where the cavalry WAs
on@mpea. 1t was almost two miles
Nflgits o Custar's headquarters. and
] might Lave known there was no hope
had no. reached the right Of the Sixth
corps, and daylight had not come, when
heard that first terrible yolley from
hershaw leading brigade. followed by
the cheers Of the rebels as they Lalst Il.
On the sllgnt camps of tho EIgth corps
and drove the men like sheep before
Them, making prisoners by thc hundreds,
] looked back once fromth high gronhd
lover beyond the pike and saN the flash
of theirlife through tho foe, and heard
their cheers and yells rs th6y swept
down upon the Nineteenth corpg,wLich
was burying into Line to meet their on.
set. ! found General Cnstar ag quick
ly as | could, and told him my story in
Il few seconds Hc dispatched staff
Iollicer 70 General Wright with the re-
lport, but the officer did not find him
where had left him The General aud
his staff bad left III hurry, md the on
cmy were IN possession Of the ground
where VIC had onr conversation.
| did not begin to tell the story Of
that bloody battle, and don't mean to
now Wa were badly whipped, III the
morning, and driven OF from tho pike.
tho hills, and clear back to tho woods.
Tie cavalry wont with the rest, and
made little show till the afternoon
Ihon the tide turned with Shendan's
looming, and We went into them with
, new spirit, and fought and chauped the
fortunes u the day I f3Bglit witf the
cavalry Al the afternoon, and vas oils
of tAe foremost IN hunting dow ii the ly-
/ ing robels. And poB, after you have
heard all this, you can Judge for your
self whether we need have been 10
wrctchedlg whipped tlat morning il my
story Lad been lsteled 70 as you have
listened To Il.
Jlus Fnssatrs Fmfs.
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