The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-28

the Odttit OF lle 1ldi'if "%N
ing or intimatlng that Gen. Malone Wa
not present until after the fight was over,
| bog leave TO state that as a member OF
Company u. Sixteenth Virginia Infantry
/ was IN tina charge and IN the hshe
nv brother. j. &. Hines, was near mo
and was wounded, having his right arm
shattered by a bullet while IN the WIZ
ABOUT half an hour after we Teached tho
breastwOrks. Gen. Malone was near 10
in the works Immediately In the nsHs'
and when my brother was "ouhueu'
spoke 10 him and asked II he was much
hurt. then directed him the way 10 ge'
out and where he could nnd a sutseon'
al the same time directed me 10 80 WIN
him and take care Of him. My brother
and / both are willing TO make oaih 10
this statement"
Colonel VIM. II. Stewart OF
the |Slxty-nrst Virginia, who commanded
the regiment in the battle, In his state
ment furnished IN d letter TO General Ma
hone. said:
Il was under the impression that II
Ohe order 10 charge came from you.
As my attention was to the 'front.'. ana
you were on the right, ] did not see
YOU again until we had gained the outer
brcastworks. I then met you, and begged
you not to expose yourself. The crater
/ was then held by General Bartlett.
1 YELLED IOWAhD4
Mr.. VIM. w. Caldwell, Of Company {.
Twelfth Virginia Regiment, a member
of the battalion OF sharp-shooters' WhIeh
command charged with the brigade on
the extreme right OF the line, in his state
ment. said.
81 had not lost sight Of him (Mahone)
five minutes when the enemy began form
ing outside the captured portion ln our
! front. . o q At that moment one OF
the men In the Twelfth jumped up and
I fred his rifle and yelled. reward. Ihat
was The first sound heard and we aI
Jumped up and moved right at them.
Then Wcisiecr called out TO us. Don't
fire. q o We were advancing wheh
he said this. and l am positive Weisiger
did not give tine command Toward
"In the movement from where we laid
down to the works which we captured. i
did not see Gen. Malone, but in less tnah
five minutes after we were in the works ne
was I'm our midst. encouraging tho men, in
the thickest Of the fire. lie Joined as
from the direction Of the left
Colonel George II. Rogers. of the Sixth
Virginia Regiment. upon whom dweyOlvcd
the command of the brigade when Cen
| oral Weislger. a-~- being wounded. re-
tired from the field, in his statement,
said:
I'VE captured the line equal 10 our
! front. hut could not cover the crater. and
upon the instant almost Of reaching the
/ entertainments Col. Wcisigcr called 10 me
that De was. he thought, mortally wound
cd. and turning over to me the command
/ OF the brigade. retired with assistance
field before Col. Rogers saw General Ma
hone in the trenches. and that General
Weisiger was but a short time I'm COM
mand on the forming line. Let MS here
settle any question that may arise by the
stalcmonts of General Welsiger and
Jud.e Drury A. Hinton. his aide-de-
camp. who was with General Ncisiser
in the charge. and at the b~reastw0rlls,
and who bore him from the field.
From the statement of co. Rogers,
which fixes General Malone as at The
works before the Georgia brigade charg-
Cd. IL would appear hat General Wcisi-
ger was wounded and retired from inc
from the field. The brigade for The mo-
ment was in great confusion; our loss In
The charge had been very heavy. the
work of death was yet rife I'm the
trenches. ana our men We're suffering ter
riDly from an cnhlade fire. poured from
the crater proper that projected far into
the rear OF our line, ass well as from the
fire of the main line of battle of the enc
my.
'Then &c was" continues Col. Rogers.
81 met General Malone in the trenches,
and received from him timely instruc-
tions Tor the disposition Of the men and
orders to hold the position, at any haz-
ard and under any loss, until he could
bring another brigade TO our relief. A
few minutes after the Georgia brigade
was brought to the charge. but, ouh-
QUing too far tO the left. failed 90 cover
the crater ard the line TO the right
COULDN'T COVER THE CRATER.
5000. e. Hf. CO.. H.~H
10 General Malone. said:
"perceiving the rapid.ty viii which
the enemy were forming. and the immi-
nent danger of bcinr oVoIruu before the
Gcorliaus could army, ou the lcld. he
(Girardcy) expressed his assent to my
views. / thcreupon requested him 10
state my reasons for so doing. and imme-
diatcly charged with my brigade, which,
I'm gallant style. carried the works as Gar
as my line wonld cover. which was TO am
angle nearly in rear of the mime cap
turing several hundred prisoners and
ciovcn stand of c0lOrs. with a loss 70 my
command in killed and wounded Of 23
officers and men,
soon after" continues General Weisi-
ger. the GcOrgians were sent in, and
later in the day. after 1 had been COM
PEELED TO leave the field. the Alabama
brigade. under General Saunders, was
sent l. and the remaining portion of our
works held by tho enemy captured"
I'm his letter Of 1876 TO Capt. w. Gordon
McCabe. General Weisigcr said:
"A short time after reaching The works
! was wounded, and left the field with
Captain Hinton. my aid. i'm coming out
] found Malone at the same point at
which ] had Left him. iu the covered
way ] reported 10 him that ] had been
wounded. and had turned the NINA
over TO Col. Rogers, of the Sixth Viz
einia Regiment. All of the fighting was
over ON my immediate front before
left"
From these statements of General
Weisiger We must understand that tine
Georgia brigade had made its unsuccess-
ful chare.s before he left The brclst- |
works and that the fighting. except that !
done when the Alabama brigade was
sent iu. was al over.
Petersburg. Va. May 26th.
CTo Re Continued Next Sunday.