The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-04-13

outnumbering us at least three to one.
| With a veil they came charging down the
HILL The Sixth Corps stood its ground
maufully, repulsed their skirmish-line and
held their third line of battle in check till
our ammunition gave out and the enemy
had turned our right flank, when, seeing the
imminent danger of our forces being ami
hilated by the overwhelming numbers of
the enemy, the order was given to fall back,
and our troops withdrew under terrific
| fire of infantry and artillery
When the infantry line fell back Col.
Clendennin, with part of the 9Th III. Cav.
that had supported our left flank, retired
toward Urbana, closely pursued by Nc
Causlands Cavalry Brigade, and after some
severe fighting fell back to Monrovia. Over
powered by an enemy apparently four to
one, our troops slowly retreated past Gam
Drills Mill along the east bank of the Monoc-
acy TO Bartonsville, thence to New Market
and Monrovia, thence by the Baltimore
| turnpike to Ellicott's Mills and to Baltimore
| City.
When the battle was over, and we had be-
| gun to retreat it was all-imp0rtant that we
hold the Stone Bridge. Gen Wallace ordered
| Col. Brown to hold the Stone Bridge over
| the last extremity. and when he was pressed so
| hard that nothing more could be done to COM
! mand his men to dispense and to take care Of
| themselves Col. Brown made such disposi-
! ton of the forces under his command as he
| thought would enable him to hold ont as long
! as possible. He contracted his skirmish. line,
| thus strengthening his center, and covered al
| the commanding points that he could. Orders
| were given to the cavalry to take such position
| as would protect the left flank on the east side
| of the river. Gen. Tyler had started with his
| reserves (the 18th Md to Col. Browns assist
ance, but on receipt of the order of Gen. Wal
| lace
TO HOLD THE BRIDGE,
| Gen. Tyler, with Capt Webb and Lient.
| Goldsborougb, of his staff, galoped to the
| bridge and took command in person. When
| the head Of the retrcating column reached the
pike, Gen. Wallace rode up to the bridge and
| ordered that it be held at all hazards by the
| force then there, until the enemy should be
found in its rear, at least until the last regi-
ment had cleared the County road by which
| the retreat was being effected This order
| Gen. Tyler obeyed
| At about 6 p. M. when our retreating column
was we'll on the way to New Market, heavy
| attack was made along Col. Browns entire
| front at the Stone Bridge. Gen. Tyler sent
Lieut.. Goldsborough, of his staff, with an order
| to Col. Landstreet commanding the 1lth Md,
| to move his regiment from the position III
which they were in the meadow below Bartons-
I vile, and to move down the pike towards New
| Market to join our columns. Lieut.. Colds
borough gave the order"to Col. Landstreet, saw
the regiment start down the pike, rode back
and reported to Gen. Tyler, who was then on the
| hill on the east bank of tho river overlooking
the bridge. All our troops, except those hold
ing the Stone Bridge, had now left and. satisfied
| that Col. Browns forces could not withstand
the attack of the enemy's greater force Gen.
| Tyler ordered that he withdraw his men from
| the west to the east side Of the river. The
| men had begun to cross the bridge when an
| Orderly rode up, saluted Gen. Tyler, and said
General, the rebels have turned our lett, and
are in our near Bartonsville."
| Owing to the length of his lines and the
| knowledge that the enemy were i'll their rear
attempting to cut off their retreat by taking
possession of the bridge from the east side, the
command was Withdrawn in confusion. Col.
| Brown attempted to rally his men, when the
| enemy brought up his artillery and threw sew
eral shells, one of which struck the bridge
| while the men were crossing it, The Colonel
| succeeded in rallyIng some OF his men IN the
orchard on the hill overlooking the bridge, ana
| they fired several rounds into the enemy, who
| were ad vancing from the west and also those
| in the wheatfeld and woods on the south.
| The enemys skirmishers on the east side OF the
| river now opened fire our TANKS. This fire
was returned by the men in the orchard
AND THE ADVANCE CHECKED.
| BY this time our men learned that the main
| body of our army had moved away an hour and
| a half or two hours BEFORE and that they were
surrounded. Many of them broke and threw
away their guns to prevent the enemy from
getting them. and attempted to save them
| selves. The Colonel succeeded in bringing off
about 300 of his command with which he joined
| the main body at New Market. AS soon as he
| had learned from the Orderly that the enemy
was in our rear, Gen. Tyler, with his staff and
| several Orderlies, rode of, toward BartOnsville
| to see if the report was correct. When we
| reached the top of the hill, at the entrance to
| the road leading to N. %. Cines house, We saw
a body of rebel cavalry in the orchard at Bar
| louisville. They at once opened fire and charged
| upon us. We took the road leading past Ciines
house, past the mill and on to Hughes's Ford,
so closely pursued that we saw no chance OF
| escape, except to CONTINUES on the road on the
east bank Of the river to the Old Liberty road,
| which leads to Baltimore. Riding along we
| saw by tile clouds of dust along the WOodsboro
road that squads of cavalry were moving
| IN the direction that we were, but we
hoped to get ahead of them. We reached
the Liberty road turned east in the direction
| of Baltimore, and rode into the village
of Mount Pleasant where, to our surprise,
we came upon Il squad of rebel cavalry plum
derng store. Our little party then consisted
of Gen. Tyler Capt. Webb. and Lieut. Colds
borough, of the staff. and two or three Order
lies Seeing that we were Federal soldiers
they fired upon us, and either wounded or capt
| ured our Orderlics. We at once put spurs to
| our horses and dashed down the road for about a
mile, when, discovering that they were pursu-
ing, and as our horses were well worn out would
soon overtake us, we turned from the road into
the woods where Capt Webbs horse fell and
| threw the Captain under him.
Il,oc \ tad rvnff ha how
up, and helped the Captain on his feet. We
| then turned our horses into the road and took
TO the bushes. Surprising that "" were still on
the horses, they followed them down the road
and captured them. In the meantime we
came across colored man, who piloted US to