Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-05

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the charge, deployed his regiment In
line Of battle, aud, under.a heavy fire (
of grape ana canister and musgetry, +
we charged the fort. Acting, nfcourse.
in connection with the tennessee reg
iment and Baltimore battalion, we /
needed no other command, but rushed /
for the bristling walls Of the nearest I
fort We found afterwards that our 4
rifles aud the Tennessee and Maryland I
musketry had slaughtered tho enemy /
by wholesale, killing most of the Wtii. |
ierymen AT iheir guns, AVID
THEIR INFANTRY WERE LYING is
HEAFs
along the walls. Nearly all the oil.
GERS Of this fort were killed,
aud the desperate eiasautry W..
which they defended it elicit
cd our admiration. They fred
thrse pieces OF artillery la our faces
when we were within thirty PAGES of
their walls, aud then had them re-
loaded before we could enter. Someoi
their gunners stood by their picces un-
til we took posses sion OF the premises
and overpowetsd them Their iufan-
try went out Ia the rearu1 we rushed
in at the front,
III ~ AlNss.n n EAHt0NA NNNNs
The walls OF Fort rtnerle were built
Of stone and 10 was surrounded by q
wide ana deep ditch Only few felt
active enough 90 clear itata Jumps but
some of our officers who We're uuln-
numbered with guns aud cartridge
boxes did So, The soldiers penyruly
scrambled down aud UP the steps that
had hoen car for the convenience OF the
/ Nnh lf a.
fort, The artillery was quickly
turned 0n the retreating enemy, who
retired firing. Col Davis had dis
mounted 60 enter 40 the head of his
/ regiment when his horse, beautiful
! Arabian gray, being lelt without "a
I rider, maGe reconnaissance fAr him
/ self, and after running through the
| enemy'g ranks and uuder their guns,
/ came hack ma q fun run unscathed,
and when he found himself with his
! regiment again gave u neigh of eatls'
! faction. A large stone building which
had ormtny been used as n tanntrY
/ situated in the rear Of the point We
had captured, bad been converted int
q stronghold The long, ilit roof at
forded an excellent shelter for in
iaptry
| THIS WAS CAPTURED WITHOUT OR
DERs,
for the impatuous volunteers though
they Were so 20 right through anl
capture the whole city Withou
calling a halt Here g aoldle
committed the only act o
cruelty witnessed b. ths writer OF
our side during the war The Gem
mander of the last named Fertilization
was standing on the wall waving
white flag and handing his awOrl
down Ia token Of surrender, when h,
was shot and Instantly killed For
Diablo WAS the next point of impor
lance aud was built on the same plat
as Tenerie. 10 was situated some 90
yards from the latter and separate,
from il by "A wide but shallow strgnn
OF water The surviving defenders q
the points we had rantmed al tool
refuge in tine walls of Fort DlablO, am
Ru inceas8nt fire was kept 40 on u
from that and other fortified noint'
. Gen. Twlgg's division had moved /
+ line OF battle with US, but too far {
/ our right TO assist In the capture
> named,
ALL WAS CONFESSION.
and 10 was a fact that we looked 10 n,
! one for orders except our reglmenta
, commanders. We had not thus n
! beeH even checked ia our Victor0u
q charges, and but for the orders OF on
4 regimental commanders we woui
: have continued our attacks 0n every
p thing that offered resistance. w
I were recalled, however and occupie
/. the points we had captured, whic
afforded but little protection 10 us %
! the side from whence the lead an
, iron nail came.
THERE WAS a LuLL IN THE FRINl
and our eyes were strained to motto
[ the conflict that was going on betges
I Glen, Worth's troops and the enem
Z. on the northwest OF the city. IL wa
T nearly three miles to the scene Z
! action, but we Deheld the battle as
! ragged, saw the enemy slowly fRllin
! BACK, and finally break ia disOfderel
! ranks and retreat ia body to the she
! ter OF the Bishop's Palace. This lei
! the said palace and the stone wall
/ around 1t as the only very f1rmidabl
defense that the enemy had left d
: that side Of the city.
I A RECONNoIrERING EXPEDITION.
l While our victorious division wa
/ idle several independent reoonnoltel
: ing parties were formed, some d
] which ventured, as 10 were, into III
! very Jaws OF death. The writer wa
{ one OF party OF twenty which wa
! led by Col Davis himself still on foot
5 We pushed our Investigations 10 sucl
= nm extent that 90 length W
! found ourselves surrounded on al
sides by the enenemy'B fou and BARR
cades, aud our adversarle5 could no
fire an us without endangering
/ THE LIVES OF THEIR OwN MES.
5 Our little party 81 length, Ina eadeay
) oring toescape, found itael
] under the walls Cf th
, Black fort, but not . gun was fred 81
us for the reason ab0y4 stated. VERY
soon after we found Ourselves ia thi
Z predicament bugle was sounded II
J the inclOsure OF the fort and seyera
} hundred lanceIs filed out over Tia
: dTaW-bridge. We, of course, did no
wait 70 count them, but fully reallzinl
that our case WIS . desperate one, al
ter short time for consultation, atarte,
IN o dnuble.quick fog q place o
: safety. But we found our retreat eu