The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
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Valuable Historical Statements,
# by Col. William 4. Poague,
81. Sof Lexington.
CAPTAIN &. HOLMES BOYD
Tl,e Rockbidge Artillery and Col.
Pei1lletoil- Root Hog
d or DIE"


Pendletoil - Root Hog
or DIE
who won d brave name M ~ soldier ere
llle became tho distinguished lawyer \
Legislator, speaker and author that he
is guvo your readers ii, tho !" Adveti-
lures OF Boy Soldier at Port Re-
public" a. most interesting story, that
had an vt tile very image and body OF
the time 1Iis3nblc partner IN the well
known firm Of Barton g. Boyd now re-
lntes tho position Of Jackson's Brigad
at First MANASSAS, with special refer.
3ence to the famous Rockhrldse Battery
of which he was q member, and a the
artillery OF the Army Of the Sheilan-
;uont. Col. VIM r. I'oa Pong uc, OF LEX
ISington. who was on the field as lott
;tonnnt in the Rockhrtdge aI'attcr.y. and
who lis noted FOR llis ,accuracy nj state
mont, tt,s well sas for Ills accuracy i Of
fire, fixes some points OF history that
have mover been srlaarly defined. Both
OF those gnllnnt sol diers and excellent
writer's flavor their articles with some OF
tho Mspice of battle hat makes more
8cdfying reading thnn Statistics and 5ls
too good to BIO lost. Irish Wit could not
DO extingulshed, even on the Henry Hi.
and 3Jncksoninn pepper and salt made
only those laugh who were mot IN front
aof at. JIM Q. w. 3DANltIl.5l
4. Wa were on tho way to tho field
In n sweeping trot, when Generals John u
ston and Benuregard passed tiis in p go
lop. y gy AZ. Il. stH
a 3. The battery marching in column
reached point Just behind the Il ring
line nearSt left OF the Fourth Virginia
and turned to the right. the first gun OF
.BrockenbrouEh's section taking posi-
Stion Con the left of Stannard' 3 Ii gu1ls
Two guns McI1aughlins section. passcd
oh in rear of STANDARDS guns and vent
into position on their right. (, On the
right or this section Albua,tis" battery
was stationed. One of the guns OF
Brooke nhrough's section had huted-for
what reason + did not sknow--duat ut the
point where we turned into the little
clearing Seeing that 1T was not engaged,
4 reported the fact to Captain tPendieton.
end put st to work. This 4 did, placing
| 1T on the right tof Alburtis and beyond
"a fence. SlF % n s5g a. ii ~
q. i happen to know something about
the caissons. as 1T was the business OF
the Junior second lieutenant to look
after them. Ours were made lin Wiz
chester and consisted OF ammunition
chests fried on the running gear Of or
| binary farm wagons Ri
4. Some 4 scattering. jstunted pines
| were on the right and left OF 3thesEline
4 of guns, and in the rear q dense wood Of
small pines Mt the edge of which the
| Fourth Virginia and the wen ty -serenth
4 Virginia were lying when we en- tered tho
| field. 5. .
9J.5. a never knew that Benuregard gave
| jackson the order to charge but j ust
lSnot doubt IT nov, as Holmes Boyd's
lErecollection is definite and icircunstnntial.
In Srendi ms tho reports OF those two Of
stlcers, one would Infer that discretion
was left to ] ckson as to the proper
| moment for his charge.
elm the hottest OF tho fight. when
the pines In the rear were being splin-
tered by the enemy's shots. Tom Martin,
an Irishmnn in our compa ny, exclaimed,
"Old Abe is a gain at his trade OF making
rails
4. The battery did not retire to the
woods In the rear but to the crest behind
tho woods.
81 do not think Kirby Smith was
on the field when jackson sent forward
the Fourth and Twenty-scventh. He was
there when the final advance OF all the
troops was made by Beaurega I'd.
9. II think we heard Of the promotion
of Captain Pendleton on the march from
WinchesterAto Manassas First Lieu
tenant Brockenbrough succeeded him, OF
course. But 4 feel sure lie did not as
sumo command of the battery before
the ba tile. Il know that Pendleton rode
at the head OF our battery into the fight.
and that orders received by the second
lieutcnunts came directly from him (pen-5
dleton). cdy friend. Major Bower Brock
enbrough, who lost his arm In the SER
vice. and a few years since died in the
West an no way or manner commanded!
the battery nthis. Its first battle. 4 wish
to emphasize this Sta tement out of sim
pie Justice to Captain :Pendleton, who
some years ago and after his death, was
criticised in q published arucle for failure
of duty as alleged, and the credit q
commanding the battery in this battle
given to tho first lieu tenant
TO- "A limher chest Of Stanard's was
blown up, and not q tcf1sson. at
II. Boyd Is in error as to Davis being
elected q lieutenant mt that time. j. N1cD.
Alexander was elected second lieutenant.
and Archie Graham. Jr. second lieu
tenant.
j like to tell an incident in connection.
with jackson that day. After the artil-
lcry retired to the crest on which tho
Lewis House stood. and some little while
after the Fourth and wenty-saventh had
been sent into the charge, ] went down
to the brook In our front to get some
water. There ! found General jackson
calling on the men. some hundreds Of
whom had drifted there from their broken
commands In the earlier part of tho fight.
to form limo along the little stream. After
getting them In some sort OF shape hc
advanced some PAGES to the front. turned
his horse to face the line and cried In his
tshril tones aS he pointed towards the
.battlofold: Now. men, II you see any
Yankees coming out Of those pines up
there give them-pepperl" At this, there
was a burst Of laughter from the men,,
when Old Jack. turning inihis saddle as
he ,spurred to the front. shouted back;
"Aand salt, tool" This was greeted w.-,.
a roar OF laughter, followed by some dis
paging remarks from a Louisiana Tiger
about "that ;fallpWR kind Of swearing. =