The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20

Just III front or the FleTTysS iouse. i'o
next slot struck tie lioust and two or
three men, who had no doubt been left
III charge Of the surplus clothing or the
pickcts, raj, from he house into the ~!
fhicket In roar. No. Mt our gun. with
his sponge IN hand then called out, Piece
disabled trunnion plate broken" 1he Aa tHs-
preston of the piece had caused t TOO
great n strain In the fneantlil y tne
Yankee shalp-shooters appeared TO nave nay e
assembled on n point opposite and over
us sand were cutting UP the road t'a1 IN y 9
pretty lively manner. Whether our on
SsestsNhad been accomplished or not,
nothing more could BIO done the l,orse =
liad beet, left behind an immense rock
where, they were perfectly safe from the
Sfordca 4 f1rst class shelter for the men
ALSO FOR a half hour or 50 until tho
darkness allowed us to Timber up aud get
hack Is camp, tllout any damage except
the temporary disabling Of the gun as
mentioned ana tile lamentations OF the
Timber chest by, the Yankee bullets 4
I'LL. q SHOT Ar a BAND or MUSIC.
5siAnoti,er of1theseS guns was placed on a
little nat space OH the mountain side
Opposite the band stand III the Yankee
camp. Tho band was n noted one, and!
5whei, the gun was gotten In itlon,l
aimed ana ready to fire. q beautiful piece
was being played, ard tho man who held
The lanyard was ordered not Ito pull
tn that piece was through. AS soon
suis tho band ceased the gllnswns fired.
1t may nave. been The last number Of
the programme. 4 but any how The. shell
struck pretty close 10 The stand and the
band hurried of with their nstr,linents.
During the rest Of the evening we could
not SEQ what damage We did except 10
knock down two or three tents. The
next morning THE bnnd-stand had been
nj f1tr ~, ran "a ,fvn
T suppose. they concluded was less trou-
bic than bringing up their big guns to
silence our little six-pounder.
MORE SHARP SHOOTING WITH CAN
4 NON.
Another single gun operation OF Cot
ton Hill was more curious. and one IN
which we claimed some credit for our
ingenuity. In falling back to White Sui
phur Springs, General Wise had burned
Gnuley bridge behind him. but the Yam
KEGS had supplied its place with a good
ferry, which they wero making much use
Of. 1t occurred to General Floyd that II
he could getta gun In position on n little
prpmontory, which was exactly opposite
the mouth OF GauIcy, and on which was
a little level space just large enough for
one gun, he could break up the use of
this ferry. One OF our guns was taken
from its carria &c. and with some oxen.
through the woods and over rocks and
gull!es to this spot, and The carriage and
ammunition carried BY hand. Our first
Shot spattercd the boat with water and
+ The next struck the boat, after which At
got to the shore, where It was protected
w the bank. The ferry suspended opera
stions for the balance Of the day, but
I at night. which was very dark, 1t COM
3nenced Its trips, which continued all
night. Next day the boat RENAME ed In
Its little cove In the bank and we ex-
perlmcnted by firing few shots into
the stream where the boat would cross.
\ got the exact range and depression. and,
by tho s;:sa Of strong stakes and other
contrivnnces for the wheels and trail to
rest on after the rebound. we fixed for
firing IN the dark. The following night
a few shots. which caused, as We could
hear, a good deal Of tumult among horses
and cursng OF the men, cstectually stop
ped the use OF the ferry In the night as
well as In the day. This exploit we
plumed ourselves on as o triumph OF mill
tary science. Practically, however. and
as affecting the destiny Of the sLonfed-S
eracy, we cannot say so much for in
"a few hours the boat was running az
lively as ever a little up the stream. out
OF our range
This company, by This practice, which
you might call4sharp shooting with cam
non. together with their mountain tram
Ing, had a fancy for that sort OF ser
vice, and upon the rcor organization Of the
army, with Stephen Adams. captain;
William r. Terry, first lieutenant; y NAL
Ham II. Jackson, second lieutenant. and
Joseph W.. E1la mbers. third lieutenant
Joined as Company A, the Thlructh Vir-s
ginia Battalion Sharp-Shooters Colonel ].
Lyle Clark commanding. and Peter J.
$Otey major, and served In General c. c.
Wharton's brigade, with whose history
that of this com pany Is afterwards iden-l
titled. until the close OF the war. They
soon became accustomed to Enfield rifles
which are generally regarded as more
appropriate for sharp shooting than their
former arms. but they never had the
same FUN with he lSnhelds that they
had with their smooth bore ssix-pounders,
though. they hope. they were more eff
cent. III 55.sss H IA "a
Besides we had no list Of killed y dur
ing the short time we had the Ax-poun-
ders, but a pretty heavy one afterwards,
for. though we were sharp-shooters. we
limo OF battle before the fight was over.
Our6artilleryt service was rendered with
three s1nooth-bore six-pounderss We had
another gun OF unknown cal!bre, and
four guns. constituted the battery. But
this fourth gun, which had bccn cast In
ECharlcston, Kama wha county had no am
munition. and, at request OF General
Henry a. Wise. turned 4 t over to him. 81
Captain Adnms's Artillerp, afterwards
E6 Company a, 5,rhlrtieth Battalion. Vir-t#
ginia Infantry, Wharton's Brigade. 6s
E Lynchburg, Va, November 8, 1904.
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