Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-27
A CRAVE CHARGE.
=, General Taiisfcrrc -fIts Fine
''' ooucr.i.hip .srort Republic
rrnr the nispatchi

..,cralship 81 t"ft NeV""~'
For the Dispatch
has recently contained eevc.
Your ~ ' /, relation 20 the battle OF Fort
rsl sri i.,v Viii yon permit me 20 add one
RepSnAN ho number, ~ this history Is
TH, ~ ,.sef TO he written upon your
dc ,hs, General William y. leila
his recent address neiore Lee
il''o mon his personal fec0iiec1,,ons oi
tiI' :. onewsll Jackson ai,uacu 10 VIC
t.'.'' - related Nv MAJOR ., hs'oh Noohe
altc.1 80, General Jackson when cut
srl oi 49,. t,shV the reld ofsome tede-
e. p,,, KcpUbhc escaped capture
I.r -. tho eunDers stationed st the
. W a. bridge 60 move Their pieces,
SEP =. S,I and thus he passed by.
81 ta tofarro stated that as he APP
s,nn IN. h-ifce from our side he saw
ra-h, 'ta'lson. who had just crossed,
u..c t.rnd guns and eunners at the
fi tfe r,ulA rot and wonld not dis.
C..a c'-.rrn..anco. although he did
rtsf his own knowledge. -,
t.' ~ .ha-aeferistic mode>tv and dii-
General aliSierro was only thins-
81 .s .nniec; and did not assert ior
it All hs brigade as ne nt2'H hdos
.ral ~ saving tue pos,tioh ana
.r.y ta' soie "'.,N' Va - -, - a,
~ .. Co. 10 lus'lce 10 mn ana 10
IN stating iue'T "e''on up'" '""' DC
.-..ooodoni. T. W. in laudablo
,i.r credit 20 previously un-
e'. ..,. wroioto your paper discredit-
...,i,ic. and ~ his enthusiasm so
So '-.' ..,,se.f that hc almost contra
ISL +. m. other incidents referred 10.
i.s fr,eni al the credit OF saving
N..' f,rksap individually ana his army
e. Ar!tlis claim is endorsed. re-
81 e-,pasSzei Nv the letter of
i.a -.,... D.nwiiie, who SAWS that
t'"' f,..fti, battery THE enemy
t'.l -.s, r0witse7s in the street and
.- .. III, road q. r. "a cross-road
..,.i 1..1f the town some distance
l-.secf. aud again he writes :
r.i been where we were no
,.~. Wy could have saved the tram
~. L. alii,'s character AID gallantry
..ut ra... ri7ct 10 pe questioned
..- .,ftrai,, acknoNledced 'hat III
l-' ..-, actions TO mans evidence or
'.-..f.s a. mach weight except as 70
| --. 90 his immediate 'front.'. ana
..-,rt the iapse of nearly thirty
she'd memory is apt 10 be
i~ H. UirWldGie will agree to
Wrcu De Te-reads TINS sem
f- l-ftcr. After claiming that
tie Federal cavalry from at
Ia tram ana drove the
-- r, from the iown and their
|...r. thus wf held Shields adj
t... au day sunday while
.. f,r.a. - was be.aoorne fremont
..- .- bows.
.s.r- been written IN history
o.. r.- .Tl., Keys was fought on
f.-.-Saiurday. June sth--and
e.f. Sir piuwi1die with his raw
mr.ur and twelve guards
1r-~ sin check 10 the rear If
r.,.-. O.. desperate and bloody
- .. rs ttst name was gong on
between ihc same Shields ana
vt.. AMY. lie foIgets en-
.l. .,Natry which he had seen
...r O., lroaa. led, as he states,
vLcA CROSSED with Gene
nv ru-pase 70 detract at al
.. OIL. q. .t. s.all made by the Car
... 81 .-.rr lch probably saved the
.,..-- - r d. attack by the small
u .l- enemy. For tins they
...,.l .r,lt credit, and no one -
.. o.. t,r-ve them Of II. bul De
.-., .,, tte claims made for them de-
.....- GID. -ai, & others.
a., g.. f-lf 10 cross Keys General
--... t,--s is.l the field tGat night,
o.. naming portions 81 General
-.r.,c. .Dl were Withdrawn and
.... dong th4 rosd leading from that
f.-f Eepra Bile, General Ialia-
.... f-r.ir lr.ng n advance and
..f,. Pace marked l. IN Mr.. Din
.su,-f. The brigade was alone.
