The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19

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glass t,s Il present. Some year = . ~
yards IT twns iii anu Us i NJ,
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thare TIA informed mo that he 9oiiic;erl
M sTr,,c,Itenn1,t-Coy ernor y OF Oh,o'
IL never hoard PERSONAL ~ 20
r,.,,tr Zee since. then rodo .pacA M -,
Csennral EARLY nc suppose NIL OF atnis Ico
=, !, III ,,crl,t, ns ten arinutes had
raarhed the Gnnnlal when ne sld dt eni
nh OIL, ne S.. ".
ren,a,,1 where's was until org ~.
During nll .this Inc \ =,
ny9,netnbet; HIS
COURIER, speaking to the
pose they Nern al occr, oied seiser
Renewed Assanst and the I Enc y.
ny Driven out ana Y Through 81 =.
Gettysbur & !; The sc !, y ottes 81
Vile Battery i ssiin i Getty sburg.
n Il ten sorsfifteeri minutes perhap ~ some y Z.
81 HAYS Briga de mad their alspe'
nnco iunot, 4 our left. and son Their LET eft
1Iolse's Brigado soon came ',p'.41In 2 rev
moments afterwards tthe q .st Des - -
again In which tta ordon' q, oksEs
IJnv'a hrigar1es rnrticipa tod, and 1Fthink,
I ,art ar 9enernl EIill,s corps, on our VI,
rirIt mo wild onfederate yell was soon SO :,
bearjl Nv, us, indicating f {, 81
III little further.s with my bate and. ~
naen,ofl to Btne, as "a youthful SO IA
Ana confuson, that tho whole Y edera az
army was routed. Such ian :. sion 'n
" glaw among my men Aa ma sthoSf
about us Much my ID nHul5 wa
nv company. all order co me 40 Aills ~ 4
advance into the town. p ilaa :.
IA need Bperl,ops over four hundred lSalrrQ I
Eintoythe main street, 7 think, of Gsettys X
Ghnrp: when i received m order to ha III
n f1,d So or course and seeing the 4coniur
sio,, ahead Of me In the street, una y no lt
knowing what would turn fup, VI sunii.nl'-5
bcrcd three or my ces and 5ord ered my
men to net several rounds 5'of can YET,
] from, nc caisons and place thcn near the.
inuzzle OF the gums notice GENERA J, =
lSwell sayslin his report OF the 3$p 's'l
$50 far as L can learn, 40 other troops
thanthose Of this corps entered the 2to IS "
4 t all.', II eau add to5that that mo othera
Confederatc battery entered and unlin'-
bercd sin&tbe streets of Gettysburg except
the characteristic Battery, which 81 NAV y
the honor / o command. remained In ials
position for perhaps twenty minutes g. ior
hnlf an hour, when 7 saw General 4liarly:
severnl other officers, $8 to- Join General
ride I'm, and then q eneral 10 ordon, ana md
in the field i had just left ~ could not
resist tho temptntio $40 RIDE up IN 1
to see what was the matter, ana why !, 7
tho battle had SO suddenly ~ pped. y
naturally and modestly held my horse a
little back from this dlsting uishod group.
.but caught portions Of tho converse 9, I
! lion. hut too Tindistinctly \ o attempt to
repeat mt this latn day; abut ! $th,nk =
cannot he mistaken whom I sny til 7 bot y
General EARLY and General Gordon were
earnestly urging an irnn,e ate and sturth-.
or id vance, I could mot hear g eneral
Ewe.l's language, hut evideutl ysSS5 e'leral
Ewell's manner indicated resistance Stto
their appeal, We did not hear OF General
think. for an houraand "a half soI, two
hours after this. Then It became ru-
lnorcd amongst Us that General Ioe was lL'
on the grounds. OF course, knew Hoth
Ing OF the interview General Gordon SPOKE
I, about IN tic red barn, ns he says that
occurred at Q o'clock ut night, ana at
that hour and my men and horses were
enjoying much needed rest. 3
Nothing to do July 2 and 8, 1868.
I do not know that General Gordon had
! any knowledge Of what have Just writ
ten in regard to my movements With my
company ana General Early never
made any report of 1t, and l do not know
Ethnt General EARLY did: and General
C;ordon's attention, OF course, was direct
ed to the front My battery was not
engaged a.! all on the I'd and Sd, I was
ordered back to q certain point on the
railroad My Instructions were to re-
main there and guard that snolnt | do
/ not know the object; aud 1T turned out
| i had nothing to do. Iilu consequence
WAS that my horses and men were rested
and IN good condition, and ] was ordered
| by General EARLY to carry up tho rear
OF his division In the retreat.
Successful Brush With the Enc
my at Fairfield on July 5th on
the Retreat. M
/ I think It was very near daylight the
next morning when l left Gettysburg.
! There appeared 10 be no hurry or confu-
| Whites battalion or cavalry remained
day, and acted as n sort or escort for
4 times 10 make a show agninst the ene-
occurred until we reached n place called
Fairfield, oniJuly eth, when they brought
i UP q battery upon the hills In tic rear
Of us aud killed several OF my iorses
and broke tho tongue OF ono OF my
pieces. This blocked the road for n few
u moments, but It VA. not five minutes be-
! fore General Early was by my side tell
Ing me not 10 Lease, the piece soon
Il got fIesH hfrgnp fuoyuB I'M ~ n ficIH dnnn