The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-11-29

living t,tft 90 npr0du.r an mcnrhir
account Df ih. part this splendid rrgl-
urlt t1ob go ll-nAr between thr States.
u wns ,a.doi THE o. g'm'"i Wirn ~
mIur'rd .puti iicim'nd nh u' tr
l~toi ApuI l~I3 LoIng o. North thro.
liza that u1 uH.r o ghullu'u OF N'l
dril % m.u iu,d I'n~-,'.i thr 'usil timt tcit\
since ta' Va h.e t"I Il Nul".
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\ VI Johnson. Capt g.. D.
Rlht % rufro-~. capt Co..
Iuo-. B lu-u'ii Capt 'u. g.
Elliott VI BaA DO. q ,pt t'.-.
WIN % ~.nlrrry. -ucrr'dri hN Jh'h
lludglu. Capt. 60 /.
i Milton t,luI liu. Cant tn IT,
B.aydrn Tn,lo,. Capt. Go
Irnuunt recall and llcat. the Irutru-
ants of th. several companies
I'm order that "A correct history oi this
regiment may ir produced. 10 -A..u- {.
me that - reunion ui all the members oi
tie organization should boz had. d pos
-ihi. nud committees appointed % tras
out tbe uroprrs- of tie regiment from
the Fair Grounds oi fredericksburg r.
ArnounttoN Nv company lpI WA
rrf at nh. FYir Grounds when the regi.
mon, WAS orpauilsd Company y wa-
mustered into Nm. service ON the 2Gth
iny nf AprU l~GI. and Went into camp
fnr drill M th. Fair Grounds uu The
2Stb. later We were ordered 10 the Po-
tomar river. aud OCCUPIED the cIump o'
fish hou,.- south of Aquia Crr-k. ownrI
bv FluaU N.wcre guarding the south
haul of Mn. POTOMAC i'm that vicinity
and watching fhe movements of the
Pawn. AN ola woodpu vessel ln th,
I.,i,,p. -.rv... stationed oH Auuin Greek
o,Jipv Nv rompauv orcuuirJ thos,
III, bnr..- nm, to H.. j,te of the attack
I.v tL. Pawn. .on tb4 land batteries al
~. lanJjD,, remember distinctly that
m. rnrnnroJ oi nh. guard awoke me at
..,rl,. da.,,, and Told m. that solurtbiup
GO. ,,,,in,, ~. harn.o. that the Pawn,-
GO. irip,, v.rv rinss IA the fish houses
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INN l''''' ,,,.. ,,..r.. ont formed tb.
.o,,,r,a,,v In roar nf the fish houses. then
J,uinirni tror rigbt and lsft nta double
MI and fnour marched them ouf of
,..,,,,'. 80 tl,s p,,Sn.e Whv ye were not
sr',d r,,,, dn NOT know Why yye were
niIo..,J ., ra,nain in sucb evnn.ed nuar.
tars dn nnt understand A. one we'll di.
-, .I..1I ,,;',ht L,'y.. ..y,nund.Jond kill.
~ ,',. ,,hnlo co,rnanv nj no men
So! s"'! d,.rltory shnt and sbell. wer,
.tu',.,',. wv ai,,i..l, arnnnd Nv com
'',,,,, ,.,,,..,r. and ,ncsef wont bark
' 1. ssL Lnnss. to cet nur
ta., and nne man from each
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,.r ,l..,ir r.,.,...,i,.o ,,,.ssea ramefuh.r
tbot Sim Sullivan our old drummer.
,uLo that helnnOsd to the 3Oth Rept
dnes NOT remember old SIM WAS walk.
inc along talking To me and "A shell ex-
! ,Ioded nver us Sim said Cant that
;. s,,oat nrsic 90 .aid "Sim but
mt IL .nuId sound hetter farther off. 90
Will seated at breakfast in one of the
al, hnns.s - -hsll explnd.d near us and
a fragrant of il knocked an empty hogs
head To pieces in rear of the house. but
un oue was hurt and We finished our
I,r.oLfast
rrar'' 'p',ot. a fr.e ,oIor.d man WAS
our cook and served that breakfast. /
I|rs Il he IL living he may So. this ref
ersnce IN him He was cooking in a res
tanrant in your city the last heard Of
him
As we'll as / remember It was 10 or I
O'Clock before the Pawnee engaged the
land batteries at aud near the Aqua
Creek landing. aud "a lively little affair it
was for some time. In the afternoon
Cant. Il. Lindsey Walker lurated his bat
terry of field pieces on the side oi the hill
near the fish houses asked permission
to take charge uf the right hand gun
and aim IT, Capt Walker readily grant
ed the permission. asked PERMISSION
then to run the piece down to the water =
edge that / might recochet my shot, but
he said the enemy could reeochet as well
as | could and one broadside would
probably do us up; but | had the pleas
ure OF seeing the dust fly from the old
Pawnee a. my shot entered her. and Of
hearing Capt Walker cry out, You gave
her HI that time Johnson, do it again.
| am unable To give the date ol this ar
tillery battle, but wish someone having
the data would give the date. IL was
probably in June or July, lSOl.
will recall but one more incident.
Capt Crocket, OF the 2nd Ark. Vol. lni.,
was in command Of the battery at the
landing, his company being used to man
the guns. In the early part Of the action
a chicken coop belonging to the captain
was struck by piece of shell and the
birds were liberated. A young rooster
thus liberated iiew up on the parapet
and crowed most Justify during the
heaviest OF the bOmbardment. Capt.
Crockett said he had an lrishman in his
company who, when the old Pawnee
would send n whole broadside at him,