The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22

IN lis ~ No. ~ -
10 ner. while i was insthe FORT to nforn,
| her that i survived tho battle The other.
was written on Yankee paper letter.
headed, III. s. Christian, Commission !. ION
zoo II street, washington. .. e." I'm I'm :,
| mediatcly after we had been withdrawn
md returned to our former position,
| where stii,,es were easier III which, !
rave her an account of the battle.
EXTRACTS FROM RICHMOND Dis
PATCH.
viii also give sono extracts from
tile Richmond Dispatch, giving an ac-
count or the part this brigade took In.
tho capture Of the Crater
Tho Petersburg correspondent OF the
Richmond Dispatch of July 80, 1864. after
describing the charge made by tile Vir-
gnin and Georgia brlgades. says.
About this time General Malone
having ordered Up Sanders Alabama
brigade scnt 1t forward TO rccabture the
rest Of the works. Led by their gallant
trigadier, they moved forward IN splen- !
did style, making one Of the grandcst
charges Of the WAY, and recapturlng
every vcstiEe of our lost ground ana our
lost guns. and capturing tlirty-flve com
miasioned officers, including Drigadierr--,
General Bnrtlettc, commanding first bril-
iende, frst, division, ninth corps, three
hundred and twenty-four white and one
hundred and nifty negro privates, ana
two stands Of ,colors. .5s n
Sunday. s1st. 4
cali uuet to-day Our wounded are
being cured for. and tho dead on both
sides II, our lines are being buried. -.
"Stlll they come. Sanders, OF tho h y q.
bumn Brigade. has just sent IN another
battle flag, thrown AWAY by the y enemy
Yesterday. and picked up by Gonerht
SIS men this morning.
''Gencral Saunders reports that ne mas
buried III tho inino alono tifty-io our.
negroes and scvcnty-cight YANKEES s, " "
elusive OF men buried in trenches:
Extrnct from Richmond Dispatch OF
August 3, 1854: In speaking OF tho burial
~ the dead under tho flag OF truce, II
says:
.;Tor five hours tho work Of burying
Tho dcnd went vigorously forward. The
Yankees brought details Of negroes ana ana
VIC carried their negro prisoners OUT
under guard to help them In their work.
over 100 Yankee whites and negroes were
buried. A. =. Hill was there with long
rnuntlets, SLOUGH hat and round jacket
Malone, dressed in little boy fashion,
out OF clothes made from old Yankee tent
cloth, was beside him. The gallant ldnr-
ris. Of the Mississippi brigade, and the
gallant and intrepid Sanders. who but
forty-eight hours before had sosuccessfully
retaken those works, the best looking ana
best dressed Confederate officer present,
was, ,sauntering leisurely about, having
n general superintendent over the whole
affair. ~
zs5s.Whilst tho truce lasted the Yankees
and tho Johnny Rcbs,' In countless num-
bers, nocked to the neutral grounds and
spent the time in chatting and sight
seeing The stencil. however, was quito
strong. and 1t required a good nose and
a better stomach to carry one through
the ordeal. About o'clock, the burial
being completed, the officers sent the
men back to the trenches on each side.
The officers babe each other adleu and
raturned to their respective lines.
CAPTAIN 4F'EATHERSTON'S LETTERS
WRITTEN IN THE TRENCHES.
II the Trenches,
afterwards Called the Crater,
NEAR Petersburg, Aug. /. 1854.
My Dear Wife,--We fought a desperate
fight day before, yesterday Saturday. !,
through the mercy and protection OF an
all-powerful God. escaped with, may
say, no injury. /;
and A1ahone's brgades
charged and captured the works and
failed TO capture the fort We were then
ordered to charge the works through an
open field, and the charge was the most
successful one we ever made. THE men
clambered over the works as though there
we're no enemy there. The slaughter
was terrible. 58
5"Our brigade (saundcrs,s) is highly
conlplimented In the morning papers. both
in Petersburg and Richmond.
81 will write you all tho particulars
az soon as have time.
General Grant mined our works and
blew a, fort up. and In the confusion cap
tured 1t, but 1t was a dear business for
him.
Our entire loss, 500 men: their loss,
(50oW five thousand. I have never seen.
such slaughter since the war commenced.
81 will write more.
Your affectionate husband. f Il
u. G.. FEATIIERSTON."
limited States Christian Commission,
* 81 500 II Street,
&S- Washington. D. c..
Camp Ninth Alabama Regiment,
IN Near Petersburg.
i Fl August 9, 1854
My Dear Wife:
LII wrote you n note yesterday while In.
our recaptured Qualifications, Informing
you that was not killed In our desper-
ate fight on Saturday, the 30th ultino,
but gave you very little news otherwise.
You must excuse It's brevity for. con-
sidering the circumstances, I think I
did well to write ct all.
r. The scnemys line was only about sew
cnty-five yards from ours, and we were
shooting ut each other at every oppor-
tunity, and the sand was flying over
everything, and the general noise and
confusion incident on such occasions all
tended to keep me from writing more.
On the morning OF the 3oth, about an
hour before day, we received orders to
leave our camp and move up to our place
In the breastworks (Which was about
one hundred yards dstant), and to be pre- re-
pared for an attack. Nothing unusual
occurred. The skrmishing was about as
usual and SO was tho cannonading, until
Just about o'clock A. NJ The earth
seemed to tremblo. and the next instant
there came asreport that seemed to deafcn
all nature. Everything for n while re-
malned quiet, as II in wonder and aston
isllment at such nh explosion; but twas