Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-06-07

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The Cavalry at Chancel-
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Dutton," In capital article In the
New York Times, gives the following
Of the service performed by
General lPleasenton's cavalry at the
battle Of Charlottesville
The brilliant feature of their SER
vice, however, was rendered on Sat-
urday afternoons. General Sickles, oc-
cupying position near the right of
the line, seeing Stonewall Jackson's
flank movement, and being under the
that 1t was a retreat of the
rebel army, asked for and received
General Pleasentons cavelry to aid him
In the pursuit. The cavalry with its
two batteries, arriving upou the ground,
halted for few moments on an eleva-
ton In the open fields In rear of Cen
eral Sickles. The 9Th New York was
I'm the net of deploying as skirmishers
into the woods when heavy firing on
the right gave the first .intimation of
Stonewall Jackson's attack on the 1Ith
General Howard's) Corps. How this
corps broke and fed in utter and COM
plete rout is a matter of history.
When the stampede commenced, an
officer representing himself to be an
to General Howard, gall
loped up to Generel Pleasanton and
asked for regiment of cayelry TO ar
rest the stragglers and aid In restorm-
ing the lines. General Pleasanton dis
patched Major Keenan,, with the Sth
Pennsylvania cavelry, to perform this
duty, instructing him to change the
head Of the advancing column of the
enemy, and to delay his movements by
any and all means and at any cost. AS
Major Keenan, started on the hazardous
from the 1lth Corps came flying back
through the position occupied by Cen
eral Pleasentons Artillery, infantry,
wagons rushed to the rear In the wild.
est confusion, in their flight upsetting
General Pleasanton's guns, and stamp
eding his horses. General Pleasanton
forthwith put his batteries in position,
facing directly to the rear, double shot
ted them with canister, and then,
while awaiting the appearance of the
enemy, devoted his attention arresting
the fight of the fugatives. With the
assistance of his staff officers he sue
ceeded In stopping, and placing i'm po-
sition ten pieces of artillery, which
with his own made twenty two guns.
While he was doing this, General
Sickles had ridden back from his corps
to learn the cause OF the firing In his
rear, and seeing that his command was
In imminent danger, he asked Gen
eral Pleasanton To do what he could to
check .Iackson's advance until he
could bring the Sd Corps back to hold
that point, as IL was the key to the
whole position of the Union army.
That little elevation once In Stonewall
Jackson's possession, he could not only
throw shells in General Hooker's
In the Chancellorsville
House, but form the enfiliading fire on
The whole army. To hold this imp0r-
tant position General Pleasanton had
the twenty-five guns mentioned sup
ported by about one hundred men of
The nth Pennsylvania cavelry, who
were new to the service and the REM
nant Of the 9Th New York which had
speedily returned from its wild goose
chase In the the woods. This little
band had not long to wait for the en-
emy's appearance. Major Leenan had
not time to reach the plank road by
which the cavalry, a short time before
had entered the field, when he found
himself confronting the advance OF
Jackson's column. The order of charge
was scarcely issued by him when his
gallant troops were In the midst OF the
enemy, aud portion had cut their
way through the plank road In safety.
Major keenan, and several officers and
men were killed in the..brilliant charge.
The enemy scarcely felt this upon It's
but speedily issued from the
woods and commenced 10 form line
,f battle at the edge Of the opening,
to charging General
guns. As they swarmed
)ut OF the woods. flushed with their
saaily acquired victory over the nth
Corps, they shouted and yelled like so
many devils, while reforming their
ranks scarcely two hundred yards from
he position. General Pleasanton had
;rained his double shotted gun low
70 a. to give the rebels the full benefit
II their contents. and was about TO-
i've the order to fire when an artillary-
nan at one Of the guns shouted, q Gem
sral those are our troops, see our flag
N the hne!' The General turned hast
ly to young staff officer, and said
Mr. Thompson ride out there and see
who those people ape.n The Aide-de-
Camp did as directed, gallOping, out.
rom between our guns directly toward
he dark line Of bowling rebels, 80
iimly seen, i'm the closing DARK ness
against the dark backgrounds Of the
woods behind them. Sure enonqh
he Stars and Stripes were q waving
rom two or three points ON the line,
Ind the Aide, unable to distinguish
he uniform Of the troops, rode to with
N nifty yards Of them, while from all
.long the rebel line the cry went forth:
Come on we're friends, He was soon
topped. however, with "a volIey
rom those pretended friends and
turned his horse in the opposite
Erection, having received four bull
cts ON his sabre scabbard and saddle.
Before he had fairly turned his horse
O ride back General Pleasenton had
Eiven the orders to fire, and those
guns belched forth their
,harges Of canister, carrying death and
destruction to the rebel ranks. Three
ines those bowling troope charged,
determined at all hazards to carry the.
but no men could Withstand
hat terrible hailstorm Of shot copcen-
rated on their lines 1t 50 short q range.
For half an hour this canonading was
Iept up, the darkness and the smoke
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md their supports, the order TO cease
aoitre.. They speedily returned with