Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-26
NO. 45.
4 FREAK OF nARE.DEyILS.
How a squadron or Federal Cavalry At tackled Heth's Whole Division.

1 How a squadron of Federal Cavalry At- tacked Heth's whoIe Division.
 IJ. h. Moore in the Philadelphia Times. ' We daily anticipated an attack from Meade lu pursuit, but none of his army
 put ID an appearance, that Is, tO fight. ] until We reached Failing Waters. near 1 the Potomac. On tha, day Heth's d. } vision stopped on the road leading to
 [ tlC Potomac, distance aOout tvO and a
 hlif miles. We always kept up lme Ct battle, and on this occasion halted . and formed Oh the lett, the west side ot
 tle road. h part Oi our front was an
 old breastwork that had been abandoned
 long ago. Our men had stacked thelr
 irus-sCme were lying on the ground
 lsieeQ, others were collected in groups,
 iu feeling a sense Ot security, as no en-
 amy had yentUred in eight since we had
 eit agerstOwn.
 On sIaall enInence on the front cf our hne Generals Heth and Petlgrew and several other officers, including ms-
 self, were looking back over the route We had travelled, when we noticed 30
 small body Of cavalry emerge from a 1 strip of woods, distance about two hum | dred and fifty yards. After reachin. 1 the open space they halted, and the off, | czrs m command rode to the front as F | tn address the men. We observed them ! closely, and our group concluded thev | were Confederates. We saw them u-- luri United States flag, but We thousat [ it was capture thHt Our friends wereto ' curry co us and make some ado over It. ' Pr, scutlv they started toward Us ut tclesaoly raFId pace, and, when they got
 within fifty yards oi us. they advanced at gallop, with drawn sabreS. shouting.
 Surrender Surrender " Gen. Heit
 exclaimed, Hts the enemy's cavalry
 When opposite, they rushed over Our httle group, using their sabres and firiu- tlrlr pistols tUOrtally wOuudlng Gen er-l Pettigrewl and dashed among the ln. autry, l.eOb strong, shouting at tEe top ot their voices. Surrender "SUr- render i'
 1t first the confusion was great. our officers calling upon their men to form and use the bayOuet, at the same time lodging the sabre cuts and uslng their pis .Jls with great effect Lieutenant Baker killed two and Captain NO-ri, three men. As soon as our men took in ihc situation and after they had reached their guns these daring fellows were quickly dispatched. In the height Of tlt confusion their officer gallopcd into ou' w, w,d.s and in less time than it tase- Co --late the circumstance he was rid d-aa With bullets. lie was gallant looking fellow, riding a magnificent .aI i-cOlOTed horse, but he and his men were tO a man either killed or wounded lu th's quick and rash undertakings There Was not more than one hundred and twenty-five of them, but | vii ven ure c. say they came nearer stcupecilg OF capturing a division than tEey ever dld before Their hors es were nearly all killed or SO badly crippled as Go make them useless OuL .v1 or three were brought off the field. tlct gh they were all captured.
 | talked with one of the survivors Of the regiment to which this squadron be- i.- r-d, and he told me their officer was promoted only the daT before for gal isut and merItOrIous service. My recui lection ls that It was a part of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry. There was a large body oi cavalry a few miles behind this squadron. and We remained at Falling Winters ah0ut one hour Skirmishing with he-e. We finally fell back through the so1ds in hns of battle to the river, .r0-sIug It with the loss Of some strae- lers and parts of companies that were "tached and lost their way iu the Toods