The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29

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| gaged three days fighting the Sccon,
| Rattle of Manassas. gaining there n bril-
| liant victory.
JACKSON GIVES ORDERS IN PER
/ SON.
The fight remember opened lat
Thursday afternoon. While Jackson
troops we're under cover Of body o
woods. the enemy came marching dow
the road In column, unaware OF hi
whereabouts. General jackson In per.
son ordered me to take my battery Il
the open field on little knoll and opel
on the column itS{stA5'
We pourcd 1t into them, but they soor
formed line OF battle, and the battle wa!
Joined. | considered 1t n great honor to
receive the order from General jackson
III person.
IN MARYLAND; AND THEN ON LOU.
DOUN HEIGHTS.
! From there we marched with the army
| into MARYLAND. From Frederick City, Md.
We marched with Jackson to- Harper's
| Ferry We arrived there late in the
| evening OF September 18th. Major A. r
| Courtney was ordered by General Jack
! son To take twelve Napoleon guns and
/ occupy an elevated position on Loudoun
| Heights. We marched with him thai
night. and reached our position at day
| light. We immediately went into battery
| in good range Of the enemy, they being
perfectly unconscious Of our position. we
,npcned on them Immediately, and after an
| hour or so firing they raised the wnite
flag and surrendered the place.
| AT sHARPsBURG AND FREDER1CKS-
n11RG-cAPT. CARRIERS HORSE
SHOT UNDER HIM.
| we marched that evening with Law.
| toms Brigade back to the Potomac, ar
| irving there late on the evening OF the
18th. We crossed the Potomac at Shep-
| crdstown, and went into camp near
! sharpsburg. The next morning at day
| light n courier came to show me my
| position on the line OF battle. we lmme-
dately became engaged with the enemy,
and fought In different positions all that
| day. We we're engaged next In the battle
| Of Fredericksburg, when my horse was
| slot under me, and where we gained q
! brilliant victory.
| IN COL. HILARY p. JONES BATTAL-
ION AND AT CII.ANCELLORSV11ALE
| The following spring the batteries were
! formed into battalions, and were much
more formidable. My battery was at
tached to Col. H. p. Jones command,
and we marched with him to the battle
| OF charlottesville. We were with jack
son in his great flank attack and assisted
In gaining another brilliant victory. IN
doing 50. however, we lost the sreat
Jackson--an irreparable loss.
4 WITH EWELL AND EARLY AT WIN
! CHESTER.
We marched with Ewell and Early to
the battle of Winchester. and were with
| Early on his flank attack, our whole
battalion getting into position In good
range OF the enemy before they were
aware OF 1t. We opened at concerted
signal, and they were driven out Of their
works, which we Immediately took pos
| session of and opened on them again
That night MI!roy retreatcd. and we took
possession of the city Of Winchester. cap
turing large quantity OF stores My
! horse was shot under me also In that
| fight but was not seriously injured.
| AT GETTY SBURG,# MINE RUN, THE
WILDERNESS AND COLD EARBOR.
We marched with the army to Gcttys-
| burg, and in tho first days fight out
whole battalion in line drove the cnemy's
| artillery Off the field. In their hurry
( they left twclve-pounder Napoleon gun
! and as one of mine was disabled In thu
| fight, sent Il team and took possession
| of the gun, leaving my disabled gun on
| the field.
Our battalion was engaged in the bat bat
ties OF Mine Run, Wilderness, spotsyl-
| UNDER COL. CUTSHAW AND WITH
EARLY IN THE VALLEY-CAPTA1N
CARRIER WOUNDED AT BERRY.
WILLIE. NEED
Col W. e. cutshaw was put in com,
mund of our battalion. and we marched
with Early to the Valley. We drove the
enemy before us to Harper's Ferry, III
the battle OF Berryvilc my horse was
shot under me. and in about half an houl
| afterwards was shot through the thigh
by minnie-ball and carried off the field
AT CEDAR CREEK,
In consequence of my wound was not
present Mt the second battle of Winches.
ter or Cedar Creek"
What lost the fight" ut the latte,
place, was informed by my brother
Lieut., NJ. c. Garber, and others, that
| after u long halt at Middlctown, our in
] fantry commenced to fall back from nc
! good reason that they could see, and al
though our artillery held Its ground, had
eventually to fall back, Soon after, 5tht
| cnemy's cavalry charged sinto our artIl-
| lery, shot down our horses and drivers
and captured all our guns
THE 10TH MAY AT SPOTSYLYANIA
AT the battle OF Spotsylvania Courthouse
on the 10th of May, while ! was waitlnI
for orders to be placed on the line. tht
enemy broke through our lines, running
over the Third Company of Richmonc
! Howitzers. l was ordered up at doubl,
quick and to double shot my guns witt
! canister to meet the cnemy's charge
They We're. however, driven back an,
J was ordered by General Lee in person
near whose headquarters we wcre-t,
leave my guns in charge of the driver
and take my cannoners and man the ro
captured guns, the cannonccrs of which
had been killed, captured and scattered
! went Immediately and fired on III
enemy until ! was ordered to cease firing
cur whole line having been re-establlshec
] regret TO say that my fine saddle hors
was killed. being struck By a cannon ha
during the engagement,
AT THE BLOODY ANGLE, SPOTSYL
VANIA.
u On the nth, everything was compare
lively quiet, no bloody assaults bein
made. ] was ordered TO take the pos
ton on the line, The IIow!tzers Batter
tclng withdrawn Early on the mornin
OF the 18TH the enemy broke throug
our lines at General Edward johnson
division. ] was ordered by General lA1d'