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

iis t,p Ifc said, "a hive beer, Watching
my lert all tic timc, expecting this Il but
re Is provided for, Ride to Dearns's Sat.
TREY have orders 10 foll5Ws ny the
charge and keep tllcir cnlsspns filledl or.
5dcis8tletn To open with every glltnBlHlhtd ~
break Tint column and keep 1T broKcils
The first officer ] saw on rcaclitiyg Tho
battalion wns Capt. William g. Mar.
shall at1'ostoiilcc. tNlorgantown West Vir-
ginin).#!1 gave him the order with the
direction To pnss It dawn ut once TO tho.
three other batteries. Marshall SAID.
"rhe battalion has no Administration.
lave only three solid shot Then ask \
cd why orders to keep caissons lilled ~! hnd
not been obcyed, and he answered .,l IN
caissons had bccl, away noarly three-
quarters Of ,nn hour, and there was q ~ ~
reserve artillery aplmtlnltlon more tl,ail
II milo iii rear Of Y lie field. ~ I,dirccteal
slllin to open WITH Mis- solid shot. but
knew MI hope Of llnhln tie column was
over, BECAUSE solid shot 10 tot nat col !
um,is. rho second Slot gtrnck tho hend
Of rolnmn, the other two missed, and tue
guns were silent. VI.
s& r found General Pickett in front about
400 Yards ahead OF tic artillery position.
and 10 tho LEFT fit una some 200 yards
behind the command which wns then az
tho stone wall overl which GONE 81 our
men were going, that Isl tho 69ld legl-
5ment5 part Of Armistead' s brigade ied ny
Z Col. Rhwley Martin, who fell next 70 the
& gallant General Armlstcad: hnd reached
tho ntmy's guns and ciiptured 'tneill.
All along tho stone wall as ,fnr ns they
OK tended ke1nncr und uarnetts llle si
we're fighting With but few officers lei !.
THE RETR ElA II Il en- S r laNiAlalS.
4I Informed the, General that no help
wns 10 be expected from the artillery
but the enemy were closing around US,
lnnd nothing could now save his COM
nnnd. lie Ind remained behiid to watch
ana protect that left,s to put ~ first help
expected from infantry supports, linen 70
break the troops which came around ms
tahls' with tic artillery; all nag nI ta9eu'
al this moment o,1r left Picket Is IlVi-
sIonI began 10 crtinlblos and soon; al that
vas lcft came slowlY y back 5000 III the
morning. 600 were put in rninrS thht
night o,4Qo killed wo 1't1 't ana $ Ih'ss-
ing ~ @ "a !, III,
We moved back, AND when General
Pickett ana I,were about 800 yuisds IRON e'',
tho position from Which tho charge lita
started General Robert Il. Lee, thIcS l'ecf, ,
loss alone, on l'raveler, toue ~ M, NJ
isnid: "Gencrnl Pickett, place your dlVl
sion In rear Of this Ill, and be ready 70
l.epel the advance of the enemy shou,a
thay follow lip their advantage q ileN-
or heard General Lee call. them the GU
on,w he zorro I: It WAC always those or these
neonle),3 General Pickett, with his hea sl
on lis breast said: "General Lee, ! nave
no division now, Aimistead Is do"n'
Garnett is down. and <Keinpe mortal
ly wounded. aq;ss .l4l3 Z,
t,rhnn General Lee said; Come, General
pickatt. this hns7 been my fight and Upon
nv shoulders rests tho blame 'Ihe men q,
and officers of your command hnSe VIII
Ia, the name of Virginia MS high to.u!aS
hs II It 2 has ever been written pe iior
NOV talk about GLORY enough iof one
day;"swhy this was glory enough lor one
= = - : \ LEE AND KEN PIOE:
Then turning to me, Siellet'si
t"Captain. what OLDER IS that they are
henrintr off ?" answered. General KEN
nor. md General Lee said: u must SPEAK '.F
to him. and moved Traveller TOWARDS y y
the litter. 7 moved my horse along WIN
his but General Pickett did not SO Win
us. Tho four bearers seeing Slt was ae sen,
e,,l Lee, halted, and General kemper
feeling the halt opened his eyes. Genera
Leo said:5 General 1Scmpere :, = nope you
are not very seriously wounded. sg, g. 5sr
General Kempcr answered. ,t = = an az,
struck In tic groin, ana !. ne pah hr''
ranged upwards; they tell nett IS NOR NOR.
tnl,a ard General Lee said: u nope y
viii not prove SO bad as that; IS there ,
awning can do for YOU. General
Kcnfocr ~ THE answer came, after st'a ~
anal Kcrnper had seemingly with mucn
pain raised himself on ONO ell1 .o',.
ayes, General Lee, do tnil 1us.l Fc'e -
This division for its work TO-DAY.
General Leo bowed his heao' ana s"'u.
II WILL" 49, WI.
liam I, Clopton, now Judge Of Mancnes y,
tor told mo after the war that VINE ll,,
General Pickett was trying to gunEu n W.
left he saw ~ battle aags. eaeh Wltia
t,a usual complement OF men, move ouS
IN our right flank but We did not s.e
ibis, as all our thoughts were 1No ' OIL
our left flank. 49,. ,,,a,.d
Capt. synnington ana Ahpe. 49, 49,
could each give many inletess'.,a 80.
derts If they could be induced 10 Wrlte ZOE
,,,,,,,lcat,on. NV article OF the soth OF
J1ocemlor. 1903, III The Times DJlspateh1
should be read before this account ~
shnw how and when General l'lekctt 2
command reached Gettysburg'
PERSONALS
should I write aguin, it will be about
the 900 prisoners we guarded oacE; W
virginia, Kelnper's supposed deatV nee'
and General Lees note TO Genera riI IN
cit. few days aiter Getl yss =, y -
those SGeElllss lllG tiutA
rnttle. wlltsaY.. thessNel'yS grea & sses'
IN other commands oecrlp Nc liIa.
md second dny:; ,rlle third. dny,!sa Y thls
nxhIbition, was most decd edly, lNiiglnia i.
day. ana d. future Virginia Il Governor ,,
Komper by name, was. present. = WISE Sls
hero 10 state that some Of the. 4. men o.
GarnctI,s brigade told rne5thoy saw up at
INC stone wall, lighting with them some some
mon and officers, mostly the later, OF
two other states, and lii answer 20 my
questions as to numbers and organllzta-
lion. answered, numbering In alE less
Than sixty. and without formation 81 any
military kind, Alnbamalans and North
Carolinans. !, /, !, IA, -. T. -,
Now as to tho position OF Afm 1!s =
brigade IN tho Charge. lla awns fof{lefeta
ia 90 in on theslefttof5 Gatnett, hut tGtpt,
Wlnfree, a most gallant oiIieee l, OF. ths
14th Virginia. nov llVlT;ssy IN. this CITY,
agrees with my memory. that Arnisstenu =
brigade went I'M between Garnett ana
Komper ! also wish to give SUCH m
formation az ] can4.to Senator DANIEL
who asked for 1t in the Confederate col-
f,,mn OF Sundays Times Dispatch. 2ltn
of January, about the LOSSES OF PicketIs
three brigades on the third day. NO
ottcial returns came to us until long az
Ter the battle, because no one was left
~ ,,o,,o reDOrt md hardly any one was