The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03


at the west end of the village.
The street was the turnpike
long, straight road. The rebels
came ON at lope. A uniformed
company of homeguards from
the neighborhood of Orbisonia,
in Huntingdon county, under DR..
Winthode, about fifty strong, on
good fat farm horses, was there
also. Jones said all he asked of
them was TO fall in the rear and
make show. AS Jones went
west, these men were in front.
They We're to go ON west to the
bridge, and when Jones wheeled
to charge, were to fall behind to
swell the apparent numbers.
Captain Jones seems to have
realized from the first that the
Orbisonia farmers were more
for ornament than for use, like
Goldsmith'S "brOken china wise
ly for show"
When he got down near the
bridge, Jones, who was riding
slowly behind his men, in a loud
voice ordered them to wheel and
charge. They did it promptly,
Jones leading the van. They
came up the street like a whirl-
wind, every fellow for himself,
with their horses at a full run.
The rebels had slackened their
pace nearly to- a walk before
Jones ordered his charge. Their
manner was irresolute. Defeat
seemed lowering over them in ad-
vance of the battle. AS soon as
Jones got cleverly started on the
charge, the rebels turned and
fed. The distance between the
forces at that time was about one
hundred yards. The Hunting
don militia came on in the rear in
fine style until they reached the
street which leads toward the
courthouse up which they turn
ed-all of them-notan exception.
They may be going yet, my in
formant said, for ought he knew.
None of them ever came back to
see theresult. Discretion struck
them as the better part of valor.
However, they served good
purpose. Their presence had
helped to intimidate the foe.
The first firing was at the
brow of the little ascent or hill
toward the east end of the village.
A number of shots were inter
changed. The rebels fired an oc-
casional shot backward as they
fed. When they reached the
forks of the pike east of the vii
lage, they halted and made a
kind of stand for a minute or
two; but they soon broke and re-
treated headlong up the MERGERS
burg pike, with Jones in close
and hot pursuit.
My informant continued; 81
had run out to the east of town
and sat on the fence. AS soon as
they disappeared up the Mer-
cersburg pike | followed and
saw wounded rebel lying in the
middle of the road who was liv-
ing. | got him to the side of the
road. He was shot in the back
between the shoulders, and the
ball could be seen just beneath
the skin in his breast. He lived
about fifteen minutes and gave
me his name which was William
Shelton, of Bath, Morgan county
Virginia. He said his wife's
name was Mary. | wrote to her
but got no reply. About one
hundred yards east of this man
another rebel lay; but he was
dead when | got to him.
Clones came back before long
with some thirty prisoners, which
was more than his own entire
force. He took them on west to
Bloody Run. The fight was at
noon. That same day in the af-
ternoon, the entire rebel regiment
came on, and divided their forces
as they came down the mountain
and sent one-half to the south
ward, who wound around and ap-
preached the town from the west,
while the other half came In from
the east. They met in the town