The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16
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dron-ins down behind tile fence and lying
nariiy concealed by IT.. Quite a. largo
number gathered there, and Suddenly aiiff
of1,cer mounted the fence and VIGOROUSLY
waved n white handkerchief OF US. Ca p
ta,r Martin said to me: Those follows
have surrendered; let's go and lake llls,
then,,,' "Come on" said !, md we lsea
,oped towards the fence 70 receive $l,lell
ne nr,soners. The distnnce WIS snort
sS,,ot awar one hundred and a Fay Ear
ana when we had reached "a. point WITHIN a.
seventvlf1ve yards of the enemy. imaslnes
n,,r si,Inrise to receive q volley from
s4hern III snoirt blank pistol range, IN our
vaiW fares. Captain Martins tlofse sWfass3
sf,nt a. f4he neck; the volley missed me
enitreivL and we wheeled at once ~ row
line sn,irselyes under our horses me esss
and came back faster than we we q. u ~.
Sdirna,lt at such treachcry, we ."eFe Fp.'yss
erless to punisl, II, and thouEil Wasssls
still within range, the enemy fi'..u Ia
d;ecnr,4,i,,ro and we consulted for q mo-
$nel,t as to what further could be % done ~
A Big Haul. IN
IA Just then looking towards me .oslNs
scrub on our left, saw q rev q tN s..ts
dons infantry coming out or ths :p.us
md n sergeant Will, them exclaallnlfll M. Y
;f.,yyhere 3r,re 1they?' Again looking bpa oky
over the ground towards the 4eonrtl'qnseess
+ saw q long line OF Yankee skirn'isne1st
aaranrntr from gthe woods near fW44ttllc.f
We had captured the battery: they t'noNeuS
out into the field towards two pieces "
orr artillery. which had been firing sl,o,ll
the middle of tho field ,11aEtwa ~ ta1la ,'llE
rear OF these two guns rose q ro !s,
ridge, n very commanding position NY
there also II saw some OF our
action. The Yankee sFklrmlshers duloss5
tho gunncrs away from the Two I''ecss
near the center Of the field. anu w
3nroacbcd within fifty PAGES of the guns
bit were apparently afraid ito attenptb
80 .lay hands on them. They 5hesitated'ss
ana then laid down in front OF theFl.
fIolntng out this Yankee tsSirnllsh me
tto the squad Of Gordon's men who fhaot
come ont from ttheir{line OF hattie, 4 sald
10 them: s'.Thcre they are: let's capture
them and Ntrottlng my horse IN front
,of them n assumed sthe direction sot ',l1e
party ana .deployed them at once NJ AZ
vancing at "A run we We're soon on me
8rgllt{Gflank Of the enemy, rs they Jay
3,rathc open field They made no change
line, ms they should have done
and let us sget still further on their flank
when, jumping to their feet without FIR
ding q shot, they broke and fed towards
the woods. 3
We .gained IN Slthem. and before they
Erea ched the woods we fired n few sf'ots
into Sthet,n tof sfngitives, Mt which more
than 1seNentHsf1ve 9of them threw down
their arms and SURRENDERED In atIbodS.
This was sirl "a few yards of the edge 'of
the woods. and when 1T lis considered
that ,their Il Inc $of 3bnttle was only a short
distance In sthe Same body Of woods, q
fact slnk nnusn st us int stfe moment etheri
surrender 10 eeur handful sof men In the
gsope,l field lis imnlySsunintellgilj1e.
IA As8Me assembled our prisoners our men
seemed lost ain aorpRfd and so 1T APP;
peared TO the nrhlllerYnen posted on the!
rocky ridge behind aus snpn tpncross the
5flcld.
Natural Error.
They took It for granted THAT stle enemy
illnd Eoxerphel,ned and taken e,ls $prls-
Eoners and 9i1lmed atelW, fired slpon; the
blue mass, two shells coming, in quick
SUGGESTION and striking talrly among us.
Some kind friends. however. soon yrnor-
rooted the .1nistak E. 81 aud nl,r 5arti lery
ceased ito ibo mba.rd ..us ann ALLOWED JUS ito
pbring out oilr .nrlson ers. M sss.
ridge and turned them over Il O N sgpard
eor 30 some fellows who had nothing
better ito;do n y 3-
What the Records Say.
WHO were these fprisoners--to what COM
arnaDd did they belong? .
I Again we must refer ito the War
Records AT Volume xIlVI. pages ;11a6,
Colonel 6. sB. tDandw.Sin the report 5al-
9rently cited dated April Ill 1866 saws:
''The right flank of the Eleventh Maine
having become exposed lEv the falling
back ofIn portion ofs the First Brigade.
the enemy sgt I'm Il Is ,rear4and CAPTURED
"a number rof spEispi srs, Ihcl,iding I.ieuten-
mt Colonel dtfl who had been prev'o''s-
Henry 6. Adams. capt in commanding
1.-The Eleventh Maine. reports under date
Of April IL 1865. Volume :NIiv1, page 1900,
/ as follows: ss.s &c i355 t
Gs'I4Ieutenant-Co Colonel Hill ordered the
regiment forward, ,and we advanced
across tho fold to within thirty rods Of
the tenelny's bat terry. under "A very flreavy
fire. We remained there suntil 5we were
thanked BOTH aon 4 the right and loft by
the 3enen1H. 1ieutennnt-C Colonel Hill was
wounded before The had got to the ex-
3trelne front; many of fFour mon we're cap
itured some ways in the rear of our coll
.ors while going to the rear 4af ter the
order was siWon to 2fall back" e
And he concludes his report with these
words: l 4E, 4ss n < e SE
'tCaptain MnKfleld and fwenty-four en-
listed men were missing. supposed TO he
spNlsoners iof these Captain Maxfcld and
twenty lnen have returned, whether as
+paroled prisoners or not is not known D
4 submit these statements as justify
Ang the belief fthnt the prisoners whose
capture i have narrated above belonged
chiefly TO the Eleventh Maine Regiment.
Third Brigade, First HDiyision. 5of the
United States Army
Corps.
Riding back. II met General Roberts
coming townrds tthe .oourthouse, and he
asked me ~ 4 Had heard 3nl,y irlmor. Of
our surrender. j replied 'hlo" and the
tqnestion mt the moment struck mo az
quito absurd, But seeing the generals
lsexppassIon lof Gown tenance was serious, ]
asked him: '-NNhat do You i,,r'ea'1?" Ills
IeplYr WAS: General Lee is going ito sur
render this army. 4 have dust received
orders to leave here and march to Buck
bingham Courthouse, where General 1fttz,
Ice says sthe cavalry will rendezvous
Directing me to take our little rennan
| of the brigade off the field, General Rob-
erts left mo for "a few moments. ] passed
| a few hundred yards west hf the court
| house 81 nj struck Il 4t,ot with the column