Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-24


lie had. and the squadron commanded by
Lieut.. Browning was the one selected to
lead the attack. AS we sat on our horses
side by side. | felt that 1t would he our
last interview, It was a clear, still night
In the fall Never before did we see 30
many stars in the heavens MS appeared
that night. II was so stu You could H. ar
the murmur of the water of the Sheuan-
doah hundreds OF yards away. The time
had come and everything was ready for
the attack. Gordon was in place in front
of Bowman's Ford. kershaw. with his di-
vision, was at the Bowman MIL ready To
rush across Cedar Creek and take the en-
cmy's works on the left flank Wharton's
division of infantry and all the artillery
had followed the turnpike and had haltc |
as near Cedar Creek as possible ready to
rush across when the front should he UNI
! covered by the movement of Gordon and
Kershaw. Rosscr was on the Back road
and Lomax had come down Page Valley
ard was to attack on the Winchester and
Front Royal turnpike.
The attack began with Gordon. We crept
down as close to the Ford as possible b.
fore beginning the charge. With the first
dash of the horses the challenge of the
picket on the other side and the sharp
crack of the carbincs rang ont clear on
the morning air. but we charged on
through the river. passing the reserves. at
which point Il few shots were fired. We
followed tho road to Middletown. The
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