The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
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LETTER FROM ,FUNKHAusER
He Describes the Part Taken by
4 the Forty-llirtll$ Wirginia---lt2c
8 mi1iscenccsE ard Anecdotes.

# the Forty-llintl1$ 'Ni1r:2sllilla9----lSSc-
nliniscenccsE and Anecdotes.
Ia Editor Of Tho Times Dspatch;
Sir Having been All eye witness 10
General r.. f.. Lees attempt to 2lead my
regiment. the Far'tytllnth virginia In
Fl fantry, Ieegramsi 13 Brigade IN the cllar!sf
to- recover the famous horsesh,a ANGLE ;'t
& Sra,sylyanin3 Courthouse on the J2til day
OF May. 1864 after Johnson ;l)iE vision had
81 l,.cn captured respectfully reHuest
.,it,c,,s ii, your Confederate column IN or
w der 20 settle this much lnoQteu question:.
8I seems that there We're Wo SQr periiills
three ncidents OF tl,s sStlne Sinc r.
f.rent commands claim ti1eM sahle HiippIiior.
i,rhp Confederate VI toran, q V iSas liN1ller
& 1.e1n1 page 81, ebrllary nunhpr; 2QA,.
iS 1i,s a picture al the % flair referred 10,
ci3in,irs that tho incident 9lappenedc on
"A J,e fth OF May vat the Bloody Angie,
With Texas troops. which IS incorrect
forstlie battle Of SubtsylN'inta vas on tHe
4 13tllZof NIny, 19Gi.jt
General sJohnson;s Division oceurledT ne
q tne,t of tia horseshoe, and Cinrdpn 8 l2ir,1
vision Was immediately on his left. issa al
\ ~ MS n composed of HAYS Louisiana Esrig-
4. y 3 with Pcgra1l's Rrisado Doubled or
thpm rs Theirs sunpoitt,5af and S16 prdoh III
IN tGeoraianfo aNa IIoke,s q Gn 4 " !
Net tl,s c,arolnians) Still toyand lett WAS,
. ,EarlsS's4 old division qpSnr nand "a ,ithNt
y dizzy ~ tsasieral j ohm b 8 ord9'1i B
a5s5 JOHNSON CAPTURED.
at dawn lhattever memorable morn nss',
General Hancock stormnl Johnsens l2l-
vision WITH (it WIS said then) forth, rhou-
# sand men, and, of course. oSerpoWcreei
aud CAPTURED it.It was pouring down
rain. and besides the bullets We're ter
riblv in evidence, and tie blue ats mix
Ell, in among MS. So oEcty man BECAME
~ his own general, and the OFFICERS at ollS.a
ordered n speedy retreat.
This was In al old iicld5 where inc
Grow house stood. Soon we came 70 q
piece Of woods and Colonel 4. 81. PEN
dleton rode right in my front ana sale:
Captain, halt YOU, men anfl.stay here
till ] go 10 the Crow house ana sec
General Ewell and return
In a moment saw the Yankees sWarfl-
ing in the woods across our line#oI re-
treat, and L called Colonel Pendletou.z
VIM had started At g galiQp, Wteil ms y p
horse Sank deep III tbs solF enrtll y I'm
+ ing and seeinf; the situation, he waved
his hand as q signal for us 70 flank out
around the woods by The way OF q Il ar
row strip Of land connecting this old
field with an4tier cleared spot. There
we were met bN.Genti,al r. u. Lee. ant',
| think. hailed oursalyes, Then q NUM-
z Der OF my company ID, Of tho FORTY
Isi,s ,",,t,fn 7,
tenant i. g. brown and myself, s;iid:E
< Here Is General Leo [ln q chcrlS,9 as
1t were, and he ought not to be hereR;
and everybody said. n.Generat Lee. to the,
rear
phen General GordoEa appeared for the
first timeI saw linn tllut day. and said:
General Lee, these are Nlrgin!ana They
have never falled 10 do their duty, pnd
they never VIII; but they don't want
you to hazard your valuable life l ga
then. 20 TO NE rea!l atn tnfyl VII iot-
10" me. 1'pn Wy, pUs@' r WV, W. ~
Dog H saia I, ~ -, III, I.
~, ,y.t,i! - I'm,
~, ~ 49, N, flnn,aI @
80 ,S5 ,,S3 fGt ( a. IN N ii y,,s9 dana ~
III ,.;,o, .nr,fEl o;nrao,
q, epllrrInE bs horse !{to the dense
,hictet: .{'harsei,' ana it ftvaGn,inutes
the last WORKS, with many hundreds OF
Yankees, Nelo oars
have giYGn this plain statement of
facts, anu can cstahitsn n, ~ the in
terest Of truthful history ana Ggtat5e
The. incident OF GGleflt Aee Offer ~
lead troops peEs9tfstg m = crsiF Of
baltJe, sto rsl.fE4'stls III 'i,{le ~ ME-,
1921, pgs9iSh2 ~ S,'Rtt ~ I'gVpsi u'i Il
i'otte f;s,,l i,tfi. ~ ,,Hi Il n il
~ ss ~ Il NH igits ,,,e All 6I,f
,f',,it, 10 n,;5ye IL as k noly Seems 10 He
rgg,siderefi It highly Gfi2ad uyeDt
who commanded tte fourteenth