Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-01
lMEMORY0F THE War
All Old Soldiers Story Of the Bat
" tie Of Yellow Tavern.
jEB sTuART's LAST FIGHT.

THE Wounded Generals Heroic Brav-
cry In the Face of DISTINGUISHES
Brilliant Charge as Seen by Con-
fsderate Cavalryman.
"The most brilliant charge ever
witnessed was made by Custer at the
battle Of Yellow Tavern" said an OLD
Confederate cavalryman. 1T was
near the beginning of what historians
now call the wilderness campaign.
~ was with Jeb, Stuart, General
Fitz Lees division. Wickham's bri
gade and Phil Sheridan's troops were
hanging on us like a pack of hungry
wolves, nipping us at every turn.
ave left Hanover Junction about
o'clock one night and reached Yellow
Tavern before 10 o'clock the next
morning. We hadn't more than halted
at the Tavern when up comes Sheridan
and tries to drive us out. 1t was a
pretty tough struggle, hand to hand
fight. and we fell back from the Tav-
ern, bat held our position on the tele-
Rrs6h road leading to Richmond. l
was with the battery on the extreme
1T wing, and it was about O'Clock
the afternoon when orders came for
be whole division, except the FIST
inians, to dismount. =
ut did seem good, can tell you,
after 90 many hours in the saddle, to
stretch out on the ground and take
q smoke-that is, all who had anything
to smoke. There was Just one pipeful
among that whole battery. and the
boy who owned it passed 1t down the
lipe. ana each man took his turn pun
ing at 1t. when II was gone we ~
began to sAeculc e 49, 1Ns,try
sheridan wduld ID whaN $3.50 "a
how Jeb 81 BE up to next anu
It we l6art would head MN ,' um,
~ - ,onr before some ieho"
.,aa for a drink Of water. on
sncu s,a,v how 1t Is. When one lnan
co. water the whole COMPANY !,
snes ~ swear they are dying y.
M Jack Saunders anu over the
..nch NJ canteens and star'eu " tho,
~, 70 a spring that he mao ST. snae
mn I was on my hands anu sn.u
a- the spring when l nearu
ders, grunt Of surprise. So, ward
.n,,ers only a few hunoreu go
considerable body OF Gu
away w. that Il was our right WIN
airy. eu $50 ~ zee them mounted ~
I,,st then the voice OF an
ficer rang OUT L., Draw sabel
1.-Two line moved forward a,
~ .,s and as the officer wnee'
qu'cA saw his face. My Co..
nls 10 r.,s+ort The situation came
was -. .rd me like fash.
saul E' 1879 the canteens and staf
-. battery on dead run
back - ~ Clusters voice rang
rtsn he shouted, n;1aS6sas
$3.50, aealn. ..,,,d sween,no gallon. q
~ entire left wing at Il
ca 1p,a VS. az " our battery take
80, ,,,,s brolren and onr men runni,
NC sh.on Saunders and had but Of
th,,,.bt-to tofn orr fleeing compau
- - re.chad tbe telegram no,
49, ~. Ain ~ the hattie I heard n
ct,,.rt.s rxsce rbare no WAS maxi,
sta.,a .,,t, a harafrl ~ men srou,
hill. = - Z
s-.1tbeemed but moment befo VI
ter's troops were coming back as "a
as they had gone forward. They b
met the First yirginians. We greet
them with the rebel yell and the Il
charge in our weapons. Jeb Stu'
cheered us on-ah, how he cheered !
I gave them my last shot and was
lowing with my weapon dubbed WI
saw a man who had been dismoun'
and was running out turn as he pa
ed our rally and fire his pistol
"Jeb Stuart swayed in his saddle
was only for a moment; then his vo
rang out, cheering his struggi
troops. The enemy rallied just acr
the road and fired a volley into
utfIa hand gathered around Jeb Stu