The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11

any. I. fodnd bur ammunition was near
" exhausted ordered another man to 70
out and md John S. Gibson, ordnance
officer Of the Forty ninth Virginia ana
tell him that he must find an ordnance an :.
OFFICER and bring us some ammunltloh
very soon. as sve were out.
AN IMENOFN1LA1, T1arrCt5 AND TSAD-s
ING WITH TILE ENlsAlY.
then ordered cease firing, and then
two of the Federal soldiers III our 'front.'
who seemed to he on picket, stuck their
bayonets through newspapers ana waived
them right md loft. Some of my men called
out that they wanted to tradc newspa-
pers. told them no; 1t meant a flag
OF truce. 1 sent an inquiry up and down
the line for a newspaper or sheet OF
white paper. None could be found. ]
heard Il laugh in the line. and asking
what was the fun was told that q man
said ho had a ragged shirt toll, which
could have. I asked the man II he was
willing to donate n piece OF his shirt
tall to tho cause for the sake OF peace.
He sntd lie would BIO very glad to do 80.
told him shirts were very scarce, and
lie had better take my handkerchief, and
handed It 70 him. He looked Mt It; saw
It was very much soiled and said lie
thought his shirt tall would make a
much winter flag Of truce At tlils there
was a general laugh at my expense. a
pieco Of the shirt tail was torn OFF, bay
onet stuck through, It and 1t was waved
aloft on the milzzls OF a gun. Inc enemy
tgaluted WITH their newspapers ana truce
WIS established, which was religiously
kept in my front the whole Of that day.
The second man l sent out for an1nuni-
ton soon returned; sud hc had seen Ser
gesant Gibson and he had seen the cap
tain OF ordinance and they had sent Tor
ammunition. gs ,s!.3 ;;fi
I "A G11A1Psrq or, GENERAL EVELL,
After waiting what thought a long:
time. I sent out another man on the same,
GRAND, who returned. and said am n1'll
ton had beoti sent, for and would soon
arrive. II waited for It so Very long that
I grew anxious and determined to hunt
It up myself ERODE to tho rear@and found
that bullets were thing over the
.uuadrtlat eral TTj ght and left. I inquired
for General Early'B5 head quarters, and
was told that he seemed to be riding all
over tho field that day. ditors note:,
General Il Early commanded Hills corps
that day. and held botli the right and left
OF Lee'sH1ine.)3;sI then inquired for Gem
eral, sIwell's headquarter II is, general,
directao.,' was pointed out to- me; found
It after considerable trouble. and saw
that the enemy, had found 1t before =
had. 4 Ewell was standing before a por7:
table field table with writing material
on It, and his staff n short distance lin
his front, nd shells were falling fast nndi
furious all around. General Ewell was
wearing IAN artificial leg in the place Sof'
the natural Az ono he lost near Sudleyt.s
Mills, and he had lately ina rried q widow
whom no was accust toned to introduce as
my wife, Mrs. Brown, iIe had become
very nervous, ], and every time O. shell ex-
.ploded near. HIM, he would hop his good
leg up and curse with tho vehemence Of
nm old trooper and the JUNCTION Of a,
new church member ! told him of our
great need OF ammunition. lie said he
had heard from mo two or three times
that day and had sent me ammunition,
and 1t would get there before could.
briefly explained the situation to the
general: told hin that the enemy were
in our front and rear; that their rear
fire swept tho u ditch between me and and
Colonel Terrell and this ditch was too
shallow to AFFORD protection to anyone:
not lying flat on the bottom of It: that
Evans had withdrawn his two regiments
from our right, ana that my right flank
was entirely exposed u
RUN MING INTO THE ENEMY.
IIe told General long to go with me;
view the situation and do whatever was
necessary. to protect Y our brigade
guided General Long through the woods
to about the SPOT where I first rode out
Of it. l pointed out, the situation OF our
brigade. lie said naygsright was thorough.
" protected by our Batteries, but could
not see. any Of our guns nor any Of Cor
don's men. told him would not he
willing to guide him to our brigade. The
trip would be too dangerous: that I sup
posed that Ewell knew what, enemy were
IN our rear and would drive them back.
I.,then galloped to my right. III sup
pose 7 rode in my excitement too farrto
the front, as I came squarely upon q
body of the enemy. l waived my hat 70
them and gave ''wlhoop They re-;
.sponded with cheers. I then turned my,
horse to the left and rode rapluiy 70 the
rear. ~
I had not gone far when a body of men
fired on mo and shot my horse, but no
managed to bear me to my brigade be-
fore le fell and died. Almost immediate
.ly afterwards Sergeant Gibson. with a
squad of men, came up bearing 9 NUM-
Der Of large wooden cartridge boxes of
fixed anlmuntion. My share Of this muclt
needed ammunition. was quickly dlstfip-i
'uted, and Colonel Terrills share left
I started to walk to Terrlll'sg command
but a voice from the ditch stopped me
with about tho same warning that /
had received from Tcrrtll. and the add'-
tional Information that ho was driving
the enemy back with~his two guns; had
plenty OF ammunition and when he
needed my assistance he would call for It.
Tho balance Of the ammunition was.
then distributed among my men. Some OF
my men caught up a stray h rse OF IN q
known ownership, and 81 saddled and
brdled him for mo. This horse I tied
to the. wheel Of a gun carriage im fine'-
diatcly on my left flank, and the horse horse
was killed before the day was over by
the fire on our rear Assix-,pounder can
non was standing. naked on the line OF
the ditch without Timber or caison, and
10 ammunition could BIO found forsser
Ing it. Twice during tho evening a ',nen ,i
Dor from my regiment was sent to :. 4
rear for information. and reported each
time that tho enemy were advancing on
our rear. went out to see for myself;
could not see that they were moving
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