The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
LAST KILLED.
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Who was tile last man killed on ,elliisr
side q Il Appomatt ox on the y az, dhy5.nl
SA All AZ sg5. perhnps will never be Know
MI the last man killed that = lilio q
tIin y II ,on,t twas an old man IVY IN graS
1nistache, and looked 4 ke5 Y n, 81
Tia belonged to- the Yankce caynf,lr,y, 81
Enot know his re giment, but t1ln X st
Mas tic Eighth PENNSYLVANIA cavalry
e belonged TO Company Fl s., Tenth 5Sii ~
GINA cavalry. Our Company was was k.lp - 1.
as the Valley Rang ers ND th Ing =
o,,r neI, were from r ckinEhanlsc otl',
Oursreginent belonged To-
!, - which was nude sup OF Tenth.
GNimth and 4 Fourteenth Virginia Regl-T33
Ine,lts and First a North Carroll 1n
M. morning Of the surrender We nad III e.
,.nnsdcra battle southwest 81 20 !pll&
MAJ toy <C.ourthouse,6 anu ran the a aIkerss
hnok. and r think it was the SlFou rteeln 81
regiment hat captured some ar y.
9Wa1ran the Yankee ca pa cK sliil y
gthickE body Of woods In when I1 v as ~ g.
3tl,ick is of undergrowth mere vas "a.
!, !, !, ia = road leading Through this
hr,sl,. and some five or 81 xs3p Jus rode p'
$S,u,Plths road and fired n t he ani;ees
thnt wero working their y way through
4 ht.se Susie e This old MAJ II. mentioned
..hove II me out into this MIR 9 y rond
about twenty yards in ron Of us. "a lic
was riding n cine liorsc ans ths
horse wa S lucl exc ted and danced
around frnntically forS;lE III te or W..
ENo ordered tho $ridcT to surrende va ptlt
III did not scent to understand $lls.
q hnn spoke to Aim $in German and told
him tolthrow down Ills pistol, gsWh cll no
.ed Sin5hI5 hand. hon si''lse lo lll'l5
III turned 8nis horse and started to set
away from us. If When he started 20 way
Mike Summers. co1nlpfan VI !, raiser
lis sharp Scarbinea ssnd shot hin throuRn
Tic head !, lie fel from hir horse &tlea 9.
5At@ this snolrtS there were some three pl't
sfourS8horses shitchcdsto% trees, and while
tho other boys proceedcd .gto unite 81 nc ln
horses Il rode cup this road ~ sh0rs dis
lance End looked out into !, 2 q field ana
saw a column OF infantry in line OF bat
ttle. md the cavalry we had run back
had formed In rea y OF the Etntuntry, and,
were just starting to charge down me = e}
road, IL gallopped back and told 1 the
boys to get out, as the Yankees vs.,
coming, Wc soon got back into a field
and turned to the3left out OF lie road
3JYo went about one hundred yards and
looked back and saw the Yankees going
down the road after Bob uffner, ono
Of my company. We fired m yolley into
them, and u db came out, NJ hen We got
back to this field we found everybody
moving back In tile direction spf the
CONFERENCE.-THE 4cllft III WY ~ " f'e FSN
ana soon met our Colonel. II Bob Caskies
l lIe told US that General Lee has sur
rendered, and did not know what to adj,
wise us to do Il We owned our horses and and
ala not know the terms Of the surrender,
ana thought best to get out and not sur
render there, SO we rode out md kent
in q run for a few miles. and then took
1t slowly until we got back home, B;
q Now this. Yankee was shot ter Gem
eral Beal had been shot 81 and I think
soma little time after General EI4ee had
ssurrepderst.,5 as we were gu III in tho.
bushes and did not kno W !; what was go-a
Ing OF, elsewhere We did not hear any
firing after we came out Of I hat thloket,
ana fsthis was not the last man killed
At was one OF the last, am very much
Interested In the letters from the old
veterans, and hope they will commune to
write for your valuable paper.
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