The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

sion o. Hills and deep gorEesf Gradually
descending from the Cold Ifarbor house
70 the swamp. The Federal position was VA
magnificent. u surpassed aIi !. u \
hraveiv. ana but FOR the sud- On And I'M
expected arrival of Il etonewall Jackson
xvithl ria CORPS would have won the vlo-a
ftorv. MaftsS Of the 81 edsral troops, IN.
,Ieed the majority Of them, believed that
jackson had been shut up In the alley
~ Fremont and Shields, ana his unex-3
pected appearance in Nc Clellani's rear ar
filled them with tismay IN V Ssf
Z Locating Stonewall Jackson.
Heard q story soon after the battle
which may explain the feelings Of the =
Union troops. party of Federal otll-$
GERS, stationed at Cold II Hnf Dor during
sotissiilr the merits Of jackson as Q gem
eral, One declared his career was at an
end that he was penned UP IN the Val
ley b and a without the means OF escape
taking Stick, he traced q diagram on
the ground. ~ ISL II .ii5S III VI m 9i3 ].
.iHere,o ne said, pointing 20 q part Of
it,s."is Jackson 8 position. + ne retreats
this way, Fremont viii destroy him, or.
.if he goes here, he will fall into shiel los
clutches, and III "a K v, "A !.
AS ne SPOKE tremendous fire burst
3upor, them from the rear, Dashins his
stick ito the ground, he exclaimed IN an
my aod there, d okson now. No one
else could do that syve will DO our duty, n
gentlemen: X but we are lost. W. Il N III
N Passing through the abandoned camp
9of a Michigan regiment, | found a part
Y 81 d flag Some Federal sol lers had
doubtless DESTROYED ITO prevent is cap IN
sture.S @l5si 5 II s1SS @ All MI BfF5si III
AZ AZ / rode through, one 4 Of the gorges
In, which the battle had ragged hptly y
found an IrishtnanG u Federal soldier
bathing his wounded arm In the creek.
aI entered into conversation With Y him
9''Whose camp was that n, asked, point
Ting to one near us. .5i
n HBe jabbers, r he replied, with q ,lausf,
"the last time 15heard from Il, II was
9stonewal Jackson II &. s5j VI i
& II, going over the field I found myself
suddenly among a large Gro wd' Of y FEDERAL err!
Jofficcrs and men, voluntarily I e elned
IN my horse but in "a moment ! saw
that I was In q camp OF wounded men.
Large numbers Of wounded IND beet, cap
ftured during the battleH, and many had
been left behind i by Nee elan during
tho retreat Few Of II them had been
conveyed to Richmond owing to the inns
perfect u transportat on faeili ties 9Sof the
i Confederates, The po or fell oWs were SUI
{ferlng terribly from va rlous 90 uses, but
$itf@was not within the NJ pc wer IA OF the
Southern authorities to do III mtlchHs for
them. VI Their own men were suffering
from 4 similar causes, and they could
do but little for them. Hospital stores
4 and medicines had been declared contra
band d BY tho United States authorities.
and It was extremel " difficult toES pro-
cure them In the south5g was not
until yearalaterS that the Southern hos
pitfalls ii were VI supplied Il wi tn /! n "a hird Of
what was Gabsolutely asneed ad .i$Sias ar
4. Tho dead had been buried ID; abut sSa few
horses remained a boVe ground. II Long 4
rows of graves marked the resting placer
Of those men who had fallen In the bait
tie. Like most graves OF THU kind the 4
bitches were shallow; but the; dead were
all decently inferred. sevenBmonths later
i rode across the same field; the rains
the remains, and skeletons were lying
thlckly over the hills and valleys. This
could not have been avoided. The soil
OF 81 Hanover d Ia "A light and sandy, * and
washes very much, The faot Of TIL skel !e.
tons lying above the ground In 1886, " when zen
Richmond fell, may have given rise to
the assertion that the Confederntes had
not buried tho Federal dead who fell lin!
the battle OF the CHI ickahominy. These
charges wcro made through misunder-
standing Of the facts. n saw the fields
after tho dead were buried. and after the
rain had washed UP tbs skeletons,
J Little Ruse.
Z Al was growing late, and ( turned my 4
horses head Nhomeward. Upon reaching
the hills above the Meadow Bridge
found the whole n!cket force drawn up
across. tho bridge. could be seen by
tho guard, and 1 at once thought that
my trick OF the morning had been under
Stood and that they were resolved to be
more strict with me now. NJ pass would \
not suit them as It was Intended for
another part OF the line. II had no idea
of being sent to the guard-house, or left 4
all night IN the swamp, 50 4 resolved
upon a bold ruse, Just 5insS front Of me
saw a man riding sup$ the road beyond
the bridge Putting spurs to my horse, A
Il dashed down to5t the bridge. Tho SER
3gea1,t advanced to meet me.
Has General Cobb passed here this
afternoon ~ / asked quickly. 5
n I. The sergeant looked at me with q be-
awIldered air. * #i IA si II y u.
n l,''I3e quick 81 cried lrpatiently; IT
can't walt here all day. 5 IN 81 81
The man touched his hat, ana pointing
to tho horsoman If ahead OF me. said
5doubtfully: " 4. a,
43Sf ON IluO p6ttoFT F1lot vi, p'A l1!u ooo
~ that's the General. tsSl5 x VA. H
The guard gavo way. md II dashed
across the bridge, and did not draw my
rein until 1 had reached the man before
ma. discovered that he! was a Ham
over farmer who had Just crossed the
bridge with#a pass, he laughed heartily
when told him OF my ruse. The
guard consisted Of mombers OF General
cobbs Brigade, and We're the Rreenest
Georgans have ever seen, I depended
upon this estimate OF them forfthe sues
cess Of my srategem. The result proved
the correctness OF my opinion, ] reached
Richmond at sunset greatly fatigued by
my trip, having ridden forty miles after
% o'clock In the morning. L,
General Pope's Uniform
The summer passed away rapidly. The
Notifications were greatly strengthened,
and soon the campaign against Major
General Pope's army began. The uni-
form coat Of that commander was cap
atured by stuarts Cavalry n IN one OF
their raids and brought to Richmond.
II was exhibited In the window OF MesarB