South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-01-25


died in Winchester, where our com.
pany buried him, with the houors Of
! war, which Was very solemn indeed,
Tor he was greatly beloved by the
whole company. We finished our
quarters the let OF February, when [
was taken sick and sent to the hospi-
tai IN Winchester, where remaiued
until the lIth oil March, ut which time
Gen. Jackson evacuated Winchester.
and the boys had to give up their
good quarters and take tho field for il
again. as sent on 20 the Hospital
ut AT. Jackson. Gen. jackson fell
back to eRoads Hilp and remained
there sometime, when began to get
better, and, being tired OF the hospi-
tai returnea TO my Regiment, the
list OF March, and we started towards
Wlnchester,to advance ON The enemy.
The next day we made forced mar. a
OF % miles. and just getting over
my sickness. could hardly make the
rifle to keep up. The next day, the
20 or March, we marched Is miles
anu met the eucmy, three miles south
or Winchester, near Kernstown, and
there fought one of the hardest little
battles OF the war, aud were defeated
Gen. Jackson attacked 5000 of the
!, enemy under Gen. Shields, with 3
900 men, and at times we would
charge and drive them, but finally
we had to give up the field and re-
treat, and it then being dark, was all
that saved our bacon.
AS part of our brigade were march,
ing np hill in the open field, along
side ofa fence, TO take position ut the
commenc ment OF the tight. the enc.
my coul sec Us, and they commenced
Smelling Us from hill on our right.
and killed and wounded several
just as Elijah HARTLEY, of my com
pany. was making step she'll pass
, Cd bctacen his legs anu exploded.
literally tearing him to pieces. Ho
Tell over III the fence corner. and that
WAS the last We ever SAW or heard of
him. We went on aud took position
aud were soon hotly engaged. There
Was a she'll struck an artillery horse
and exploded in him, tearing both
/, legs oft OF his driver. There was !,
stone fence between two fields iun-
, ning parallel with the lines OF battle
aud u federal regiment on one aide a
snort distace from IL, and the 37lh
. Virginia about the same distance OF.
| the other side. advancing towards each
, other. Both regiments charged ,or
The fence about the same time, and i,
Was nip aud tack which would reach
! 1t fret Blu, the 9Th Virginia cot
there first, and blheeing down, pour.
&c a deadly voliey iuto the others nj
close quarters and nearly annihiIated
Il, which would have been their fate
1t the ledcFals had got there first.
Our company lost two men killed
Elijah Hartley and Thos. Gross
, and three wounded-Se rgeant James
/ Z. Daily, Robert G. Grace and e.
, Miller. and two Mike
{ Bright and Ed Allen. X. G. Grace
was wounded early in the action. aud
was put into an ambulance aud cent
to the rear. TIE ambulance was fred
on by the eneniy's cavalry, and Grace
was woa"ded again and all captured.
He was taken 10 Winchester. From
/ there his irend5 took him home,
{ where be died, Sergeant j. Il. Daily
was wounded la the leg as We were
| falling back, and his brother. VIM
, DAILY, wanted 10 stay and help hiaI
along, but he said: NO, save your.
/ sell, and [ Will do the Test cin :
: He fell iuto the hands OF the enemy
vas taKca To Winchester, from there ic
his home,& died. e. Miller waJ shot IN
the back ut the neck as we were run.
4 ning down hills the bullet came oaI
IN iiont near his wiadpIpe, but he
o kept on running, when q spent bal
: struck him in his overcoat col lar ane
lodged there lie fell and turned ,
: complete soliersauit, and all thoaQbi
4 nc was dead, but be said hc was al
, right, was helped Up aud escaped
went 10 the hospital aud came back
O perfectly ready for duty. Several o
. Us had halted under tree in the edg,
4 OF the woods, To- SCI What was best 1,
/. 10 and while there a man on horse
y back came dashing up To- Us aud ask
3 ed us TO what command We belonged
: 5e5ing taat hC was Confederate, We
IA told him lie then remarked: We'v,
= lost the day. we've lost the day, il
e tic saddest tones | ever heard. II,
r looked all around. and then repeated
j. it: We've lost the day, we We los
n he day. aud turned his morse toward
q the battlefield and dashed off at ful
3 speed None Oh IA knew him or hl.
g rank, - 1t WAS getting DARK, bat
/ thought then, aud have since thought
1 that tie man was shocked by a shcl
@ passing Or exploding ne him, for he
r appeared crazy or bewiIdered.
g We all scattered b. OK as far as
( Newtown that night, about five miles
/. from the Jatile field, aud lay along