The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
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NEWMARKET! Il! |: d.
Many Claim Credit of.& Victory
Bit Glory to a IL. l' 'sti 5#
Elephants. d.
5WHARTo N BRIGADE . : IN n. 1T
Nvorlltlcd l2rivatc's Letter y Ills
Nfotl,crsJ Just AftsrSstlilcc
<s Stiff Battle.

isE$ Stiff Battle. s3 5ssss VI
ri AfterSrlorc than twelve mont. g Do
licc duty by wharton brigade IN Ia n
E,iiernessee. Sou invest N,irglril;;L
E5shcnnndonli VALLEY, t!lef bca tiS reaching
from cambridge ind Bean " s t tiotn;
1sas tern IA Tennessee, to n Ylnehest y aug
st;ortlonsvlless on thc5 ems and y trough;
E5hllesl,any.g Bath, 6Greenbrler, Aloiiror5aiidI
| Giles counties. in the Nirglnias, and g
continuous marching and connterniarcll-.33
Ing. witlialn,osI no rest, ca rly iil Ma
1864 we Snre headed 4 gain Tor our loved
whey The morning Of the 5tll. OF May
found i us III n new company Several
smaller detachincnts have Joined ns. g
break camp CARLY "A battle lis expected.
q for the enemy Is reported coming UP tho
Valley near New Market. We hurry for
II ward oi, u forced march, and some mes,
at double quick ~ bout 5n mile south Of
Now Market we form Inc OF Ebattle#on
both side OF tile pike In an open field.
lyc clear fences lii our I rom, & and tho
nrtlIlcryjncn measure the ground. and
every .Sprrpitratlon Is made 10 receive
our Wis tors for they are N In VI he town
ana moving on lia. NJ q soon learn that
we arc he on Ga who are toSn;kogthe a t-H
5t acIs.s and moving Forward s5a u double
tluicls, NC ~ 70 soon In n c oximit y
to} tIie enemy. aga III make. a halt
llcarS llG5 towi /, oit' lincacoyerlg the I'LL;
west q town. my reg ment covering the
crest 81 Tho llll.$mH company In the open
prl tho west side, part of te&rcglmentEin.
ia thlckrt OF brush and Stangle ils under
III tfiaS west scrcst of tho hill. company
h 3licre appeared Il to be on he west flank
no other troops appearing on our vest.
Hero tho batteries OF the enemy ii soo,
secured our range and the shells from
their guns began to burst Il. orr ranks
Sand here we're our first casualties. and
i wanted 10 4 rctaliatc. and asked 81 the
# privilege OF shooting a t II regim ent III
5i5IIelerals who We're moving from olit&
nsplendld order in a hollow square,
every officer easily srccogli2a bic, IN they
being but about three or sfnur%hundredi
Yards from IFS. a this Distance could
have easily picked OFF any man anlong
them "a late practice wi TIL my Ill @ Ind
n made me conhdsnt) J. & They soon disap-8
pcared iii I 4 wood beyond tic rlvinc
where we first saw them and W moved
forward to tho ravine. where tlyc divcstedS
ourselves of everything tint would re-a
tard oursnmrch (knaksncls, blankets. etc II
stay was short; e35rloye steadily for-3
ward In battle line through, tho woods
SJ my company ii h depression. the regf "
Fl yient covering tho hill to tile right lust
nj bcyonl the wood, The#hll gives out:
u my company energies from, Ia consld der
able ucprnss Ion on to tho highland. swhero
n q sight is presented 10 awe the bcholder.
4 From my point OF vantage ri our whole
limo ofsbattlc is visible, and the enemy.
seemingly three or four To- our one, Is
also Visible Y 80 also IS their battcry ma
y media telY5in tho front q & the left flank
OF my regiment, Tho whole OF tho enc
81 my s. line Is not more than ono II hum
dlcd yards III our front except their res
serves. Hero we halt and give them
a grand salute. but to stay here meant
unnihilntion2 for US, "A tt was too warm ~
place. for tho enemy nc cnived us royalty
< j Zero Was a grand pectac 9. Our line
looked like 1t was OH dress parade
Straight as a line, the enemy \ In our
front In perfect military fornh and along
tile pike they seemed In three or four
B 1rassed columns. IS In " "a bsi1 fsit g8SyS
81 tho pike, Our line seemed To slightly
n sway as a rope In the wind. Tho enemy.
" had covered one hnlf tho distance along
tho pike and We're In fifty yards Of our
8linc, when VIC were reinforced by moro
than three thousand Confederate yels.
II repeatedly and long drawn out. II and a.
simultaneous forward movement of b our
officers with tho VOID, L Como on, boys
repeated and eagerly obeyed by my cons
d pany, led by Lieutenant Sam. Stone (the
Il captain had been killed carly after tho
4 hal .a8 Our line now seemed to DO IN dis
s order. some being more prompt than
others To- obey the forward movement.
\ but the disorder wa 3. soon transferred
4 from our, llhe to that of the enemy, who;
now recoled and.fella back on their re-
serves, who also fell back IN Z apparent
e disorder. Some Of our men Ind lain
down by command and were twenty or
thirty yards IN the rear When the ene-
A my broke but before they broke they
gave us "a parting salute--one that made
e ma halt / had not reached tho battery,
though. in the front rank, Now imme-.y9
diately on my left, appeared for the first
time olr battalion, the most Of them out
f Of sight and range ut I his time and to}
z have fired on THO enemy's battery would
DO to fire right obliguc, as Company A.S
In tho FIfty-tll'st Regiment, fired left
obliauo (as per Mr.. VOLTS letter.. q This
Ct WIS as far rs i went. hut before II was
carried from the field Victory was Sperched
M our banners, a member OF the bait
talon and ono of my Owl, company ca rs
rled me from The field to The field hos
pitaL @ TIN 9{ 5s5 5 Is b SSis "a III
Now, That any man. ~. company & can
ray that amy snrle else in fills engagement
failed to do his duty, he Or hey we're
certainly not there, 4 have seell Nc VII
ten that the battle was won by the ear
diets from the 'lrginias n tarS lnsti tute.
s and that Ildgar's ia lion lFai gained
n the day, and I lies; captured the Sellelns's