The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05

horse sulkeu ana my SLuISp nay ~ y, 49,
on HIM, 80 I tnskcd a wounded soldier
who was passing to hand me a stick w w
was lying OH the ground. with that l
whnckcd him, and General Lee called OUT
Don't whip him, Captain; 1t docs NJ, no
good. had d foolish horse once anu
kind treatment is tho best" Now, Was
only a lieutenant then and evon at such
time Tie Old story Dame to my mind Of
one OF Napoleon's lleutenants who re-
plied Under similar circumstances, IN
what regiment. slr7' but i only thought
tilt was no time to say IL found
out that It was a Union general galloplng
down his line, and so reported TO Genoral
Lee, who thanked me and said to. Colo-
mel Alexander, as ba clscd my horse Of
II can understand what thoy have TO-
cheer for but I thought It might bo our
people" 51f III a a IA IL. 4. III
Tho whole field ,wns dotted with our
soldiers, slngly and In small groups, many
Of Thorn wounded, and tho onomy were
firing at them as you W ould at q hero
of galne. sg f5 X !. ], U &,
II was proud TO execute m order from
General Leo on tho battlefield l, but tho
bullets cut or ono brldlo roln and borod
holes through tho rim Of my now hut, Q
very serious thing then, in tho i CON 'ttl
dition Of tho ha Is market. y s5.i $ 5
z "a K FO2I1l IN OTF1CDRS. 81
d This incident was mentioned by Colonel
rromante OF tho British Coldstream
guards, who was present, rand ! remember
his presence thore worry VOL. 4 also stL"
another foreign officer there nptain
Ross OF the Austrian Army. mot nm 30
hind our line, Just after Plckott's onargo,
and ut Ahis request carried him TO mo
front, having a pleasant talk with him
on tho way, N tho course Of which 10
comm en- tod upon tho number rs OF very
young officers: whom no saw IN our army
In responsible positions, TINS IS was, OF
course, s,irprlsingato an otiicor n an es s
tablished European nrmy. n * d 55s 4 Y
Colonel Fronantile Is now CS9s) n gem
eral In the British Army and governor
and commander at Malta. Lie wrote a
ldellghtful booi-"Six Months In the Con-
tolerate states"-and to this day cher
ishes his Confederate recolle otlons,
& Captain Ross also wrote h,Ihe 5Citles ana
Camps Of the Confederate STA les
Both Of these books arc admirable REQ
ords Of the Confederate Army as seen by
foreign -trnined military eyes, own and
Value them both. s. ID M
The enemy made no movement, and we
stayed thore until after dark and al the
next day, July 4th, we occupied Il line q
little In the rear Our battalion suffered
severely, losing IA mon, killed and wound
ed, out Of about $50 present in action, and
11G horses, and we hud our wounded to
attend and our dead to bury. attended
tho funeral service of Jordan's Battery
and Lieutenant John Donnell Smith rend
the service over his men. In the three
days Of the battle the artillery OF o o
corps lost moro than the artillery OF the
other two corps combined, and the six
batteries OF our battalion lost more than
the sixteen batteries Of the other four
battalons OF our corps combined, VII,
E3 AS usual after q big battle, 1t came on
to rain and this added to the gloom OF
our spirits. ~ Dill f.s
THE RETREAT A
On the after noon Of July 4th we COM
menced our retreat, being ordered to re-
port ut Black Horse Tavern, on the lag
crstown Road ut Marsh Creek. we lay
by the road oil night In the rain, waiting
for our place In the column. About 3 a;
M, on the 5th, we started and marchod
In mud and occasional showers allN Gay
and until midnight, when we arrived Al
Monterey Springs, where we lay tho. pal
anca Of the night In an orchard. Whel
l awoke In tho morning remarked ina;
the mountain dewsaweres tverythea anu
was informed That It hnd been e raihmg
hard on me all night. Such Is the Steer
OF a tired soldier, We got to Hngers.
town, BY way OF Waynesboro, on tho
| evening OF the 9Th. @ II, .,SS XII
This retreat, though It properly can be
called only a march, was very uncom
| Portable, for It was made In mud ran
| and partly in darkness, but 1t was with
l :,
stayed on our ground on tho battlefield
| for moro than Il whole day and wen
| away ut our own convenience,
And here i wish to remark that VIII
this battalion5.I was through tho cam
pnig1ls Of 4ChancellorsVillo,e NY Got t,
yunin q. III, etc., to Petersburg. ind nev
Wo occupied our ground after ever!
| fight and buried our own dead,,
| In fact. in all my service In tho Arm;
of Northern Virginia. mover ran unit
at Sailors Crock, three days D s s ou
l surrender ntaAppomattox. was thel
captain and assistant to the chief ordnanc
i officer of tho army and our train wa
/ captured and I lost all my treasures 9
! tho war and nnrrowl y escaped myself.
! i5 5 st in VIRGINIA AGAIN.
We moved to Downsvilie on me Ivy
i and took position In a limo Of battle facin
! tho enemy, but they made no attack, an
we retired across the river on pontoo
bridge on tho night OF the lath', Y,
i # 7 never saw mn army so mad as
4 was on that townsville line and II oe
cns!on had called 1t forth we would nay
1 nut UP the biggest kind OF t'ght.
1 II still ralned ns We crossed tho river
and one Of our carriages got out OF N
way in tho darkness and blocked IN
march. Tho squad was busy IN replacin
d 1t when General --- came along.
i Addressing the sergeant ne suld: Soi'it
a hurry up with thnt gun and got It on
of the way, Tho sergeants natienc
| was already about exhausted, and SO
replied to the unknown figure In the dark
ness, shrouded In his clonk: Now, NJ
doing all that ! can do and all that ca
be done to got this gun UP, and N
YOU can do any better you got down hol
In tho. mud and wet and ] Will get UP Q
that horse" Tho general laughed goot
| not,radly and went on. E.-'l .H.1fias
ii I have often applied this story to OF
casions which have arisen since the wa
But even the discouraging condition
could not dampen tho spirits OF y
boys"
on this march tho dirt road was churl
Cd Into mud about the consistency
molasses ana about six inches deep. :
one OF tho Texas regiments was marchlI
along In It, ono of tho boys With
ragged hat on and general don't-en
! look. called to q comrade, Damn y, 81
, nut your foot down flat and don't XII
I in such q H. Of Il dust"
/, we marched on leisurely to Bunker II
. on tho 18TH, and on the goth We resume
! our march over tho same route by Will
!, we had come to Cupeper Court-lloua
at which place we arrived on the 24t
having been absent Just thirty-nlne day
: and in that thirty-nine days there oocu
: | rah the flow and ebb of the tide OF Il