The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15

| fiflal ana proclaimed hat he SYyGilG shool
thT rst nan wilo ra y WG9 was %
lad become lrrcAolute md ready o run.
at least sotfle Of han seeiiied 60. y, "
phsE s fHfiqGo e resJ s tG
ii hot time, mud the boys DID spleihsHl!uly,
Ind so sdld the rost OF tins army gu YET.
Grams and all. But, more VIII oolle lAt
I.otStbuS Bdtte, returning to tho charge, ~
| 3tOf& speak, +, i n u, n IL 5i .} ID
Whenwe passea ovcrtl,c prost r,.t 4, mo-, r,
isdf tlih ray ~ them rose .ana
se "t o b astl0a y a0 w6s i' liz at
ltctirfed toi,r battalion. and the rtEitf en-
| Wcrs al together Here, the testl i .,i1
ecs tz y n pnio e t1h ut ffsS Sy c es M
|nnyonc's mind iu 10 the facts Of llis case;
1rlfala we Ahul ,lAe the report of Colo =,
George % Wells woh was written ,,,a l ~
ffoTlme2e-the artillery Oil the right on ,i Il.
Thhirty-fourth Massn ehusetts In me, /, y! y
tight on he ba,sry lts,et ~ 81 Me- le ud
o one Ii, column III our rear. ffie rebels e u
advanced lii three lines evident y. he 4,
shw our lines az i,rst io ~ *, Ia.
Wharton II the rss '1I,ols y, IT, ne
H IL ic Mer 81 eaoh thtnlt as heavy as
n,,rs win masses OH The. right and left.
,rhe ground was perfectly opeHn, ny y, ~.
No oe COLD 30 hncr Than ,h 4. !, q a. Z
vance. rhcIr yelling grew steadily ne,ar,.
er. 1t WIS Il marvel t3 me item ii, n .,, \. y
now, how men Who hat! almost never. ks, "
dir Of tic bnttcifeld. could be 50 entire
iv sclf-possessed Soon our men IN front
We're by the confusion clearede away the
rebel lines were plainly seem. any ~, .ne
ana tho artillery hud nn. cntlladns ire,
Under which their first line Went down
uhe 4 1rlfty-tlrst felD. they s,ng Z ,,si;
ent RHek an 'oa no saw s't &c
ny Gyred forp p md wa Was moving Of the field
ifhe Z rcSela lInu advanced ultll could s,
ah3ve te smoke Wo bttle hnssS IT, on o. t tc
artillery had been postal. "Evdenly 81.
Wells da not know the Twcn1y-slxth bat
talon l,n1 captured two OF THESE suns ,
wond e Gey ey hnG "e mbeea
III ana fled at the TOP Of their 'sp a,,a
1,ut iity has borne Witness TO many faG ,,st
There were two bnttlc flags, ore jass
ahead s Of the other. that Hwcp, oyer t 1T
ifwe, Il y. sixth virginia battalion That
vas tic iirst plucr where their lines y, We're IT..
broken, 70 their greet sllrp y, 4, rh1 81,
y wns II CIR hnntis. The rest Of their nj
ttjijlsrv and lis supports wero gone from
Tho Held. driven n utter rout: S it,1n,,
sS}t th }ssn o Il 1i Tspart wSe tic
t 70 nttnok vie lie enemy at New MARKET. ny
battalion a,, III rear uf Wharton, : 1ri-
of tic 1wcn'y-trh nNat.n :. u5 tn n,s
derst t. take rosltoi, on the LEFT that
hnitnltnn and In rear . Wharton,s ri Z
ghde was kept II tha, nart, 4, o. 81 ~, - l the
Until the division renehen .ns pan liza p,n E
III was then ordered TO Take position on
General Wl1nrton's lett and occupied ,n ,I
g sd ei Hef 81 'e . me
(bernuaes or tho course q Tho r ,Nss 10 10
lhrSw my Eft s{ Y n,ssr q sa esrow nv but
righi .irsV As ths Y * wonla
admit gf i Sn WeFn lans2yassssIvSy lhroW
the c rnS. Of Ns tie Nil j hoavy are Was
openfd te regent !, o pg 1prn H.;
i hn ttaiibh forward to- It's SUPPORT, ana
though, my line was g good deal broken re-,
Rssnga throGKh dni o The cneny gas
Way, When we took possession oc !. |, Two 70
pieces Of his bHterS ~ lGho ba !,
advanced q portion was oe az % t Ist
1 IND taken position iii tle cliffs neartho
riyer.To cooperate with and protect
the detachment referred 70. tI,s 9a MIL
the pursuit than the rest Or the limo. /!
IS due 10 the regiment that gave way
ii tho, tonimencelneit OF the action IL. 70
Composed ii soon rallied upon the right
and left or my battalion and fought gal.
nntly, and during the pursuit , formed
| III their proper place on the right
~ n "a IL IN hAnU. NIT tnCg0
rare enough, to establish tho fnct that
| the TwentY-slxth Virginia Battalion broke
nes son rs na xeap th"t wo
Hall efforts to write us out, 10 read us
out, Notwithstanding Furthermore tho
eeet Of or Hneee or r aspr wa
n 1tiE'' Won before tie enemy at the centre
sigel reported tho loss Of Y Or s.
guns. ,rhis curious statement has It's
explanation in this fact: he did not know
whether the nnneer was or Wo t eeeause
or net iys did ana .Et; E' i ! q ou' -o 30
c!lablo claims nndc by tho several com.
mands Ms to how many cn ann! y they
snptnred i my bs well lust nero 70
u's Geplain T is 1y Of tho Federnl side,
Slelsers slx.gun battery. Other writer's
on that side say simply they captured u
battery q rnptured, Klelser's battorM
Ing captured only onp gun. Between
these extremes others are scattered,
they aid not capture lSleiaer's full bat
tory; 2, that they did capture moro than
one gun; and, ., that no one knows Just
how many they did capture. In my opin-
Ion they got only two guns. Furthsr-
more, the, capture OF those guns by then,
| was not duo to my special bravery, but
! to their gool luck In happening to DO in
that part OF our limo which struck tho
| guns. Those would have been taken AZ
they wcro by any other troops which
might have boon IN that place, IT was d
piece Of marvellously good fortune for
| tho v. NJ. I. on commencement days, that
J tho cadets foil heir to that honor.
| Now, for tho evldance..1 Edgar's bat
TALON captured two guns IN battle, and
I I myself saw tho third gun drawn out
OF a pond whcro tho enemy put t. al.
Ter ono OF. M'I.annahan's gun broke tho
| nHle md lot II down upon the ground,
This lonyes but FIVE TO- be accounted
speots worthy OF belief, states that he
saw one gun captured by tho right wing
OF the Fifty-frst Regiment. These mon
were from two hundred to three hun