The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-05
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iTHa Rlthnond Howltzers Rear t,eif
bahhstlhe proud liza lsge,aa trs s1a iiesn ioN
Apumu.SSyi u b y m M by tthers
WHITNEY SHOW that tic i1owiIt!zisrts IA,
important fight prior e n non nv
nb,ont wil.Glns s1, Wsxospt iSese
Of III III that light now living (. know AZ
thing Tie 9th tAay 1SISi M i m,o
g36Sat yn,nkes c,nsifhn III Y ,nl fsverns
far is West Point bit ths ,Tlyer se
escnped by going up t,ie e i ~ ~
of The at, i, " &liefc sn9 aAso
rhe iiow,tscrs wore then y "a mp * te
Baptist College, md Oil he !, os e AeS
1So G,de ay q aouee stu pitt
,isWn Sr, M we're selected, ono q tytlve.S
pountier boa ftowitzer, and Honc ~ g,in2of
SIMILAR maize but r y, t1ayI y
boreaof about e Gnn aot of nbout three
Y Maior george lsan s .a cSst'ana.
and JIG uler &c attachments. We went to- work
at once: gat. That time chad t1p rses
cor tho guns nor cnlsso1ln e, got tho
guns ma ailp nv feoh tcauptk
Street and started ljo,lts 3 caek, but
tho Tennlne broke down SAt g Disna tch sta
" s e bt thshiFsht
th io 'hNG sr Peci''@in s,lch5 an way that
they could, II necessary Y! 70 run ont me
I'VE reached gloucester Point e ~ ~. th q,
Shipped our guns and iproceeded 81 to per-
form one Of inc m9st H,
nov - venerable felow-el tlzen,,S M
Roberts Baker, having n owled ge g e.
conn n s Keto epR bong na
!rat lions we llnd were being com pounded
Into a stew OF soup. OF what ever tho mess
might prove to DO. gSE IN; 5 e III
York; ei town Tow ana Gloucester Point to q width
8ofprobably three q Of Ia mile we
found the citizens GoHsester had
hsa1sa iae vi VIII tho de
bic trail and old yllnstocks for firing, and
had obtained some q m1nunitiot III ~ hilc>
waiting FOR d1nel e fa s ask
2ofSa steamer, and all ut. once the loung-i
Ing boys gprang up and began to prepare
for The Yankee The two /, six s, S
and some Of the boys detailed to work
them The two brass pieces ~ ere out on
tho ssnd near thG Flyer GaR
see the guns and men, ord Tered us to 80
back some three hundred yards and cut
brush, This was done before tle / hui u
sW he'll Tie Channel runs nearer J. the
Yorktown side Of the river or no t. 81 do
not know but after hat seemed an .age
5our gn1ne came abreast 81 Us anu men
Then lie Raeea ia was given and
almost as one dashed our
half way across the riyer;& the iron guns
ian excellent shot.NVe got III two more
hers Surprise l bu. when she did size began
opened til lro NTH thirty II pound ihe
poi. and others followed In quick sue,
Bcession, but the elevation was too Iii g1l.f
the shots all going. over our heads and
phow Hsss Great ess fe ong
that she was listed R to- tho right, having
broken by a shot, 6 from the irlne heer
1--WE fired after her&il long aft orR, she had
passed beyond ran sc. 3 Some weeks OR So
later We reseiysd me- q
tho Yankee" had Rrpns ] nto a D md sked'
ut Goueester Fam s aRd atte - eneaging
sne snfy ana hid ofo h
this engagement "a that y ienry n II udhall,j
afterwards aptnin< 6f& tho y SECOND Conn
na aay fapsa
e eaxaGfe Tsh ahs
The. writer was NO \ 4 the ltWelye.-s
the timber chest, at one time tn g pie cej
did not discharge. N instantly, be fore y the
gunner (whose@ duty It was) could call
9nt Hnndal cried IN lGud ei;ea cam
failed" ! had not noticed in the smoke
and noise that our gun was not dis
charged but mechanically stepped for
ward to reload and was in front Of the
| heard his call, and itching my foot
in tho sponge bucket # fell over.
myself in the effort to get out Of ,.theE
Way from that
Is yet ono OF those whom the old boys
regard In the warmest terms, t wish l
could recall #thc names OF all those gall
liant boys, many Of whom have now cross" {, IS
lect Captain Brown! Killed In the vii
derncss, almost to nsday four years later
W wsn " IL MeGarthy Julian Mecarthy,
| Tom Pollard. ohm West, IT, Roberts BalS-s
| er, r. S. Bosher, Henry Jones, Henry
F rnnIs G9ne GTane f1 MGIo ee
| Stephen d. Hughes. George and Deanei
| Hobsoi. Luther and 81 Barnes, Or. 81 G.
/, Drew j, C.8fAngel, III ohm Mayo, 81 WALLACE
McRae, and others. whose names =. I &c not q
| will favor me with their names, II shaft
be most happy to add them In a post
| script. }ai 3 s,8 bit III Y SssSg y, 81 az
Please bear IN mind that TINS S,1lght
was on May n. 1861, about two I'VE e!ks be-
fore Captain kfnrr WINS killed. and l a
month before "Bethel'' was fought. The
good people OF Gloucester. pa B the next
day, and for two weeks after, tlo clied to
the point with praise for u he Howitzers.
ana with what made more ubstantial
evidence OF their rcEurd. supplies of all
kinds one think n Mrt Hr yaI
River oysters bythc cart ond, II 'ho facts
arc, that{a company Of hoys, viii, small
field guns tough t and drove Off q United
states g1nbont, armed with heayy.t hir Z;
eng w thiS, ~ I'm ihan irst to 'he
| ss$i.s' MA II w. r. MOORE
| hichmond Va, January %, lOOa, 81 i0S5
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