The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-24

nre had all the nght taken out of them for the rest ot the day.
 In this same battle the confederate ad- vance struck G~ary on the right flank and passed 1t far enough to en6lade his right brigade. In five minutes this brigade was so cut up by the cruel cruss-fre that t had to give way. Bundy's battery came galioping up to fill the gap, and in a moment was belehing canister into the advancing lines. This fire halted them until part of lreland's brigade could take position Tn support, and then for forty minutes II was bloody battle al close quarters. Confederate artillery was brough, up, the lines ensconced them selves and maintained steady fire. and one by one the battery men melted away until there was not enough left to work one piece. Then a detail was made from an infantry regiment, and as fast as man went down he was replaced by an other.
 During the last twenty minutes of the hght al this point the tederals were hght- ing on three separate fronts. The battery horses and caissons Jeff wha; should have been the rear and came to the front as a greater point of safety. One by one the horses were hit. and by and by no, one remained standing. Men working the guns were hit by as many as nine bullets. and some cf the caissons were completely riddled. One gun was dismounted and lost its tTunions Tn the shock. another had a foot of its muzzle knocked off, and a third was rendered useless by some other accident. The original complement of men were all wiped out excepting two or three. every horse was killed. three of the guns rendered useless. and at leas, twenty of the infantry substitutes were added to the list of dead. It was the battery which saved the gap and Geay's rear, but its brave crew paid for their heroism with their lives.
 The movement of Jackson across Hook CTS flank a, Charlottesville and around to his rear was complete surprise. By six o'clock in the evening his lines oi bat tie were formed and the order to advance was given. Scouts had reported the Eleventh corps in his front. and the at tack was as swift and disastrous as a whirlwind Mos, of the fed erals in the Eleventh were preparing supper or eating II. If there were any pickets in rear of the federal army they were picked up so suddenly that no gem rai alarm ws given. All of a sudden the mighty tread of ba,tle-lines and the crash of musketry fell upon the ears of the un- suspectng federals, and the panic which ensued was but the natural finale. \ few men got into line here and there. bu. the resistance melted away as the lines advanced. It was a furious fire which Ia~ ra.rnl ,ctx kA They were elated and enthusiastic. And they swarmed through the pine fores, as as if their numbers were endless.
 Men have said that the panic would have extended no farther, and that the corps wosld have speedily recovered from the surprise. and men have written tha, but for one mans $ coolness al the critical moment Jackson would have driven q wedge into the federal army. Gen. Pleas anton. then commanding three regiments of cavalry and field battery lay Tn po- sition 10 be run over by the fright ened fugitives as they sought place of safety. In the midst of the mos, embar- rassing confusion he sent d regiment oi dismounted cavalry forward to form d line and check the confederate advance, and the other regiments, mounted, at once charged into the mass of iugitives and drove them clear of the held on the left of the plank road. Thtn. one by one. twen,y-two guns were unlmbered. The spot where each gun stood was plain to view in 1881, and may be for several years 10 come. IL was ln the cleared field to the let, of the Cnancel- lorsville plank road, and about half < k.ia ,b Those guns enhladed ackson's whole front, and the moment his lines broke cover they were met with such storms of canister that whole regiments lay down after the first volley. For the frs, quar- ter of an hour these guns were supported by cavalry alone. but as regiment after regiment was picked up. whirled about and sent to the gap. the support soon be- came division. Other batteries were rushed down the plank or across the hclds, and by and by Jackson's golden moment had passed. The federal army had faced to the rear, and the great gap had been closed by artillery.
 ust at sundown Jackson grew res,i.e under the terrific fire and ordered d gen eral advance. Long lines of men sprang to their feet and rushed forward wi;n cheers and yells, determined to have the guns. It did not seem as if anything liz ing could cross that open space of Geo feet with such a tornado of canister sweeping over it, but whole regiments charged up to within fifty feet, and scores of confederates dashed in among the guns and were killed there. The charge was repulsed, but to be made again and again. When night had settled down Jackson gave it up. He could not drive his wedge past the muzzles of fPieasan,on's guns. He had hoodwinked Hooker, routed a whole corps. and laid his plans for great victory. That storm of canis- ter checked him death brough, his plan. to naught.
 The coniedera,es who advanced agains, these guns dehed death ten thousand times over. Those who were killed were in most instances riddled and torn 10 piAreS The hnr. II fopnd