Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-13
From the Wilderness TO the Shenandoah
Valley of Nrgd1ia---IS64

TIE snrinr cnmpafgn was about to open
ard NE are told that General Robert E.
lee rode on the second day OF May. ISL
% the signal station on Clarks noun
tain. Virginia TO overlook LOT h.t llss-,l
that grand point OF observation. which
took within SIS sweep more than a score
of Virginia counties. and from which
rsuTa he seen nearly every federal camp
IN Cuipeper county. He scanned the
country through his field glasses and soon
came 70 the conclusion that Generals
Mead and Grant had issued TO their grand
70 aru,v- the order. ION TO Richmond
Turning TO hts generals who had accom-
renied him. LOngstreet. Field. kershaw,
swell. Early. A. p. Hill. Heath and Will
coy and pointing toward Chancelorsville
ordered them 10 take up their line q
march to meet this mighty host
The "tug Of war had come and fitz
Lee. with his splendid cavalry division
consisting Of three brigade commanders
w H IT. Lee. L L LOmax and Williams
Z G. VIckhaul held the line or the lower
RappahannOck-
There was scarcely day tnat We were
not engaged in some fight
7 Frequently after nightfall we would ae-
cfdeutally stumble upon the enemy, Wheh
the sound OF the pistol and clash or saoer
would be heard all along the line, and We
= could not distinguish friend from zoe
rhe Fifth New York cavalry ran into US
- tbe night OF the 5th. think. and suf-
fered some loss at the hands OF Wick
hams brigade. was wounded on the sth
~ Nav near Snottsylvania Court House
IN a hand-to-hand encounter with some OF
those fearless Sixth Ohio cavalry, after
-~hIrh I returned 70 my home along with
- Mr. Beal. OF Bealton. Fauquire county,
virginia. and who was a member OF my
regiment. He had been wounded IN the
loot After remaining home a little over
8. month I procured a fresh horse ana re-
xurned 70 my command. which FOUND IN
: Charles City county, and for a few Gays
we had numerous sEirmishes WIN Tue
on the cath OfsJune. 1854. we met the
vanl,ees in frontsof Nance's shop IN the
mhcva county Our regiment halted
: along the brow OF a hill. and orders were
given. prepare tO'dismounts count 1ours'
every fourth man held horses, and gen
awnliv a non-commissioned officer was
tI.fr in charza II fell TO my lot TO take
command OF the lead horses; but sud
denly one OF the other corpOrals IN the
~omnsnv rushed mp 20 me and said;
conway. for God s sake, let me take your
ulare this time. for ] am Sick broken
down. and unfit for duty 1 instantly
made the exchange with him. ana 1eli IN
on the right OF my company Just as the
order Vas given TO charge We were IN
Inc OF battle and advancing in an open
s4ald. our colors flying and our men yelling
80 sharp crack OF the carbine was heard
an along our line, while the deadly tre
iron, the enemy was severe and telling.
IRE smoke from our carbines hovered
over our dead and wounded. and fingered
IKE a pall upon the hillside as We con-
4inued 10 advance in q double-quick to-
-uraras the enemy. The mus<et hre from
fha Yankees was terrifI1c. but the rush
81 our boys upon them was more than
they could stand. facing about they beat
= hasty retreat through the timber be-
hind them Suddenly. like a clap OF
thunder six pieces OF Yankee artillery
which we're concealed in the woods just
IN our front. opened upon us with grape
ana canister. The Confederate yell was
renewed an along the line while We con-
tinued to charge under the CALLING IRE OF
shot and she'll had run up just In front
Of q piece OF artillery when she'll rom
i exploded almost In my face. throwing
its FRAGMENTS IN every direction.
When came TO myself found Com
rade ~ Polk Hfu. member OF my COM
rany. lying near me. his arm limp az his
side. his face as pale as death and the
blood streaming from a wound near the
shoulder ioint made BY a fragment OF the
same she'll John Harrison. another one OF
my company, was shot through the leg
and was lying a short distance away.
one OF my company assisted Hill back TO
the rear where his arm was amputated.
We pushed rapidly ahead. capturing the
guns and turning them upon the fleeing
enemy. hi was a splendid soldier. he is
now living and IS treasurer Of OtOe coun-
~. Nebraska. Harrison. poor fellow, start
ed home but died before reaching his