The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-04
THIRTY HIRD VA.
At OLD MANASSAS
Coloinl Cummings Takes Liber-
ties With His Orders and
Does Good Work.
COL. ]. W. ALIENS REPORT
Interesting i, I Rf s: Of Deeds
Of Nafor At First Ma
llassas Battle.

llasSas Battle.
The fame OF "stonewall Jackson" over
rprcadtthe Horny Hill combat at Maha s'-
sas. e1st Of Jul1 1861, but the reports OF
MI his regimcntal commanders having
been lost. no official record clarifies the
movements and achievements of his five
regiments on that day. The recent dis
covery and publication in The Times DIS
patch OF Colonel 1lerton Harker's report
OF the Fifth Virginia Infantry have fixed
the movements OF that regiment and va.
+ rio,,s communications from reliable Of
Ulcers and men, have well nigh completed
the history OF the brigade on that occa-
sion Colonel Arthur c., Cummings, of.
Abingdon, commanded the Thirty-third
Virginia Infantry that day. He had
served In the Mexican war and was
highly accomplished soldier and gentle
man, worthy CT higher command than be-
fel his lot. His recent death has blVusat
the name of this modest and heroic man
again before the public. He stunned no
toriety Of all kinds and rested content
In ..the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of duty faith
fully performed
Captain John II. Grabill, OF the Thirty
third, was with his regiment in the Ma
nassas battle and he has kindly furnlsh-
cd me a brief statement and also With q
pretty full account from Colonel Cam M:
Inings. contained in akletter5 addressed TO
Captain Grabil at WoodstoclS.' where he
lives. dated May 16. 1893. Its!is due to
history that these memorials Of a brave
regiment and of valiant deeds that had
& no LITTLE to do with the Confederate vic
tory be published. Captain Grab re-
lates his distinct memory OF the charge
of the Thirty-third and that it was
against the Brooklyn Zouaves 0he
Fourteenth New&sYprS} and a Michigan
Regiment (the Michigan then command
cd by Colonel afterWard \ Ma jor- General
Orlando b. Wetroy) who was ut the front
OF the Federal battery He says: "They
were driven over their own !: battery by
the charge of the T1iIrty-third and the
battery captured as related by General
Cummings, after thas battle was over,
General ] ckson rode TO one of the field
hospitals. 4r AS tle;sgat upon his horse lie
looked steadilYIlipon the,sdying Captain
Lee of the Thirty third, Mho was prop
ped against a small treeHfna made this
remark: 1.-THE work e;oI1nel&i Cumming S
regiment did to-day was worth the loss
of the entire regiment"
LOCATION OF TIE GUNS.
It will be obscaed, that in Colonel Cum.
mngss descriptions, OF the action, he says
THE pieces taken by the Thlrty-third
were situated considerably to the left Ia:
we were FACING of the Henry House, and
the pieces taken by the other regiments
of tho brigade were somewhat on the
same line but nearer the Henry House /,
] have no doubt that this statement as
to the location of the guns Is correct
Major r. w. Hunter, who was at thai
time first lieutenant and adjutant Of tho
Second Virginia Infantry, which was i'm
mediately on the right of the Thirty-third
confirms Colonel Cummings's statement
and have seen similar statements i,
other accounts of the battle. The IIistor,
of the Ulster Guard, d New York reg
1nent, ~ Colonel Gates who commando,
st. containssa description of the battl
at this point very much like that of Col
onel Cumm!ngs's.
Confusion has arisen In some of tn
versions OF this conflict by the writer
failing TO distinguish between the sepa
rated guns that were taken by Colone
Cummings and those subsequently carrie
nearer to the Henry House, when tn
whole field was swept in the final Con
feGerate charge.
ANOTHER FITz LEE
The Captain Lee referred TO by Colone
Cummings was William Fltzhugh lie,
born in Richmond but then of Alexandrif
The son OF Rev. William i. Lee, and h
was a graduate of the Virginia Mllitar
Institute IL the class of 1853. Two year
later he became lieutenant in tn
United States army. When the war broi
Out he was on duty at the St. Lou
arsenal and he resigned to follow II
fortunes OF his state. He WAS soon al
pointed "a captain in the Confedcra
army and then neutena MT colonel OF Il