The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29
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plunged IN Che woods south Of the lewis 'S II
\ House. RI .33s ;;{sy rs 555 N af58!
The Forty.ninth6 virgnIa Regimc,iiiit.
fcomlnundcd BY Colonel william Snil ~,
had canpcd ncnr.2tlo grave yard OF ing
Lewis House, and presently nnot her S Alis 81
came and struck II box III the acnmp
gro,inds, bursting tho box TO FINDERS
srhe regiment had previously moved \, l y
troops had marched from cen rcv1i :. (, " u
'theS Lewis House on tho It'll, ana INC ll
Latham Battery of Lyncrllburg, h y y 7
day or. SO. before tho tie planted IVY .'e
guns between the Lewis ford &3nhd INC
stone Bridge. Sergeant Thomas Richaru-
son, cf3 tint Sbattery, nh Englshmail VINO
had lived in f,ynchburg ilild volunteef,ou
lwttn }it{iclosely observed the topogranly
off the I3ull Run line on tho north sld 1o
of Tint stream. He was II master intl-
5chin!st 'or the Virginia md sTel,ness g :,
RAILROAD mt X LrncEburg, ind ~ nun l .&ot5
great practical intelligence, and nc lltu
stepped of and carefully measured u tlle3
distance between the two guns men toned
and ,lposition Oh tho north bank Of Bull
Run, whiohhe instinctivey fnncied would
~ taken blythe cnemy's artillery IL they
made All attack In that direction, 81 -
prophetic dirlllntloll was fulfilled. And AND
when, tho eneny's artillery appeared ut
the expected point he cut his fuses TO
ut tho measured distanoe and VI Ind the
exact range After " feHseltn tN;Syssrc eS-I
changed, tho eReniy's bat enoee
ny the section Of artillery rEs Ser
gcant Richardson serve AID Wlilth was
commanded BY Captain II 4. Gray LIT hum;
Sergeant Richardson afterwards lJccunln;
an officer of tho company, and was killed
at lllamsburg, May Is, 1852 As q the u
dry advanced and General Evans slnd
. 3. /. ii. I. 4. became engaged
ION the S Confederate EN- left north S5Sof
the NVarrcnton pike, we realized & TINT.
ii heavy funk assault was being
made on tho Confederate army, " rnd,
shells came lying ut right angles I @ me
line 4 Of the shots from Stone Bridge,
md one 3of them tore through the Lewis
House, OF rntlcl, thlpuglEtl closet %nn-S
-four louisiana 51lgers wearing loose
brooches made OF bed ticking, carrying
ilEwounael al lcsr., in q blanket; nnd this
we weitss' told ~hs Major Robert Whenti 4
and he was the first wounded man that:
passed us that day IN Later in the day
Lieutenant James Ioenrlng came gall
TOPPING With two guns #5of the Wash
iilgton Art lllcly, and passed Into posi-
ton on III It'll bet Wcen the Lewis House
and tho Henry It'll platoall. III 81 II
II AS liz &rnssed tho grave yard OF the
Lewis HOUSE, his guns turned 50, sharply
5to:$lnove In The direction q Henry Hill
that tho tongue or SSone5 or t!idfn was
brok ken. Tho new tongl q was put lin
quicker almost than n | can relate the
fact, and bearing, after passing n word
or two Of situation With his Lynchburgt
friends Of the. ise Troop, Went on at
full gallon to8 the 4 position lie occupied.
That 81 position MAS screened from our
position&bS tlle. pine woods, but was soon
Indicated by tho fire cor Ills guns. ~ BY
This time the cnelns3allad worked around
to our rear ana 4onr8company, on tho
southern slope or the Lewis Hill, 81 was
facing southwark and could i'll see the
Ismoke#a,islng from the conflict near tho
Henry and Robinson houses Tho clash
of arms seemed terrific With the mingled
fire 8of Infantry ana artillery, and we
We're now aware that tho battle was in
full bloom II "a a ,is
! sonatine later. cannot tell the pre- II
iclse hour, u brigade OF Infantry came
marching bysin quick time. pretty well
closed up mud in6gouds Trim, and headed
towards the WOODS, cast Of the llcnry
\ Fill. They We're in column Of fours IND
impressed mo us eager tor Tie fray. The
I column Disappeared inIlhes woods which
I covcraq et;tbGt.i Indicating ri approaches to
! the Henry Qklil !, and Thoroughbred it as
I composcd Of therrcgim of I3rlgaditr-,
| General II. j.. JacKsonls brgades After;
| this brigade had passed lis to take po-
I5sition inAthe enemy'a front, an artillery
officer,}us he appeared to be from tho
rcd trimmings on his pants and vest,
| hut who was I'm his shirt sleeves and
| Wore no badge OF rank, gulloped up to
/ our captain aud gave him an order to
! take our SQUADRON Which consisted OF tho
Wise troop ana Of q Franklin county
company commanded by Captain G. w.
u. Hale, to the south Of the Sudley Road,
lin the direction OF the Chin House Wo
moved accordingly and5iI WAS now In
command of the right comapny Of tho
squadron us our first lieutenant wis sick
| and unable to perform active service. Tho
! artillery officer lead us around our nov
i reversed left flank and we came in sight
i Of the enemy who were on tho edge OF
I u WoGds about n qunrterfp q mile from
i us, Captain l4anghornc and myself, leav-
ing tho squadron under the brow OF :.
NM, difnlountod and walked to the top
e OF 1t and lad u fence pulled down With
a View to advancing in q charge upon
y tile hostile force Which we discovered.
All preparations being mnuei the men
mounted und ready, Captain Langhorne
took his place In The center OF Tho coll
.&umn and my position at the mead With
Y Sergeant Alexander at my side, the word
''fsrward'' was given and with5p yell, we
started at Il trot and thenFut q gallOp
down tho Hill toward the enemy. The
K field In our front was covered With thick
grass and intcrsccted by bitches prepared
for draining lilo and so obscured from
K view by the rank growtli of grass that We
+ had not noticed them. RIdMs at the
K galop, my horse stepped into one OF
these bitches and fell upon me, and tht
II same flute befell Il dozen or ORC Of those
4 who were followlns, Thp whole squad
h ron became tlmbled and confused by
this ,nisadventure. Oneof the men, hs
ram, OF AppumattoN, came to- my aid
+ nnd pulled me out from under the hors{
H which seemed to be disabled ana did mol
rise, / WAS considerably shrY:Sed ans
Jared. ! might say dazed for q few min
@t,ltes and when TOOK N the sltuatiol
ridprless horses were plunging about TN
'Iilold and the men. We're rnsumins lheil
II position on the I'LL from which wc start
d, My sword belt was broken by tht
violence Of my fall, but IN n little Whil'