The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
THE HI. eleventh At
FIVE. I | FIGHT l
Graphic Story 81 Daring Deeds: leeds
Performed on Hopeless, less Field
.@53 @8 @of Battle.

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chad PICKETT BEEN EEL THERE HERE
Tie sad Story 81 Five Forks Forks, !
S Told for the First
Time.
Colonel ). Risque Eutter. Of the
Eleventh Virginia Infantry. was one OF
thrae brother who ssparticipa ted IN tbs
var. Major Edward s. Hutter. o dis
finguished graduate OF the Virginia Mill.
tary Institute, and q civil engineer OF
great talents. served for a. time on CEN
eral j. b.. Stuart's staff, and theli
~ in the Ordnance Departments OF the Army.
Captain Ferdinand Hutter was an ot1lcer
Of the Quartermaster Department ~ ana
Colonel ]. RlsQue Huttcr, the younger OF
II y three went from Lynchburg as cap
Tain 81 the Jeff Davis guards. He served
IRON Bull RunRato Five Forks; was
wounded and captured IN Pickett's charge
tat gettysburg; wa q w~ell-trained officer,
- fine tactician, and rendered valuable,
gallant and efficient service %
Colonel Hutter lives in Can1pbellBc oun-
~, va, near nynchburg, at the old home
81 his father, Major3Hutter, W1Ro resigned
hIss commission in the United statessArmy
Is #goSisoouutll when the war began
IN the following puper,3&h he gives an!
interesting sketch OF the last days At
Five Forks. Very respectfully ~,
JOHN w. DANIEL.
s5#S The& ven1an and experience Of my
command. the Eleventh Virginia Infan-
try, Terry,,s Br1gade,Jk8at Five Forks 7
81 SShunlyye9often$ been asked to write,
That battle removed from further ac--5'
t,on m battle array the Army q North
ern Virginia. that tioblest army that
ever trod this globe, as Cen Hampton
S@called it. with the solidarity Ct mat
army gone, the lllle ~ ne 5s - ! io,. ava ma
soon extinguished. Hatcher's Run. tho
3lst 81 March, 1865, found Pickett's &Dl-.
vision on the march, detached from Gen.
ernl Lees army, and cooperating with
n General Fitz Lees Division OF Cavalry.
The brigade of William r. Terry 81 BED
ford-"Buck, Terry, as we called htfn-
was composed Of the First, Third, Sew
enth. Eleventh and Twenty-loutirth Regl-
8 ments OF Virginia Infantry. Amohgs !ts
nre,vious commanders were James L.
Kemper, "A. p. Hill and James Long
street. That morning ~ was leading no
Division, and the Twenty-fourth Infantry
l(Major Bentley commanding was leao-
III ing the Brigade. IT was q beautiful morn
Sing, Everybody was In fine spirits: me
esprit du corps SO characteristic OF
Pickett's Division, marked It as O. body
Of men OF which any commander might
be proud. ENEMY In 'front.' holding
ford over Hntc!,er's Run, came from ons
Of our scouts. ThoaIsDivision was at once
halted. and General Pickett rode up t.
me my regiment was next to the ven
ty-fourth) rand told me that Terry Wouia
take the Twenty-fourth SReglmeht anu
drive the enemy from tho FORD li.80ur
front. General Pickett said he would
hccompan him; that there We're troo',s
q the march in the rear OF his D!Yls-
ion. but & I should permit none OF them
10 pass me. He also said Il Major Bci,t-
ley needed help he would send 1or Iny
regiment and that / should transmit my
orders to Colonel Joseph Mayo, coH.
manding the Third Infantry, ana next
q behind me- Soon after Bentley engaged
tie enemy. Generals Rosser and Dear
ing rode up at the head Of Rosser'H Cay-
alry Division, OF which Dearing COM.
lnandeds one OF tho brigades.
WOULD STAY IN FIGHT
I halted them. and told General Rosser
OF Ficketts orders, that no troops saou'a
pass the head OF his division. Well
said General RosNr, my division may
M halt, but Jim bearing and myself aio
going down to help Terry" I knew Ro7-i
Ser and bearing well, for they were both
from nv county Of Campbell, and I knew
that objection on my part would be use
tless. They both had rather DO IN a iignt'
than out OF u. Braver men never
knew. They galloped to the front. Just
then a courier from Pickett
me down.
& transmitted my orders to Mayo, and
moved rapidly to- the Ford. AS the enc
nv saw orr approach he evacuated Inc
Ford, and hid himself on the em'nenee
lust beyond. Bentley had crossed When
I got there. and ! rode across ana sonsll1
General Terry and asked for orders.
aEollow ibis road until your rear com.
pany crosses the stream, then marcn
by the right flank and charge them, !
said 10 him: General, am marching
& right in front: do you remember me
move indicated by your order WI! throw
my rear rank In front and put the iett
or each of my companies where the rlght
should beg"
Yes, yes. but It is quicker. Henties
IS ready to charge, and has orders 70
close dress on your left. You must close
on The creek" + rode back TO the creek
about six OF my companies had crossed.
when General Rosser rode UP and or
dered me to move at once by the right
Aank and charge thom. told Nm !
would do SO as soon as ! had crossed
my whole command; he was very impa-
tient and ndesohf. A. my last company
crossed. I moved by the risht ianx,
charged and immediately engaged the
enemy, and soop got them on the rllni
We captured there Just seventeen horses.
Az i had heard that General Terry hna
Just had his horse killed under him, J
sent him q horse. but learned froIn. my
courier that the Generals leg had been
broken and he had Tellngnished command
ia Colonel Mayo.
We pursued the enarny that day,
Dinwiddie Courthouse, and had been
continually on the run, when TO qur
gllrnrise. we We're ordered to halt al
though We could sec the enemy still
% Aeein2 before WI. I'VE were kept thers