The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30

was TO rally whatever could for tlel
si saG eS fsnn W 10 nS S9a I aeof
captain Moore. - Of The second virginia
wno had been posted ns u picket At thf
force. I asked him ir his men were
stampeded. lie replied proudly, no.. thai
| glad to have a few chances at the yam.
KEGS. and the. faces Of his mefh con flrmed
this. told him + was a critical time.
Ana az That eoad Shesk
me, and ] will show sou m advantage
Gus position and YOU must stay there at
ali hazards until 1 bring you some sup
a CAPITAL. RANGE.
The Stauntnn rond. Issuing from the VII
laRr, makes a second right angle near the
old kemper house. so that between this
Straight limo OF turnpike OF some 10 or
2oo yards. making capital range for \
close rine fire. 4 quickly put CAPTAIN
Moore and his men overin the field behind
down OH their breasts and nre low through
tho lowest crack upon Whatever enemy
turned the other corner. Carrington's
Battery had come to us the day before
so ill-equipped and trained that Colonel
Crntchaed had ordered them to stay for
had blvouacked in this very field and had
now lust gotten Into column and vera
E n, south at gailop raced ss.a aft q,
TO their captain to halt the column and
come to me. ] then asked him wha am
muniton he, had. and he said he had
enough canister cartridges for two guns:
Have, you friction primers, Captatn1?"
Yes, but no lanyard strings I said the
whip lashes Will do for them; turn out
these two guns and follow me. started
him back at gallon through an old or
chard, down into DR. Kempelr's front
meadow. Meantime heard a sharp vol
ley rom Moore's rlnemen he told mo
afterwards that the head Of a Yankee coll
umn of cavalry turned the lower cornor.
Of the turnpike, but his first volley sent
them back. Knowing that my only
chance was audacty, I ran my two guns
across the meadow so as to rake the
main street at short range, and ordered
Captain Myers. of Ashby's cavalry, was
passing by with q little company of about
twenty-five. ordered them to halt
form and support the guns. This he did.
not being on the direct road to Lewiston
had not been stnmpedcd by Carroll like the
other cavalry picket. I then said to Carr
rington: u don't want to fire into friends;
his men into The street BY this time walt
until ! reconnoitrc once more" I RODE
forward TO the head Of the street behind
mn old shed;@the road was SO duuty that
at first I saw nothing, but l watched 1t
until ! saw a blue column OF Yankee cav
airy Enthusiastically emerging from the
dust in good canister range; then gal
loped back and ordered Darlington to
s a ass rdp ed By sns ~ wh Ten
buzz and shouted toGmy mon, Down,
men, and all squattcd like cartridges
In the grass. Sure enough. the shell burst
onGn {sps rd xo afeeHaef IL, them
reochetc ed ovrr RI them;1whereon iserderel
them up to reload and fire; so we kept
up this fire until we cleIred, the street
and Jackson retook the bridge. Tho
Yankee cannonecrs did not fire so accu-
rately after their first shot, and not ono OF
my men was hurt. These young gentlemen
were as green as grass but us brave as
lions, very excited nnd--1her disorderly:
fortunately they had notfyet experienced
enough to know In what imminent danger
/ ran thom.
a PRlSoNER's S. ACCOUNT.
Nov Colonel Crutchfleld was sitting all
prisoner. He told me that while Car
roll wNs placing his section OF artillery
scouts came back and exclaimed with
great exultation: Colonel. you have Just
got al Jackson's baggage trains" Car
Teare s1Kef ha Thsre mile up yondeg n ffm
of, his leading squadron, Captain. go up
aucKy at IT the trim gve me go9dd
that after this his hear. seemed to sink
he sa ID to himself well, we are gone
and all my ammunition train with them,
nothing between Col Carroll and them"
But when the cavalry advanced, to his
amazcment two cannon fired at them.-he
could see tho canister cutting UP the
dust at tho horses feet, and they came
back IN q ,pnnlc:., Crutchneld said to
down from the sky? Thought was
there were no cannon on this side ready
to shoot He said Carroll was much
.cnraged, cursed great deal and beat
reforming his column, they went up again
but the c2nnlster sent them back a second
time; while he was, attempting to reform
tkem the third hi! time Fplkerson came
the whole business became uncomfortable
snd ran for the South river by the cross
Myers company and secured the back
street, hoping to catch some prisoners,
but they were too quick for me. At
son and rejoIn1edd him when my, separ rate
him Something Of Il; and said ;jocularly;
,hY rss Gensrnf II thnt Ereqt battle an
tIlery. cavalry. We're duly employed. ar
which he laughed like 4 school-b boy
AS had no regular field command
of the detachments employed did
not think 1t incumbent TO nut In any
official report. Hence nothing APP
complied months afterwards from those
OF the field officers; but with less than
seventy men all told, ! saved his army
that time. for had that ammunition train
been blown up by Carroll we should have
gone un the spout.
Faithfully yours
II. l., DABNEY,
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