The National tribune., 1902-06-05

will ride no more to battle. while the sur
yivors of the squad have been engulfed.
swallowed up in the Confederate cavalry
Of the Army of Northern Virginia. Here
and there one may he seen subject to the
hostile demonstrations of numbers OF OPP
ponents. Surrounded and hedged in. iso-
lated from each other. all hope of escape
cut off. submission was made by each one
singly to pcremptory demands of surren-
der. only. in several Instances. to be shot
down or cut down by newcomers constant
ly arriving upon the scene. Back along
the roure Of rhc charge lay strewn promiS-
cGouSly dead and wounded FederaiS and
Confederatcs. the latter prcdominating.
PlunderelS were already busy among the
former. Whist. however. is entitled to the
greatest prominence in connection with TIT.
spirited dash under description was the
fall of Gen. J. T.. Il. Stuart. Confederate
Chief of Cavalry. Diortally wounded.
DEATH OF GEN. STUART.
Besides the retreating column directly
in our front. which was hHrled back from
the barricade. the Confederates were in
| force in the woods Immediately to the left
of our line of charge. Apparently about
100 feet from the road and n few hundred
feet to the rear OF the harricade was II
Confederate buttletiag. with number of
hUrscmen grouped around it. From this
quarter we received Il CALLING fire. and we
returned il with our reviewers. The ground
rose considerably toward the left. making
objects in this direo ton during riffs in the
dust and smoke more conspicuous Gen.
Stuart WAS near that battlefia:. and there
he received his death wound.
Shortly after the charge had ended q
Confederate soldier came galloping up
through the woods. spreading the intelli-
| gence that Gen. Stuart was shot. In an
4 /. q
upon the Generals staff. to whose notice
we had only a few minutes before been in
troduced. replied. "Ycs. you. and we
ought to kill every one of YOU In re-
| Spouse to the question as to where the
General was when shot. he pointed with
his hand in the direction Of the battIcfiag
and said: Right down there in the
woods.
| Pollard in his Lost Cause" erroneous
ly gives the date of the action of Yellow
| Tavern as May 10. 1861. instead of me
| 18th. and says that Stuart fell while lead
| ing Il column in a desperate charge.
There was Il Confederate column of
fonrs behind the barricadc in the road.
which gave way before the assault of the
| It'll Mich. ard through which those in the
front of that regiment charged 1t is not
ut all improbable that Gen. Stuart had
| formed this column with the design of
Leading it OFT to the charge, in the Ell
| leavor 20 regain the position from which
/ Custer had dislcdgcd his artillery. He
must have realized that. unless he could
again occupy and hold that summit the
! day was lest to him. The onslaught of
| the 9TH Mich. and the renewed activity o.
| the dismounted forces in the woods nipped
any such project ill the bud and the fall
| Of ten. Stuart just at that time put it at
| rest forever. There was not a sina!e
charge of 4 Confederate column that day,
| certainly not within the observation OF
| those who belonged to the First Brigade.
In obedience to the directions of the Off
Ger CT the rebel provost. guard our Pega-
S'Is was dismolnted. and the march on
| Richmond was resumed, only it would be
more appropriate to call it a rush. Our
batteries had opened Il very rapid and I'M
| comfortable fire. and or guard of honor
| became concerned for our safety. Run,
ianks. WAS the exhortation; for if you
all shoot VEAL, WEALTH. shoot yOu-alI."
| Eight prisoners. wounded and lame and
weary. struck ont at their level best. but
neither they nor the provost guard could
| make head against the demOraiZed cav
airy and artillery that fed. Reconstruction.
from the Shot of our guns. We narrowly
| escaped being trampled to death. so we
got ont of the way of the fugitives. and
IN the rear of a wagon-train. In the midst
OF n drcnching rain, in the darkness OF the
| night. We flOundered through the Virginia
clay toward the Confederate Capital. Al
though 1t was only about 10 miles distant
such was the activity of our cavalry and
such drtonrs were necessary TO avoid it
that an almost steady march of two nights
ana days was required to reach it.