Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-03-02

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laws of = masked battery. We did
NOT ob;ec. to sizing Ia 4be osen
and exch.ng,rg s.ots with anv one
Eedaral ha,,a~v hnt NE eerta;n,v
did oh;ac. ~ w.ss inc into the laws
of aaash w;shou, 'hain0 abie IN see
the ;nstrupans< u destruction II
seemed pars;cularlr horrible 70 me
as on this occasiou was driving the
lead team of she IL gun. ana expect-
ipo every rnoment. as we advanced
20 be hurled from he saddle bv the
consents of one e,f fs,ose guns For.
tunaselv we sxr,,<l< tbat hasxerv In
their rear. We - them before
they could change - gsios, and fire
on us. The infantrs Esed thier guns
on them with good eject. Breathed's
battery. with asection az N McGrepor,s
in our rear was the only artillery
used that day. up 20 the time that
Crutchfield Jackson's Chief of Ar
tillery) came on the ground at sp. NJ.
The official records. prove this. In
this connection wish To saw that
notwithstanding Major r. F. Beck
hams very plain and concise report
OF this battle. that Cant. III. H Moor.
man, Commanding a battery in our
rear. makes claims that have mn war.
rant and cannot he sustained bv tba
records or the ranor.o of,.e, S,'ar.,s
Chief of Artillery. Ma;or r r Reck.
ham. who certainlv hnaw ~ the die.
pos;t;ons of the pas,sr;os r,.dar bic
Immediate command 7 wo,ld NO,
bv insinuat;on or airact s,a.em0n,
attempt to rob anv battery of ;ts lust.
ly earned laurals fasnac;allv ,he
Horse Artillery Rat.al;onl nrov;aad
there was anv foundation for the
claims they set forth In this oasa
Norman claims to have haen Toe
whole sbov lead;no and ao;na all
the fighting Breathad was NO, in
il. in fact was NOT ON II q grounds
according to Moorman. will have
40 trouble to prove tia, Norman
was not in at all, except 70 bring M
the rear, being stationed on tho
ground with one section of artillery
oy his commander, the gallant Frank
Beckham after Breathed bad expend.
ed al of bis ammun tim. and had
been ordered to cease firing, as the
battery was drawing the fire OF
Pleasanton s 30 odd guns. = can al
so produce afidavits from Breath
eds and McGrcgor's men to prove
that Norman battery dia not fire
single shot on May Enc 1863. I
would have more to say about Moor
man s absurd claims, but for the fact
thGs he has recently passed away at
his home near Lynchburg, Va. r.
spect for a dead confederate soldier
bids me hold my peace. Norman s
articles tan be found in the January
number of the Southern Historical
Society, 1902, published at Richmond.
Va. l will now resume M nara
tive, lest / weary the reader. We
advanced on the road leading 10
Charlottesville about 6 p. NJ at sec
ton front, Rhodes division leading,
supported by Colston's (Trimble's)
and Hills division being on each
flank Of the battery. We at once
struck the enemy in his right flank
and rear. Nothing stopped us, we
moved on regardless OF obstacles of
all kinds that had bean nlacad IN tho
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"~' ~ "ero suro"n Ih'o
tne Widest CONFUSION oy the nrst
hre from Rhodes men. Breathed,
with whip in hand, would help tie
dr;vars NJ the n;acas 20 toroa -.
'Ao
Jaoeo norses across the trees ana
other Instructions that had been
placed in our way, the cannoneers at
the vbeels and evarvhoav v.ll;nn
: -. .s
~ unison ~ was Sishs iong 70 ooe
remembered and goes 10 show that
nothing could keen the daring. reck-
less Rreathed hack yvhan ha haS
S~..--,~os :. - I'N
1e'0' ",ue1 w ko iof "a1a oos'acies
OF any kind could not do 1t. When