Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

Etood around roaring campfire of
,gs, some trying to warm our benum-
Glds, others drying clothes and I'M
AaGents; few were so weary that
bud lain down on pine boughs to
caringm forrest than for food. 1t
June Of G3, after the awful Chan
yillebat.le. i'll which, as usual, we had
BY detail, and been whipped by
III jacason, who massed and sup
each other, and gained an easy vic
Tough bloody one. Now we were
fter @sain being whipped by General
B. START, of the Confederate cavalry.
pears that Stuart had got around to
FOOD, or Brandy Station. General
Pleasonton conceived the grand idea
trailing" him. Buford and Ames
advance by Beverly Ford, Gregg
(uttie by Kelly's Ford, etc. Each was
lance md attack simultaneously front,
! nd flank. Unfortunately, Stuart was
Culpeper, but at Brandy Station.
lappened may be briefly told. Buford
tgon the enemy at St. James Church.
some hours lighting he was forced to
Gregg had succeeded in getting in
srear, and next appeared upon the
and i'll his turn, by detail, fought
swhole force without the co-opera-
ether Dutfie, Buford, or Pleason-
/ 0t course we had to battle strong
wonderful and heroic deeds to get out
scrape. Twice we captured Stuart's
EATERS and his valuable papers.
Fh claims brilliant victory.
|.sonton also claims victory and the
of all he desired or de-
Fory says: "It forced Lee to change
ANS; it crippled his cavalry, its etfi-
vas very much impaired. Instead
f taking a direct line along the Blue
he was forced to the indirect line Of
aley." The papers gave infinite
to Hooker for having thwarted
Yet We found Lee ready for us at
lsburg, Pa.
F. by the fire, we were discussing these
p, finding fault with our dress parade
IS and wondering what had become of
Ercond Lieutenant, whom we called
~ for short. We saw him fall at
last charge; that was four days ago
[any miles away. Now, to our sur
While speaking, SLOUGH hated
Ped." walked deliberately up to the
Ed demanded coffee. The cook gave
'ene, and as he did SO he exclaimed,
ly, by Jingow We had to have his
Which he told as follows:
'!' boys, 1 was in "Gregg's last set
y My horse was shot and fell upon
y and held me down. l remained in
losltlon till Sam Burke, of G came
| tie was wounded in his left leg.
rlped me out. We saw the boys re-
y and the enemy coming our way.
9' INTO the woods until night came;
Us We supposed, started for the ford,
aAde mistake and found ourselves
s'he Light Foots" of Richmond. We
W OF them into the woods. We stole
"! ,i OF horses and again started for
hoIokers camp, but in the morning
uAd ourselves in the heart Of the en-
,Sountry. We called at couple of
p asking for something to eat, but
get nothing. There seemed to be q
aof llvi 6 things and burrenness of
"'a. Not a living thing was to be
except an old woman who kept
:, eng her teeth with snuff on stick.
'Aea her the way to the Rappahannock
: 8 oie said it was a cheap ways, |
:. DUE gave US 10 direction. That
n rested in the woods near by. l
y 90! up to get 4 drink Of water, and
il i, Daek 10 our camp, when l saw three
:. .22! Tray skulking toward us. I called
nv, %5iiShg Lin what I saw, and to be
S -, Sure enough, here they came,
~ h.. we dropped two at the first shot.
s +n' and coat belonged to one.) The
D., ~. ~ away. We got out Of that quickly,
Trough the woods till we came to
i. winch we followed till near II
+, :, > hen we saw in the distance q lot of
to ,i'es. a miserable, cold, drizzly
~ SCI IN. We We're cold, tired and
Z 4 W, Dal decided to reach those warm
NossIble. I believed them to be
M you boys. Sam said he could
= n .S door of coffee. While talking,
,Sn sne tramp Of horses hoofs. In
him. nofos we decided to rob the ap-
!. & person of his clothes. purse, and
No we ma III the bushes till he came
and o. hen jumped out in front OF
alt!7 '''faiy'
"W Ha' and asked in a cool, pleasant
"eII. my man what is itHM