The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-11
SOME STIRRING INCIDENTS.

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roarious laughter, II didn't give the ras-
cal any breakfast
SOME STIRRING INCIDENTS.
A Feat of Unsurpassed Daring by
. Federal Cannonier at the Second
Manassas.
[By e Confederate Captain in Phil. Times.]
The most conspicuous act Of reckless
courage l ever saw displayed on any
battlefield during our great civil wal oc-
Cured at the second battle of Manassas
| on the Both Of August, 1862. 1t was per-
formed by a federal artillerist in the
presence Of both armies and wa wit
messed by q least a thousand men, many
of whom are still living and can readily
recall the incident when reminded ofthe
circumstances. There had been R great
battle on Friday between the federals
under General Pope and the corps OF
Stonewall Jackson, in which the fed
erals were repulsed. During this battle
Longstreet had come upon the field and
taken a part in the fight just at nightfall.
On Saturday morning, the goth Of August
General Pope's army occupied u DO
| sition stretching along the plateau about
the already famous Henry house, while
the confederate forces were concealed in
the woods and bottoms behind the Chin
mouse. me Whoie forenoon wore qniet.
y away except IN occasional s!lRht
sklrlnlsn hlone tne advanced plcket
llnes OF the t%o great armies, &here any
move hen,s Oh lroops or cnaIee o. posi-
tlon wouid cause a ra5tle o. m''sketry 70
nreak u at tunes ana spread aioIg me
ilnes ior i've OF en- nnihutes' Due lh's
Wnu.u grauua,.y Gis away fn.o pToiouhu
s.i!lness that "ouio reign lor al Aour a1
o,c i q wy whe nay Gp pns q La lee " sndds aoTu. mt
b;s Whole army in motion and advance adi
rapidly to attack the federals. Moving
forward at double-quick across bottoms
and fialda far a mile mr. moro wa nasaad
,hroneh q hndv Of woods end ~ ap para
The I.Taa one9 tie,d arnnnI tba Ch;n
nonse. Here we came in sioht Of three
senarate lines Of federal trnons drawn
m in line If battle along the bottom inst
helow the dweIlino There was a di,ch
nhnnt fonr feat vile and threa ~ ronr
taet daen duo along ,his yallav to dr.in
Il for half a m;,e and the fade,si lives
,yara fnrmad n@araiial with this d;ich@
twn IN The sida naxt to tha Hanrv hons,
- W. ~ I;na nyar ooros. ~ ~ s;Jo
~ tho CIV horsa Tbera was hot
tarM ~ art;IIarn With tba frnrt i've
r i ~ ~ foIo. " ,ad n,o,aa ~ n.o nnd
Lne aeau nj, ~ atySn &c" Hnan.ee up eno
p saI q sn,d Gomaeao.nto .ine1 ~ ~,
tSsrn,t' III ~ feaar W. onI nv. ~ iott ndau
un . hn;nn o 80 ~ ha sn ~ uai
mo- psaii uIGa hM osva.ne SnsasGu
lueI reiUM .no ~. Iii u's, niiito .ae
Iisn' VI onl lne Was sa'i sese!hl nun
uleu yarus .loni .He u..cn, Up .le WI
tey, ou. WIS smins,ns aroulu iap'u'y W
JAKE paia ~ .le actaEn.
nesu neauioi's e'laIsG itaI taheh tne
enemy IN his front cv.~v"'eteiy " sur
prise, and hearing the heavy vourv 81
musketry and fire ofartillery on our left,
our attention was drawn in that direc-
ton, and although moving at q double.
quick We could plainly see across tho
open field the bloody work going OH and
observe distinctly the rapid movements
and changes taking place there. Hoods
men had come upon the field on a run,
yelling and firing as they advanced, and
soon came to close quarters with the first
line of federals, which outnumbered
them greatly and extended beyond his
TANKS. Here, then, began a fierce con
tiict that ragged for a short time with UNI
certain results and the state flag of Tex
as "a large blue silk ground with Il single
star in the centre) was seen to 90 down
and up several times. But the federal
line finally gave way and fell back across
the DIT n In great disorder, and Hood,
following up this advantage, led his men
over the ditch and charging the other
two lines before they could recover
from the confusion caused by their first
line breaking Into them, he very soon
drove back the whole federal force in
his front towards the Henry house.
But just as Hoods men charged down
the hill upon the first line, as already
stated, and it became evident he would
capture the battery stationed there, a
federal artillerist determined to save
one of the cannon, if possible, und to
do so he had to take it up the side ofthe
! ditch in front of the ~confederates for a
! half mile. How he got his horses hitched
or whether they had really ever been
taken from the piece I never have known.
but the first | saw of him he was coming
up our fronti in u sweeping gallop from
the cloud OF smoke and Hoods men
were frlng at him.. AS soon as he es-
capped from That voiley he came in front
OF our brigade and under II of our
inuskets on the leit and as he swept on
up the n a ME hre was opened upon
him. Gun line wasapproaching the ditch
rapidly at a donble-quick and the lane
between us and the ditch was getting
narrower each second, but the artillery
man seemed determined to save his
gun IRON capture 6 nd he flew along his
course at a tremendous rate of speed.
ne had u large gray or white horses
~ .He ca In ING Ihey came up the val
icy ~ spence sty!e. The sal erect
h w kep. ms team well IN hand while
as wnlP seemed 70 play upon upon the
nanks o me leaders n all our horses
appeafeu 10 n together In regular
al, me round was very dry and a