The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-10-13
THE CAVALRY Ar BRANDY STATION.

vanciug to seize the road The whole lace
of things had changed in what seemed u
single instant. The fields aud woods in front
! :: Fleetwood, receutlyso deserted, had sud
denly become 4 scene ofagi;atiD :, hurryiu :
columns, dust, uprUar; every thug was CON
centratinS toward the range which was vir-
tually occupied by he Federal cavalry, while
four hundred yards southward was the thrca.
tening line of Gen. Gregg, about to close in
like wise. With his cavalry scattered and
apparently having 40 time to concentrate
at the point where the final attack was now
about to be made, Stuart was certainly in "a
miucnt tangcr Gen. Butord was pressing
hard at Beverly and Gen. Gregg was on his
faux and rear. a Confused combat Was going
Fon in every direction, mixed with sho1;.,
and the gallop of jadcd horses altogether
it was such II melee as have rarely wit.
| messed.
The fate Of the fight was decided, as
have said, as far as my observation went,
by an incident, which will now describe.
| am able to speak of it wit accuracy, us It
made strong Impression upon me.
| When found Gen. Stuart again near his
artillery ut the eastern foot of the range he
was in Il STATE Of great excitement, his fine
face wearing a very different expression
from that had noticed in it when hc gave
me the jncosc order to 90 aud bag the ar
IiIlrTy of the incunsarrabc demonstration
in his rear Ills face was himing and Il
vein in his forehead had turned black |
never SAW eyes more Ike rcd hot Goals.
Tn: Fed :ral cavalry within three or four
hundred y1rds had already moved To chalvc
and lie had but one gun in battery. This he
aimed III pHSon. having thrown himself
from the saddle for the purpose, and shcIl
fired at the charging line burst within few
feet of it. The men had not broken Into II
! trot aud the fire created S'mG confusion );
the liEc paused for Il moment and when an
other shell was tir.d the line halted Quitc
astoniShcJ at this looked for some other
causcand soon discovered it. \ column of
cavalry WAS advancing from the direction
"f Beverly's toward the riyh, il,nl Of Gan.
Gregg, and it was, no doubt, the appearance
of this force which induced the hesitation
in charging the artillery. When pointed
to the approaching co!unn. which [ cau'd
not sec plainly from the dust it raised, AMI
asked Stuart what cavalry it was, h. cx
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reached the column in few moments
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mcnt had been made So rapidly that the
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