The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17

the niclset followed halt. we palo ~
attention to his warning, but moVeu
steadily along when he fired al the en-
tire column. but, as fortune would have
II no one was struck. Tho .bugle was
then sounded for the charge. and, In a
column Of fou1s we charged quarter or
n mile. The earth trembled under us,
and It seemed rs II n thousand horses
were running mt top speed. Having a
very LONG line our column reached some
distance. As soon MS our company
reached the house we had to storm l
made the men dismount, leaving every
fourth man to hold the horses. Part
of orr company storn1ed one house and
part another In moment we COM
menced rolling out the prisoners. Some
would not come out OF their houses I'M
I'll we set the houses on fire. AS most
of the Yankees wero In this end OF town,
our company took moro prisoners than
all the other three parts together. We
took thirty-fivc or forty. One or two
Yankees were killed BY our company, and
one or two wounded. Tho number OF
killed. wounded and taken prisoners in
, all was eighty. We brought sixty-tive
to camp. Among the prisoners were O
iie,itenant- colonel capt;,ir, and three lieu
tenants. But above NIL we took the ia
nous Or. Rucker who led the Yankees
into Allegheny county and burnt the
Central Railroad bridge General Loving
says II we had not have captured an
other man tho capture Of this one man
was ample compensation for all OF our
trouble
After having gotten all of our prison
ers safe to the rear we proceeded to de-
.stroy such government stores as were
there. We burnt up, I suppose, at least
$4,000 worth OF all sorts Of stores. We
burnt up large quantities OF coffee. am
muniaon. arms and clothing, Some OF
q ~, rrot IA n MI a. uf ffnn.
cry out OF the commissary Department
ms we'll MS many other things. we cap
tured thirty head Of horses and mules,
besides bringing back with us O hundred
Enfield rifles.
can with truth and candor say that
the conduct OF oil four compnnies-the
.Rockbridge, Charlotte, Churchville and
valley--wn.s splendid, and feel particu-
larry gratif'ed at our own company.
never saw men moro determined In my
life. and not one showed any disposition
to back out. With twenty-seven men, I;
took over thirty-five prisoners and guns.
Major Bailey who commanded the eIpe-'
dition, compllmented us particularly.
Many Of the boys were shot Mt. but not
one was struck. We went sixty miles
IN rear OF the enemy's camp and through
an eneHy's country all the way. We
suffered great, deal from fatigue and
hunger. but were amply repaid. This
squadron and our company nuVe ldsetl
their names five hundred times higher.
and everybody is praising us for our dar-
ing and most successful scout. Is It not
remarkable that not one OF our command
was hurt and not one taken prisoner2 The
Yankee colonel whom we took prisoner
says that it was the most daring thing
which has been done during the war. And
I must not neglect to add that all hu-
mainly which, could be used both In tho
capture and after they were taken was
used towards the prisoners.
Tho most of the Yankees were from
Ohio, and were fighting material II
there ever was set OF men taken by
surprise. they were, for many OF them
were dragged out Of their beds. Cen
eral Loving was delighted, and says he
knew that this was good company. Had
Ashby done what we did 1t would be all
over the Confederate States in day or
SO. feel proud that tho Charlotte Cav
airy was one Of the four companies that
composed this gallant band We had not
more than175 men. officers and all I am
In hopes soon to recruit this company to
It's full number. You must do something
for 1t towards recruiting It.
Yours &C..
r. T. BOU1ID1N,