The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-03-30

ic-stricken fugitives, hotly pursued
by Jackson's immense corps Of over
twenty thousand men. The field be-
came a sight for painter. Infantry,
artillery, ambulance, mules, negroes
aud stragglers, the worst scared men
| ever looked upon, came tearing like
mad past US. The batteries had no
common commander, but each cap
tain excitedly acted for himself.
Battery-left whsel-Fire to the
rear. In Battery, Caissons pass your
pieces, trot--march! and frightened
bugler caught only the word, 'trotp
and sounded it aud no more. 1t rang
out clear above the worse than Babel:
many took it for general stampede
signal, and across the field, and down
the hill, and across stone wall near
its foot, in that famous ravine dashed
several caissons and a few guns. Six
prolonge to fire retiring with can
isterload On came the fugitives, nearer
and nearer through the sounding
woods came that Confederate yell and
the rush of Stonewall Jackson's victo-
rious legions. Sickles was almost a
mile away, pushing through the woods
with his splendid corps. Not Fed
eral musket was in sight, except what
the Eleventh corps men we're bearing
to the rear as rapidly as legs could
carry them. We must make our fight
against those tremendous odds alone
five batteries of US and three hun
dred cavalrymen-not over six hun
dred men, all told. On swept the
twenty thousand Confederates, and we
were not yet ready to fight. Our
line was confusion worse COMPOUNDED:
guns stood pointing withersoever the
excited canuoneers listed, and at the
first fire one half of us would blow the
other half into eternity, and Stone
wall would have Hooker's headquar-
tiers, and double up our whole army
"a cheering prospect that The
sun had set behind the woods, and,
through them, yet faster, 10 the thick
ening gloon, rushed Jackson's troops.
Suddenly out in front Of our guns
rode the familiar form of General
Pleasanton. Above the din rang his
shrill voice: align those piecesp 1t
was work Of many minutes, and
Stonewall was now just upon us.
Time! Oh for ten minutes timei How
to get til There sat Major Keenan,
with his three hundred horsemen
Here was the sacrifice, which, II every
man were patriot like Arnold Wink
elried, would give US those precious
minutes. Gen. Pleasanton said quick
ly to keenan,: Major, you must
charge in those woods with your reg
Uncut, and hold the enemy till esn
get those guns into position. You
must do it at ell cost Plsasanton sayss
1T wac just the same as saying you
must be killed. bat With smile be
replied, General, I will do It." Oh
what sight wAs thatl Would to
God some American Tsnnyson might
see that sight, and lift those humble
names into Immortality
Three hundred troopers, with deep
set spurs ADD flashing ssbres, rushed
ct the threats of twenty thousand
armed men. Nobody had bluDdered,
but somebody must die 10 save the
Army-that was ell SO mad blow
did they strike ip Jasksop's very
teeth that he stopped his onward rush
to reform bis linss--surely there must
be more ccmiug--po single regiment
could be charging bic army single.
haRded--and when no more bold rid.
era came, theu it wss that brave
keenan, died, AZ the head Of his regi.
iment, and whole platoous persisted
with their feet in the stirrupsl But
they did not die in vain. Ten miDui-
es purchased at that fearful price to
US were eostiier still to Jackson.-
When be came up again, flesh and
blood could not stand up before our
terrific canister fire. His veterans
quailed before that sirocco of death
he rode up to rsctify his lines, was
mistaken in the gathering darkness
for one Of our cavaIrymen, aud shot
by his own men. Our three tines
had hardly ceased to ring when Sick
les, who had dashed ahead Of his vet
Grams burrying to our support, rode
up among our guns and called out;
you've done nObly, boysl Stand firm,
and 10 ten minutes I'll have $4,000
men here who don't know anything
but fight He was as good as his
word, aud quickly the old Third Corps
filed in behind the guns and Jack
sons famous corps had received its
| first defeat Three hundyed man