The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05

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& Past & oMm AnDE r ~ q. 4 !! 49, 85
Coz /, Fourth 8Nlrsl MA CaV ''' s
drawing hastily from ST. james Church.
and Hampton was al SO ofdered 70 move
back to Fleet wood ELL. The Sixth Viz
glna Cavalry, II under the command q
Major Flournoy, number ing no but 2o Dss
men, charged Ave giments g ne enc.
my at the railroad, and had them N
full retreat when the Confedcrates were
attacked In rear and forced to fall back 4
towards the " M illcrS house, whom thu
Federal III rtillery8 opened upon Them.
rlournoy Nh and his brave riders charged
the battery & and took It, Sbut were UNI.
able to hold 1t sand were driven back
In confusion 10 tho NJ Her house. where ere
tho YirglninnB rallied and reformed. Ii
# The gallant Hampton vas coming up
Under him were the Cobb Georgia Les
zion, command led by the splendid r. ~
b young Il ,lpported by tho First South
Carolina Cavalry \ under Colonel j. u.
Black Z; the First North Carolina and the
JEFF Davis Legion, under Lieutenant
Colonel y y r. sWarng. i think he First
North Carolina was commanded by Col-9
onel y. S. q aker.5 N NJ jor j. & i. Hart s.
battery moved abreast OF Hampton s coll
umn lat the gal op. a. AS they came Snear
Fleetwood 4 H III "a Il Swns seen that the
whole plateau east OF the hill MS we'll
MS the summit was covered with Federal
cavalry. n General Hampton swervcd his
column to the left. and crossing the rail-
road track. truck the enemy. 3 n Il i.S5js8i
$8B 1t was q splendid charge. received In a
splendid manner. Right here occurred
the hard est lighting OF the entire day
probabl w and undoubtedly this clash be-,
tween nearl a; Whole brigade on either
side was the most important hand-to-8
hand conflict Of the entire war. Smoke
and dust enveloped the contendng cava-
5liers for Ii time, but when the cloud
lifted, 1t was seen that the Confederates5
were masters OF the field. It was Colonel
Young $ charge that finally swept the hill
ofstheE enemy. This was the turning
point Of the day In \ this portion OF the
field. Colonel Young g regiment used |.
the. sabre alone. VI M
Charge Repulsed
81 Hart s battery inmedia tely took posses
sion OF the summltSo OF the hill, and some
guns OF Gregor's and Chew's bat l n
iteries were q soS brough Z Up. and set
I'm Banging away at the re treating foe
The First NJ n ewS y ersey Cavalry. p which I
had formed II he SSext RENE 1Fe deral left y
was cut or by the retreat OF the right
and center, and made t5 gallant It effort
4 to cut their way out and Join & their
retrenting comrades. They charged down
the Confederate nrtill ery,s but the can "A
noneers resisted them with pistols, spon ge-ig
STAINS and whatever 8 weapon came " oE
I ha nd. The charge was repulsed and 1
Fleetwood Hill seemed to be- secureay$lnS
the possession Of the Confed ates.
xxi Nothing decisive had thus far result 81
SG eneral Gregg reformed his men on the
field vii ere he had formed them Tor the
attack. and moved OF to- effect 9 Jun Sc &c
ftion with Buford near amess Gh H
s5s5 II might appear that Il the thdraW Y! u
1 81 such 4 a 4 large force Of men to grepel5
the alta ok on Fleet ood Fl III would have
ena bled8 the Federal comma der 4 g sattacR
stuart BY way OF Bave rlys u Ford. s5E'f;l33ut
COL WI n IT.. Lees Brlg ade and General
Jones S had formed "a ction}t there. oc-8s
3cupying such a strong position hat the
enemy, did not deem q { wise to tack
them. Infs fact tho position which l Gen-;
era Lee occupied was 50 Sej threatening en-
that General sBuford found ~ necessary
to bring brigade Games 81 Of Infantry
into action near ST. James Church. re.
5n,acing IL With the reserve cavalry bril-
cad q. which was moved to meet the
threatened attack Of Lee on the right
flank and renr. It was Just at this time,
while this mnnoeuvres was Ing executed,
that stuart had found II necessary to
Withdraw to meet Gregg's attack n: on
Fleetwood Hill. But before Buford had
completed his manoeuVre and begun nm
advance the attack on Z Fleetwood had
been repulsed, and General Stuart formed
& new line, running almost north on the
eastern slope Of the range Of hills Wllitcn,
n Nrt1vo II, N
Irregular manner to- Welford's Ford,
When General Jones ,s3 wi hdrew MS tho
Eleventh Virginia he uncovered Q road
running north, and 1t WINS therefor 'neces..j
sary Tor General Lee Ito move to- the
westward OF this road In order to pro-
tect his rear. The prot ton OF this
road was committed to- the Seventh Yir-t
Elnia, Lee's line now occupied q range
or 4 hills overlooking Thompson's house,
on his right, the Second North Carolina,
dlsmounted. formed S connection Sw!th.
General Jones. s9i g3li5 N y III
Weak Attack.
General Buford. after a weak attack
while General Leo WAS WI tn drawing from
tho opening plain. was extending his
right, ana entirely. enyeloped the left Of
Lee. First there was an engagement OF
dismounted men, followed by a charge
by the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry and
the Second United States Cavalry, met
by the NINTH Virginia. commanded by
Colonel afterwards General. r, y, 7,
Beale Il ST, #
The Ninth broke the overwhelming
force which attacked 1t and forced II
back across the stone fence In tho Fed
ieral rear. But at this moment q fresh
Federal regiment came UP, and tho Ylr--,
ginlans were forced back, until rein
forced by. the Tenth and Thirteenth, and
the Fcderals We're driven across the crest
OF the hill whence they had comes Gen-t
eral Wesley Merritt, then O llautenant In
the second United States regulars, lost
his hat and sabre In this flght General
!Beale reformed his regiment and adj
3yanced It to the suNam!t8o Of the hill when
he saw the enemy In full retreat towards
iBeyerly's Ford. General w. Fl. y. q Lee
was on the loft OF the Ninth Virginia In
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