Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-19
RICH MOUNTAIN IN 81
Az ACCOUNT OF THAT MEMORABLE
CAMPAIGN.
HOW GENERAL GARRETT WLS KILLED
u,.,ory Of the Occurrences Of May
10Th, nth. and i2th-T"ii"ierro
son. ,o Commnnd After Gar
nctt-Tho Retrort 20 Monterey
ny Or. Henry NJ. Price. Company H.

pv DR.. Yenry NJ. Price Company ~
Forty-rourth Virginia Volunieers)
a, ~. ,.ouest OF many old comrades
md through your courtesy / VIII 'ry 10
vivs your readers true history OF me
nco,,rrences OF the 10th. nth, and l-th
., Nav. 1Sn. eliminating IN the tragic
6.a,h OF General Garrett, ana the loss
pf West Virginia TO the state ana inc
confederacy. no campaign has ueen
more misunderstood, nor more misrep-
resented. both North and South than this'
on the evening Of the 10th Of july Iaol'
,be Forty-fourth Virginia Volunteers
commanded by Colonel William C. scout
OF Powhatan county, Va, reached beN-
erly. Randolph county. and encanpeu "'
Tho base OF Rich mountain, just beyond
., tho road crossing that mountain on
,,n,cb six miles beyond, General fesiah
I'D nostlon. having 900 men, known as
tho COLLEGE Boys ontIehcheu -" ny
s,,unnit of the mountain three miles OH
% ca with himself. Scott had e~' ram
81 elo and six pieces of aruueIy' al
Io1,roi BW Hlkius. nine miles peyoh"
J9evorlv General Garrett faced Meier
lau's 1900 with 900 men, conloa1u va
Colonel william G.. Taiaierro Iilsa1o'
tre Thirty-frst Virginia (West "6.l-i'l'
,fnder Colonel Jackson, ana inc Ii7'
Georgia. under Colonel Iamsey, I"''
Carrott was attempting 10 holl i1't
,r,trd rosltous against Mcllenah b
united force Of over tnfte 70 o"0. 80.
the nivht Of the 10Th your coireepo"". %.
VS. thrown out at the extreme pcNel q"
YIoh mountain. with orders from captain
eho.fon oc Louisa. officer OF ile oa4
IL scout Out if anything unusual 49,
,ed and find out lts nature ana IepoI
:, him ON rounds 20 tho posts. AD)"l
midnight. a movement az the enemy was
discovered opening and culuNs " va,
round Ieerams position n lne uti c0'.,''
Of the eutreuclcd position H.l" ~ 90"
"CoUerc Boys" This was ouly ltIoI'e"
ard counter sent TO General Galnell.
Al daylight OF July 18th an order came
g. scott 10 Immediately join Garnelt d.
1nurel Hill When within three miles OF
that position an order came 10 counter
march double quick Ito the FORKS OF l"e
road OIL Rich mountain. some nan
Al mile from The cutfenched Colt5t
Bows and hold the position 10 me lasl
man" The position was reached aDyul
J.. ~. and almost Immediately the
enemy-50oO strOng-made attack on inc
position Of the college Boys \ more
gallant fight than these brave boys put
VI against overwhelming odds WAS never
made. They stood firm as the rocky base
Of the mountain beneath them, until the
last round OF ammunition was exhausted,
and then only then. scattered amid the
forest The men Of the Forty-iourth
were held. under General Garnetts posi-
tive order, es idle witnesses almost, Of
these brave boys defeat-stern men cry
ing in agony 10 be led in 70 their help.
sven almost 70 Tnutiny. There never has
been 4 doubt in our minds. 81 wo had
united with the boys the llOO. and
Twelve pieces OF artillery, would have
checked. If not defeated the Buck
ave Braggarts." as We did sue
oAssively feur times thereafter. on that
Gay, wrought TO reckless frenzy, we
might have been annihilated. but never
defeated
GARMENTS LAST ORDER.
Almost with tho close OF the fight an
ef0ar cana from General Garnett for
Scott to fan back 20 Huttonsville, twelve
mics from Beverly and he would
toin VS. there. concentrate, and give