The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-08

SONS brave soldier take the flag and
60 forward with It. BARKER heard that
and told Major Cabe.l he was no coward
and was ready then to make els much
sacrifice for the cause as any soldier
In the army. and. II ordered to do 80, he
would advance with his fling as TAR TO-
wards the enemy rs my other soldier
would do. and asked that the order be
repeated. Major Caboil again gave the
order. Barker quickly advanced The fif-
teen PAGES 10 the front and stood wav-
ing the flag he loved so well in tho face
OF the enemy till he fell a corpse.
While Jesse Barker was poor III purse,
he was rich IN patriotic devotion. He
was as true patriot, as fearless and IN
trepld a. soldier ns ever faced an enemy,
and as proud OF being volunteer pri-
vate soldier In the, Confederate ranks
as II he had been COMMUNICATIVE chief
OF the army.
SO much FOR the rich mans war ana
the poor mans fight. Each of these sol.
tiers did his duty to. the death rich and
poor alike, learned and unlearned.
There is another Instance of patriotic
devotion md LOYALTY to tho So',.horn
cause, that OF John NJ. Spencer. of Buck
lnRha,n county. Va, Spencer was too
be enrolled as soldier. but being very
patriotic. he volunteered his services
with the color guard OF the Black Eagle
rorrn-v for tho battle OF Seven Pines.
Va. He passed through that baptism of
fire and leaden hail unscathed. which
nerved him to try his luck again Mt
Gaines Mill. Va. He was more fortunate
this time when he received his mark Of
ho"or: was wourded. and afterwards
Joined Mosby's command; was captured
and confined at Fort Warrnr. Mace. vi
the CRUEL war was over, and Is now Nv
Ing ut Berlelev. california, MS patriotic
as ever--a good old rebel yet.
Tho Black Earle comrnny was mus
tered into the service with sixty NOM
herz twentv-two OF whom were killed IN
Battle. twenty-five were wounded. two
died OF ilsease contracted In cnnn. seven
were exempted too old at that time for
the service In 1862. The Confederate
Congress rnde TINT provision for them).
ak were retired from rhvsic,l disability.
Only one or the first organization whose
name ran now recall who r"'''a tined with
the cor1nanv from IT, lncent'on 10 Its
ending esraned = uunshot wound. and he
we- IN detarhAd duty,
when III. roll WAS called or the fatal
nA,h Of Gettysburg before that ir,~orta,
charge wa. made. eighteen Of the first
enlisted members answered.. re"av for
duty. When the charge had ended eight
were dead. nine were wounded and pris-
oners. Onlv one csroreh an ir',lrv.
noh'er h.nd Of patriots never banded to-
eether for any caus.. J am sure they
would hive done their duty ms tho Spar
tans dld ut the Pass If Thernonvlae. or
as tho allied forces did ut Bnlatlava, or
anywhere on earth where devotion to
cause or loyalty for q country would
have been conEucun,is.
1t can be truthfully said of them that
they gave their bodies to their country
and their souls TO- their God II In maxi
as I had to do from memory / am sure
my ex-comrades will pardon me. and
trust they will not think ] have heon
lnvidlous. nor that have been making
an effort to discriminate In mentioning
them, as hnyc done the names Of Mayor
Harrison and Jesse Barker, II IL diff
cult task to discriminate or draw line.
OF distinction when 30 many gallant and
maritorious soldiers WEI doing their duty.
THE ROLL BOOK.
Carter Gillian. our orderly sergeant.
was killed ct Gettysburg and his body
lefe upon tho neld. He had the roll book
OF our company with him, and as such
It was lost, I will relate an incident IN
connection with our roll book which may
be Of interest to the surviving members
OF the company, as told mo by Thomas
", shlrcth. who was color sergeant for
the Fourteenth Regiment, Virginia Vol
unteers-a soldier never known to shirk
q duty nor finch In battle. Shiffleth, III
attempting. with his flag In hand, to fol-
low General Armistead over the stone
fenoo, had . Federal soldier to thrust
his musket In his face, shooting him be-
low the eye. the ball coming out through
the back OF his head. He fell unconscious.
and ,cmlined in that condition duri that
day and the following night. till next
morning, when he was aroused to con-
seriousness by Federal soldier giving him
kick, supposing him dead, remarkins
to O comrade he had killed him the day
before when attempting to climb over the
stone fence.
The Federal. -eallzlng the fact that
Shifrloth yet WAS alive entered into
conversation with him. and In making
display Of the vnluables he had rtfcd
from tho bodies OF the dead Confederates,
our roll book was seen among them. show
Ing he had robbed the dead body OF our
orderly sergeant.
The Federal soldier at once gave Shit
aeth all necessary attention. and had
him taken to hospital, placed upon
cot, near the cot OF a wounded Federal.
who began INVITING shiHleth about the
disaster which had befallen our army the
day before. remarktng they had whipped
US, shinleth told him he had not been
whipped, and II his cot could be placed
near enough for HIN to get hold Of him
no could then whip him.
6hif1lsth survived the war a year or
more, and died from tho effects of his
wound received at Gettysburg. regret
that could not be more explicit and
accurate In recording tho names and
deeds or thu recruits. most OF whom came
to the company during the winter OF
1904 and were not long with the command
before lts surrender, and came from dif-
fe eut sections OF the State, unlike the
old organization. all OF whom knew per-
nor nd on ~ MAJ n