The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

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scfpice throughout the whole campaign.
None Of the cnptSins were with " at tho
second hattie or Manassas except Hen
derson. who liad l,cen promoted In place
of Jones' Ex.Co1. n; II johnson. who had
been Unsigned by Gen. Jackson to COM
8,,,and the battalicn took command OF tho.
brigade, and Capt. Q. G. Henderson tooK
II. Howard was killed and Capt. HcndersI
son, Ilcutenants George b, Homer and
Robert M. Dickinson were severely wound.
cd, and the battalion lost heavily III Killed
and wounded ottits enlisted men. AZ one.
time. while III tho railroad out. is hn,,nt-s
milton gave ont,Eand IL fought Wit, rocks
with ni,ci, effect and distinction, nhd held
It's own until Supplied.
Lieut. Lewis Randolph and others ,wero
known to have Killed Foderals will, stones,
while waiting for moro aininunitlont and
i viii glve Gcn. 1nckson's Owl, w5rds az
TO -the conduct nrtl hlutE pf the battalt
ion liz this fight. Whicl, ls to be found III
his letter of recommendation OF COL
5Bradtey4r. johnson 10 be appointed brig
laiier-general; "rhe heroism with which
the battalion fought, and Its success IN
the battle, hcightens my opinion OF Its
commander.
ell that the battalion and brigade never,
had MS good a. general as Johnson;s that,
lie marched them almost to death for q,
good purpose. carrying them over q hill
Into the cut tnanytimes to deccive5the che
my. This was done by bringing them out
In Il low place md marching back as be
fore. General jackson regarded j ohnson
as a first-ratc gadW:-general.5
The battalion was att II "a rpei''s Ferry
ana lost heavily mt Sharpsburg. after
which Its ranks became soSthln& that Gen.
jackson used It as the provost guard OF
Ills corps This gave tia great deal of
work. and 1t was RED uitrd to fight, too
when necessary. E5iss !! s8885i5
NJ AL 1rredeflcksbt,rg It was OH picket dur
Ing tho entire time of the battle, which
lasted two days: 1t was right much an
under the fire OF big guns; was placed
on tile MAR, road that led into the battle
ground OH our right and received orders
TO permit all persons 10 go In but none TO.
come ont without n. permit. and to arrest
all that attempted to pass out; and the
officer in command of the pickets was Or
gdered to have hem sent into the thickest
of the fight. and II caught attempting TO
pass out. a second time TO execute them
without further proceedings For copy.
OF order. sec Dabney.s Life OF j ackson. &
q Just after the artillery fight commenced
on the first day. andSbeing offfduty at the
time. I asked permission to 20 upon the
hill where cotid see the fight, which wa
granted. BY tile time that got there
the shells from big guns were falling rap
Idly around. making great holes in the.
ground j nst then d Ia dy rode up on a
very fine horse. She had an ostrich fea,ii-
er In her NAT and exhibited no concert
as tot danger, but was persuaded5to leave
which she did In a allop.j wit grace and
case. n fs.s 81 4 d III @
I In the spring OF u $50 when 4 I1oo keer
crossed the rive. o. en- ga sc Lee, he bat
talon was assigned the duty of guarding
the reserved artillery The enemy under
took to cur it off at the Furnace; the
battalion and several hundred troops just
up from Richmond, and which had been
organized into companies. were placed III
a railroad cut to { hold the Federals IN
check; the artillery kept along the road
and the enemy took time to form line Of
hattie With alcorps, and we got away;
rapidly s$ ssSa III &
The artillery had been saved. but the
volunteers would not come out Of tho
cut. where they surrendered, while the
tattaliontmads Its escape and carried ev-
cry man the campfire that night. This
was the effect of good discipline. the.
enlisted men obeyed orders; the Volun-
tecrs were not under theft own officers.
and mixture from various States ana
commands. and could not be controlled.
u ne TGliG DIE
guarding the artillery was more yalua-
tle than i, could have been In the midst.
of the great battle that was fought that
evening.
Capt. b. w. Leigh, o. our battalion, was
assigned to the slaf Of Gen. a. r.. Hill
al the battle Of Charlottesville. and
was present when Geris. Jackson and Hill
were wounded. and lost MS horse. He.
helped 10 bear General Jackson from the
tieId.
The battalion DID moi go 10 f;ettyshnrg.l
having stopped ~ winchester 10 guard,
supplies left there and 10 hold tnF fpris.
A.tbat time fJuiy, iss.5J he FRS, Virginia
Battalion had a eoHpriete HEX set or cap
iaius: made pyt Of her fTst lifEtenants.
and all Of si1eTn graduates 1f the V!rginia
Military Institute. namely: q. q. Hem
tlhrgon. wi no Us.B a Hon of General Hem
,iefson. OF Tho e s. Marines; George u.
Horncr. nephew 81 DR.. HoF1Gy. tic snafo-
mist: Charles y. EyaFidsotl. CT Lexington,
iya.: ThoJysas X. Dunn, npY city engineer
OF Paterzftpfg. Fa.. and William Ityeft0h.
ot Louisa county, ail0f wil1n were most
excellent caat#irA. FDr long marches.
attention. u 5p.y ati8 courage ris the bat
tliGeld they could not ftays ifsen 1lrpass-
cd.
h. ". fostran4. James IL T3fer Rohert
II. Dickinson. Charles Alexander and y.
q, N'hnrry geFf tho first legtsBant6.
j. B. af.rsdeJi. y, q. wright, Charles
Baskerville. j, u! Thomas And Thomas j.
Murray @tra ts1s fespiii lIegtenzits. come
" whom s4os4 ~ higher grades after
wards. 1.fsGsaHan; Jofla ". Payne wsy !.
very aEetItptltstia officer. ] % moi xnaT
tits date M his appointment
4 cannot md tiske ~ gieeg iite t}i,is pt
appointment sDd tile p94iiIp;i ~ rank of
the liegtepaIl1s rent 10 TIE battalion to
ali yacanciRs. mt ~ tfaS az sffgi sfcoi Y
lec, ~ ASCERTAIN. TIE foiipafsx IL j'st.
~ tii5se nUs taetetpfDse n4ey;;ttif9ect john
BeckhHin. sSa@s4 y sY9ojiTS5s4, Ge1rgs
H. Btrge3l. J. - tsaidn5h. l44apHttls ~
smith. -e- --4l III irlDp6. ltifl,afG payne.
Henry H. Gs4hhe,i, is4&tA,t a Marsdef,.
IIenty ~ Hesssf; A3f q. ~. MaFsJep. nilo
MAS iaa6s h iieu'eaani hi mn asad ttea
made ady9taat y; ti,e battalion iie lif,
of fever si tiic summer of fsli Many ~
these young men we're yp,raifd afsd FaiH-
able ard ter1tat ~ iijfga fsefsFs6 i,tGtao,
aon outside Of ths bsttsji9n,
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