Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-19
\ FREAK OF DARE-DEvILs.
How 8 squadron of Federal Cavalry At- tackled heth's Whole Division

E.o,r a Suuadron Of Federal Cavalry AL
 tacIed heth's T hole Division.
 J.E Moore ID the Philadelphia Iimes.l
 We daily anticipated au attack from Meade in pursuit, but none of hls army put in an appearan, ,e, that Is, to fight, until We reached Falling Waters, near rha Potomac. On that day Heth's d. v.sion stopped on the road leading tO fine Potomac. distance aDout two and . half miles. We always kept up a hne of battle. and on this occasion halted and formed on the left, the west side of tae road. ih part oi our front was an ola breastwork that mad been abandoned long ago. Our men had stacked their arms-some were lying on the ground asleep. others were collected in groups, all feeling a sense of security, as no en- emy had yentured III sight since We had lett HaEerssown.
 On asmali eminence on the front of our line Generals Heth and Petrigrew and several other officers, including my self, were iookir- back over the route We had travelled, when we noticed a small body 0f cavalry emerge from a srrlD of woods, distance about two hun dr-d and fifty yards. After reaching tg.. oDeu space they halted, and the Uth- cers m command rode to the front as fl -g ;iddress the men. We observed them closely. and our group concluded they were Couiederates. We saw them uu- fIri United States flag, but we thought # WAS capture that our friends were to c.rrv tO us and make some ado over 1t. Presently they started toward us at a l.ler.bly rauld pace, and, when they got within fifty ards of us, they advanced as a gaiiop, with drawn sabres, shouting, surrender Surrender Gen. Heth exclaimed, "It's the euemy's cavalry ." When opposite, they rushed over our little group, using their sabres and firing their pistols (mOrtally woundIng Gen eral Pettigrew) and dashed among the infantry, 1890 strong, shouting at the top of their voices, Surrender {. Sur render :"
 At hrst the confusion was great, our officers calling upon their men to form and use the hayOnet, at the same ume lodging the sabre cuts and uslng then pistols with great effect Lieutenant Baker killed two and Captain MOTIFS flree men As soon as our men took m rha situation and after they had reached their guns these daring fellows were quickly dispatched. In the height Of sac confusion thelr officer galloped into our midst and in less time than It take- sl relate the circumstance he was rid r. d with bullets. He was a gallant pokiuE fellow, riding q magnihcen. iarl-eolored horse, but he and his mel were Co @ mau either killed or wounded iu th quick and rash undertaking There was not more than one hundred aud twenty-five of them, but l will venture to say they came nearer
 aMpediug or capturing a division than they ever dId before. Thei horses were nearly all killed or so badly crippled as to make them useless. Only two or three were brought of the field though they were all captured.
 talked with one of the survivors of the regiment to winch tEis squadron be- lun-ed. and he told me their officer was promoted only the day before for gal .au- and meritorious service. My recol- lection is that it was part of the SiXt! Michigan Cavalry. There was a larE' body ol cavalry few miles behind this -luaGror. and we remained at Fallinl WatersatOuton hour skirmishing wit. these. We finally fell back through th' udds ia line of battle to the river, crossing it with the loss of some strag- -Irrs and parts of companies that were detached aDd lost their way in the woods.