, 1876-07-07

capca without getting hurt.
MAJ. pEANE-
After tho hattie Of Yellow Tavern, ut the timo
Wilson got lost, wo rot down to Meadow
Drilgc, which Was destroyed, tho rail-
road brlagu a'one remaining. The rcg1ltars
had the advance, nna thcy wero skIrn,iehlng.
Sheridan ordered them bnck, md sont tho
Michigan Brigade down to hnilt the bridge.
Custer was walking OH the railroad track, and
wns walking my horse on the road In front Of
the regiment, when he sung out, "AInjor, you
aro not going to swlm tho river, arc you'll" l
satl, "No; I am going to ride rs far rs | cnn,
anl get down to the river anil lsnnount." Tho
boys were going across the railroad bridge. At
this moment 0ord0n's bnttcry pumped i sl,ell
Into the ditch, md It exploited. got
covered with mud, aul Custer remarked,
"Wc'f, that Is prctty hot for us, Afajor,
bnt We will get them nut Of that pretty soon,"
and noticed We lid It. As brave thing rs
ever saw Custer do Was at Winchester. We
had hccn fighting all the morning, a,,l finally
Joincd us. Va wero or.lcrctl TO march along
quietly. Wo rs,,ill hear fighting or miles
AMY. Suddenly VIC were ordered to battalion
front, md thcn ngain to form brigade line u
battle, a,d we formed our division In tl,at way.
Then wo strlirk Into Il plcceof woods. Tho rebel
brigade was in thcre ektrlltishinx
CUSTER NEVER Put OUT sKi1MIsfrRRs;
he kept tip trot through the wools. When
we came a,it on tho otl.cr sftlo our line was !.
miles lougt and was ns stralght no II un Dress
Iara1c: NY brlgatlc casne sqltaru IN the left
0f tho Rebel insnntry, just nt Tho eu,l of tho
New York brigade, With Avcrill's division next.
dns asnS III asn 0tM M cut e s' %sss %s %sf osts scn a
column battalion ltue Of lattlc. Tho stanc
fences which we mot, however, broke us batlly
n the charge. Custer got 20 rods alisaa wit!
the man was not hurt.
CUSTER 1uMpEp OFF Ills HORSE,
picked up tho 'ran l'y tho jaekct-collar and his
tho rear,- and WAS left there alone among tho
thrro IN about half.a:mlnute.' a lit.ls while
altser that, picked up about 90 men from
rh. tho First Brigade, First Division. lie
said, "Thcro arS a lot Of straggcrs
Charged sMH ssS sr s,o Fs 1ney 1n gss gs peSs ,S up
about Is or % prisoners Ths lcbcl liao vas r. r.
formed oil tho hill, md stood there, but dill not
lrn I.began to think something WIS wrong.
Thought Ind all tho prisoners could handle,
changed position, aud ce1'c buck on The oti,er
side, and they had tho line on far above them.
1got away NTH half Of my prisoners. As soon
~ ! got receipt for thctn started to join
Custer ast ns e vas starting on that lsst
n with him on that Charge. lie aud Lowell had
been begging rdrDert to let tllpl charge for half
MI hour. Just ns cane up heard Custer tell
TorbeEt
snr u-p, WILL: CHANGE ANrwAY,n
Says Torbcrt, An right; tnnke the charge md
Rrs. Rrsak fsa., tne p" says custsf co.o Lowell"
wns then commanding tho regular brigade.
in our brigade: We charged brtwcen 1850 and
1,7DO Rolel Infantry, with hhlfa.1oxen DriEatltcr
and Major Ut-lecrals trying to reform tllcM mud
get them into ltnu. The Iscbe18 Saw w making
tho charge, md turned two batteries from tlio
luz fro until We rot III among tho infantry. We
lial 075 prisoners and ilrs stanels Of colors out
Of that crowd.
Capt. Ballard-Whcn Custer mado charge,
be was the first sabre ulut struck, for he was
llwnyB hhEAd.
AlaI. Dcanc-I remember remark fe made
when he was riding along and reported that
bad returned 80 mani, prisoners to the Diyiaon
shoulder nnd said,
"MAloI, THIS IL THE puL11EsT DAT a1scs
CHRIST WAS nolN.h
lie was 90 plcasod to think Of those prisoners
aud i!aEs. One Ut tho lattur WIS tho 6tonbwAll
Jaekson's Brlgnde battle-hag, Inscribed Win-
chester One antI Two" lie could not contain
himself. lloncycr askca the boys to 60 allead.
liz always sAtl "Cumr.n
Capt. Bullartl-Neygr. -......
Col. BirGe-lle never would hold hls men un-
der fire wlicru they would bo shot down. IL
they could chnrge, he would traw his sabru anu
lead them. He has leti III many ciargc.
ways on the skirm!sl lne. and Mt Yankee
Doodle every nntls hnll went to Ills
snbrc. 1t. WIS always tho sfgnul TOR charge.
at Luray no charged Oh Gordon's brigade and
CApTultEn Ills MULE TIAlN,
Capt. DallarA-rhen lGosser WIS another Gen.
eral lc mot then. Kosser was Of thu same Class
Mt West Point with tuEtcr, nnd they were vnrn
personal friends.
fore Tic time that Grant made bis Hank ,nnye-
tnentsto Nort!l Anna, hu went out anl took
suppcr with Mrs. knsser, and left = notc for
K1sscr In which he said that he had met every
army, and haa cleaned hin out, mud that ho
CLEAN RossEK OUT TOO.
lIe never got cirnce to llcct Hosscr
an,'l fhs V.iev t9sy "eFs sp falling '9ss "a, d0Tn
sss,'a,nan5 y IL Thlsi byslss. w1Ils r. yesu u
at,a got cut all to pieces; lVst As headquarters
wng5.,, artillery, at},' everything else. When
public with lis. Torbcrt went With Wilson. We
ESSiso@a @ aiit @ isnd1s tlsts IT, siiSg i ais: ssis:
1lctbT1lY, uMu lufbGft t0lu nun To
report to Sheridan that tIu had nU further usa
fof him, an sent NJ. nr.lur tn Custcr to cotue and
take communal Of thu Third Division. Wo didn't
gut, Agllt umtil We got buck down to
| FiAher's Hill. The town Of Woodstock c.aght
lire, ultl our brigade was orlcrrd to put It o,t.
Rossur up lni selletl us, and VIZ fell back
to Flshur's Hill. Fro,n thore wus ordered
back to Woodstock, anl tho next morning
| CusTRA HAD THE BACK A0An
| 0ver the uluuntaiu, anl We WGru Charged from
the pku and put on tho middle between It and
the back ron,l. Lowell was at the trout. Rosser
came down with tllrce brlgadcs nntl attarko,l
Custer, an4 Custrr was having just about all he
could lanlle comfortably. We catnc iu anl
struck &lsosser Iii thu tlank, sending up a
| yell as W. did 81. One nf Clusters ails sattl
| that thu moment our battery upeupi, u1Ml Gus
ter lcasd the old MichIgan Yell 10 struck hIs
band, ana ordered ellarga al0ng the line, say
| Ing: "Ihcru !s my old Michigan brigade On tic
Aank-now 80 for I'll" They didn't step fur
| tWu miles.
Col BlrEe-Custcr kupt our brigade from ths
tilur Elun Far'lswortl, was killed 1t tiettyslurg,
up to the 10Th VI SeptsM.bcr, lbJ4. T!lcn, alter
| tle battle OF tAt Wilderness, Ills ga!lantry
thure, anl the prisoners he took,
| MADE HIN 4 uAEvET MAJnli-oENENAL,