I.rk--r's whole army as
. Tie position was level plateau,
M f-.a isVl suddenly 10 the river
.-. ... f.1rr. neither Of which nor
...t.- fr Ecpl5hc could be seen
... ... .r.r.llti the brnk of the hill.
F-r.--.. Sunday morning. IN COM
t..r -.-. o., .s,e Major William Is. Stan
fr vi.tr az this communication
. rrvl-i .,.la our train and Joined
,- Al -.t-rtn. who, with the. rest q
....,.' v.,. satig breakfast. From his
~ .-y,rr. ence gained in the Mexican
ear i.-... llll.tI.o was the only Con-
..... general. .n far as | know. who
- -.r~t -.- custom Of having regular
-r- .,pec:ion-. 81 the time
r..-,....f .e tUgage was drawn upupor
i.t.l.,.l 20 column ~ cOmparles ano
-.,-...-.g f- their respective colo
g., hss. 81; liking on We heard one
Graz 81. med. evidently across the
r,-- -., CSC Z o1r sight. They were
o.. ....g '..,, ~. ut.0ned 10y Miss lImD0r'
o.. 81. ufW .iie.
...-.. lt,rro ii once asked what
ls' ...r' alI ordered his brother and
D. A l.laferrO, u 90 and soc.
- .',-. immediately mounted anC
'te plateau. When he reach
g, ...., Ills q few hundred yards of
81. 3D. DO. tri llet0n, A. g., who hac
t.g0.eh the bridge and wa
.. '.-r 81 below, recognized hlu
o.. .. r, General JacksOn's orders
.ft .i-'-- % be met 70 come over e
I~D.t. . a, the Yankees were there
... I-..-.,-.. came back 81 II gailOp anC
,f- -.- .ottcr General JacksOn's orders
%. .. li ergo. VINO had ID the meal
.-.. named ately ordered tn,
g.. iT tie night If companies
t.- a. instant was lost. Ih'
..- t-s blankets (they had nC
%. tle ground and march
r-g tie General dowi
. N..r.' going out 10 the road
-,..-.. al IL, self followed. am
f-.- reached tho brink Of the hill thu
.-t fore aud below Us. AcrOs
>- ... WIS he town Of Port Re
r-.-g tie stream was Ions
Badge. Attic town end, imme
a. tte iuiCr. were two guns. Will
--. o. artillery placed with tn
.t..l q destroying 1t. one gul
0lf -.t- the mouth. the gunne
award "a h.s hand. Genera
-'-. ,atte LIS brigade down tn
.-. .sr4 the road and was JUS
Pc ..ter mouth f the bridge o.
".lolt moments hesitation
rwari. double quick
! lf7 tie bridge. and wor
t.s. teius hid by the roof o
just 10 we expected 10 SEE
.'i ..i all the horrible cOnse
would inevitably have fol
..r great relief the gunne
--r ..,ysfI and started TO run
'.s brigade, headed by Gene
came through and captured
re- a. -.nuers. II was probabl,
-e u.n whom Lieutenant w.
''f atl ,4lked with Ia Lynchburg
20. 'v l'- Ia lis receat coInmunica
-r paper. The brigade the
tptle1 up the battle OF Por
'-''' i-s' Tile minute because il is bu
'..ria. lhuaterro and the men o
4ueuiy-i-ird, and Thirty
t 'f'.-.4 regiments that this. on
.-tf gallant actions. should b
=. tl.y i9lned the Third brigad
To- tacz-0l's own division, and
'e So a! aaa Fourth brigades. has
'',.-'. history, as 1t has cause
0' ~ ,'eu.' attributes everything
a.. p. e.v-lon or It's parts TO III