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


loaded and fred at tho retrcntlnn enemy
and socn linl tho field clcnrcd.
Here They Come.
IN anticipation u The attack being ros
rdwsd by tho eneiny. We remained ut
tho railroad and w6 did not have long
to walt bcfore tho announcement Vt here
thoy conc. was heard. a linc Of bnttlo
marched out of tho far end OF tia woods
GU our left, Into the field, halts, dresses
their line, then move forward. n'hcy
were allowed TO como III about ono liun-
drcl yards or It's, when wo opened iire.,
YOU could 500 them staHgor. then Init.
stand Il short time tl,on break and run,
by this tin,c another llnc made Its az
pearancc coming from the same point
This line came II littlo nearer us when
they, tod, broke and ran, Then comes
nnothcr llne--they came nca rci when they
broke and ram. 1t then seemed asaif
tho whole field was full of Yankees ana
some OF thom advanced nearly to tho
railroad. when we went over tho bank
ut them, tho remainder Of tho brigade
following 9TH example.
And Here They Go.
The enemy now broke mud ran and swc
pursued, firing hs fast ns NO could. We,
Followed them into tho woods mud drove
wero halted and ordered bnck to the rail-
road. Wo captured two pieces OF ar
tillcry In tho wooas and carried them
back With lis, III going back. Yankee
battery Of eight guns had full play on
us In tho field ana our limo became q
little confused. We were halted; every
man on tho instant turned and fnccu
the battery. Just as we did heard q
th,ld on my right like somc one had been
~, a Net
around saw a man at my side standing
erect with his head off: stream OF
blood squirting a foot or moro rom his
neck. BY the tinlo / turned around,
saw three others lying or the ground. all
killed by this same cannon shot. Ihe
man standing was a captain III the Forty
second Virginia Regiment, and his brains
and blood despatched the face and cloth
ing Of ono Of my company, who was
standing in nv rear. This was the Sec
ond time I saw four mon killed by the
same shot during tho war--thc other
time being at Cedar Run a few weeks
before--eacl time the shot struck as IL
was descending. The first man had ms
head taken on, the next shot through
the breast. the next through tho stom-
ach, and the fourth had all his bowels
torn out.
Longstreet Gets There.
Wa nov wont back to our position III
the woods. formed our old line OF battle
in two lines and laid down as before
We had hardly gotten fixed when our
attention was called to limo OF battle
filing into line in our front, but nearly.
at right angles to us. What does this
mean? Are the enemy making prcpara-
lions to storm us again? General
Starke, our Division Commander then ar
1vo ~ lnH the
line. He took his glass, and after 4
careful survey called 4 courier and d.
rccted him to go to the right around tile
hill In our front and find out WHO they
were. Tho Yankees were Smelling our
woods heavily but tho excitement was
SO great that tho men who had orders
to Ito down for protection were all
standing up watching tho line form. which
grew longer each moment. Our courier
after a short stay was seem coming; as
fast as his horse could run, and before
lie reached General starke cried out III
Is Longstrcct'' y great shout that
Longstreet had come was taken up by
men all down tho line.s The courier
than told General Starke that the man
sitting on stump, whom we had no
ticed before was General Lee, and that
Longstreet said he had gotten up IN
time to witness our charge, which he
said was splendid.
This put new life9 In Jackson's mon, as
they had heard nothing OF Longstreet.
They knew that Pope with his large
army would pu. forth all the energy he
could to greatly damage us, but cveryt hing
was changed then. We wished. for
O. 4rencwa Of the attack and We're afraid
he would not. after his repulsc OF the
morning and the presence Of Longstreet.
He did attack \. p. Hills division on
the left OF Juckson's line In the after,
noon and met with the Same repulse
as We had given them. A part Of
Longs trcet's command becnme heavily ems
gagged, also. This ended tho second
days fighting and the Second Brigade
were jubiant over their share OF Sec
.ond Manassas. we sleep in peace for
the night.
The Third Day.
The cannonuding commenced carly on
tho morning, OF the Both, with skirmish-S
ing front that at times became active
About noon in anticipation Of an attack
the Second Brigade Is moved to the rail-
road taking position us the day be-
fore About two or three o'clock we
heard on our right tho exclamation Of.
there they come" and almost instantly
wo saw column Of the enemy marched
into the field from the same point they
Ola inc Gay DeIoTc' ufesslli6J 5tHc INV
and then advanced on US. Every maj,
In our line shifted his cartridge box to-
the 'front.' unfastened 1T and his cap
box, gives his gun a second look over
and took his position 70 meet the coming
ensmy who were rapidly approaching.
We allowed them to como about the
samc distance as the day before and
then opened. with about tho same re-
suit. Another limo took its plnce, wa
continued firing. Other lines advanced.
each getting nearer MS. The field was
then filled with Yankees as the day be-
fore. but In much greater numbers.
Their advance continued. Every man
In tho Second Brigade at this momeht
remembers Cedar Run, cncl, ono loaded
Ills gun With care. raised II deliberately
10 his shoulder, takes deadly ain and
pulled tho trigger. We Ecre lighting then
s- never saw 1t. Wa were behind the
railroad hank aud In the cut, which made
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