The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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Interesting Var History :!1i from
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AS Front Rank.
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Events 81 the Famous Raid i aid WI ~
~ HIN ever Lose Their Intense e: l'1'
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The description Of the capturing q 'h 81
court martial ~ General Dahlgr'c 'l fu w
n nished by your correspo Mrs ~ 3
brings to mind our sojourn II winter S1'',s
\ quarters Ut T'rcdericks HAL, IN tho goso'd $
aid county Of Lousn, I was 10 member EN- , e
H 81 Griffin,s Battery Company ~, tirst
Virginia Artillery with which .r r
III tho richmond FIowitzers (two Dntterie Il,
were also connected. his was durllls Wy ~.
winter Of 1904, which ended WIN ny "
opening Of very even 1ui1 = =. -.
q. ginning with til ebnttle Of the Wilderness.
to Join in which we were cafe ale uilTeseSitt
from our winter quarters. 81 NJ III D. 8
The Dahlgren raid was a rud de q WaKce'fls
@sirr. M The artillery of the Second Corps
q was spending O n winter s Of Quiet Tar!
~ the rear Of the army . N o. dcr e
facilitate the gathering Of forage II. for !t7l1
sesst Ia hor ses, There was neither IN fantry
t9lsII,t,r cavalry fforded us for aid N q @
.fense. @ one was cons dered nee u: lul. q
trrin,jjd on us would scarcely bs attempted,
q Md If 1T would be, there were the g! us
eyes Of as Watchful and fea rless cavaliers 'l
as nVGr56SWOrc
9Si fancied security. The writer was SPEND
n nj, d pleasant evening in the parorii &; &
ia fro own ~ Of d mill In the neg hborhood.
The pleasures OF the visit were &sudde
4 broken into by the quick rapplng OF o
SCI nei ghbor38 on the window He did not
have time to go to the door. We threw
opcn the window while he brenthlessly
reported ;al The Yankee cavalry are
securing the country:SSI Beaver Dam deiot
IS 5sin flames; the enemy are coming up
the main road and will be- here any mo-
5nlent. .8f 3 5 "A 5,s lttsagS q
CROPPING IN DARKNESS.
i5 Hurried council Of war was held. The
ladies' proposed to furnish the visiting
III soldier with place Of refuge to which
he could yaltnntly retreat until tho $Yntn-
GLORIOUS raid would De over. He. n W--
y ever, decided to report ! Q cnHp for duty.
But would any one be In camp. ss u eaa-
Ing for the place where tho battery was
supposed to be, he had to travel through
VI a, dense woods I'm which the road from
Beaver Dam ntersected with the R main
road, carrying 18th him the We'll wishes
Of his fair entertainers OF the evening.
Thenlght. though yet not past ~ osclo t'e
was Intensely dark suddenly q Al voice
s. called, Halt! We answered sinterroga tive
sly. De were sure we were in Yankee
hands, and we were feeling our way for
4 ingiorIous retreat under cover OF dark
mess and tho 4proteotion Of trees. when
we recognized the voice Of Lieutenant
4 ~. w, Dinguld, 3 known as Darby q
81 gallant and brave soldier Of the Salem
Artillery, who afterwards lost his lifhg on
y. the field Of battle at Pole Green g nrcll.
Lieutenant Dinguid had * hastily ID r.
ganized whatever could be spare 3 lroH
the battery and struck out for scout
4 duty to supply the place Of cavalry. He
Z had taken every spare man and horse
IS end was hanging on the flnnks OF Dahl.
f gren. GA TX
Lieutenant Henry Z. Blair. Of the same
battery, afterwards judge of the CIRCUIT
Court of the Roanoke District, Was 51udgel
advocat eof the court-martlnlt md was
among the captured mentioned ny your
correspondent, Mrs. T., s. y lie 1lloWef
the fortunes Of prisoner until near
Richmond when, during a. night march
he belng OF the stature OF Znccheus.8 con
stepped behind u troo while his
4 captors moved on. When It was sufe
& to withdraw from his cogne OF vantage
NJ he struck out for the old family homo N
q q Richmond, where he enjoyed a Well
earned, but irregular furlough OF q row
days. ,-- a. n
81 SCARED DAALGRENs OFF.
/ why did not Dahgren attack inc
n cavalry ut FredcrlcKs 51ialll5 ING uFtllieFS
was Enthusiastically, an object, u sort OF
side issue. We understood at the time
and believe II to be true, that the failure
to attack was due to an "intellisent con
al traband" Of Louisa. A negro Of the
ne,ghborhood was taken before MIN wher
tho following colloquy ensued: &
t.Well, my friend. are there any IN
fentry or cavalry over there IN tina
camp? Il
81 dunno, sah." replied the G.
n Haven't you been about the cam
ary?"
dab now an den."
sti8 .,Weli, now. have the Rebels anythin
hut big guns over theref"
.,You mean have dey any guns Wit
stickers on em?" 81
YES
..Well. sab, yes. sdey has got a lot 9
iem," NJ
4 Now, 1t is true that we We're provide
with u few nfuskets to do guard dul!
land that TACT saved US, For what coul
we have done In defending ourselpt
against a lot OF cavalry We hpd w
disadvantage Of q surprise In addition
that Of an unWieldly arm Of the serylc
IA Ii is fair to presume. therefore that "
saving OF our artillery was due ehlel''
IL not altogether 70 the representatlo Ion
tie aforesaid intelligent contraband.
g5 WIN, EFFIAII ilJHBERT
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