The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

n uIlOdCst FIatlhL u iIlO GIN 'SnoI y"
absent and no one seemed to know where
he was. Twas said that General ustrod
.Johnson,@ on ctr left, was being heatot,
back, and was calling for aid agatn6 that
General Mtnford, with two cavalry 8bri-
sades. had reinforced Johns on.. and, IN
turn vas driving the enemy, 10 Joe
Mayo car1e5t To- my headquarters and COM
plained that as far m he knew, there
were no pickets In our! front. ! told HIN,
there were none from my command but
that Il knew there were troops IN our
possibly GENERALLY II. T.SLee's brigade
OF cavalry, as he had been operating with
us the. night before. "
GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
Mayo said that Ransom on, our lett,
ett,s absences no one would assurne the
responsibility Of weakening his division.
$Goncral&gfE Geo. 3FI!S Hteuurt &&&(known as
'sMarylandRgS tcuart)i, the SseIlio brigadler,
r~efused%satfe responsibility. urgedgMayo
to throw O. picket in our front; our men
In the works had been 3 the march
and battlet1 Held @cOntinuously for 70 hours,
and they would sleep IN the trenches.
He said he thought so, too, but he feared fef
firing from that direction was &Scontin-
ually getting nearer and nearer. Just
then a courier In great hastc$alld much
excited rode up to Mayo from whom
he anne Or what was his ~comtnunica-
ton IIS d q not know. Mayo onlyfsaid to
me, Ransom still asks for help ana
rode on, 48buta a. moment later RODE pnck!
and ordered TO cover my front Win
one con1pany,aSard to order hat4cofnpany
Fas 5outposts.. II Immediately sent - Lleu-
.tenaant whit $Lnzenby with Company =
to execute this order. There was now
q general feeling of MISUNDERSTANDING
our officers and men: SWa%had seen SO
much service that something IN the
wind told when things were going wrong.
" afelt#Svery anxious as to- Lnzenby Ing ING
his company. IA L knew that he Ga enDyl
would fight ttcm as long sas ne mao q
cartridges In his box,f.bu Thought pos,
IN, mn NfriiIlg 1T lack discretlon u. &314 rode o
short distance IN my front and met
ono fof Lazenby's mon Il had forgot
ten his name, but that gallant old cong
Srade. Ned Ewart, came to my rescue
nav or two since, and in conversation
With Him I was Informed that this man
was Ned Farmer), mounted Upon Q splen-l
did horse and marching q prisoner be-
side him. Ned said he had captured nm
on IA lines, The prisoner stated that
ha BELONGED $htoo .Gesneraals MerritEt'sSs CaYal-
~ Division. I sent Farmer With his
hSrae And 81 soner is Colonel Mayo. Far
MGR telling me that Lazenby was all
right, x felt assured. Soon after that
u heard firing along Lazenby's line; ne
was evidently. esgaged, 81 called y the
regiment at once to arms, and awaited
developments. The firing on SELazenbyis
line soon ceased, but / had no report
from rim. soon Lieutenant Clarence Ha-s
den. or Comlpnnly B, i came Inland re-
ported that 7 azenby5a and bis whole w COM
mandss had been captured BY the, enemy.
8 at once nica advised Colonel Mayo I re-
ceiyed3 no reply from him. or. to my COM
m%unieation. but Instead, m order u to
march my regiment, by the left flank
down our line Of works md report e
General RANSOM, and place myself ana
command under his orders.
WANTED "A DIVISION,
In the forgetfnlness Of forty years "
cannot shy how fur I marched, but L
do not&think moro than a fourth Of o
mile. when r. met General Ransom and
reported to him, giving mY name ana
rank. What command have you,a3ce o.
nel ~ he asked. I replied. "The largest.
and best regiment IT. the rmy.HH@ Ills
reply was" want division and then
said. ""Yo,i march here" pointing mme-
wherever you md him. II possible hold
him until I Join you. On my march l
my old schoolmate, Will.
Early, commanding q section OF artillery,
He told me they were driving US. but that
jl,e..had good position and would give
him grape and canister as soon as no got
in sight (Dear, gallant Early DIED
5there,) moved rapidly through the
dense pines and soon caught glimnses
Of the encmy's colors. They were marc.a-t
Ing rapidly by the flank. r Immediately
sent, at short Intervals. threes couri.rs
tone Of whom was Captain Ro. MitchelD.
with orders to- report TO General Ran
som or Colonel Mayo or General steu-
art, and tell them a large body OF the
enemy was In our immediate rear.
would engage him at once and they
could direct their march BY my guns.
They were between us and our wagon
and ammunition trains. and I advised
that the division be faced about. ana
cut our way through and save tho trains.
II never heard anything from any OF my
couriers. Just here met q Captain
Hubbard, a gallant fellow, ! forget his
command. We agreed to close on each
other and attack at once, we advanced
and opened fire, and, although I saw Ills
colors fall several times. SO intent was
he upon his move that he continued his
march by tho flank, 7 determined to,
stop him and did so, but I found to my
sorrow I had stopped q monster. Hup
bard and myself were being en%veloped,
SO I undoubled my ranks 80 as 10 pre-
sent as long a front as possible and,
expecting every mment the whole OF
Pickett's division to my relief, a
GETTING OUT OLA HOT PLACE.
As the enemy advanced ! continued my
fire, but began TO march backwards The
pines were SO thick 7 had to dlsmount,
but kept my face to the enemy, watching
his movements, when Suddenly heard
a man in my rear. some ten or twenty
steps, say: oh surrender" ] turned
and saw Yankee cavalry In or about
our works that we had recently left. and
where I expected to And Piokett's Dlyis-
Ion. called for my horse aud mounted
him. and said to my men that was
but a short white out Of prison, and j
would not SO back, but that advised
them 10 surrender. and told Jake Frtar.
my adtutant, my intention to get out, Il
possible. laid fiat on my horse and
gnlloped down my line to the left.
saw one OF my companies get through
.ust beforsI got there. but the cavalry
and intantry. as I thought, but II proved
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