The National tribune., 1901-07-25

through Mount Jackson, where the Con-
iedcrates had hospitals, and where quite
4 number of the boys III gray were buried.
IL was 30 miles from Strasburg to New
Market, and here we stopped for dinner.
Mine host was a stalwart Confederate
Cavalryman, who gave US cordial greet
ng and took good care of us, while we re-
freshed ourselves and fought over some
Of the old campaigns. In May, 1867,
Shields's Division, TO which my regiment
belonged. marched from this point across
the Massenutteu Range to Luray, Front
Royal and Warrenton to Fredericksburg,
joining Gen. McDowell's forces for the
purpose of moving down as a part of Nc
Clelan's right wing and capturing Rich
mond. We were at Fredericksburg long
enough to go on Il grand review before
President Lincoln and others, when, In
stead of moving toward Richmond, we
heard Of the advance of StOnewall Jack
son and the retreat of Banks, and
marched away via Manassas Junction,
out along the railroad to Front Royal
again. As before stated, Gen. Fremont,
having failed to intercept Gen. Jackson,
Shields's Division was pushed up the Luz
ray Valley to prevent, if possible, his
crossing at Port Republic, while Fremont,
as Gen. Shields expressed it, "thundered
down in his rear"
AT NEW MARKET
many engagements took place, notably i'll
May, 1864, when our forces, under Gen.
Sigel, were defeated. On this occasion
the cadets from the Virginia Military In
stitute at Lexington participated, suffer
ing a loss of some 30 of their number
i'll killed. They were mere boys, attend
ing school, yet fought with all the gal
iantry and bravery of seasoned troops.
\ modest shaft bearing the names of the
killed marks their final resting place.
The day being rather warm, we left
New Market after 3 p. M, and reached
HaTrisOnburg at sundOwn, where we
stopped at the Revere House and were
welcomed like long-lost brothers by an
other Confederate cavalryman, Mr.. West,
who is a native Marylander, yet joined
II Virginia regiment to help kill the Yam
KEGS. There was nothing too good for
us, solid or fluid, and we enjoyed Mr..
Vests hospitality greatly, and would ike
TO meet him again. In the morning we
drove to
CROSS KEYS,
where Fremont made a weak and insig-
nifcant attack upon Stonewall Jackson's
forces, June s, 1862, passing en- route the
point where Col. Turner Ashby, Jackson
Chief of Cavalry, was killed, and Gen.
Kane, of the Pennsylvania Buck-tails,
and Col. Percy Wyndham, were cap
tured.
After surveying the battlefield Of Cross
Keys we drove on to Port Republic over
the same road trayersed by Gen. Jack
sons command June and 8, 1862, cross
ing the river on a substantial iron bridge
near the site of the wooden bridge that
was burned June 8, 1:5o!, by order OF
Gen. Jackson, to prevent pursuit by Gen.
Fremont Having reached the most
southern point of our route, we drove on
through the little settlement, turning
north and driving down on the east side
of the South Fork of the Shenandoah
River, some three miles, to the residence
of Mr. John Lewis, the son of Senator
Lewis, deceased. where we made our
selves known, and were cordially wei
coined and given taste Of ger uine, old
fashioned Virginia hospitality by MIR.
Lewis and the ladies of his household.