Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-09

aUention OF the euemv. Ihey came IN force,
and were permitted 10 reach the fence before
fire was opened upon them. After their re.
pulse General Humphrey. counted 403 dead
Federsls Tho Confederate loss was three.
saw this with nv own ewes. General Ker-
shaw, OF south Carolin,. had a similar expe.
rieucc. Ills meu rose In the pines and hred
In the cnemy's face. they were 90 close
that two were killed with an axe. The
Federals lost IFS and the Conicderates one.
Night Of May Sth we moved and formed the
lines we tough; on later, and on the night OF
Nav ON we were up all night throwing up
breaStworks.
GREAT CHARGE.
"Mav 10th The enemy assaulted al our
lines and tired 10 throw men into an interval
between our works. We had the pleasure OF
hammcrlpg The TANKS OF these bodies Of men
ali day. but change was in store Tor ~
We heard veil and thought 10 ser orr men
capture a Federal battery, hut instead we
saw column Of ten Federal regiments
dashiuc over our hresstwork' not over 200
yards distant. They hayoncted two Of the
Texans who were asleep. Greggs's TeXa,
brigade was A. the point assaulted. aud YOU
know they were all men, but they had TO
break
HOW ~ WA RTTCISEp.
over which General Lee must retreat is not
over 200 yards IN our rear. We must cay
here We did .. We had our guns
checked with rails. We fired each piece six
times per minute
"Our guns wcrc loaded up Ia the muzzIe
with canister. We kept the enemy back.
They were not more than forty PAGES OF 81
the outside, and AZ every discharge sc swept
them on. The mead Of the column went
down no eich discharge. Finally they
flincDed and then retreated.
TO THE RESCUE wlTHA FaYING-PAN.
at the time the assault took place a cap
tsin was frying piece Of meat, an occupa-
ton in which $50 would all Ike 10 lave been
engaged. Ugughter.l Tho attack called for
SUCH prompt seton that be put himself at
the head ~ his company and led it into ac-
ton waving the irylng-pan over his mead,
and came back irving pan IN hand alter rem
dcring valuable aid n repelne the assault.
he had, however, sustained q serious loss 10y
the DISAPPEARANCE Of The mcsi. daughter
TIE Texas yell told u. when tue return
charge WAS made and the enemy driven out.
We bad our paw. General Greggs came and
Rugged every man al the guns. cried over
rs, and said. Texas will never forget the
Richmond Il0wfIers.'
General Lee SAID the First Richmond
HOwIt2crs saved The Army o. Northern \lr-
ginis from disaster.
AsCgrHlsE I'D ROTH ARMIES.
"That night and 81 OF the next $50 fought
the same way. on the night OF Nav llth We
were prepared % move. Three OF MS sat up
talking OF home. Later we partOok Of Z
little Coru-p0ue and coffee and smoke, and
were about to lie down. II was almost
/ day. walked up 10 where our guns
had been the evening before and
looked, though for no special reason,
INTO thu ones opposite. looked
again I'D the lark, covering break q
dsv. sad q feeling ~ uueaSncss caused
me g. call first one aud then the other of my
comrades. suddenly there wsS lifting Of
cloud, ana We saw am immense body of
/ Federal troops preparing Tor an assault.
There Wss no time f1T washing our men up
1 in detail. ! was SO. aud had on my equip
ments. / lot the gun loc.e. She slipped
/ back into her fsrmer position. J dropped
iu friction primer, pullcd the lanyard, and
drove the loId OF canister into the enemy.
I'm the stllnes, oil that early morning
/ hour 10 seemed rs n the gun could have
| been heard an over tine United States.
I'm less than two minutes the whole
I Inc was up and contcndlns with the sur
prise party. and DO A little while thew were
defeated aud driven back. soon after the
/ crash Of our gun the noise OF Nav 12th COM
menced. and the roar Of Infantry and arti-
| lery was all dsy long. Through scenes Ike
/ these we went au tnat mouth. one We
went uosrlv three days without food. 10
was through such times that The comrades
/ whose virtues W. would mark and whose
memories we would keep green endeared
| Themselves 20 u>. The greatest hOsst We
| can make Is that we were tho comrades OF
! these dear, heroic dead