Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
WAR SKETCHES.
40, p,rFLI OF LYNCEBURG DESCRIBED BY
iH' eEOReB ". EOLsLLAED.
,,,,,, Number Of West Virginia Troops Employed
:, ths Engagsmsnt-Ths Death Of "Jim"
Nlls-RscOvsry Of Bis Body BY
@BOOls" Earris While
Under Fra
-..-..... 1or ths sunday Rsgistsr.

,.hbnrg, while our advance was
Using the mountain on the first day,
oiCo,federate lost his life in fooliShly
aoi,Iess manner. Our advance con-
a aDd Of a small body of scouts, the vet
Ds of "ROwan'S" cavalry when the
uSinder of the company had been mus
+ored out. The boys had just been fur
sisbsd with lot OF Henry rifles, "Six-
In sbooters." They were as proud Of
I'm a. a woman with her first baby.
AZ the body reached the top OF the
IN man came out OF house In his
abtrt sleeves with shot gun in his
IDS He cried, "Haltl Surrenderl
cn~randerl have two hundred men In
- edge OF the woods and to prevent
ths unnecessary effuSion Of blood l call
',Don you TO surrender" Yves. Rowan
iooEed AZ him for a moment, "Well,
Won will not have the pleasure OF taking
NV gun" With that he brought his
rife 10 his shoulder, bright flash, then
= renort rang out upon the still air. The
nan rrasped his shotgun convulSively,
took a step and fell forward on his face
with A bullet through his brain.
Al Buchanan the second day from
Lexington, an execution took place IN
der peculiar circumstances.
Some of the scouts asked Adam
Cross Of the First West Virginia Cav
eIrv 10 go out with them that evening
As they were going to shoot niger.
II seems as the enemy retired and our
men entered the town, a black man
whose ideas of freedom was TO do as he
nlessed. was caught attempting to rape
a white woman. The boys drove him
off sent him 10 his home and placed a
guard over him.
After being recalled and having had
simmer. the scouts, accompanied by
Cross. went down where the colored
man lived. He came out of his house,
sat under a tree, and ehatted quite
merrily with them. They questioned
him quite closely. He acknowledged
what he had attempted and told what
he intended to do. The boys quietly
listened to him until he had told them
everything. One of them then said TO
him. If You have any arrangements to
make. or PRAYERS to say, we will give
Won few minutes for we have come
here to shoot you. We cannot leave
such crimes go unpublished as we have
wives, mothers and sisters, and man.
who does as you attempted TO DO,
deserves death, and we are here on
purpose to shoot you.
The black man said he had no prayers
10 make, but he done thought they were
friends. Sitting under that tree the
scouts emptied.their revolvers into him.
His wife, who had heard all, opened the
door and said, at served him right; he
was only o good for nuthin' niger, any
how"
In the morning as we marched
through Buchanan nearly the whole
town had been burned by the enemy
setting fire 10 covered bridge across
the James river. Some one had placed
a musket on the foundation stones OF
one of the brick buildings that had been
burned. When our battery was march
Ing along we halted for few minutes.
While here Gen. Hunter rode along.
Seeing me near the muSket, Hunter
said, boy, why do you lay your musket
down? Pick il up" l told him it was
not mine; that l belonged to the artil-
lery, then passing. VIM. HOBBS then
rem up, saying, ''Shall | fire 1t oil, Gen
eral? Shall l fire it Of?" Eyes, said
the General, sire 1t into the air. VIII
liam pulled up the old musket, drew
back the lock, pointed the mnzzle to-
ward the Sky and pulled the trigger.
The gun went of, and William went
"head over heels" the other way. II
was a sGayover for mcddlerS."
All the 18th OF June there was con-
slant fighting in our front, some or II
quite heavy. Let me here remark that
at Stanton we formed junction with
Crooks force, consisting of an infantry
division. brigade OK cavalry, and two
batteries OF artillery. Thereafter our
combined force was designated as the
Eighth Corps, of the Army Of West Nir-
ginia. Crooks had the stronger division
OF the two. I remember the following
Fifth. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Four
teenth and Fifteenth West Nirginlai
Eleventh, Twenty-thlrd and Thlrty-nItn
Ohio, and Third and Fourth Pa. Ke'
serves. The cavalry, First, flfth, olxtn
and Seventh West Virginia; Elghth
Ohio. All the cavalry was placed under
command Of Gen. Outlay, Gen. Stahl
having been wounded at Piedmont.
We watched all day at our guns, but
were not engaged. Just before night
we were ordered up to reinforce Crook s
artillery. His infantry had made orlI-
liant charge, capturing eight pieces OF
artillery, two Of which they brought on
the field; the other six remained oe-
tween the two lines all the following
dav. We did not go into action, and
the next day we were first drawn up IL
reserve in rear OF Crooks artillery.
In the morning, while IN reserve,
lot of the boys of the 10th ana lZSu
Ohio came dragging a ten pound Arm
strong gun which had been captured tht
night b sfore. The boys presented IL &c
our battery and then told US that "heI
we lost our guns at New Market, tney
had vowed the first captured guns INA,
wOuld fall into their hands they wOulu
present Thorn tie Us.
Eight o'clock the 10th or June, OF
the hall opened by the enemy hrlng
solid shot at the battery in front OF US
1t came rolling down the hill toward oui
battery In plain view. l thought as II
passed through 1 would stick out my
foot stop II. and see the caliber OF the
&Vun that threw il. As it neared US
tsaw It was leaping about six feet at q
4aump and concluded I would let 1t 90 on
Ms way rejoicing. II l had stopped II
with my foot, il living, l would now be
PksNing pension.
SHORTLY after that we were ordered 10
oseery to the right. We were so close
70 ne enemy, and we wanted to ambush
cur Battery, so they would not allow US
20 use axes in cutting down the brush
'uu eao to do the best we could WITH
eur JACK knives.
Aieet going in battery as we were IN
ie wOols thought would step out
iOhe ahe see where we were. just be-
lore i parted the h,shas 70 stan ont.