The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-21

the right and left of the whole line into
the turnpike, we were practically INC
rear Of the whole army now retreating
towards Strasburg.
RETREAT 10 SOUTH OF CEDAR Z
CREEK.
wo crossed tho creek. and In lingering
In the rear passing up tile SOUTH siue
Of tho creek to Hupps Hill, ] overlook
n small body of infantry in cluster
apparently without formation, among
whom observed General Terry ana
General Gordon. / Ind seen 81 cavalry
command probably o brigade, eoiF,ns
from point some distance west OF .''c
turnpike. and rode up to General Terry.
called hin oft from among the men ana
told him Of this cavalry command Wh,ch
would soon BIO on onr rear on the turn
pike, and that thought he could cneck
them lie asked mo TO tell General GOT
don Of this. then called to Gencrai
Gordon and repeated this, wl1ereupon nc
turned around and said: Mon, several
hundred Of you move up on that ni.l
and check that Yankee cavalry. ! saw
no more of this body of IN Infantry anu
from near the crest OF Hupps I'M s.m
some Infantry, at tho time said to nave
boen pcgrams command. fire several
voleys at this cavalry M THIS tin,o
tho turnrike leading from beyond tiupp y
1iul to Strasburg and In Strasbu1g was
n confused mass Of ordnance wagons;
nmbulanccs. captured guns, ana Uci'''.' .
these the artillery column. partly abah.
doncd cndeavoring to follow behllo
! 400 captured prisoners on out toWnras
Fishers Hill. BY this time 1t was nisht
and the disordcred officers and men VINO
md rathcred about Fishers Hill, were
calling out their different commands to
try to got together. observed Colohei,
Carter and asked what was beihE done.
His reply to me was, I'VE arc trying 10
ret one hundred or more men TO 20
into strasburg with Colonel Nelson 10
bring the abandoned guns out. re-
piled, THAT came through thsre stnce
Colonel Nelson was there. and that inc
whole Of the remnant of early army
could not go in through and bring that
mass OF guns and vehicles out. This Is
nv Inst recollection of Cedar Crock.
SOME OBSERVATIONS.
Have lust seen the Hotchkiss map
and for the first time ] have ~ rerol-
lection of Whartons division ana otlicr
guns being on our right In front OF MID
dlctown. There are n good m1ny DIS
crcpancics, and especially Of arttll;ry, IN
this map hard to reconcile.
l did not see Nelson's battalion UNI,
we passed behind it in position west OF
the valley pike on our way 10 Mlaaie-
town between Q and 10 o'clock In the
morning, and again about o'clock or
later in the afternoon on hill IN tne
rear of the right OF Gordon's division
after 1t gave way.
could not SEQ to tho right Of Evans
brigade which was more than half IN
the woods to our right and cannot say
what guns were to the right of Evans.
! do not remember to have seen or
heard of this attack made by Pcgranl
and Wharton's brigades Mt the time.
When passed through tho abandoned
camp Of the enemy early In the morn.
ing, I saw DR.. Hunter Mcclure and told
him he had better call General Early at
tention to soldiers stopping with prison
ers in tho camp ana therefore think ne
must have gone across the creek before
did. Knew Of no order to halt except
to 20 into line In front Of Middlctown.
our line in front Of Mlddletown extend.
ed from the Valley Pike westWardiy 10
where my guns were on Evans lett ana
I could sec no infantry Of the enemy be-
yond our TANKS. either In the morning
from about 10 to 4 o'clock on the right
or after to S o'clock in the afternoon
on the left There was some cavalry OF
the enemy on both flanks apparently IN
small bodies. but our flanks as far as
could see we're not In touch with our own
cavalry. Between 10 A. M. and 2. NJ
the enemy's infantry line and ours
seemed about Of the same frontage and
apparently no advance between these
hours was made on either side.
w. L. CUTSHAW.