The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-04-19
Army Northern Virginia,

~ Ccut"S lSdiS SibSC SNC 1uoo Ote.eIoi'
uf the aar. a. will be admitted. Hence
tue amount Of work done b. the army
is witiout parallel III the past three
Years. TIE use OF cavalry in couatry
like ours has been Indispensable, and
cf grsa: utility. That branch of the
service has rendered our defence effect
iyc, mucil 10 TIE annoyance of the foe.
.AcmcG IS they are with the nest Sc
we're aau dangerous weapons, have rem
c.e:cd great service, and proved the cav
airy to be Indispensable IN time of war.
Tie mode Of fighting cavalry in these
modern times differs vastly from that
III years past in any OF the foreign
wars Ia the present war they map
be rightly termed as nothing else but
moauted infantry. In innumerable in
stances The cavalry has been dismount.
I'd ana thrown against the enemy with
complete success.
In the great drama Of this year s
campaign, as far as it has advanced,
Genera! BI:lers South Carolina Caval-
ry Brigade has had prominent part in
it and done its share of work. With
these few Introductory remarks upon the
utility Of the cavalry service, mode and
style Of fitting cavalry in country
like ours, | will give summary in this
my second, as l promised in my first,
and show what our South Carolina Bri-
cade has been doing. The Fourth Regi-
Iuent. commanded by Col. B. II. Rut-
ledge, was, it will be remembered, one
Of the f1eSt regiments the State of
;1uth Carolina has ever sent to the
fields of Virginia, numbering nine hun
drea and eighty seven men. well mount.
ed ani equipped for service, and one Of
tie regiments comprising Butler's Bri-
eade This regiment had encamped at
A,:ces Station, near the Central Rail
Road, after march OF twenty miles
f:om the South Anna river.
Ga the following morning, being 2Sth
May, the Fifth Regiment, under con-
maud Of the able and esteemed COM
mauder, Col. John Dunovant, was met
By the Fourth Regiment at ''HaTe's
Shop waiting and ready to act in
conjunction against the enemy at that
place. The Fourth Regiment was Or
dered BY Gen. Hampton to dismouut
and move forward, Lieut.. COL Stokes
comman.iing. (ucl. Rnsiedge in COM
maud CT tie brigade) On arriving at
the front the regiment was ordered TO
take position on the right line, moving
uuGcr fire sone four hundred yards.
Just as they had formed line of battle
and com nenced moving into position,
the order was received to remove it back
to the left again, during which time the
bullets were flying thick and fast; but
nothing dauuted they needed them not,
and With uunsrved steps they were press
ing to that point to which they were or
dered. The! had just reached the ecu
ire Of the line when they were ordered
to halt aud await orders, and in the
midst of d most terrific fire from the
euemy's forces They were kept in this
position for upwards OF au hour, dur,
ing which tine several fell killed and
wounded The fight continued with
great fcrceness and uuabating in its
violence beta cen the forces then engag
ed. An nour aud half had elapsed,
when the Fourth Regiment was ordered
into action, moving up with cheers and
yeils, evinclpg a spirit anxious and de-
sirous TO engage the enemy. The en-
envy at this tine were pressing back,
BY their greatly superior force, our
forces. The Fourth Regip ent, led by
their Gallau; Lieutenant Colonel, Stokes
moved little more to the left of the
liue aud deployed across IN open field
to the support Of our wavering line, at
the double quick, with Capt. Pinckney
acting Licutenaut Colonel, and Capt.
Barber as Major; pressing onward under
a complete shower Of bul cts, until
within about fifty yards Of the enemy's
line, wien they were ordered to COM
mcnce firing, which was done, giving
them voIIcy after volley, which. was SO
terrific that the enemy warered and
gave back Reinforceuents Of infantry
ctmt to their aid AID support. Still
tue gallant Fourth held their ground
Ike veterans, nobly and unwaveriugly,
pouring in the contents OF their Enfelds
with complete and steady fire into
their columns. This continued for
ii:raa quarters Of an hour, the battle
..aa;;!s 1T its highest pitch conceivable,
- i.out ;:;emission or cessation, but
one continual roar OF musket:y, it seems
Impossible that a man could escape.
At this juncture cf affairs the noble
Fifth. under command OF the gallant
Col. DunoVant, came IN, joining in the
bloody contest, aud at the time when
the bastle was at its sever>st pitch
max ng a bold dash in charge upon
the e-cmys lines, though under great
disadvantages, through bog aud up a
hill, doing great execution and injury
to the enemy, dril ing them few hun-
dred yards bvck. During this period
Of the battle Col John Dunovant re-
ceived painful vpuad in the hand,
the battle still raging with unremitting
severity, when t was perceived that the
left wing oi the line was fast giving
away. and the; were about being
surrounded. They were then ordered
to retire firing, which they had to do
for three hundred yards, across an
o0uu field. Vt this time Of affairs