The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24

paulii,. for d t,nisson i These sIa-pound-t
ters are still at@the Institute and few
years engo were still used by tho ca
sdcts IN drilling HI
THE POSITIONS NEAR THE III 11NIs1
!s.F RI ITO USE. ssF ~
rs When we had reached tho field there
wore several batteries in position on the
edge Of the plateau. few hundred
Yards from the Horny house. Tho to-
Sprogrnphy OF the ground occupied by our.
artillery was very favorable, The guns
were Oil d slight slope and tho crest.
or tho little hill In our front afforded
protection TO the men and pieces. Tho
Rockebridge Battery was placed on the
right Of tho line OF artillery, and in
marching to the position. we passed in
tho rear OF several batteries that were
already engaged. They werc,I recall,
tho Thomas Artillery < Captain stanard),
some guns OF the Washington Artillery.
and Alburtis,. The latter proceeded us
says that tho Washington Artillery only
had two pieces IN action ut that point.
nut my reoolle lection IS 1t had four -
LIEUT. MACON KILLED AND 1T. "a
COL M GORE WOUNDED ia
& AS VIC went to our position. and while
passing in the rear OF stnnnrh,s bat
terry. a solid shot knocked lieutenant p
IlsNu sOll. ItlEaiCSIs AMtIkS
Macon. Lieutenant Colonel j. L. M GORE.
Of the Fourth Virginia. saw the sho md
thought 1t was John Wi1llams. OF Vim
chester who wat Killed. John belonged
TO the Rockbridge battery and Colonel
Moore Ind just seen him. Colonel Moore
was wounded that day ant was very Ill
for months, part OF tho time delirious.
and he always Insisted that John had
been iki!le until he actually saw him.
POSITION OF&JACKsON's REGI-
MENTs. 81 IA 81 s5
The Fourth Virginia. regiment. under
Colonel James +, Preston, and the TWEEN
5ty-scventt Virginia regiment. under Lieu
tenant Colonel John Echols were i'm
4melintely In tho rear of the artillery ana
formed, as It were.Bsthe center OF this
brigade; the Twenty-serenth behind tho
Fourth. The Fifth was on tho right,
tho Second and yrhlrty-third on the lefG.5
I saw a shell explode In the Washington
College company OF the Fourth ind Kill
four or sfye men. and \ think wounded
some. That company was a little to the
left and rear of my piece and I SAW
the shell explode ash was going from the
piece to the timber chest to get some am
muntion. My recollection is that there
was a piece Of woods Immediately in tho
rear of the Fourth and 1'wenty-seventh.4
as we'll as woods to our left and right.
In other words. my impression Is that
our artillery was IN an open space, n
few hundred Yards dn width, nearly auI =
rounded on three sides by thickets. i
rccollect that on the right OF 10 ur front
there wero some Of the onemy's Infantry
who annoyed us n good deal and they
wounded the only men In our batter
that were hurt. and L think. though
did not see It, shot General jackson In
the hand. Aftcr&he was wounded. ! re-
member seeing him on the field holding
11pa q 1aft IN EJy.rn NM fy, n h0
chief. - II
GENERAL BEUREGARD APPEARS.
While the firing Of both cannon and
small arms was very hot, General
Bcaurogard rode up 10 the flriHg Line Of
tho artillery and ordered General jack
+ son to charge. am not sure that Gen.
y Johnston was with him at the time, but
i recollect distinctly that he General
Johnston) WAS \ mt our pieces either at
that time or before. ] was surprised to
sec the generals commanding the army
In such an exposed position, aud won
sdered what would be the result II they
were killed or disabled. had never seen
General Reauregard but when he gave
General Jackson the order i knew who
he was. ! had seen General Johnston
frequently in the Valley. The order was
either TO F''cllarge the enenly9 or charge
those batterics."4 II forget which. and
General Jucksan's reply, as I recoleet,B
was, .'I'li do it," In n&,liinute the Fourth
and Tween ty-seyenth were on their feet.
and doubtless tho other regiments Of
tho brigade. though ] do not recollect
seeing the,m. The Fourth and Twenty-
seventh were very near Ms. They had
been under artillery fire for several hours,
and lying on their breasts the men natu-
rally t"rootcd" In the ground as the
shells passed over them. When they
got up to charge, many had dirt on tho
tip ends OF Their noses. Though the
firing was very hot and brisk, an irish
man In the Roclsbrdge Artlllery, who
was very much amused at their appear
ance,5 cried out. Root, hog, or DIE"
Jackson, In his report spoke Of these
two regiments as "the more than brave
Fourth and Twenty-seycnth.'
AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED.
When the brigade started to Charge
enc battery retired to the woods a tho
rear mud was not in position ngaln. Our
ammunition was about exhausted. When
jackson made the charge and was drly,
Ing the enemy back Kirby smith came
on the field with his brigade, or had
come short time before. The enemy
began to fall back all along the line.
and there was q general q Vance of our
forces in that part Of tho field
Capt AIM AND "COLOEI1I''i 3TaI1N-
DIIETON. Ia "a
While Captain Pendleton was the COM
mandlng officer Of the Rockbr!dge Artil-
lery, no was acting chief of the artillery
OF the army from the Valley, and had
charge OF all the batteries at tine front,
I4ieutenant ], e. Brockenbrough might
be said to have been in immediate CONF
n,a,d OF the company during the fight,
as Captain Pendleton was necessarily
with the other batteries a good portion OF
the time Indeed, he had already been
made colonel of artillery. but had not
changed his InH!gma Of rank.
THE ARTILLERY OF TNIIE ARMY OF
IIIE SHENANDOAH.
General johnston took five batterles
from the Valley TO Manassas, yiz, The
l.oakbrl1ge. Imboden,s, Alburtis's. stan-
nard,s lThonlas Arttllery from Rlnllnlondl,
and the Newton Artillery, from Trederick
county. The latter was during the flght
commanded by Lieutenant Beckham e.
csdss or very. recent graduate g Ws e.