The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22

! ginIn Cavalry, when / was invited by
| Turner Ashby, who had then recently
| been made Brlgadler General, 10 join ms
| command and take position on ms
| staff when it should be organized. Els
| command consisted OF force when
| afterwards, with the accession OF some
| other companies, became organized INTO
the Seventh, Eleventh and Twelfth Resl,
| ments OF Cavalry. On the morning OF
the 9th OF June, 1862. we moved IN the
| rear Of Jackson's army to a point few
miles south from ITnrrsonburg, on the
turnpike, and from thence turned east
| ward in the general direction OF Fort
Republic.
About four or five miles from the turn
pike, and while I was riding IN the rear
Of the column OF cavalry. we reached
the crest OF Il ridge. Mr.. Henry stephen.
son, OF Frederick county, and myself mad
dlsmounted, and were eating some 'ooa
which he had provided. when ! saw a
column OF Federal cavalry appear on q
ridge about 400 yards north OF rs. 3Ihs
column was soon formed into line, 'front.'
ing US and an officer rode out from tho
left OF the line and then down the entire
front OF 1t. told Stephenson that "
appeared to me that they were about 70
| charge our rear. ! asked him to rlde 20
1.-The front and deliver. to General Ashbyl
| A. message from me to that effect. He
did so, and had been gone about fifteen
| minutes, when the purpose Of the enemy
became quite evident. l determined TO
check 1t If possible until our commana
could be placed in position, and TO mat
end called on the men about me to form
into limo and make Il demonstration. ~
that moment the officer who had al
tractcd my attention rode out to the
| front of his line, and brandshng his
sabre, rode rapidly down the slope Of the
| ridge in our direction, Calling on our
| men to follow me, I rode down the slope
| of the ridge that VIC were on to meet
| him. AS We approached each other, ana
when we were about fifty yards apart,
| I discovered that while the ground was
| on was hard and dry and free from
| grass, the field In which he was riding
was covered with long grass, which be
| came thicker as 1t approached the bot
| tom. When we were about ten or flf-
teen feet apart saw that between us
was a sunken fence about two feet high,
! ard that my opponent was moving with
| great difficulty over the ground. UP 10
that moment had held my sabre In my
hand. but I then dropped 1t on the
! leather throng and drew my pistol. Col.
! Wyndham's horse had It's forefeet over
|
| his 50 bro with an ease and rapldlty or
movement which showed that he was
master of It, put the spurs into my
horse and reached him before he had
crossed the fence. I put my pistol I'M
medately against tho side OF his nose
and told him to drop his sabre, Flo re-.
garded me with apparent uncopcern; GER
talnly there was no excitement or emo
! itton betrayed in his countenance.
pressed the pistol against his face and
again told him to drop his sabre.
lie then said, in a quiet tone, II am
your prisoner, SIR; and no dropped his
| sabre on tho ground Instead OF handing
1t to me- told him to unbucklc his
belt and hand It to me, which no promptly
did. | then told him to dismount, when
he did, and he then picked up his SABRE
and handed It to mo- holding II by the
| point i returned the sabre to Its scaD-
bard, buckled the belt, which held a pistol
| In q holster. about me, and told him TO
(, come forward. His horse all the While
remained in tho position ms before, with
! its forelegs over the fence. | should nave
! made Col, Wyndhnm mount but did
| not l was elnted and excited, and hao
no thought OF approprlatlng his belong
ings to myself except his arms'4l took
him off. UP the slope O. the rldse ne no
i clinging to my left stirrup leather. IN
! tho crest OF the ridge ! turned him over
1 to lieutenant Colonel Funston, and after
4 that saw him no more. During this en-
! tire cpisode there was no other man
/ within thirty feet Of MS, Tho men OF
i the command had ridden toward inc
enemy, hut higher up on the sido az tne
i ridge, They thus avoided tho marsh
| through which Col, Wyndhaln had strug-
rlcd They overlook his command ana
routed 1t, driving many OF them into
Ii Inc marsh and capturing then Whl,e
Col. Wyndham was walking Mt the slae
n my horse he denounced bitterly ms
i so,diers, lie told me that he was the
Colonel of a. New Jersey Regiment put
VAS then commanding brigade, ana
that his men would not lolloW NJ, ili' ~.
which had been quite apparent VINO got
Col. Wyndham's horse and It's accoutFe.
ments did not know, and indeed dla not
care. had gotten him, and that VIII
oft the co-opern ton Of any human pe-
4. Ing, and was satisfied with that.
T was not in the actual flsht when
onsned with the enemy's cavalry, ana
fms have no personal knowledge OF T..
j 7 saw General Ashby but once later ~
4 tho day, and had but moments talk
WITH him. He had rubber blanket
d o,ho,,t his shoulders, and he expressed
/ Qualification at the result as far as u
had been reached Later In the day nc
placed himself at the head OF an infan-
try regiment and fell In a charge upon
the Pennsylvania Bucktails.
For more than forty years the arms
taken from Col Wyndham have hung "