Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-01-31
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM COL. MOSBY.
Mr.. JONI =. RUSSELL.
i;erryville. Va.


raid that made Sheridan retreat so
miles down the Valley to the place.
where he started from. In 1862 Cap
tam McAleer. of Baltimore. visited
the scene. made sketches, and nr,
cured photographs of nanv of oar
men. lie then went 10 Paris aud hal
the pictures painted hv two distin
gu'Shri artists The painting. wee
also photographed IA Paris; tho,s
sehu yOn are copies made here. Ben.
Palmer of Richmond owns the orig
'al paintings. No. represents the
battalion just as We reached the east
hank of the Shenandoah - "the
!aughte of the stars" You are near
me, listening intently to an order |
Am giving yOu-to cross over the riv-
er ami fiud ont what was in front.
lou returned after dark, when was
asleep enjoying a soldiers dream.
'and the sentinel stars had Get their
~ach IN tn" sky" aud told me that a
long train heavily guarded WAS pass
my ON the pike. I'm few minutes
al were mounted and moving to the
attack.
No. , represents the Berry,ille
'ightaud stampede Of the train guard.
am with Sam Chapman's company
that was kept in reserve with the
howitzer that is firing while Richards
squadron charged at one point OF the
line. aud William Chapman ami
Glasscock with their companies
charged at another Stockton Terry
Of Lyuchburg is near me with the
battalion colors. \ body of the enc
my formed behind stone fence. and
made some resistance. Here Lewis
Ad~. of GlascOck's company. WAS
killed. | remember very we'll when
Guy Broad water rode up aud reported
't Ia me in the midst of the fight. An
| -a'd WAS, II cant help it,. lie
was II fine boy. Some of his family
now live in California DO YOU re
member how the yellow jackets rout.
ed us, and were near spolling all my
plans that day: The howitzer came
up at a gallop ana was unlimbered
on IA knoll that commanded the pike.
The gun WAS pnt in position right
over Il nest Of yellow Jackets. They
were home-rulerS, hike the Beers, and
instantly swarm flew out 10 repel
the inta-ion Of their territory My
uuru huI stood volley-from n body
Of infantry nu the pike. bar the sting
of thr yellow Jackets was too much
for their courage The horses reared
and plunged, the men ram away from
the gun. Whether the scene was
subj. H.wr or ridiculous depends upon
ones poi,:t Of view at the time. My
horse was fra~tic. and ! felt good
deal like Hercules did when he put
on the shirt of the Centaur and
conld'ut pull it of. We were on the
verge Of nanic- a few minutes de
iay would give the enemy time to re-
cover from their surprise. y shot
from the howitzer was 10 be the SIG
nal for the squadrons 10 charge
They were waiting. But just then
one of the men-Babcock ! think it
was-rushed forward, recaptured the
nowitzer, and dragged it off. The
yellow jackets returned in trump to
their hole in the ground. Ia min
ute shell burst among the wagons;
il knocked off the head of mule;
the guard stampeded, while the bray
ing of the mnles could be heard above
the roar of the gun. The mules we
captured supplied General Lees al
INV with transportation, and the drove
| IF fine beevcS was sent as present
aud furnished beefsteaks for his sol.
Tiers. You will observe iii the pic.
ture representing GuY return figure
on horseback playing u fiddle. 1t is
Bob Ridley (EastmAn.) lie got 1t
from headquarters wagon. Bob is
playing a tune to which he had dane
cd--"Nalbrook has gone to the Wars.
oar object was 10 Impede Sherdan's
marrb.
was sorry could not be with
YOU at the unveilinR of the monu-
ment to our men at Front Royal, and
| dissent from some historical state
ments in Major Richards address ]