The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13

| with grape canister and tnusketry. Our
veterans OF hundred fights know Mt
i n glance TINT they were marching up
| to die, but like the old guard under Cam
branne at Waterloo they preferred to DO.
| rather than to wnvcr. our line melted
away as II by mngic-evcry brigade stuff
and field officer was cut down. (mostly
! killed outright) in an incredibly short
| time.
THE FORTY NINTH VA CHARGES AT
''R1GuT- SHO ULD1IR SH1FT"
brought our regiment, (the Forty
ninth vlrglnla), to u fright shoulder shift
arms to prevent firing ind breaking
ranks during the charge md pushed ut
Il run through THIS maclstrom of death
ind carnage The men who usually
charged with the "rebcl yol'' rushed on
In silence. At eacl successive fire, great
gaps wore made In our ranks. but i'm
dintcly closed up. We crossed that field
OF carnage and mounted the parapct Of
the encmys works and poured u volley
! IN their faces. They gave way, but two
| lines Of battle, close In their rear, rose
and each delivered n volley into our
ranks. In rapid succession. Some or
| our killed and wounded fell forward into
| the cncmy's trcnches--sone backwards
| outside the parapet. Our line already
| dccimated was now almost annhllated.
AThe remnants Of tho regiment were
formed ana sheltered behind fence
partly thrown down Ito shoot ovcr) Just
! outside Of the parapet, and continued the
| unequal struggle, hoping for support that
| never came.
THE RED CAP COLOR BEARER. OREN-
DORF, OF AMHERST
| But not so with the little red-cap color
| bearer He stood erect within twenty rect
| OF the mnzzcs of the encmy's guns and
2 ~. 1.,r <1,.i In, al
They must have hcstated to kill him
In admiration OF his bravery. Though
finally n heavy gun was trailed on him
not twenty5ynrtls distant. His little
| "red cap fcwlip ten feet ono arm went
up one way, tho other, anothcr-Tfrngments
OF his flesh were dashed In our faces.
They had KILLED him, too
THE OVERLAPPING ENEMY LINE.
PART or FORTY NINTH VIRGINIA
CAPTURED.
The Forty-ninth was the extreme right
of our line. Tho encmy's line ovcrlnpped.,
| outflunlled, and encpmpassed us. 1t
seemed we were shot at from everywhere
\ Fnnlly the brave old Captain Strhtton
! from Nelson, said: Colonel, In five min
| utrs YOU won't have a man left, lei them
surrender" Seeing the futility of con-.
tinulng the unequal struggle of three Off
GERS and eighteen men against twenty
! thousand of the enemy, ! said. captain.
I that is SO, Jet them surrender but III
be hanged If WILL" Eugene Fllppln. OF
Iowesvie (whoso leg had just been torn
Off Lying close by, heard this and raised
II so-calcd white flag, red with blood
and black with powder, and the enemy
4 ceased firing. The little remnant of the
4 Forty-ninth Virginia Regiment stood UP
A ut an order arms. after which the writer
/ started to run the gauntlet of death ana
{. cut his way out If possible j got about
s fifty yards ana cleared the men when.
as General Anderson, who commanded the
Pennsylvania reserves we We're fighting
afterwards toldSme.s three thousand shot
& were fired at mo,$allgnt once
/. IIEUTEN4ANT-COLO t,a5 r. CHRIS
! TIAN WOUNDED AND CAPTURED.
i One Of the first struck me between
my car and head, but was turned out
* by q double gold cord around my hat.
cutting off Il small piece of my ear ana
while falling I was, shot through both
K shoulders, but fell In n deep water fur
row, which saved mo from being riddlcd
+ had already been shot IN. the throat.
Later they threw outia line OF shirmishers;
these advanced ito where lay--a sandy.
haired fellow leveled S,s gun at me ano
ordered caup. told him was Wounded
! and perhaps bleeding to death. He gazec
at me an instant and solIloGuizcd: What
n likely fellow! What n pity! What 9
plty!" and moved on u few yards. Wher
, q shot from tho woods fatally wounded
him He came staggering back. saying
'Johnny Rcb, please kill me"--fell fe"
Yards Off crying out With pain--got 'lT
, rand staggered u few yards further--fel
and all was hushcd IN death The skir
!, mlsh line then retired into the trenches
until after dark when they covered the
| npp
' wounded.
GENEROUS CONDUCT OF THE l1NENll
! The enemy treated me with great con
q slderltion and kindness. WAS tht
!. ranking living officer of the brigade the,
had to deal with, General Anderson I
n think that was tho officers namc), VIII
n commanded the Pennsylvania reserves
\ whom we fought had me carried on
n stretcher to his headquarters, admin
! istered wliskcy to mo with his own hand
> MS I was cold ana chiy--offered me some
n thing to cnt--savc directions that
70 should have special medical attention an
.. said that ~, and every man had, shoul
|, be well tren ted--that he had never see
10 men come IN ut u 'riGht-shoildcr sh'.
T arn,s' and meet death like mine did be
I fore" lie asked me specially about tn
n fred cap "coor bearer" whose tnkln
d off he saw.
?: The next morning W"S WNoll "
70 Yield hospital In the beautiful yard of ID
] IBrockonb7ough, the brother Of my oil
er friend, Judge John w. Brockcnbroush, an
~ his tiny little girl bravey came 'nto u
IN onemcs tent with the manned and dyin
lie ana fed with ~ spoon her fallen dcfende
ne God bless hur) All of their ambulance
g. being engaged hauling their own wounde
he To the "Whtc House for shipment Mort
they fitted up n spring wagon dra"
rs by four horses, by filling the body Wit
de pine tags specially for me alone, and d.
he tailed one OF my own men, sllghtl
ay wounded, 10 wait on me- on my nrriNi
Ike at wharf while waiting my three off
'ly cers--Captain Stratton, Lieutenant Rel
lst and lieutenant Anderson umder guard
II found me In wagon. ! made ono Of Il
SANITARY Commission constantly pas
ing dispensing every known dcllcaoy
EFT eat and 10 drink to their wounded, 81
M them Il drink OF French brandy, and ma
,oy ira driver IN their hayCrgncks from q