Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-26

The Incident of the Famous Tcxn.
urIRudr With Urnerni Lee.

uriRudc with teucrni Lee.
Brcnham. TeNas, september q .-puring
the past year there has been much discus.
sion In the papers as TO who took hold
OF General i.ec's bride at the battle OF the
Wilderness and prevented him wrom lead.
lng the charge when the TeNaa brigade,
now referred TO na Hoods brigade arrived
on the scene, and aa thorc hAa been q
number Of clalma Tor this honor, perhaps
the following letter. written May 30, isai,
from TcNas brigade neadQuart0rr oifht
miles from Richmond by Robert Camp.
bell and published IN the News at lions-
ton, July 90, 1861, may throw some llght
ON tho subject for surely this eyewitness
had no object IN nilsrapreaonting the incl
dent at ~ time he wrote,
The battle OF tho Wilderness was one
OF tho hocdlost on record our hrlpadc
went In twice May g. Just as We heard
the flrlng we met General Lee. He asked
General Gregg what brigade Ia thatT'
General Gregg replied "rhe TeNhs bril-
gadc." uenerat Lee said; General GrcER.
when YOU strike the enciny, charge them g
He was very much excited, aud well he
might be. for iienth's division directly ia
his front some coo yards. was routed aud
running out, We were ordered forward
soon nfter the above conversation between
Generals Lee and GreRg took place, Gon-
eral Gregg gave the command; 'Attcn.
unn reNna brgnde--FOfward Tho eyes
or General Lee are upon youl" General
Lee took Off his hat, being about forty
steps In the rear Of the brigade and said:
Texans always move theml" aud started
20 follow ua In the fight His staff MI
holding him huok, or at least trying 10.
They auocceded In stopping cur well he
loved leader after white. All this 1
can vonch for. for I heard and saw II all,
being right with General Gregg "a his
courier,
sti.
ness OF undorgr0wth--cVory little hush and
tree was split all TO pieces by s,lls Gem
cral Gregg had hia horse shot three times
Tho afterwards died. My horse was shot
once. Nearly every mounted man With
General GfcEg hls staff and couriera some
ten In AIN had thoir horsoa Killed or
wounded was shot while carrying
n dispatch TO the Third Arkansas.
The battle Of spottsylyania courthouse
was more severe ON the Yankees we
were behind brcastworln ana tho Ynulteea
charged thom, They succeeded IN hrcnk-
inE tho eNtrcne lett Of the First Texans
II being third In liuNi The Third Arkpn.
aas being on the extreme left Of the line,
There was n F1p between tho riRht of
the Third Arknnaas and loft OF the First
Texas regiment, The Yankees came IN
In front Of tho brigade In heavy limo Of
battle. instead OF charging our whole bril-
gnde line, they moved By the lott hank,
and poured into THIS Rnp between the
Third Arltanaas and First Texas. hat
terry on our lotl poured n heavy dro into
them. the Fourth and Firth Texas turned
their FIRE on them. 30 you See we had an
onnhdlng fire on them. the left of the
First Texas brigade 10 fail hack and fring
on them none Of the brigade having bay
oncts) and the enemy we're bayoneting our
boys,
The Yankee officers who I'm, Jumped
an MI Al "a Ia lYU D.
ter" A captain Of the First snapped his
pistol at them four times, having Killed
two before told them he would surrender
AZ room m they had surrounded him. Thcy
Said we don't want yOudnmn your Honla
10 hell We come here to XIII you" The
onfilndlnR fire. though. from the battery
and the Fourth and Firth Texas broke
them. and We Just Slaughtered them like
sheep. They charged us several limos ar.
forwards, but we're Handsomely repealed
For nine days we We're under FIRE. some
times night and day. Though while be-
hind hrNaatworts our loss was insifnin,
can't. the damage being donc by Yanker
shnrpHhooterr, They were awful. having
dug TO Within acventy-fivc yards OF our
hreastworks. Captain Tanner commanded
tho Firth IN tho battle of RpottsylvArln
courthouse. and right well did he do nj.
duty-~a gallant soldier. Az for General
Gregs, ! never Haw man moro cool OF
brayer man In night than him. and wei
may Texas feel proud OF him as hci
Fon.
N 30 Robert Campbell.