Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-08
PETERSBURG SIEGE.
A BtLLlCERENT ARTILLERY BATTERY
THAT DID GOOD SERVICE.
r,,,.. su,ul,cs Of observation-disclosures
Sam Pu,iinm Gets n Charactcristic
OrLer-shoot at Everything.

PETERSBURG. VA. January 7.-Cspe-
cabin his recent address peiore ~
u. Hill Camp OF Confederate veterans
I'm this city Or. Eggleston. OF Richmond
narrated the following interesting incident
OF the siege OF Petersburg. The speaker $
language a. used:
-. Another fine battery which did
service near us nj Petersburg wal mat vi
Captain-now Rev. DIS. Taylor Mart'n'
Of the Union Theological seminary
Uampden-Sidney. Va. 1t was
ed at Petersburg by rirst-Lieutenant 3.
II pulIiam. now Of Richmond. It's posi-
ton was near Fort Lamkin. on a NIL
Just I'm rear Of Captain :. Taylor Wrights
Battery, and its view OF the enemy 5
works was extensive. At first We dld
not know what battery ii was. bat such
was its belligerent habit that II seemed
to us that every time things got com
parativoly quiet and we began mendinS
our clothes or writing letters this bat
terry would open and stir up 4 russ that
involved us all. Finally this became such
a nuisance that my brother determined
to go and see If he could not arrange
some sort of concert of action. so that
the little rest We might get in the day
time would be less disturbed, as we Of
the Mortar Battery had to fire all Of the
time at night TO keep the enemy's atten-
tion devoted 10 us, and thereby somewhat
relieve the infantry. whose service on the
works was continuous. our men We're
never relieved. as were the enemy's
troops every day or two.
AN OLD COLLEGE MATE.
when my brother reached this bat
terry he was agrceably surprised to find
II commanded by his old college-mate.
sam Pulliam. lie asked Pull,am why he
was so unreasonably belligerent. and was
informed Cby the latter that he had
been told To make acquisitions for n
supply Of ammunition on General Bushrod
Johnson's ordnance department. and that
after he had done 50 General X. II. An
derson's ordnance officer notified him that
he was the man 10 call on for such sup
plieS). So ne made a second rcquisitiOn
rs directed. But the. next day. before
n ammunition had arrived, General T.. u.
Alexander. chief of artillery of Long
streets Corps. came around and told him
that both orders were errors. and that his
battery was still In the First Corps. He
therefore made n third requisition. and
IT happened that all three requlsitions
were filed the same day.
You all remember" continued the
speaker, how very accommodating the
Confeda Government was I'm surply-
Ing ammunition. whatever 1t did as 10
clothes and rations. one Of his guns
being Knocked into Junk soon after this.
Pulliam became uneasy. fearing that his
over~rpply 90 ammunition would be ex-
plodef by n shell from the enemy's guns;
and he asked General Alexander what
h. must do. He received this character
istic reply: Shoot at every thlng YOU can
sne an inch high. a foot long. or =
year old" and this order he was simply
obeying."
TO BE PUBLISHED.
This IS but one OF the many interesting
incidents OF the war. coming under his
own experience M observation. related
by Dr. EgglestOn in his address. This
address and others OF like character.
some OF which have already apurorcd
In the columns NJ the Dispatch. will. II
Is understood. be published rs chapters
IN Mr.. George s. Bernari's second volume
OF War Talks Of Confederate Veterans"
now nearly ready for the press. Mr.
Bernard has. with great care. gotten
together a number OF valuable statements
from participants in the great drama OF
INjl-65. 10 material for his forthcoming
book. which promises To come rp to the
standard Of his first volume. published
TWO years ago. AMI his volume. IL NAV
be said, because 81 the personal nara
tons IL contains. has been very widely
redd-llrticularly by old Federal soldiers.