Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-07
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HERE is THE PLACE.
we march by the left flank along the
1odu short distance. hat and from.
ilere Is the place Our left is near the
NV Oh low hill or rise. 1t is so dark
80 We cannot see n man across the
-oau' Lanes skirmishers are in front
flank. " Jul "i'
In n short while a wounded man is
porne along towards the rear. Just be-
nino our regiment. Several men were
noiuIhg MIN up. and he was trying to
N"lA' Wnen brave Sergeant Tom Fogg
recognized him and said: Great God.
IL Is General Jackson Then the order
Is gwen to deploy the regiment as Skin
hllshers' and almost Immediately the road
was swept by such a destructive artil-
iery hre as can only,b imagined. / don't
peileVe the like was ever known before
or since
Inc darkness and the fire combined rem
uer II impossible to execute the move
ment The men drop on the ground. Colo
mel Mallory calls upon the officers to do
Ter duty the last words he ever spoke).
NY company, which was the right com
pdhy OF the regiment. was wheeled to the
10 the color line. How beautifully the
company responded 70 their captains or
ueTs. They Were heroes among heroes
me captain intended to deploy by the
Ilsht hank as soon as he reached the
Color hne, but TO get there was all that
we could do. No man could stand and
live.
Being just a little behind the brow be-
Tore mentioned, most Of the shells which
missed the brow missed us while lying on
the ground, and those which struck the
brow ricochetted over us.
1t was impossible for us 10 rise. so the
men only raised their heads TO fire and
TO add to it all, the men in the darkness
behind US, not knowing that We were
there, opened fire on us.
After we had remained sufficient time
for our lines to be established in our
rear, Major Saunders gave the order for
Us to fall back.
THE HOUSE GONE.
The old frame of a house is gone, but
there is where it stood. and it was by
the side of this old house. 40 yards from
the middle OF the road. where was living.
and by the light Of the musketry fire and
the bursting Of the shells that / saw
Major Saunders, and. although I could
not hear his voice, / knew by his gestures
that his order was to fall back.
! was lying on the ground by the side
Of Tom Wright at the time / stood I'D
gave the order to my company, and in
stantly ! was wounded by piece of
shell from the enemy. and Garland Smith.
only a few feet from me- was wounded
by a bullet from our own men in our
rear.
Yes, brave. old Tom Coghil, you took
me to that very white oak tree, with
scars on it now from top to bottom, and
there we lay with Garland Smith behind
us until the fire slackened.
Jackson and A. Z. Hill both being
wounded. Stuart was sent for during the
night to command the corps, and our
brigadier Qeth was put in command of
the Light Division, and Colonel j. NJ.
Brockenbrough succeeded to the COM
mand of our brigade.
And over the same ground our brigade
was ordered next morning 0he 3d) to
advance in line to near the same
spot and halt-Fortieth and FOrty-seventh
on the right of the road, and Fifty
fifth and Twenty-second battalions on
the left-and either by a blunder or dere-
LECTION Of duty on the part of some one.
when they arrived at the proper place.
the Fortieth and Forty-seventh were
halted. and the Fifty-ffth and Twenty
second battalions were not halted, but al
lowed to keep straight forward and
charge the whole of Hooker's army alone
A FAMOUS CHARGE.
Both together they numbered about
six hundred-iust the number that made
the famous charge at Balaklava. They
had been ordered forward. and could not
stop without orders; so on they went
"Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho the soldiers knew
Some one had blunderd;
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the Valley of Death
Marched the six hundred"
And there is the opening they came TO.
It IS a valley with the hill next TO the
enemy rising somewhat abruptly, ana
crowned with fortihcatlons' as lar az
could he seen both to the right and 10
tbe left behind which were the enemy's
infantry and artilleR, and within less
tban 100 wards of those breastWorks' Which
yrere wrapped I'm a flame of fire and
pail Of smoke, with
Cannon to right Of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front Of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and SHELL
BOLDLY they marched and wei,
Into the jaws Of death
Into the mouth Of he'll,
Marched the six hundred
And when the fire was so severe that
the men could stand no longer, and know
ing IL. was all the result Of somebody
blunder. they lay on the ground and loau-
ed and fired as fast as they could waiting
for orders to retire. But no orders came
Oncers were falling so fast that no one
t,ney who was in command. And Just al
his time T. r. y. Wright, who was theh
a nrivate in the Essex Sharpshooters'
seeing our flag fall, ran and esized II
and carried it to the cont calling 10 the
mon TO follow All, Nm, Sergeant Jasper
ala not perform as brave an act as that
bnt the men couldn't follow Had they
attempted il, without an interposition OF
not one would have been
left 10 tell the tale, and God alone spared
your life.
And. when Adjutant r. l.. Williams
could find no officer above his own rank
IN command the regiment he took the
Your anxiety is for your
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