The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09

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| moves from under cover OF the town,
halts and shelters his lines under ada
cent slopes. Within 4CO yards of the
| Heights and at the railroad cut he places
two batteries of six guns each. one a
| 12-pound battery. the other 3-inch rifles
| Cutters Battery, Harris Battery, Nc
Carthy's Battery, while to the front Of.
/ the Heights is a battery Of six 1O-pound
/ Parrots. and with these lie opened the
third assault, now on our center, direct
| ing and concentrated fire OF these eiGh-
| teen guns on the four guns on the
Heights, with intent to silence the same
before charging the Heights. as General
| Sedgwick expressed it himself afterwards
in a personal interview with me on the
| field. We had orders to fire on infantry
| only. but the temptation was too great,
and I went at those eighteen guns Win
| all my might for ten minutes or more. l
never experienced a more furious can
1 ncrade because OF close quarters, not
| even at Gettysburg. and never did artil-
| lie, ymen serve their guns with more I'M
| hinching assiduity than did these brave
Virginia cannoneers. Soon the two COZ.
umns of infantry commanded by General
| Newton began to move forward, the IeSi-
| ment at head of each column depioyed on
| the left by company into line OF pattie'
| thus forming a continuous line IN COM
many front as far as two regiments could
| extend which line was in turn supported
1 by two other heavy columns moving OUT
of town. touching and supporting me me
| of battle. the whole in form OF an oblonS
square The right column, composed o.
| IIcw York and Pennsylvania troops, was
| commanded by Colonel Spear. kiieU ~
1 the charge, and the left column composed
| of Now yorl, and Massachusetts, troops,
| commanded by the gallant BrlGadler-
| General William Henry Brown, with
whom I have had the pleasure OF per.
| sonal acquaintance. and on the summit
| of Marye Heights have talked the battie
| over and heard from his own lips tiie
| effectiveness of our CALLING ire as ne
charged the Heights with his brave com
mand A heavy line OF sllrmishers. the
| Fifth Wisconsin, were thrown out, loi-
| lowed nv the Sixth Maine and Thirty
| first New York and Twenty-third Penn
| e,-,yania commanded by Colonel Burn
! ham. and at command on rushed nv
charge. 1 pause to pay tribute 10 So,-
onei Ely. of the Twenty-thlrd fei,iiss
| vania Regiment who Noiuhteeitu i
regiment to lead the charge, aliu ~ saS
that no Federal regiment under sucn an
| ordeal could have done better. !hose
| coolest Of bows, the gallant Nlsslsslp-
| mans reserved their fire until Wlthlh
! sixty wards. and then repeated INC uoso
| so cffectlIally administered on the saiiic
| ground lust four months previous, anu
| as rebounds 4 rubber ball "hch l'ui ieo
against an object of resistance, SO liesS
| mon recoiIed, leaving a long line OF oeao
and wounded behind marking their bloody
| trial A second assault was ioiiheu ~ t:,
| AGAIN they came. and again they IAN.
! About II o'clock a. NJ. a tiaS o. truce -
| cent to the stone wall to ask the PRIV
| lcce of recovering the wounded, a sure
/ SIGN TO an old soldier that the hsht 10
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given up. Unfortunately Tor US. IL "a.
received The officer who bore it Sd" az
/ n Glance orr weak lines, comparat'Vcl?
a handful of men, in the stone vii
n-h;cb fact he Immediately returned all,
rerorte6. and this led to the third assaur
| il, orr front and The fifth assault Oh III,
Gav The third assault on our center was
! successful, though at the cost OF one
thousand men, as the Official iepo'
| shows. But the success of tins MIN as
| sault on our long thin eXtenuated hfta
is loo late. Listen to General Long mn
tarv secretary to General Lee. after
wards chief of artillery, Second Corps, a.
| n. ". in the memoirs of Lee page -5o
writing of charlottesville fight:
THE ATTACK RESUMED.
EARLY on Tie morning OF the Sd O.
May Sunday the attack was resGrne.i Nv
Tie Coufederates with greater ElGor-
Hooker. taking advantage of the night,
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| cncs his position his troops regalnc1
| courage and contested the field With great
! strthornEess until 10 c'cloci., when they
| yic,GeG at every point and rapidly lie,
| treated before the inpetuoas assaults Q!
| rhodes. Heth, Ponder. Doles, Archer and
oti,er gallant leaders within a strong line
| of defenses which had been previously
constructed to cover the roac to y. :.
! Ford
General C. X Warren. chief engineer
of Potomac. Vol. NV. page e0l, says:
..By our leaving sufficient force IN
! Irp13t of Lees right wing cat ChanCcllors-
ville) to hold our breastworks the Whole
! OF The rest of our force was TO be thrown
uron Lees left at dawn with every pros
pect of annihilating it TO render the
/ success more complete, General SedS-
| wicl's 10000 strong was to fail upon Gen
| era, Lees rear at daybreak." l asked to
| 90 TO General Sedgwick to guide his
/ columns and was directed SO to DO. and
! left at 10 o'clock at night, and reached
| him crossing the river at ) O'Clock "A. M.
sd of May, sunday
Gene,nl Long soys "At 10 o'clock they
| cat charlottesville yielded at every
! paint and rapidly retreated, at this hour
| I5arks6aIe MAS still holding his line in
! t,3cF ard not until about II O'Clock were
! ON, lines pierced. And at ten minutes
| mast II o'clock Hooker was siSnalled to
/ that effect (see official messages aboveo
4 The victory at Charlottesville is now
/ won. the danger line Of the a. n. "
/ fully passed, affording General Lee an
opportunity without fear of mo!estatlon
| ia. dctach enough men to re-estahlish our
broken lines. which was done that after
noon, 3 o'clock, OF which fact Cen
eI,al Hooker wired to Lincoln that
he QHooker) attached no Importance to
| it,
Thus I think have made good the
/ assertion that the gallant defence OF
| Early at Fredericksburg only made vic
| tory possible at charlottesville, and to
tho credit Of that herioc little band of
Mfssissippians of whom General Lee IN
| his official report says ''Ten times their
| number overpowered them and the ar
/ tillery which SO faithfully supported
! them. firing two rounds of canister af-
| ter the Stars and Stripes We're planted
on their works See Alexander's Report,
after the victory of the morning
! Oiay Srd) was ordered to Salem
Church. bat fighting was over"
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