The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23

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son If he had Ind his gun Ihers Wa was ~
siuad or Yankees Rt tho GroVetoh mouse.
and when the rider reacl,ta there seS'rRt
5of then, ran from Tho front OF the house
nnd surrounded him, when I'VE got on
tho horse and Went with them 10 the
front, while ono of their nl'mner led ,me
horse into the back yard and you nun.
This was hardly done before 4 boaS OF nus
cavalry charged zip the War1onton p,kS
ana arabbet the party. Tho vidette had
seen that party coming e.ons the PKG
NV minutes before, aud coni' i'a.S
warned tho man riding tho horse oi we
ynnkcns, n,csence, hut 1istust came
over hin, as soon as he saw him,
The Fight Is On.
About 4 o'clock iii the afternoon inc
videttc was startled by long M ~ y,
skirmisl1cs stepping out OF Inc sW WOODS ~
lis front and advancing: Jumping TO
Ills feet lilo makes for Colonel johnson g,
lie Ind gotten only ir short distance when
no sees their line OF battle following. z \ ow
thn. fellow Just busted, made his report
to Colonel H., who at onco caico we
line 10 attention; the command was
given, fright, face, double quick, march,
and away We go north tliroush ,he
woods. All of us are wondering what
had become of old Jack. When We go.
through itl,c WOODS lie was the mrs.
man wo saw, and looking bc!oha We
could SEQ that his command was h:'ss ,..'
Iii IL large field: arms stacked, batteries
parked ana everything resting. Colohcl
johnson rides up to General Jackson 1
made his report; when General jackson
turned to his staff, gives each m ordcr
and III a minute the field was a pcriect
hubbub-mcn riding in all directions, M
fantry getting to- arms cannoners 10
their g1lr.s ana the drivers mounting. But
YOU sec tho master hand now. whllo
am telling this; you could hear tho sharp
command OF on officer, right. face. for-
ward, march, and q body OF skirm,shers
march out Of that confused mass right
up to old Jack; WHEN INC Driver gives
the command to "filc right, land the next
instant to dcploy and the movement IS
dono III a twinkle, and forward they
90 to meet tho enemy; General jackson
had waited to see this: he now turns
TO Colonel Johnson, and tells him to let
his men stack arms and rest as they
had been on duty since tho day before;
lo will not, call on them If lie can do
without, aud Off he goes with the adj
vance skirmishers. Another body OF
skirmishcrs have in the meantime march,
ed ont and filed to the left and gone
forward, u column of infantry Is unwind
ing itself out of that mass and marches
up to the same point as the skirmishcrs
had, filed to right, fronted and gone for
ward; another. Is now filing to the left,
whlc the third column moves straight
ahead. Some OF the artillery follow each
column of infantry. This was the most
perfect movement OF troops l saw during
tho war, and now tho crack OF musket
and the bang of artillery tell lis that
tho lines have met; tho fire In q few
minutes is terrific.
Others Go In.
An officer soon comes for the Second
Brigade, to report on the extreme left
of Jackson's line. On getting there. the
entire brigade lis formed as skirmishers
md ordered forward and after getting
Il certain distance, are halted and ord cred
to lie down. We stay there all night,
sleeping OF arms. Tho enemy did not
appear In our front. but the right had
hard fight. In which the enemy are de-
feated and retreat during the night Brig
adier-General Taliuferro commanding
Jackson's division, and Nlajor-General
l5well, being amongst the wounded.
The next morning the Second Brigade
are marched to the right OF Jacksons
line on top Of a large hill where there
were several pieces of artillery. We stay
eHSA o taSOul tAiA sIicuI, dllO IFc SIGllSu
severely by the enemy who have made
their appearance from another direction
from that OF the evening before.
Behind the Railroad.
Jackson now takes position behind an
unfinished railroad which ran parallel
TO and north Of the Wamenton pike ana
suppose about n milo from 1t. Jackson's
division IS on the right, Ewell's next ana
A. 2, Hill on the left. The second brigade
was marched from the hill to the LEFT
ABOUT half mile. where we formed G. line
OF battle In two lines, in a wood and near
It's edge facing south, In our front was
a narrow neck Of open land, say two
hundred to three hundred yards wide; on
the west the woods ran along this field
about three hundred yards where 1t
wldens into large field; a short distance
around the angle OF the wood is the hill
we were on soon in tho morning, Jack
son now had several batteries OF artillery
on 1t. On the east OF the neck OF land
the wood ran along the field for say seven
hundred yards, when It wIdened out into
the same large field. About tTo hundred
yards In our front is part OF the a1ban-
doned railroad, running across the open
neck from the woods on the east to near
that on the west. The eastern end runs in
a bottom where there was bank, for
say seventy-llve yards when II reached
hill: through this hill, was cut, that
runs out on level ground tust before It
reaches the west wood. You Will now
see that In front Of the railroad at this
points short strip Of wood 10 the right
(yesD and long strip on the left feast)
where at both points the neck Of the
cleared land unItes with large open
field that runs cast and wet, and at its
far side is the Warrenton pike.
Our shrmIshcrs were placed 1T the rail.
road. We were ordered 10 lie doyn In
place, with guns IN hand. ana were d..
rected TO rush for the railroad OK goon
rs an order to forward was given.
Quietly Waiting.
Colonel Johnson nov cDtnes along the
line, stops about ten yards In iron. III r
Company. takes out his Pipe. fills ii and
strikes a lieli. then quietly st,s IN rsae
ground and leans bark sxssSst q srrsaai
kanlns.
Everything with ur Was perfectly 4z8et
This did not fast long. TIE srltasss ~
our front 1as broken nv d rang, Aspe ~.
most the same instap, a snAil DeH. cs.aaa.
ing through the trAes 1yfrbtsf, ms ras
q signal for a tsysYA KHsSliGy M E.est