The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-14

CT. ih SnuSu he zeli fGue1p9CteusY upon
twol squadgons Of Federal cayaliy, cap.
tured several officers and ahuEdrsd sman,
and eli without any lcas on bis aide. On
Quantities; and again, on the 18th, aistM
more auccessfui one. 10 vhich he brourht
of hundred and thirty prisosers. X
! In the splendid aud eyentfnl bpt varied
operations OF 1863, General Hampton did
SONG OF the most gallan. fighting Of tho
whole war. In thc battle OF Brandy. Sta
tioa his command consisted Of the First
and Second South Carolina Cavalry, the.
First North Carolina Calva,, asd the
Cobb, JEFF Davis and Phillip Legionn--
all cavalry and mounted artillery. The
6gl;t was obstinate and bloody. The
character Of the contest and tho spirit
shown by tine Confederatea, app>1r. in
the striking fact that every 6eld easce. &C
whom the command succeaaiveIy fell was
wcunded-Col. Baker, of the First North
Carolina then Colonel Young, of Cobb's
Legion; then Col. Black, Of the First
Scath Caroline; then Lieutenant Colonel
Eipscomb, OF the Second South Carolina.
The important results ofthst engagement
are part of history. The limited space
at our disposal here doee not allow US to
present them.
In Lees Pennsylvania campaign, the
cavalry had some of the most arduous
service; and the gallant performance of
tho duties enacted Of them by those try
ing circumstances, established for them
that prestige which they bore into the
aud Petersburg in 19G4--is warfare, in its
inequality Of forces, and the heroism dis
played in it, and its ends accomplished
by daring and endurance, unparalleled
in history.
In the grand drama OF Gcttysburg-
those three July days Of the riot of red
death-Gon. Hampton took part, What
part he took appears in the effects upon
the field and those which followed quick.
ly after. Upon the field he was three
times wounded, and his command 20 torn
by the terrific work that of the twenty
three field officers in his brigade, twenty
one were either killed or wounded. Soon
after General Hampton-.up to this time
@ Brigadier-Was promoted TO be Major
General. The Ionfederate government,
made daily sensible Of the services done,
was not reluctant to accord to him its ap-
propriate recognition and reward-pro-
motion.
To detail the many operations OF G :.
Hampton's cavalry from the memorable
days of Gettysburg to the still more uism-
orable days of May, 1864, might come
within the limits of biography, but
cannot within those OF brief sketch like
this.
Upon the death of Stuart, May, 1864,
General Hampton became the comman.
der-in.chiee OF the cavalry branch Of
Lees army.
AS part of his grand move on Rich
mond, Grant sent Sheridan to deal some
blows cooperative to that end. Sheridan
was to take Gordonsvil!e and Charlottes-
vile, and destroy theis railway connec-
tions, after which he was to move ON
and capture Lynchburg in conjunction
t.ith Hunter Na .he 1at.L. &C Inre. ct
Trevillian's Station, OH the Central Rail-
-esdd, sShhes.-:daa shes.-:d discovered an unlocked for
resistance. Hamptonts troops wers form
ing across his route. On the morning of
tho 11th, the battle was fought, baltic
hardly surpassed during the whole war
in its determined and almost desperate
daring. Sheridan was severely handled,
and his expedition thwarte6. Rapid
movements on the part of Hampton
brought these commands again and again
in contact-at the White House, at Forge
vhere shA-:asn's forces we're handsomely
AOutS0s .Hfft te e.. &.
This brilliant achievement accom-
plished, Hampton was returning TO re.
Join Lees army, on the 26th OF June.
after three weeks Of Herculean service.
when q new task appeared Tor him. This
was, to intercept and. damage Wilson's
command, who was ascertained to be ess
route from Stauntop River bridge, for
Grants army. Fitz Les was to Cooperate
with an artillery and infantry force placed
at Reams' Station, Hampton fosnd
Wilson at Sappony Church, broke his
main line Of battle, and kept up q hot
and embarrassing pursuit for seyeral
daya. The troops at Reams' Station ad-
ded further 10 tiis tiiscomiture. and the
whole affair added laurels to Lees caval.
~ arm, aud inspired degree of caution
in Sheridan's. calvary that thev never
i1uiiy recovered from until some days after
the affair at Appoma..ox. Hampton took
800 prisoners. a summary Of these ope-
ration, beginning on the 18th of JuDer7y
two days before he met Sheridan At Ire
viliian'aEis thus. given in Gen. Hsmp-
toms official report:
During this time-a period of twenty
three days-the command had no rest,
was badly supplied with rations and for
age, marched upwards of four hundred
miles, fought the greater portion of, six
days and one entire night, captured up
ward of two thousand prisoners, many
guns, small eyms,I wagons, horses and
other materials Of war, and was com.
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