Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-09-05


"Shut your mouth or TIL smash it, r
was all the notice that tue general p
gave 20 him. C
SEQ 20 your place with Major Dsc-
ouinr' NJ. Vernon ordered. and VAS
scur went.
eve had been planning" SAID /
jackson. land yoar suggestion isIr.s
what we were agreeing upon when
you arrived. Your men are Just 20
tie left Of us here. When you hear
the guns OF the Carolina ont there IA
the river, march straight 90 the Brit
ism lines. General Coffee is on ou-
extreme left. He will turn the en-
csnv's flank aud drive them toward
the river. You know your men. Nou
know what 20 do when you lind the
relc0ats Blow 'em sky high, SIR
sky-highr'
Just before going 20 tbe place as
signed 90 him. Mr.. Vernon stopped |
from his saddle aud, speaking low ia
General Sackson's ear, said.
II am glad that yOu refused 80 have
anything Co DO with Colonel Loung-
I was wrong ia urging his claim on
were r1ght IN your estimate
"Yes. SIR, =" replied Jackson. wi.s
vigorous promptness, mos an in-
formal villain. a scouudrel aud
traitor-cut throati I'm amazed that
YOU But let's talk no more. to
at tho enemy and give them hts. Re
member the signal-lhe guns OF TIE
Carolina. Good luck, SIR.
1t was a ghostly night. The moon
b had risen. but 10 could not shine
. through the fog that momentariiy
. thickened after the sun went down.
. Some trouble was had an forming tne
b. line. owing 20 the awkwardncss and
@ nervousness OF the untisciplned
troops. aud this battle turned out 60
q be. as every one knows, Wild con.
e. fusion OF hand-t3-hand combats hc'
@ tween Struggling bands oi both armies
q 4 urnal-shot and then Who'll.
81 broadside from the Carolina set tA'
&. little. Informed line into motion JUS
y as flight of flaming rockets ht ~
IL the whole British front.
10 NIr. Vernon hadreportel Che gronn'
Dee 90 quite unfavornble go cavalry opera
- tions. and So all the riders were dis
.s mounted. Even the officers set on
he upon that strange nignt-at.ack on ioo'
bee FLASHING through the miro and tunt
ic linz waist-deep into ditcles, leadin
be their mon amid the darkness aud tos
often utterly ignorant oi the points q
.s- direction nul unable 90 disuuguis
sc friend from foe. ft was an onthusia
al tie. harum- scarum rush from the ou
li set. each little division anxious 90 b
n. the first O. fire 10 the enemy.
le General Coffee took Fairfax nee
lv him. and soon saw chat he hal m-.
hl no mistake in doing DO II ever
man 10 "a good soldier, /, IS whom the
lev is am object for ham behind q
cir encmv's lines. We are an selfish
this degree. the personal appeal is &
re-. strongest appeal To was as los
all bcreft of his sweetheart moro than
Go patriot risking an for his country Oh
Fairfax rode on through thc FOG aio
led tho skirt OF that awful swamp a
md into the first strong outpost Oh
bat British line.
tne General Coffee was almost e..
ana in stature aud as brave aud DARN g
ney lion. He and Fairfax were s'ie
%, side when they Approached the ene
ana near tho house of General Vile
req Here we're some orchards of ora'
hAA trees aud some clusters OF hUts
nns closed by board fences. The hr
pea began In scattering line that
rnrgtl from the edge of the sHa
anu across 90 the levee az the river,
was traceable only by the squire
erre flame from musket aud rilo and
the broad flashes irom somo fields
men that had been trundled along al
lihd with the infantry.
sang So soon as Coffee felt that he
MI passed the British right Hank,
the wheeled 10 the right aud charged
'weo ward the river, carrying everytl
before him, until lac reached p
DAD of leves behind which the enemy
'seur formed in strong force. Hero
hind called a halt and fell back a space
he found the position too we'll {.
o the for him 10 risk attempting 10 stor
IL TO Hurry TO General Jackson
eyes bring me his orders, he said TO
sseor fax; aud Ae gave the same ora
the two other temporary aids, eac
calm which was told 10 tSke q din,
direction from that pointed on
turn Fairfax; for, in the darkness aud
?, the no one was sure OF tine compass.
de- Thinking of Pauline, the
econ stumbled away on his mission, q
his best to keep the course indie
was by the general. Deprived for
pre- rime of the light OF his compan
q en- mnns az he ran everything seem
le al come into his ,yav. lie ban
G Te- .r,inet trses fell over frarmen
N re- s.,.aa st.nnel into ooxv dit
Z plan -trnggied through prlcl,iv clum
.ngei. l,,nehes and tore his clothes OF
.cksol i,r,,sb of fallen tree-tops.
4 sword, and it clumsy ailail
hying- now his only weapon. This he CT
ernor; naked in his hand. having ii
assure o,,..v, +ba hole and scabbard be