The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-01
cred 10 Ii. Many were the deeds Of
Valor upon that memorable field
Gen. Jnckson.s Report

cred to 1T. Many were the deeds Of
Naior upon that memorable field.
ten. Jackson's Report.
Gen. Jackson, in reference 10 this on
set, says I'm his official report:
In this charge in which upwards
of thousand men FELL killed and
wounded. before the fire Of the enemy.
and in which IA pieces of artillery and
nearly a regiment We're captured, tho
4th Texas, under the lead of Gen.
Hood. was the first to pierce these
strongholds and seize the guns Al
though swept from their defences by
this rapid and almost matchless display
OF daring and desperate yalor, the we'll
disciplined Federals continued in re-
treat To fight with stubborn resistance"
ON the following day, as he surveyed
the ground over which my brave men
charged, he rendered them n Just
tribute when he exclaimed: The men
who carried this position were soldiers
indeed"
/ Maj. Warwick, Of the 4th Texas a
brave and efficient officer fell mortaIly
wounded near the works. whilst urging
his men forward to the charge; over
one-haif Of this regiment lay dead or
wounded along a distance of one mile.
Maj. Haskell, SON in law of Gen Hamp-
ton. won my admiration by his in
domltable courage: just after my
| troops had broken the adversary's line,
and / was sorely in need OF staff Off
GERS, he reported TO me for duty, sword
| in hand, notwithstanding one of his
arms had by a shot been completely
severed from his body / naturally In
structed him to go in search OF a Sur
geon.
After the capture of the artillery
| posted on the hin in rear OF the Fed
/ eral line, strange and interesting in
/ cident occurred. The I'd Cav my rcgi-
ment in the United States service prior
TO the war, gallantly charged the 4th
Texas, the regiment ] had organized
and commanded in the Confederate
army. Maj. Whiting. who was Cap
tain of my company on the frontier OF
Texas, commanded the former in this
bold attack to recapturt these guns;
his horse was killed under him. and he
fell stunned, though unharmed, at the
| feet Of my men, and was taken priS-
| oner.
When the battle had ceased, I gave
my attention at once and during the
night to the care of the wounded, as
doctors, litter-bearers and ambulance
| drivers were without much experience
at that early period of hostilities. As
L rode over the field. about o'clock
in the morning, amid the wounded,
whose touching appeals for water re-
sounded on every side. a voice in the
distance arose, calling me by my sur
name in tones of deep distress. Short
| ly after one of my soldiers came and
| reported to me that Capt. Chambiiss.
an old friend, and member of the I'd
| Cav, u. S. A, was lying upon the hill,
desperately wounded. / ordered him TO
return Immediately, to render every
| assistance in his power. and to assure
Cbamblfss that / would soon be With
| him, as / was then completing the
necessary arrangements for the care OF
the wounded. About daybreak reach
| ed the spot where my friend lay, and
we met with the same warmth of feel
| ing which had characterized our inter-
course previous to the war. L issued
| instructions to have him transported
to the hospital. and accorded the same
| attention given 10 my own wounded
officers. Although feared at the time
| his wounds would prove mortal. he,
am glad to state, finally recovered.
Subsequent to the battles around
Richmond, /, in company with Col.
Fitzhugh Lee. also formerly OF the 2d
Cav, II. 8. A., visited the Capital, and,
at the Libby Prison, called upon Whit
ing and Chambliss. with whom we re-
newed the cordial relations we had en-
joyed upon the frontier
"A Bloody and Fruitless Contest
The dead were buried on the field of
Cold Harbor or Gaines's Mills on the
2Sth, and the afternoon of the 29th
| my brigade began the pursuit of the
enemy along with Jackson's forces.
| We crossed the Chickahominy at Grape>
vine Bridge, near the railroad; arrived
at Savage's Station the morning of the
30th, and pushed on to White Oak
| Swamp, where we found the enemy in
position on the opposite side OF the
stream, in our immediate front, behind
| the bridge, which they had destroyed
on the retreat. Gen. Jackson ordered
| forward a few batteries. opened fire.
and at the same time sent detachments
to the right and left to effect a cross
ing and assail our adversary upon both
| fianks. Whilst this artillery duel in
our front was progressing Longstreet
and A. P Hill were heavily engaged
lower down at Frayser's Farm. At
very early hour on the morning of July
1 we forced the passage of White Oak
Swamp, moved rapidly forward, and
before long reached the field which
Hill and Longstreet had compelled the
enemy to abandon. From this point
Jackson's Corps led the advance of
Lees army upon the Willis Church
road; my brigade, under an annoying
fire from the Federal rear guard, soon
arrived in an open field in front of and
commanded by Malvern Hill. The lat
ter was not only position of immense
natural strength, but was moreover
crowned with artillery which was sup
ported by McCleilan's entire army.
Gen. Writings Division In this
meadow constituted the left Of the Con-
federate line, and although the posi-
ton occupied by the enemy In our inn
mediate front was seemingly impregna-
BILE. the country on their right appeared
to be open and TO afford an easy ap-
proach. 1 therefore dispatched some
of my Texas scouts to reconnoiter in
that direction. The report, shortly re-
ceived, was OF favorable character,
and Gen. Hampton and l requested of
Gen. Whiting permission to turn and
assail this exposed flank. Our appli-
cation was not granted, however, and
we remained during the day under
murderous fire of artillery, whilst our
forces on the right were driven back
in every attempt made to gain posses
sion of Malvern Hill The ensuing
night the Federals retreated to Har-
rison's Landing, on the James River,
and thus put an end to this bloody and
fruitless contest.
Back to Manassas.
Gen. Jackson marched, after this en-
gagement, i'm the direction of Culpeper
Court House, leaving my brigade with
Longstreet. The battle at Cedar Run
soon followed, and resulted in bril-
liant victory for Jackson over Pope,
whilst Longstreet remained with his