The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07

i,Ucn injured by q kick willie passing
through tho wagon truth at night
had been allowed to rtdo; Col Kunton Of
the same brigade also rode, being III.
able to walk He fell on one side OF
the rcd barn aud General Kemner OH
tho other side. At4s13 d.
so there were eight mounted officers,
counting General Pickett ana staff
mounted III Tic charge.
Col Williams fell earlier III the fight.
His mare went up rdeless almost TO
the stone wall and was caught Whe =
walking back by !. Ca6tnn William g
Marshall, Of bearings Battalion. Ills
own horse, Lee, having been killed, he
rode Col. williams mare away after
the fight. When returned to General
Pickett from giving, the order 70 sen,
era Kemper, Syrnington, l5alru ' ~,
charles Pickett ware With the Genera,
they having less distance to carry their
orders than /, as Kempcr was on our
FIGHT md Arn,istcad not IN first Inc,
but In ochelon.
II Tho command hnd moved about flfty
yards III tie charge. General pickett a an 9.
staff were about twenty yards in rear or
the column.
When we had gone about four hundred
yards the General sud to me. captain,
YOU nave lost your spurs to-day instead
81 gaining them." Riding on Ills right
side. / looked 1T once at my left boot,
and saw thatsthe shank OF my spur had
been mashed around and the roNeN was
looking towards the front, the work OF
piece Of shell, suppose, but that was the
first I knew of II. Then remembered
the Irish,nan's remark, that one spur
was enough because II one side Of your
A - ~ ,,rN n
go.
When we Ind charged about $50 yards.
having about 800 hundred more to get
over before reaching the stone wall,
Petigrew's Brigade broke AL To pieces
and left the field In great disorder AT
this time we were mostly under fierce
artillery fire; the heaviest musketry tiro
came farther on. +
General Petgrew was in command that
day OF a division and his brigade was
led by Col. Marshall who was knocked
from his horse by q piece Of shell as his
men broke, but he had himself lifted on
Ills horse and when his men refused to fol-
low him up, he asked That his horse be
turned to the front Then he rode TIP I'M
til he was killed. IF all the mon on Picks
cts left had gone on like Marshall, his
tory would have been written another
way. General Pickett sent Cnpt. SYM
ineton ami Capt Baird to rally these
men.
They did all that brave officers couh
do, but could not stop tho stampede.
LONGSTRElIT AND FREIEMANrLE.
General Pickett directed me to ride
to General Longstreet and say that tho
position against which he had boen sent
would be taken but he could not hold
it unless rcnforcenerits were sent TO
him. AS l. rode back to General Long
street I passed small parties of Petit
crews command going tothc rear; pres
emily l came to quite a large squad and,
very fooishly, for was burning pA,ci-
GUS time. halted them. and asked IL
they would not so up ana help those
gallant men now charging behind us.
Then I added. what arc YOU running
for?" and one Of them, looking up at
me with much surprise depleted on his
face, said "Wlly, good gracious. Cap
tain, amt you running yourself?" Up
to the present time I have not answered
that question, but will now say, appear
;inces were aginst me.
found General Longstreet sitting on
a fence alone, the fence ran in the
direction wo were charging. Pickett 8
column had passed over the hill on our
side OF tho Emmettsburg Rond. and
could not then DO seen. delivered
the message us sent by General Pickett.
General Longs treet said, Where arc the
troops that were placed on your flank r.
and / answered" Look over your shoul-
DER and you will see them" He looked
and saw the broken fraEments Just
then an officer rode at half speed, draw
ine up his horse In front Of the general,
and saying. General Longs street, GEN
eral Leo sent inc here, and said you
would place me in position to see this
magnificent chnrge. would not have
missed 1t for the world" General Long
street answered, "I would, Col. Free
mantle; the charge Is over. Captain
Bright ride to General Pickett and tell
him what you have henrd MO say to
Colonel FTeemnntle.'' At this moment
our men were near to but had not cross
cd the Emmettsburg Road, I started
and when my horse had made two leaps
General Longstreet called, Captain
Bright" checked my horse, and turned
half around III my saddle TO hear, and
this was what he said, "rell General
Pickett that Wllcox's brigade Ia iii that
peach orchard (polntngl and he can or
der him to his assistance"
WIL.CON AND PICKETT.
Some have claimed that Wilcox was
put in the charge at Its commencement
General Gordon says this; but this Is
a mistake. When ] reached General
Pickett, he was Mt least one hundred
yards behind the division, having been
detained in position from which he
could watch and caro- for his left flank,
He at once sent Captain Baird to Cen
eral Wilcox with tho order for him 10
come in; then he sent Captain syminstor
with, the Same Order in n very few
moments, and last he said, Captain
Bright, YOU go," ana was about the