The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-03

pickets which they did quite vigorously at 4
a. 20. Gordon also struck the pickets On our
extreme riglt ~ the same time. But the
qiekets ia fr8at Of Custer or Nineteenth Corps
gave n0 alarm. and Early, with Wa8rt9n's Di-
vision aldttfe artillery At some distance in the
rear. near s-rasllrE, advanced 70 Hupp's Hill
"a b0ar 5alorc aud waited inside Of oar picket
liue for these attacks on the TANKS Of our
a-ay.
At4o'clocE. when our Second Division, Sixth
Corps Fieket7 were driven in and a rafting
IRE 81 1Iusaetry kept Up for some time, many
O Oar lca got Up, packed tents and prepared
breakfast.
After getting packed up and awaiting orders
u fal lu, 3 became gat and still We fingered
on our camp ground ID shape 70 move either 70
The front ~ rear. Then we could hcar'in quick
Succession tile 4ul. iauds ia tie fog in our rear
and to our left aud soon saw a lot OF strag2lers
g hundred or $50 ro8s behind Us, waiElug to-
wards the u5rtH. They didu'J exactly ruu,
but did some exceedingly tall walking. We
received orders - ft.l in, and soon were on tie
TE8 to~aras tBe Valley pike and the rear OF
tie Nineteenth Corps soon there came rush
ing back IaO5 q men with The rebels 10 their
heels yelling 90 the top Of their voices. One
Of aar batteries IgHaHs, ] tainll ga!lgpea out
towards f8c Nineteenth Corps fugitives aud
bfaveiy opened Or The enemy, but the afiriEhted
men iu blue would not rally aud the brave
DaALti ED8lE TIE AJllEaek-
ats and lost their guns. This was the only
battery Of the Sixth Corps that was lost and if
il bad remained with its own corps. und0ubt-
edly, i weliG uot lave been captured
VIII not give detailed account Of the
movements Of the Sixth Corps. Stevens has
given q very fair history Of il, which every one
can obtain. i wiil quote however, fully from
Gen. karly's WORK, which is not very accessible,
a. wei as from Col. j.. ". CrOwingshc!d's adj
dress before the Massachusetts, Military His
tOrical Society.
The chickering's between the writers, even
before tie battle Of Cedar Creek Of the Nine
teenth aud Sixth Corps had commenced, for
Early says he found a newspaper in the Nine
teenth Corps camp which contained a screed
against some Sixth Corps scribe for slanderng
1900 men. Early deems this good evidence Of
Tie number Of men la the Nineteenth Corps,
which be whipped with only :. 800, a.ter cleaning
Crook ont IN the morning Early then says one
OF his divisions after the Nineteenth Corps had
hes from their inireBcancuts and ~ lartga had
taken possession Of thc.8. encountered a divis-
ion Of The SiEth Corps and forced Il back on
that corps HepFdered Gordon 10 assault with
bis division, which was done. and the Confed-
crates were rcpulsea by the Sixth Corps. This
was probably ~ clock. Then Early brought
mp ali his artillery and what he captured, viz,
seven guns from Crook, all lac had ii guns
from Emory, about all he had, and six from the
liALa lo4 f51 a4-L Cy4I+3tltEg4 a iAElyLs ElCllug
on tbe Sixth Corps. which stood its ground, al
though il made sad havoc IN cur lines. Gen
Bdwell and Mai. Brewer, Of our regiment, were
both killed here by artillery shots Hero il
was tlat the divisions Of Wharton, Pegram
Ramseur, KersAaw and WoHcrd assaulted tho
Sixth Corps and were repulsod.
The caTalry OF Custer, on the right, and Mer-
Titt. On thC left IL Middletown. molly covered
rs lar as cavalry could, these TANKS The reb-
els were whipped here and their enthusiasm
completely taken out Of them They were
yelling ID the highest glee al the morning
after having routed EIoTy and Crook, but 2.
they surged up AGAINST the Sixth Corps lines
they were sent back with slaughter and coun-
ter charged. Their vim also was exhausted, Sc
that when the orders were received 10 retreat
& thin sEiTmi 5h-liue, principally from the old
Vermont Brigade held them 10 q respectable
distance. A. II a 70. the Nineteenth Corp.
hao been halted and brought into line OF LAT.