The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-13

squadron OF boys in blue at the heels of his
independents.
Wvcber's exploit FASTENED the coming of
Stoneman's .orce but the Confederates,
led by Dukes brigade, were In line TO meet
the raiders. y mile beyond the little vii
ia2e OF Marion, which Stoneman was ap-
preaching, there was a small creek cross
ing the route. The Union troopers forded
the stream and after sharp skirmish
voro driven back again. Dukes brigade
followed across the reek and climbed TO
the s.:n.n.it of ridge which commanded
i 49, AZ lie CEeIny's position, range of
hills ZOO yards distant. Picket firing
was kept up all night, and, in expectancy
Of attack, Duke ordered his men to prepare
barricades of logs, rails and brushwood.
In the morning he found an immense
force confronting his 220 dismounted men,
who were isolated from the rest of the
command. The 220 men covered a line of
half mile, being deployed ten feet apart.
At sunrise Stoneman opened the battle
with {. charge of dismounted men. During
a-gat hours following the Confederates re-
pulsed ID separate attacks. a survivor
who wac on tho staff of General Duke.
Major W. j. Davis, gives the following
realistic account of tho last stand of Dukes
200: The heroes we're the remnant Of one
OF Morgan's regiments, led by Colonel
Napier. "Old Napier commanded about
100 men posted on the Left - lays Major
Davis. 81 had just borne him orders and
distributed 10 rounds of rife and Is of
pistol cartridges when the rush came,
negro brigade in the lead. Our entields
volleyed, and many fell, but on they came
Some leaped the barricades, and with
dubbed guns laid About them right and
left, but the rife club proved of little avail
against the navy None of these VEN
turesome ones returned. Some fell dead
across the defenses. Then followed a
stampede, Old Napier, bareheaded and
bleeding from wound in his face, lead
ing his boys as they bounded over the bar
ricade and swept down the hill at the heels
Of the panic stricken blacks.
1.-THE white line supporting the colored
troops, seeing the barrier stormed and car
ried, as was supposed, wheeled into column
with the intention of assailing our center,
but had not crossed half the distance in
| front of Colonel Napier when blue coated
blacks and gray jacketed rebels, inhar-
moniously commingled, struck it's right
flank, filling the intervals between the
platoons and bearing them along,
| founded and helpless In the suddenness of
| the onset. Some resistance was offered by
blue coats who had not lost their wits, but
| they could not stop the flight Of those al
| ready maddened by fear.
AT the foot of the hill we halted, while
| the Federals ran on. AS we marched up
the hill again, Giltner's men, who had
| calmly witnessed the affair, yelled them
| selves horse with hurrahs. oh, my old
| bulldogl' they screamed at Old Napier.
| ooh, my wiidcatsl oh, my blue hens
chicksp They We got their salt this timer
| You're gittin your rights now, boysP ooh,
my Kain-tuck-i-ans!' they vociferated,
| with shrieks and yells that split the frosty
air. Dukes brigade was afterward called
| by the other commands of the department.