The National tribune., 1895-02-28

1 nelQ. More imam 0ne-InlTQ OF IDe meI
in the three right companies were either
killed or wounded in the short time we
were there.
A portion of the regiment went back
through the woods nearly to Cedar Run,
where they rallied and reformed. The
rest followed Capt. O'Brian along the
wood road to a little ravine that is about
100 yards from the edge of the wheat
field, and there halted and reformed.
At this place / helped Capt. O'Brian
bind up his wounded thigh with hand
kercAief to stanch the blood, which had
run down and filled his shoe; but not
withstanding this severe wound, he went
back into the fight again and was NOR
tally wounded. / am sure that nearly
all Of Cos. ID and | were there, and |
know that many of Cos. F, C, and III
were also with us at this last-mentioned
place.
Let us now see what the rest of our
brigade was doing. Col. Andrews of the
I'd Mass, SAYS:
"Pretty late In the afternoon, SO late
that began to think the battle over
for that day, a heavy fire of musletry
suddenly began where | supposed Craw-
ford was. Soon after this an aid of
Gen. Williams brought an order to
Gen. Gordon to advance to the sup
port of Crawford. The order was i'm
mediately given to me to move forward
with my regiment, and was obeyed as
promptly as possible"
Col Andrews further says he was
first sent toward the left until he reached
the Run, and then was ordered to the
right, where the rest of the brigade had
gone, which had by this time got con-
siderably the start of him. The 9th
Ind. had the right of the line, next,
with considerable of an interval, the
three left companies of the Sd Wis.
which had not yet been engaged, and
then with larger interval there came
the I'd Mass. and the company Of Colliss
Zouaves.
The six companies Of the Sd Wis.
which had been reformed were brought
up and placed in line between the left
of the 9th Ind and the three companies
which had not been engaged. From a
careful examination of the ground made
when / visited the field in 1888 | think
that this time we were about 300 yards
to the left or east of where We were first
engaged when in the old bushy field,
and here for few minutes we did about
all the effective work that we did that
day. The enemy were
IN CONSIDERABLE FORCE
in the wheatfeld and firing upon
troops further to our left. We had
not been here long, however, before
the 9th Ind. began to fall back,
being attacked in flank and rear, as we
now know, by Pender's Brigade, which
was advancing from the west. They
we're hardly out of sight before we had
to follow them or be taken prisoners.
The I'd Mass were the next victims, and
they, too, had to fall back across Cedar
Run. This movement and the darkness
ended the battle, as Augur's Division
and Crawford's Brigade had been swept
from the field long before.
While these events had been taking
place on our side the Confederates had
not been idle. OF the Stonewall Bri-
gade, the 9th and 33d Va. were held
back short time by the charge of Craw-
ford's three regiments; but the 9th, I'd,
and 4th kept moving on until they met
our six companies, which Maj. Williams,
Of the 9th Va, calls a skirmish-line,"
which they drove back into the woods.
Here he received orders to fall back
and connect his line with the 33d Va,
and as he halted his regiment to do SO,
he discovered that he was in rear of the
Federal troops who had charged on their
battery. He says that he swung his
regiment around to the right and took
them prisoners and saved the battery.
He says he captured three colors and
500 prisoners. This is not a very big
exaggeration, for the 9th Conn. and 2Sth
\. y. lost their colors, and the brigade
had $50 men missing.
As soon as our six companies were
driven back into the woods the I'd Va.
was ordered to wheel TO the right and
advance upon the flank Of the 10th Me-,
which just at that time was advancing
into the wheatfeld near the Culpeper
road, for the purpose of another attack
on the Confederate center. One COM
pany Of the I'd was detached under COM
mand Of Capt. Moore to enter the woods
aud guard the Confederate flank. And
it would appear from the reports that
the 4th Va went with the I'd.
Capt. Moore says that upon entering
the woods he met fresh regiment of
Federal troops marching toward him by
the flank. That he ordered his COM
pany to fire upon them, killing several
and wounding great many, when they
retired in confusion He adds that the
bushes concealed his small force of go
men and saved them.
This was doubtless the 9th Ind,
which was the next regiment to enter
the woods after we fell back, and Col.
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