Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-09

| ID Sncrldan's Headquarters We iouhu o"i
selves IN lane W u high strong renee
on both sides We " re keeping ShaIp
lookout. and wire riding side py siue'
IN OH back. / s.lV three men r'u'hs
Al q rand pace. overtakng us. AT once
A, c,t into sirgle file Che formation in
! which the mpa advancing on VS. WIZ
rid nQ) Campbell was 10 hold up the
man In the middle. Shafer the one IN lhe
rear and LEI the one in 'front.' pass o"'
| and | was u hold him w. We kne" 'ha'
II the dust and so near Sheridan 5 quar-
| ters we w0ulI be taken for some OF ms
msn heard Campbell ana Shafer MATT
the men. and heard the response from
| Oh 4 surrender | halt q Meigs. who
IS ihe front man. putting my pistol
lnIst I'm his face. lie refined In his morse
,ut made no reply He had on a military
.y.rcoat. with large cape. which en-
tir,lv G nc..Ied his saddle in front. lie
! fred from beneath this cape. his ball pass
ng enthey through my body. and urea
| Al the report Of his pistol. l thouBht
when be refined n his horse that he was
my prisoner. WI Campbell heard the
firing he rode up To me. mus giving 'he
nan he had arrested a chance to escape
which he did The man taken by Snafer
w. brought into our lines. together WIN
NJ ies's morse. nId no idea OF shooting
IN until he had wounded me. rode
~. We niles af,er / was shot, but be-
me 50 weak from the Joss of blood that
or the last four or five miles Campbell
iad TO hold me on my horse. Campheii
WAS a Louisiana man 10y birth, who JOIN Il
The Black Horse Troop. and was as gai-
ant a solder as the ConiedeElcy had.
II am. very truly yours.
GEORGE W. MARTIN"
A PERFECTLY LAWFUL ACT.
Now. eIidan does not say that his
quariermastcr and IN dical inspector were
murdered" on the day they were ki lea
ar nj. headquarters h sent the follow
Y dispatch to General Grant:
&c oar creek -, October IL, 1854.
y. M.-Lieutendit q neral Grant:
lieu euant-Colonel Ioies, my chief quar-
ermdster and assistant surgeon; Anil
Jhlcnschlager med cal inspector on my
taft. were both mortally wounded by
to-day to JON me Oh their
way from Winchester. They were am
I.r,e were Killed and five
-o3uaed out of an escort Of twenty
ar
If they had been ambuscaded. 1t would
Nc been "A perfectly lawful &C; of war.
mere was many all ambuscade set
or me. | once ran into one prepared
or me by General NJ AIDE, and the re-
oris show how much disgust he felt at
ny escape Three of my men were
wounded by the enemy concealed in the
bushcs-one of them lost leg. But
.Sherluan's quartermaster and doctor did
OF run into an ambuscade. II they were
an ambuscade Il ran into them. They
;aw the trap and were running away
from IL when they were shot. 1t was no
worse to shoot the QuaItermaster and
n. ,,rf,H cold "a
killed or crippled. If the surgeon mad
sun uterod. instead of running away
vi h his escort. | would have released
him. in accordance with my custom. But
he preferred to run, and got shot. When
combatants and non-ccmbatants get
mixed up in a fight neither guerilla nor
ANYBODY else. can distinguish one from
ia, other.
AN OFFICIAL REPORT.
In the first ba tie of Manassas a most
cstimable Virginia lady was killed by
the Confederate artillery. The fact Is,
my men did not know that they had
killed the doctor and quarte1master, un-
iii they saw it repor ed in the north .rn
papers. The follow ing report of the az
fair from the officer commanding the
post near where it occurred IS COM
plete refutation OF the charge OF the muir
der:
winchester. Va, October II. 1Sil.-
Major Russell Assistant Adjutant-Gene-
raj. Cavalry Corps etc: THE es-
cort ACCOMPANYING Colonel
Tolles. | think, was ready to do all that
men could do learn that the rear
guard gave timely notice of the approach
of the guerilas: thai the lieutenant In
charge wished TO turn ana meet them;
that Colonel Tolles gave him orders rot
TO do so; but to move on AT steady
trot This enabled tic enemy to come
lose enough 20 charge, and they being
much better mounted, were able to charg
INTO the midst Of the escort Perhaps
the Lieutenant should have commended
his escort in his own way. but l do not
,onsiler him much TO blame"
The truth about the affair is this: One
# my officers. Captain Dolly Richards
with about twenty men, was sent over
& the Valley TO harass Sheridans com
nunica ions. When he got in sight Of the
pike he saw Colonel Tolles. with an es-
cort Of twenty-five cavalry. on his way
- Sheridans headquarters. which were
only few miles off Richards charged
them The quar- crmaster and the doctor
we're both shot in the back when run
ming full speed to save Themselves from
capture The affair occurred in broad
daylight in an omen country: eight or ten
were killed . =. twelve captured, to-
ether with an ambulance and twenty
eight horses. My men never went in
disguise-they were, In fact, the best
uniformed body OF cavalry in General
Lees army. If. however. they had gone
in Disguise they would have had the
examine Of General Sheridan to justify
II His hiographer. speaking OF the or
ganiZation of corps for a special ser
vice (page l53). says: THE men were
furnished with Confederate uniforms
for use when needed" and further page
21O. disguised as Confederate soldiers,
they rode through all parts OF the enc
my's country and were often In Confede-
rate camps
I'm February. 1865. a party Of these men
led by their commander. Major Young
representing themselves as Confederate
soldiers pursued by Union cavalry. pene-
trated eighty miles into the enemy's coun-
trv. and In their assumed character en-
tered the Headquarters Of Harry Gilmor
notorious guerrilla, and captured him
In bed IL my men were ever guilty Of
any such act, the other SIDE Will have
% produce witnesses 10 prove 1t. ] shaN
never admit it,
THE TREVILLIAN FIGHT.
Referring TO the fight with Hampton at
Trevillian's. the author says: IN addl-
ton TO the two divisions OF the cavalry
IN front of Sheridan. Breckinridge's Divi-
ion Of infantry was at Gordonsville and
would be one Of the many obstacles to
overcome before General Hunters army
could be reached" Therefore he say
sheridan retreated. Ii is strange that al
this late day any one should repeat an
"a story which was exploded thirty
.sors ago. The records show that
Iampton, with his own and Fitz. Lees
cavalry div sioqs-less thin 4,0JO-was the
,nlv obstacle thai prevented Sheridan >