The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

4 to Withdraw and iii doing 30 says that
ono piece of iOlcott's lHection was cap sa
tured by the enemy and lie adds. "thc
other piece of this ton was never ca p
{tured.r About this General Mackenzie
must have been mistaken, as these are
the two uieces taken by Captain Bouldin,
OF the Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry.
About this time the TWenty-fourth
Corps First Brigade, First Division, ar
srived and relieved tnckenEieis troopers
from disastrous panic.
Colonel s. b. M. Young, commanding
sthe Second Brigade Of the Second Cavalry
Division, OF the Fourth Pennsylvaria
Cavalry. says that ontthe morning nc. OF .liat
tay lie was ordered out ito the main
I.ynclburg road togsupport General Smith
8spd General N1aclsenzie, who we're being
forced back by the enemy's Infantry
R"Smith was retiring blythe right ana
Alackcnzie by the left oblique and he
enemy taking advantage Charged one
regiment OF cavalry through tho SinterNa Va
and came on my rear and that instant
the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry met
md charged them In column, effectually
routing them, killing the color-bearar OF
the Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry MS
is exactly as described by Captain !I3 oll-
din. who says he lost his gallant color
bearer James Wilson, at the tmomen he
captured sthe&guns. ISL M s.sf h, IA 81
We may therefore conclude that these
guns captured by Cnptlin Bouldln We're
the two guns of Battery n NJ, Fifth
United States Cavalry Lieutenant % Nv.
Olcott commanding.
1,he only other artillery then with the
'Twenty-fourth Corps was Battery e.
First United States Artillery, Captain s.
s.. ELDER and Bat terry a, y ii fth United
States Artillery, Lieutenant Charles a..
Muhlenberg. sI Hi W.
Brigadier- General r. S, s. Foster, COM
man ding the First division OF the - Well
ty-fourth5 Corps in his report Nv nr Re-
cords, Vol. XllVI., page i Isl. enables US
to say very posi- lively that Elder's Bat
terry was not the battery ;captured 50 by
Robertsfs Brigade. General Foster says: :
eat this time II experienced 9consi der
able Inconvenience ill consequent tor the
conflicting orders given ito my ARTILLERY
blythe. Chief Of ARTILLERY sof the Corps, he
OBTAINING ELDERS sButtery. which Il thad
ordered into position. Rfl ere Ut would have
been 4of service to INC had At got III IN
time. 'i 58s5$
Testimony From Records.
Colonel DANDY, commanding tho Third
Brigade of fosters Division IN mis- re :
port. Vol /. al 90, sconflplns our
statement He says lc First tbrlssad !,
vas formed for "a charge shy General
tFoster and as soon sss any brigade could
pass Elders battery, which was done at 81
the double quick, I commenced TO form
on sthe left" ISL
sThis shows that ELDERS abattcr's, arc
nnalned in rear or tho line Of hattie and
i! was not engaged. or MS General Foster
| says, "did not get up 1in time.
1T is therefore rmorallS and SIpily ically'
certain that the four places of artillery
in front of Roberts's Brigade were Bat
tory A, Fifth United states Artillery
commanded by Lieutenant Chas. 5l1 NTuh :
ilenberg. This officers official report Is
found in Vol gXIINI.., s{page 1226. ~
says: ~ "a
marched with First Ioiyision-rwent
fourth Army Corps. ITO tNicini ty of Apo
mattox Courthous enc thing OF note lln-.
scitlent to battery ttlalfSp ing--74Aprll 9TH
battery in position, left sind centre 9 sec
lions engaged withsstlls }enonly IS extreme
right - n. " II 4httye l,oj casual ties I'm ac-
stion To- report y !" = =. - tOf the eoltlu ct
OF the men 3of tho ;lontterY, composed Of
regulars of various periods ,nf sell llst1ne nt
and volunteers of I'd ifferant Arganl "a
ations, y can speak & In ttern,styof highest
commendation''
4Circunstantial Evidence.
1T remains forslne to add some 3circur11-
gstantial evidence, which goes Mar to tcon-
vince me that L have found the owner OF
those lost guns. 8t5i
II Lieutenant Muhenberg says that
shfs ,'lcft and center sections engaged
the enenys extreme right"
Each section OF ARTILLERY is composed Of
two guns. This makes four guns OF Lieu
tenant, .Muhlenbers's command.
2. lie has no casualties 10 report
Tho writer of this saw no man OF that
battery dead or wounded JUS he rods into
their midst 5
3. rhe writer does remember dlstinctly
the Impression lnade upon him by the
appea,nce 2of the prisoners; they struck
him ut the time as being raw troops; they
were freshly equipped in eNesy detail;
| tho guns were new he harness Nyns nav,
and the officer Who SURRENDERED his horse
| TO him had new saddle, bride and "a
bright rod new saddle blanket and red
/ TIA ssels on his llorse's head stall
Lieutenant Muhlenbepg's last sentence
4. i.ives the e;.planation--his battery S"aa
/ composed of all sorts of lncn, some reg
s,llnrs and some Volunteers from different
denominations. This may have been the
reason they were SO easlly captured
4 lieutenant Muhlenberg's failure Ia
4 mention the fact of the loss OF four Of his
elins--three actually driven orr stho flelt
/ in the hands Of his enemy. and tho fourtl
4 .;,handoned '.in the last dtch''--iS easily
. ~
j ercd back to tho victorious Grant Within
"a few hours Of their capture by MS, ilnc
/. their temporary loss was not deemed ad.
4 yisaDle to mention--"the less said abou
3lttllat the better" &
4 lieutenant olcott, for tho same rea
A son, no doubt. makes no report Of the loss
4 OF Ills section and il would never have
been known II General Mackenzie ha6
4 not reported that "the enemy captured
4 one piece. 2
i Personal Observation,
4 Among the other Incidents Of this en-,
4 .f.ageme,lt a may be allowed To mentor
4 the following, without incurring the
I charge of egotlsm, though the story mus
iibe told in the first person, as that Of M
II eye witness,
Immediately after sending back TIN
Il three captured guns i rode forward witt
a General Roberto, and as said above
a passod over n ditch, IN which ! saw
Il the other guns OF that battery, abandon
4 .ad l,y AIS drivers who had escaped Nit