The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-21

Two pieces of artillery were posted
In the road, and dism0unted cavalry
supp ,rted them. When 1t was seen
that WiDdham's brigade was mass.
ing for u charge. Ashby hastily col
lected about seven hundred of his
men and massed them in the high
way. The guns were then drawn
aside, and the cavalry carbine slung
and depending upon the sabre alone,
rushed down the highway in q
mighty mass. Window Was struck
in the center, and the COnfederates
passed clear through his lines,
wheeled at the .:all of the bugle. and,
dividing to the right and left, they
fell upon the two wings with such
fury as to rout both. 1t was sabre
work almost entirely, and in the fff-
teen mlnules' fight $50 men were
killed or wounded, Window and six
officers captured, and two flags. thir-
ty.two horses and forty prisoners
taken. Ashby led the charge, and
men who followed close after him
aver that he struck rs many as six
different men with his sabre. In
that fight q Con ederate, now living
on q farm near Glendale, Va. had
his right ear sliced off close to his
head. and the sabre sank into his
shoulder in a way to forever disable
his arm. The wound in his shout
der was felt at once, but the loss of
the a was not noticed until the
fight was over Windham sought to
excuse his disaster by talking OF the
cOwardice of his troopers, but his
own sabre is without stain, and men
who hear no orders of command cam
not be blamed for falling into a
pa. ic. The Confederates r de right
at solid lines and the shock Of meet
ing knocked down numerous horses
and disabled y number of them.
Half an hour later Fremont's ad-
vance of infantry was passing so
cloaely that Infantry had to be sent
back to oppose them. Ewell am
pushed three regiments in the woods
and fields at q turn of the road, but
the advance scented the trap and de-
ployed right and left, and advanced
to the attack in two lines of battle,
most Of the force being composed of
Pennsylvania tucktails. To reach
the Confederates the blue lines had
to cross wide. open fields, and, as
they advanced from t. cir shelter,
they received such a fire that all fur
Their advance was checked. The
men we're seeking the cover Of rocks
and bitches and holding their ground
well, when Ashby Numbered down
upon them with his cavalry. There
was no time to form squares, and the
charge resulted in q rout. The in
fantry was driven back on the re-
serve, horses and men; Federal aud
Confederates intermingled and again
the sabre and bayonet inflicted terri
BILE work. Almost every cavalry
horse was wounded, some three or
four times, and many of their riders
were thrust with the bayonet and
pulled out Of their saddles.
How strange so few of the cavalry
leaders on either side died as they
have wished TO die-leading
their commands in some glorious
Ashby had cOurted d-ath a
hundred times as he rode at the head
of his men. Here on this lonesome
road as night came down he found
another ambush with infantry. The
trap was we'll set, but asits jaws were
tn spring. a shot fired at ran
dom by a Federal struck one who
had risked his life a dozen times that
day and laid him low. Jackson was
right ARM. Ashby was Jack
sons right arm. The tribute paid
him by the eccentric warrior was
net lengthy. but outweighed the
boom of cannon, the long professions,
the burdens Of flowers, and the eff
fects of orators. When a courier
rode up to Jackson and announced
the sad news, he dropped his reins,
his head bent low, and he whispered:
"Poor Ashby! l am grieyed"
The cavalier Of the South was Stu
art. He was born to the saddle. He
upon infantry as a sort of nee
essary evil, and whenever he at
tempted to use them in conjunction
with his cavalry he was worsted.
mad there been no army regulations,
Stuart's men would have ben dressed
more like knights than dragons.
Old fighters smiled at his
hat and his dandy ways. but
Stuart was q fighter. Had he worn
. ruffled shirt and velvet cloak, he
would still have been the dashing
leader that he was, counting
odds as nothing, and ever fighting to
Nhon (10n Dnnn hnA hs,
headquarters at Catlett's station,
Stuart one day paid him a visit of
inspection. Pope didn't care par
ticularly to see Stuart, but Stuart
had longing to see the man whose
were in the saddle, and
who wanted his men to forget the
word retreat, With about 300 men
one day Stuart made a hard ride and
sudden dash. But for q Federal
mounted or u thoroughbred
running horse, Pope would have
been taken in his tent. As it was he
had about ten minutes warning and
got away. leaving behind him all his
papers, clothing and baggage. Stuart
'aptured the station and all left be-
mind, and one Of the prizes was a
,uit of clothes for Pope which he
mad not yet stepped into. His sup
ply Of liquors included whisky,
brandy ,cognac, champagne, port and
several other brands, and were used
wash the dust out of the throats of
he Confederates. Pope's razor,
Iooking-glass, bedding, fine shirts, |
and other articles of toilet were d.
vided as souvenirs, and a gilt-edged
with his name in it was
by Stuart. Orders had been
ssued to treat Pope with tenderness
and respect in case of Rapture, hut it
nay be imagined that his ride to