The National tribune., 1891-09-24
FIGHTING THEM OVER.
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns
SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
How BucEtail Held Rebel Brigade without
SuppOrt

FpTT0R NATIONAL TRIBUNE; j notice thal
great many of the boys from various reel-
ments are 90 times writing about their own
personal experience, and 80 the same time CIV
ing details OF some of tho s6lrmishes WHICH
they were in, as well as regular battles
Those who were engaged as shafpshooteFa
know chat There was no harder OF more dam
perous rlaces than those n which The sharp
shooters wore engaged; yet they are MOI very
often heard from. ,.-,. =
belonged was a regular regiment OF sharp
Ebooters aud was Organized expressly for that
purpose. but often fought la regular line Oh
battle.
our regiment was divided sometime IN May,
1862 six companies going down onto the
Peninsula aud ,hc other four, with BayaTd 8
Cavalry Brigade, Joining Gen. j. e. Fremont S
command at Str@sbuiE in the Shenandoah
Valley.
write This article not only TO tell you Of a
tipht little snap our boys got into hut more
especially TO tell YOU how ] came TO hight four
regiments of infantry and one OF cavalry "a
whole brigade for some little time. do MOI
know how long all by myself
belonged 10 the ST Rifles Pa Reserve more
commonly known ms the old Bucktais j was
Sergeant Ia Go. & Capt j.. w. Clifford com
ualfy) Our company was one OF the Tour That
were detached from the regiment ana were az
tachea 10 Gen Fremeuts army and went WIN
him down the Shenandoah Valley We haa
followed Stonewall jackson from StIasuurg 10
Uarri-onbnrg We reached there on the cvci-
inr of the 9th OF June, 1862, passed ON beyond
and a little to the lett of town aud camped ln
a niece of woods about halI mile from town.
After stacking arms the Colonel told as "a
scatter and get something 10 cat We mad MOI
drawn Htions on our whole trip, ana lVed on
the country, for the J0hnnics had burned ana
torn M the bridges SO that our WagohlfMn
could not keep up with Us
] had little money, ana Tor ihat reason went
down TO Hausoubugg and purchased some
thing 10 cat. While IN town ] learned mat
some of the lst Pa. Cav, Col. Mynduam men,
had gone on beyond town, aud had run into q
lot OF rebels who were lying in ambush, ana
had got pretty badly cut up As soon rs heard
this started for camp, knowing that as soon
as Col. Kane heard OF il he would have has
men ont and did not want 10 be lett.
ran a good share OF the way TO camp, but
when ] reached there tic men were gone.
picked up my knaps9Ck gun, etc, and got my
self ready rs soon as possible, and just rs was
about tostart daTkey came along, ana asked
him IL be had seen anything OF lot OF sol
diers with bugklails IA their caps like The one
j had on mine. He said yes and told me
which way they had gone. hurried on and
caught them Just as they went lHlo the corner
Of n piece OF woods. The unGerbrush ANA all
the small timber had been cut of, leaving
nothing but the large timber, and some oil that
had been cut Here the Colonel stopped and
formed the men in line. j came up ana took
my place al the head Of the company as i was
Acting Orderly Sergeant 40 the time ,JoscPh
w Craven. our Orderly, WIS Acting Captain OF
tie scouts an8 ] was filling bis place..
We had barely got formed in line, and were
counting OF ready 10 deploy and sc0pr the
woods % see 81 there were amy rchs there when
there was a yoiley OF mu7Eetry lrcd az ms from
the thick uuderbTusA ln front oil as. lad ihey
shot low enough they might have killed ali Oh
rs the first fire. Two or three were killed as
II was but most OF the bullets went over our
heads
Atthis Col. Kane gave the order take cover
This command WAS one which belonged to a
drill he had taught u.s. called The Indian aril'
and meant that each one should look Tor some
desirable place. and 90 TO Fighting on hla own
account, never TO shoot, however, uhtn he sa"
someone 10 shoot at then take aim aud shoot
a. though shooting at turkey.
Al the command every one sprang behind q
tree. Oh whatever he could and went 90 " 0rk.
saw q stump q short distance ln front oi the
company. aud ran aud got behind h. would
duck my head down behind the stump aud
load then raise up and shoot over The top OF IT,
We loaded aud fred as fast as possible. After
a while the rebels ceased firing for moment.
Sometime after this j was shot ln tho lrit
thigh and about the same time something
struc, me in the left shoulder. j looked az
my shoulder aud there was hole IN my coat
then pot my hand down on my thigh aud u
did not seem TO be much hurt although ny
hand was bloody
But rs did not suffer any great amount 0i
pain. j thought j might as well 90 ahead with
my business AZ 20 do anything else, Cunse.
quentlv ] resumed active operations. MOI long
after this discovered the rebels coming down
tic fence si0ug the edge ol the woods. Hooked
over 10 the other side oil the woods and they
were coming down there also.
j came 10 the conclusion that ] had better
get away from there. You cannot form any
idca 0t my surprise when, upon getting mp and
looking around. j found That our men VINO
were able 10 get away were all gone and out Of
sight aud that upon trying to walk could
not bear my weight on my leg. j quickly
turned my gun, aud put the breach up under
my left arm. although Do hurt my shoulder
very much, using ID as a cruich, and h0bblcd
out Of the woods, which was soon filed with
rebels VINO, when they SAW me, commenced firing
at once. bullets flying al around me- j hobb.ed
along Is best ] could until ] gave out, then
laid down, the balls striking all around inc aud
covering me with dust As soon as ] could
got uU and travelled on down across the Geld
aud Through The gap ln thc fence which W.
had passed t'go hours before, and lay down
behind tie fence.
The rebs had not stopped firing at me- ant
still kept up while j lay thGrc, balls striking
tic fence aIl around where j RHs living.
j soon got mp again, aud crossed the hollow
and started up the hin ON tic 0tAersid ] wa
now out 81 the reach OF tie balls0l the enemy
j bad not gone fan up the hil when a cavalry
mau cam, down the BIZ aud helped TOE on Dbl
horse aud took me 20 hc hospital. If this sol
der secs this article and rtcollrcts the clcum
stances j would like 10 AGAR from him, Is hay,
forgotten Bis name.
4 would be glad 10 have anyone Of our bow
who were thCre tell me how they came % Ioayl
the woods. ] have always thought that s0mr
OF the officers must base given an order 10 tina
elect and that ! failed % hear h. being iu from
and H.th my back 10 the company
lt was Il good thing FOR tAo rebels that the,
Oufaukcd me aud drove me from behind An,
stump, l0I ae there was 40 one there 90 give m
orders 10 retreat ] would have stuck 10 ihru
until ] had killed the whole brigade lover d.
left.
Col Kane and a few others were woundc,
aud taken prisoners, i have forgotten WHO
When Col. Kane returned Doe told ms that ihcr
were two regiments % infantry That 0pcur
hre on us, After while they wcre SO LadIt
cut uF that they fell back aud two other frgi
mcuts took their places. Then the two wh .c
we bad been fighting were reformed aud 0p
sent down on each side 10 gobble us an. nm,
tEat BE- probably the time when they Nh uc
but when they got there they did not end any
thing to gobDie They also had rcafucut 4
cavalry but they did not make use of them.
Con. Asuby managed 10 get iu Tho way some
where and was killed Col. Kane saw mn
buried. We had only 1875 men engaged iu az