Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02

10 sae 6dftoF CT the Dispatch:
'avA sss2 offending for q. ons time u
"rite ay recolieptions O. the cavalry
nghs at, Raeooon Ford on the. Raptda1
river, fought Noge,nbsr 1866. II / rs
ineHnasE Alright ve MAYED Down on tho
Orange side of the river the day before
the fghts and went into. camp soma. i've
or six u.:es from the lord. We got. t.to
camp in the atiesno on. Ny regiment,
the Fourth Virginia cavalry, then com
n1anded by. the late General X. c. Wick
ham, was caznped IN "a skirt of woods,
bordering on a tarse open field. The field
not having been cultivated fer q long
time Eas- much grown Up witt.
bushes ana r briars. There were
i1aansz1arga piles Of rock in the field. over
srow1a. with bushes ard briars. Soon after
setting into camp some Of the men car
Iied their horses to Stream running
through the field. for the purpose OF
watering them. The water. mss,- several
l1undred yards from camp and there was
some consid era BILE com motion in talat
direction 5afrn were running and 4,oi-
loaineE as If IN pursuit OF some animal.
E;.ar attracted our attention in camp
and some OF us went out to join Il, tl,e
fun. The first who had gone to wafer
their horses has started an old hare. We
soon hound that tie field was fun OF
'7afcs. Er6I-t rock pile faa two or three
n IT, The whole regiment was soon oflt.
AND old Nelly sGotton-tails.. were run
ming in every, direction: The fun was
lively and exciting. 70 give you some
idea Of how I11icR they were, T got -four
myself ] Killed Two with my pistol.
wlflic flleS were sitting on their krds.
] billed che with a stick, and cot one
outScfa rock wall or rather a rock. fence
which ran across the field Ny company
caasgst@lora siiiet1ss ffty-tl ,Fees-lE1lere was
al, old house standing IL The field which
had SeenvisuAts pnta lew 1t was
cry dilapidated. y great many hares
took refuge uaderNit and went into IA
bprrow. They sYerc moi raolested. Night
coming on fhes Elln5 had tie stoD.s ! was
rich. I had rations enough TO last fer
long rin7e. AlasiyI did not know what
WIS IN store for. ME. After getting back
to camp the first Ihinll TO do was 10.
prepare my portR< for cooking.S soon
had them nicely dressed and hung up 10
dry, intending &c, cook them, III good time
when the can1,, qua rdf vas detailed for
tEs nlGhI l was 5llGt al charge of i With
eadquar1ers near General Wick ham S
tent. The men being very tired iron,
riding andFIeIrnins &. camp was soon quiet.
About / O'Clock a courier rode into camp
aad enouired for General, AYicklanl.
AN ORDER FROM STUART.
I went to the Gen erals tent and woke
him up, when heard the oourter say:
General NTickhar, General Stuart SAYS
have your command ready to march at
da5breaal.R and iaa-repeated tho message
had been soldering long enough to
know what that meant As soon as I
could y woke all of my company and told
them of the order and advised them TO
be cooking UP their vension soon ha d
my frying pan on the fire and when The
time came 70 start had a ,t1aversa ok,
chockful of rations. tn fact It was too
fun to carry around. my neck so I stra p
ped ii to my saddle, knowing also that
if We set TO the ford soon in the morn
ing and crossed over From there to
the battleneide we went at Il gallon. and
in column of fours, and in that fornla-
tim ne went on the field when the enemy
Was already posted and waiting foreus.
AN ORDER TO FORM.
AS soon as WE got into range they
opened fire on US. ordars we're given to
form ssqua droa. which order, sf may. be
pardoned fer saying il, should have been
given before we got on the field for cav
airy arc apt to get into sone confusion
when they have to change Their fornla-
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