The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02

1lfst New YORK Cavalry, WIZ 's'. . n =
od tile mo,mtain with 100 NEIL NY ,1l u ~,
not come ia Ills support. He seems 70
think that wttliga reinforcement OF i..'!'-
drcd men, lie could have defeated Kic .
ards with Ills tiirty-eight Aithous Ii nc
says lie got back to camp u, u slc1sh !.
must not be inferred that he was ura 'N,s
BY reindeer III tho royal style OF 4Slle
Christmas lSing.l CAPTAIN Dutl was
woundcd and captured; he was ak !, ~, ~
Il house and cared for untll ne WAS ,up,e
to go home. Nhe. ] read Captain. llusst-
eds intervicw,3L asked YOU to get from
Captain Duff ii statement as To Ills trent
nlcnt by my men. / did not know ne was was
dead. / sent you newspnner3 CLIP l4s
witliFletters from members OF nc Tour-5
tacnth PennsylNbi,ln cavalry. whose opln
ions OF us differ widely from Sap Nsf'lI
Hustled s.. Orc was written twenty years year
ago by Captain, Duff to one OF my 1'e'',4
Charlie Dear, who captured him. " tlJwn
published Mt tile time. The otaer3is from
j. Frazier, Company x, Fourteenth,
Pehnsylvanin Cavalry. TO u lnembcrs OF my
command. He had been Invited 10 9 re-
union ut BerlyVllc last August, ~ is
dated ut Clarion, Pns, August 10, 1901, He
says: III ~ met Frank Angelo when 5lle was
a prisoner Of wal, and stood guard over
him. He WIS captured By my old CAP
tain David X. tbuff), November II, 1864.
to meet Him again when we did not nccd
to have a guard over him. Charles HI
Dear Is another or your command lswould
like TO meet, OIL account that Captain
Duff had n very high regard for him
after they met in&th fight at Paris Gap
February 17ss (l8), 1865, as n soldier and
gentleman. hope tho old boys will have
u pleasant reunion at Berryvile, 81 August
IL, 1904. 4 ali, sorry that cannot be
"A "a u Il o1c cap n n
letter from Captain Dnff's son to
Charlie Dear, inviting Charlie to visit
his family. Richards attacked just as the
cneiny's column was passing Mount Car
mel Church., OIL the top or the mountain,
which then had on 1, crown f5ssnow.
The church still stands. and will always
be associated with Richards name. and
the Fourteenth; PENNSYLVANIA Cavalry. It
only lacks the genius of Burns to make
1t as famous as Kirk AllowaS. the haunt
of the tches, tina t chased Tam Q Shan
ter across the bridge Of Doom. General
Leo thought the affair OF sufficient i'm
portance to be reported in a special dis
patch: 81
Army Northern Virginia,
}sSi February 81, 1865. 81
Hon. John c. breckenridge, Secretary OF
5S War:
Major a. d. Richards, OF Niosby's ERcsi-
slant with thirty eight men he attacked
a party of the enemy. 100 strong;A killed
end wounded %, among the latter&a ma
jor and ca ptured "a prisoners and horses.
lie had one man slightly wounded.
52 r. e. LEE.
The wounded man was Dr. Sewers, now,
of Warrenton. Va. He lost a finger nail
The men endorsed and ran over Major
Gibson. n I & am glad Major Gibson lived
toswrlte his report
There was an element cftromance In
this tragedy One of my men. Jerry Viii
son, was captured the next day had been
set for his wedding. The Fourteenth
Pennsylvania Cavalry passed the house
ii the bride-elect, taking Jerry o Fl a pris-
cner. She pleadedafn vain for his release.
Her entreatiesgm made no more impression
OH tho commanding officer thnn Priam's
tears on the pitiless Achilles. Z he lovers
sorrowfully parted aud expected aglong
separation ~ n M few hours, J cry, like
the young ,I4oetIf i, came out f.ss::t Eth
vest and met il IS engagement at the APP
Major Richa I'd, & who commando ed. In the
fight, was young man. IIc is now! the
city attorney OF louisville ;.te
( One of my men Who was consp cuoussin4
the fight was sas youth Joe Bryan. u Ie}
was then recovcrihgs from u. s,yonnS add.
was detailed as a. guard 10 go out Wi ",
the prisoners. SHesently sent you ssi,iet--i
ter from him giving an account Of the
trip, He is now a distinguisiled citizen
Of, Virginia; the editor and ~ 9 PHI tor 4
the Richmond Times Dispatch. " notherS
Richmond boy. Collie Jordan; one OF the
In this fight. In tlieSscrlmmages Colie.got
into a fist fight witAfa prisoner. 81 .s;3 If
$ II anybody wants to know SS,wha 7 was
done with, the prisoners. lie can ask II oe
Bryan. AS tho Gonfederacy fell la CIV:
weeks aftcrward. + suppose they all came.
homo. "a sis5r
Very respectfully yours.
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