The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-07
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VIRGINIA FLAG CAPTURED
The True History Of the Event nj
II bva One 4 Who Was There.
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1905 IA The record 's 81. E Svf q.o,.
state captured June iSV,. q ~ ~
Se ceiira e of Student Of history vii
notice the fact that The d e, t e, !. III
atc9nao mt asysifid butnf cold
Iiarbor, ii@that date, rs my one one may
Soc frorrS tho records Is v 4. u. \, d ~
history q Us eaptdnr,e r., 9 3his wls a.
T Tan,f sx Il Virginia 20:
cupied n iii tent on tho SUNNI Of turkey
Three pieces Of Z, artihlIery y, WGls
not far ap ;ary y inns ot
than one rank deep. because the nas ~ "a
ion occupied tlrely too mnoi, s Ina
This fact was repnrted, ~ e opi +, e
5B Bro kin our division comma nder;
General Hancock discovered our exposed
condition, the weakness @ b1 sa aTns
and massed two d ", IsrI nl I'M the rght
f nt M ho assaulted this angle g
from the front. right and left sen d n 3
Whe as.' eapturea. The result need not BE-
stated. as there could be but one. q ,s55
upon W seeing the lmnOSslplHty !. oLss. pt.S,
venting our being ovcrrun BY sue y y ffloou
of men said "1hey are goln,gsttso over =, !,
rim lis, but they shall mot take this nag
until hey have passed oyer..m;y NJ gag a1
Into y the oneoming Of hurnanity; then
put weapon and LOOK Gown tile It.its
swllich $wns before standing on. tie earlh,-
works IN front furled tslnpartt ,na
itsthrough la Yankee; then, Withdrawing
IL, wa 81 proceeding to spear Sc ond
Sfoeman, when he was shot dead, IN Our
bbttaen atd,ha I Wev 5fGM
Craig, ID. }4D3 secretary OF the Home M -
sionsa Committee OF the Southern Freshly
terrain ChurchJ was also killed while
SSenstnk n fel liz oreas'10iAs ~
fR}Instantly,8When Woodran, fell g color
guard G. B, Humphreys, seized the flag
and attenptsdsto DO What Weodram Mss
LAID hold bu. vas Z NJ match Ldor
Joined their comrade inIthe scuthe until u
Mrested itrfrom his hands, and passed q
from man to man. until It went on. Of
his sight. sThereupon no picked 4 IN his
gun, $Whi cl was: loaded but not ca ped,
Rs ssSa aGMa
BY this time{the enemy had gone on about
twenty yardsibey our line when 81 i the Z.
Maryland lnes Of our dlvislon5 and .as bril-
6uuS tgOA
General Finegan, came to our relief. The
enemy were driven \. buick with great q 4
sa,,lts weresialso repulsed easily. Han.
cocks loss 81 In I hat assault was about
three 4 thousand men. q { 81 my m emoryi.is
asS9TaS RsRsA2P 6Sss saptarea
capped by str;ate gy Within our sight,
came OK 3;!and asslstedstls in finishing
our task. The writer spent four years
In the southern arm and & was In many
battles, and Is Of the opinon that u more
signal defeat by such a. small army,
With such fearful slaughter will not y q
found In the annals Of the Civil War. = ne
Siost6flag and the loss Of 1B men captured
from :,!s were duestoS the eglect Of Of
whom the brigade commander semitic
report the thinness2of our ranks to our r
commander. heard him speak
{of this failuregthe next daySand was so
grleyed about IT. that IT burnt itself into t;p
my bones. =. j. q 7. :,
@ Jackson, Ga..4 Marcll5i3, 1905.