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positively in these words: 1T would not
have happened n / mad had you'' Hamp-
ton emphasized Gen Lees words- lie
did not say Il might not have happened,
but he sad positively 20 me IT would
not have happened n I had had you.
II IS evident General Wheeler did rot
lose the independent command OF his
original cavalry IN the remainder 81 the
campaign which terminated the M6r
when I[ilpatrlck Shcrman's chief q cav
airy. reached Chesterfield Courthouse ;.
G he sent by flag an ll-tempered note
to Wheeler. complaining that twenty~siN
Of his men had been murdered ~ Nhcci-
er's cavalry i'm two days, and mat some
Of the slain had been found on the road
side with their threats cut. fitzpatrick
informed Wheeler that two Texas col
onels" in the Confederate cavalry were
the ranking officers responsible Tor Inc
outrage. and they must be delivered up
10 him without delay The United states
cavalry chief expressed his special ami
mostly toward South Carolina. went on 10
Intimate his purpose to avenge himself by
DESTROYING all tho private proDscty M
South Carolina, o->h his scouts could
reach and by a fun retaliation upon
Confederate prisoners. Wheeler replied
in a most vigorous style. Ho assured
Fitzpatrick oscillations did not lie with
/ one combatant only; that he held many
nrisoners of the United States army
Moreover. there were no Texas 'oioneis
| in his command, and. although he did
| have two Texas regiments, each ccm-
manded by a captain, neither OF these had
bcen within many miles Of the alleged
| outraees Fitzpatrick was defeated ln tho
epistolary contest. as he was destined
| TO be a few days later IN more heroic
/ engagement Suffice 1t TO be said mat
| Captain shannon. Of Texas. was Wheel
| ers chief Of scouts. He had fifteen PICK
/ ed men Of Texas, fifteen Of Arkansas, ana
| fifteen Of Alabama. These 45 scouts
! made a. record more like romance than
/ actual war. II is only important here
| 20 say shannon and his men had sum-
mary methods Of their own in aveneing
/ the insults 10 women, the burning OF pri-
/ vate residences. tho slaughter Of aged
men. acts Of vandalism habitualy prac-
| ticed by Fitzpatrick and his men. TLey
| knew all about those twenty-siN men
| found dead long before Fitzpatrick and
| Wheeler began to write letters about
| them.
few davs after this correspondence
| Kilpatrick and Wheeler had both crossed
! the Pedee river. now in great food state,
| into North Carolina One cloudy morn
| ing. just before break of day, wheeler
/ got his command or a part Of il. in the
/ road ready 10 charge Kilpatrick's head
| quarters In a farmhouse around which
was a strong guard with battery as a
/ mart of IT, Shannons scouts were in
| front. and Hampton and Wheeler were
side by side in the lead Of the column
| charging. fitzpatrick, az the alarm
sprang out of bed IN his night ROBES,
Jumped through a window. and in the
| darkness made for a friendly swamp near
/ of
| Private Kennedy. Of the scouts; Captain
| Pegues. Of the Third Alabama, and 9th
| ers. ganoped furiously up 10 the front
| door OF she house and. meeting them
there. with distressing cries for mercy.
| was a beautiful young woman in her bed
apparel who had come along in private
carriage. taken for her use by General
| Fitzpatrick I'm South Carolina Fitzpatrick
owed his escape 10 the fact that some
| South Carolina cavalry that was expected
| TO close upon the house from the swamp
side. had mired their horses up TO their
| backs in the Quicksand-hke footing, and
could perform no part IN the attack, TO
| their great modification.
In a military sense Wheeler had out
/ witted Fitzpatrick. and lost capture or
| him by a hairs breadth. Fitzpatrick was
| the successor of General Stoneman as
| chief Of Sherman's cavalry. When Sher-
| man was pressing Joseph +. Johnston
| he sent Stoneman out to ride around
| Johnston, as Stuart had ridden around
| Mcclellan Wheeler set out on the trail
of Stoneman, caught up with him. and
sent him as a prisoner 10 army head
| quarters. IL is a rare thing in war that
! n cavalry leader shall capture two sue
| cessive opponents. as IN Wheeler's case,
IL we admit that Knpatrick's fight in
| his night gown was equivalent TO cap
| ture.
In the early murky morning Of April
I II. 1866. the Good Friday Lincoln was
| shot some four or live of shannon
scouts. all Alabamians. and mounted,
were within Sheman's lines in Raleigh
| One Of the Confederates. Private Eu-
| gene DuBose. ran down and received the
| surrender of one Of Kilpatricks troopers.
| This trooper, under pretence OF throwing
his carbine belt over his read, TO drop
/ the weapon. took his captor at disaf-
vantage and sent the ball from mis-
gun through DuBOse's head at arm
length The other Confederates were
now on the scene and they all united
| in discharging their pistols into the per
| ndious murderer Both men fell on
heap in the road. Both We're put I'm sepa-
rate graves by the kindly hand OF
| negro. living nearby, in front OF MS
house. Later one Of the Confederates i'm
the action went back 10 the spot and re-
moved the body OF his beardless young
comrade TO St Mlchaers church-yard,
! Marenzo county. Alabama. This tragedy,
marked by black characteristic of the
! invader was probably the last combat
between the forces of sherman. the in
vader. and Johnston. the defender.
The tragedy involved one of General
Wheelers scouts. who. as A body. had
| done so much TO create for him an en-
! during fame: for General J. II. Johnston
] the lust confidence of wstchful world,
| and for the Confederacy its character OF
martial nrowess and renown, and with
out a parallel among nations ancient or
modern. .-
JOHN WITHERSPoON DU BOSE.
Birmingham. Ala, Jan. 81, 1893