The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
THE TIMES RICHMOND VA SUNDAY APRIL 10

RICHMOND, VA, SJ1ND
liuslicd toward the works. rihnlng, may
H SO say, almost Mt top speed, and as we
s|fsnnteafed the works l could see n good line
8ot!2 battle, thick md substantial, l'r'lis
Il ssulpotS uss When inside u q hundred
|FSulrds of, them could see first rev ie
.t.liu hen more and more, and presently,
~ ~ my surprisc and disgust. the Wholc
me =, bretlk away iii flight. Wien we got
!. !, ne works, which were liasty trench y
a - eenbnnlsinent,t and not store VAL val
~ me point we struck olu' regiment was
q =, mass or bali all mixed together, With
~ y company organization. Some OF he
y fourth and 1'l,ird seemed 70 be
S AZ With us. and 1t may be others
~ /, a. man could I see III the cneinSs
,MuIlks, bt or account Of the small TIM
..sI ND The lay Of the ground. could
We We see Very far along the Inc. eltfer
rl .s11t. Or left .Of the position we occupied.
,ra ~ liners We're, az. I thought at the time
a .s!seWeH the situation. about three iui!-
t....' men III thesparty with me- or maybe
5i ,.s, Adtutant II. V. Harris. Of the
,r's ~ staff was there dsnounted.
- 20 npsa llt FrS, assistant dI,itant-general
~ - Stelern kenper. was also there Of,
iess ed, big-footed fellow, whom we called
l3'g Foot WALKER" also, afoot. Cap
IN ~ q, W. Douthnt, Of Company r.
also Is', noticed, and there were some other
cali.
BIG FOOT WALKER.
i, we ~. y thought our work was done. and
tilt the day was over, for the last
eI Il,n1y N sight we had seon disappear
o .,s ], the hill In front; and 1 expected to
s se General Lees army marching up to
, axe possession OF the field. AS I
lo 'e.s,t1a, over the work OF our advance
\ ~. nut , dead9 and wounded men and horses
3 ~ me field beyond US. and my heart
{ lever u ~ life sank as 1t did then. 1t
was q q. q grlevous disappointment.
n, IItnis0t !! men turned to each other
unper at e o. and
boashat tSnpeta Harrs Ers snd Gs yss
fel1 ara n9,a above noted amongst them. No
could discover. We a. pro oa ' decided
/ to send d courier for rclnforcetnents. No
TnW9 a'h.ee man was there. big Foot
A ~ Maiker was dispatched on that errand.
t tto me artillery on our right, from
y Il enemy's left. were still sweeping the
d dn we ~ q few moments sent another
Eve were so anxious to maintain the
position we had gained that we watched
4 me Two men we had sent to our: rear
one after the other, disa ppear over the
ridge from which we had marched for
q. hi WAIT FOR TWENTY MINUTES.
81, unnloested from the front, or. OH either
side. and with nothing to Indicate that
we would be assaied. We thus remained
for fully twenty minutes after Walker.
had been sent for rcinforcements--w waited
Ion q ftery ne had disappeared on his mis-
sion over the ridge In our rear.
ipating that we would soon be attacked.
and being in no condition of numbers or
soon concluded-tl1at is, the officers above
referred toto send the men back to
our lines. and 50 ordered.
Lest they might attract the fire, OF the
guns that still kept up a cannonade from
the enemy.s left. we tod the men e. J, e e
back sngly and in small groups. the off.
manned at the works, while the. rest OF
the, party we were with retired. re-
le which lie of was bee nn Freely HHi
Douthat. I suppose. Just to be with me.
7 dropped on tho ground under the shade
Of the timber limb after the men LEFT, pulled
througl, Which a bullet had passed.
This wound had been RECEIVED Ely, as as We
the descending slope, one OF them hav-
ing shot me, thought at the time I was
knocked out, but did not fall and | said
mand Of the company;sI am ;shot!' But
soon finding ! could move my leg and
that could go on. no homes being bro
ken. I went on to the end of the charge.
GETTING AWAY.
ma !
ert w. Douthat, who had picked up q
musket, commenced firing and fired sew
eral shots. Thinking he had spied an en-
ing my leg. and completed the operation.
When raising myself on. my Ell
bow saw aA., the head head eta Of a col col
enty-1vc yards toward our right front.
advancing oblquely toward US was
Mortified, jumped UP and exclaimed to
Mha5 are you "a bis
gun and answered: its time to get away
from here and I started on the run
behind him; as we both rapidly !, retired tired
time getting away and got some distance
before they opened fire on ,ls-.perhaps
100 or $50 yards. We ran out, OF range,
We we got o. over r the Bmnittsburg road e.
ward our lines. After We got over tho
fences along the road the fire didn't dis i;l,
turD us. NO organized OOuy VI tToopS, wv
/ meet in going back. T. wondered how
few ] saw in this retreat from the M
top I reached ere long the tent Of
ir.cnd, captain CHARLES NJ. Blackford,
Judge advocate Of our Second Corps. at
Longstreet's headquarters, and this was
the last of tho battle Of Gettysburg time.
I didn't hear Of I,ieutsnanit;,Co colonel otey
being wounded until after the battle was
over though have since understood It
was shortly after the advance COM
menced, I, the captain Of Company &.
was lie only commissioned officer with
the company that day. a may properly
mention an incident or Two.
WOUNDED.
Now the battery CT the descending
IN n ditch, and ! asked OF him,
"Iow are YOU hurt, Kent2' for ! knew
hs was hit g. He Abo answ tire time sn ws
sent ,rt's af,ig Foot WaTiSor' hack FOR rein
"Black-eyed Williams a. as
,rled 10 me, Look here. Captain at
the Same time pulling W. ms shirt y IA, at
let had a fun mark about I, ITS depth N