Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-06-26

from his horse when wounded, and
that "whist waiting, Gen. Stuart or
dered Capt. Dorsey to return to his
men and drive back the enemy, and
there was only a handful OF men be
tween that little group and the ad.
varcing enemy'-thati is, "the handful
was old K, y commanded by Capt Gus
Dorsey.
My friend Norvel w. Harris, gal
liant Virginia gentleman, now in Texas
who served the entire war in co. q,
1st Va. cavalry, in letter of recent
date says: ''Our command fought im-
mediateIy on the telegraph road, x on
to the right, the Yanks were adyanc-
Ing along the road. Stuart was there
and ordered Capt. Hammond to
charge with his squadron, which he
did gallantly, and was killed on the
field. We were ordered to dismount,
and the last words ! ever heard old Je0
say were Boys, don't stop to count s
shoot them. shoot theml' and old IL
did shoot them.' Wehad a charming
positions; there was a deep cut in the
road with good fence to the left OF
us and a good fence III front of us. The
Yanks were charging with sabres and
slashed at us over the fences, but we
soon piled them up so as to complete
ly blockade the road with dead horses
and men. AS soon as Gen. Stuart saw
that we had blockaded the road and
stopped their advance be rode off in the
direction of K and that was the last L
ever saw of our gallant general" )"
The following is the account of that
great calamity to the South, the NOR
tai wounding of Jeb Stuart, in the
terse soldierly words of Col. (then
Capt. Gus Dorsey. They are accurate,
to the point, and cannot be improved
on: II WAS stationed on the right Of
our line, near the Telegraph or Brook
road, with my company, (K) dismount-
ed, numbering about 20 men, and the
first 1 knew about our troops being
whipped and driven back on the left
was when Gen. Stuart came down to
my position with view of ordering
me back, and just as he rode up to
the company the Yanks charged. He
halted moment and encouraged the
men with the words, (his sabre above
his head) Bully for old K! Give it to
them, boys!' And just as K had re-
pulsed the Yanks he was shot through
the stomach, reeled on his horse and
said, I am shot, and then. Dorsey,
save your men, I caught him and
took him from his horse. He insisted
1 should leave hin and save my men.
l told him we would take him with US,
and, calling Corp. Robert Bruce and
Private Wheatly, sent him to the rear.
No other troops were near Gen. Stuart
when he was shot that saw. do not
know the exact position of the mount
ed men of our regiment. tell you in
those heated fights fellow did not
have much time to look around"
BY an order from the War Depart
ment, Aug. 6, 1864. K, all Mary!anders.
was transferred from the 1st Va. to the
1st Maryland, of which Gus W. Dorsey
was made Lieut.. Col. commanding.
On April 8, 1866, the 1st Maryland
was attached to the End, or ''old
Brigade" which, on the morning of
the 9th, under the command of that
glorious Virginia volunteer, who was
always ION hand when the pinch
came," Brig Gen. Thos. T./Munford,
"cut their way through the Yankee
line, and, about 500 men were disband-
ell by Gen. "Tom" Munford April %,
1865, because of Joe" Johnston's sur
render on the 26th.
Yours truly,
Baltimore. Md. FRANK DORSEY.