The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-01-05
TO GETTYSBURG Ann. BACK AGAIN
From wearing OF the Gray, by John Fsten
Coke, OF Va. - b
E. b. TREAT, Publisher, N. Y:
."Ho (! for the Valley |"

f.. IS. TREAT, Publisher, N. 1.::s.:s
"Ho ! for the vallsyl''
This was the somewhat dramatic ex.
fclamation of Majoi:G General J. E. B.
Stuart; about the 24th Of June, 1868, as
he got into the saddle at the littlevillage
+. Of Rector's Gross Roads, between Mid.
.dleburg and UppeIyille, and turned his
horses head westward toward the Blue
Ridge mountains. 81
stuart's design was soon developed.
Wersached at nishtfall :an1e elevation not
sfarsfrom' the Great Falls-the spot laid
down on the maps at Mstildayille, or
near it=stuart riding with staff and
advance guard far in front. Theglatter
pushed on-theI rest stop ping-when all
at once shots tame from the front, and
Stuart called tuts CHEEKY to the staff: !:
ssLook outl Here they come { Give i. TO.
them with pisolsl, /, The bang Of car
bines followed "a squadron hastened to
tbagf,ont and oineaef Ara J. and s;n tba
,,;d.. q = ST., = aa;a ..Tel, sHa "a mInton..:
nnn ,sY .s.n = fo,1o1 .,s;l-tbat n hambIiss
s. and Tr;.z TIA I. coo,Tnina s s Tbs l,
atrailn was plain in the moonlight |; 1:
followed it; and reaching the Potomac
;r.t .h,ro AZ, E,aIja synnnd Horn ,t,lr,
$500 .lssIss :,sl
tn Il. =. ..:. -, 4, ,.s,,o m. /.
h.aad !; sar El;i,srsa ;n ia NOON and A., a.
~ h:;,b. y nsssca -. sasn gtbs slona,. :,
,w,ay,eripe lihe Of dark figures, moving ID
iaainple fle|;ps the :ws,ters y Washing to and
fro acrous lie back, I, of # the horses, M which
kants: tbe;i feet feet with dificnltv. The
hardest notion, If tba tast svaa CROSSING, 3,
.tba oannJn & tbel .borue artillerv. lIt; 4
seemed inpossib L, Ia 90, pet the limbers and
.iv, caiaaons Svar without - wettine: ,,s and r 40!
.das,tro,;ni .dt; tba ammnn;,ion!. Int itba ia
readv bra1n of stuart found a e,xpedient.
The boxe| were quickly nnpacked !; every
calvary man took charge Of q shell, case,
or solid hot with the fixed cartridge 5
and thuslh held well aloft, the precious
freight w.s carried over dry. Once on
the other hide, The she'd l.bearers deposited
the ammunition on the beach;sit was
repackedi Ia the caissons, whichshad been
dragged y the plungiDg horses over, the
rock bed Sin safety i the guns followed; /;
the artil lbry was over !
an BhInnn,,,oygertown. in Pennsylyanis
two or tLrees sda ysia Afterwards III The cavalry
didinot by vs. any means s regret the trouble i
they hai been putt to in carrying over
that ammunition tdry shod.o Breathed
thundeIsd3with ii from the heights, and.
with st,lI after she'll broke the heavy.
line al atganciDg to the assault. Never
was thunder sweeter and more musical!s
But I anticipate.
Thd river was crossed !. also the Ches.
anaah and Ohio canal bv 4 narrow ,,p1,
bl;dos and the cavalry halted for: brief
rest4 4the General and u staff receiving
opeJ.handed hospitalitv from Nh
andh;s 1amily those Guardian angela If
the] soldier the ladies stayinp nm all
n;a,t to wait upon the veary pray.backa
an1 ppive.them food.
Eha colnmn moved a. dawn toward
n, nnnd;scovered landn of Star and.
si,;ne.dom in q northern. d;rect;on
tward Roc,kville n was not lono
l.fora ,vo can,a pnon tba blnas naon,e
tBang / bang / bang p indicated that the
advance guard was charging a picket;
the shots ended we pushed on, passing
some dead or wounded forms, bleeding !.
by the grassy roadside; and the town of
came in .sioht The present
: ], ,r;t;ar, ,n,abad an after tho odvonce
,nard ubich had oalloned tbronob and
riding ,ol,. along : handsome a atreat
. ma snddanlv nnon . anectacla which
vo. tr,,,lv nleasino 7Tb,a .uaa ; seminar
for vonno ladies, with onen windows
onen doors-and doors and windows
ue,e fnll and running over with tho
e.;,o.t s,n,ecimena of tba aan,,a GOV thot
anas 80, haha,d r. moo snndor ana,ha