Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-07
WAR lNClOEN
General H. Kyd Douglass Tells Story Of
"A StoncwaIi Brigade soldier.

"A StoncwaiI Brigade soldier
General II. Kyd Douglass contributes the
following sketch 70 the July number OF
the Century Magazine the hero OF which
Is a wcu-knowu resident Of Shepherds
town. v. Va:
IF Mark Twain had been soldier him
self. and had felt that mortal chill which
strikes a fellow when the bullets begin
to whistle and his comrades begin
f. fail on right and left. he couldn't
know more about II. When. IN 1851,
went into Company y, Second Virginia
REGIMENT. StonewalI Brigade. rs a phi
yate and was marched q Haroer's Ferry,
one Of my fellow-privates WAS John p
E. Of the same company lie was
plain. hard-Working young carpenter, ana
4 d,y or two before had married a pretty
voiire wife. Jackson's Brigade never had
much tJav or rest and when the FIRST
hattle came they were in II, a;d 50 on
io ApromattoX. John p was not one
If tbo.e rare heroes who DidLft know
what fear was Tie knew very well but
always met il face to face. He said he
was always scared 10 death ca battle,
h,lt Ice had 4 curious way Of SD wing II.
When the battle was JOIN ed and
blood and ruin were everywhere
then. whenever the front rank OF
danger and lighting was IN his reei-
lnent. there was John p, with shaking"
legs. pale face. and tears runni ng down
his cheeks. ready 60 advance With the first.
and STAYING with the last that retreatrd.
Then and there, without shout or boast,
firing steadily. he did his duty until the
last shot had been fred. When picket
duty demanded special reliability he was
sent H. might have moaned inwarily.
but Dr. never tried 90 escape. once Il was
CAPTAIN them when hc WAS complaining
OF his own cowarIice. / said 70 MIN:
II You are half as afraid in battle -
YOU say You are. hp" can you Keep from
running away I couldn't
"'Why. captain he replied, do you
think Ia disgrace that littl. wife 7 LEFT
at home for half a doz such "ornary'
lives as mine"
"'Weu. Joha. if al Of General Lees
army were such towards as you. wed
,titur. Washington and end the war
This clmpaign.' was all that ! could
answer.
"iohn p AMI his wife survived the
var and they have a hoUseful Of chill
Gren lie Is just as hopeful and trust
worthy I'm peace as ne was I'm war lead
il.r q quiet ana respected If When |
think Of his constitutional nhrmity, and ~
the sense Of duty and manly courage
which conquered IL, | feel that no braver
man eyer
Fought with Stonowall Jackson
In the old Sion, wall Brigade"
COLONEL BHIDILLs FATE.
81. NJ. L." writes as follows in the
Charlestown CW. va Spirit Of Jefferson:
To-day have been meditating over the
past. and my thoughts have taken me
back 10 tho cruel war OF 1861. There
was an incident that happened in the fan
Of 1863. and ! think in tn month Of
September. that ! have for many yea rs
fit 10 my duty 10 have mentioned III The
public press. one evening, on the CATE
abov- mentioned. about o'clock IN the
afternoon. "a merry group OF youngsters.
among them Or j.. J.. Hurwen, now a
prominent physician OF MdshlnstJn' ID.
&. and myself. were grazing and Sc
cr.tius from the Yankee army a very
valuable lot of horses on Burweil's Island.
situated i'm Clarke county, Va, when all
of a sudden Mosby's battalion dashed
4 into. us. being hOuy pursued by Captain
BI.Z.r who was sant 10 that vicinity %
route our gallant Mosby, and who was
shortly afteiWdtd captured by Rev. ;. q.
Ferguson who r. nov very prominent
/ Methodist minister. The writer was In
/ cbar.s. of a very fine bloOdel horse belong
ing t. Mr. James Nowll father of Mr.. y,
/ Y %eyilI Of Wildwood. Va. on this spirit Il
s'ced | made dive for the east 81 ie
+ Of the Shenandoah jumping stone fierce
ann down a perpendicular bank some NJ
teen feet. with builsts flying as thick as
gn9ts in August. | made for lane on
tb. op,osite side. which WAS enclose ~
q very high fence. BENG 80 closely pur-
sued | became frightened and Jumped
from my steed and ran 10 the ashes;
my horse wheeled ana ran back O. the
d enemy and was never heard Of again.
Now comes the saG part Of my story.
After this excitement was over death
Ike silence seemed 10 prevail which
caused Mr.. NJ T. Koyston' CALVIN STUMP
Jo'\ May. and Frank Doran to go back
over the ground ana see II ar " one OF
taeir fellow-sOldiers were kille J. II was
not long until they returned ringing the
Ifeless body Of a stately-loo Sng gentle
! man. who was a str.nSer He was laid
! out at uncle's house; the sight | snail
| never forget; the sad expr ssion Of That
! face. and how | felt fol his loved ones at
! home. He was buried the next day in a
| nine box down on the ba' TX Of the river,
and | think some mont - later he was
/ taken TO Winchester "a. and perhaps
/ hurled I'm the mound Of the unknown
dead | don't know IN is for certainty,
. hut II should not have been the case, for
| distinctly remember seeing his name on
/ his collar, Colonel dward Brdill. y. I.
7 have often wonde red If his people ever
received mis- body.