The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
.REC0LLECTI0AS OF
A BRAVE Fighter
Charlottesville as. Impressed Oh
the Memory Of One Who
Mas There.
HOW HOOKER WAS FOOLED
A Rebel Soldier from Maine
Meets Old Schoolnastcr On
Other Side.

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-I have seen so much to interest
me in the Confederate Column in re-
gard to the different battles of our late
war. was particularly interested in
some accounts Of the Chancellorsyyille
we We're ordered to fall in. having
srent our winter near the United States
Ford Hearing the long roll beat, We
+ or about to be done. And we were
marched in tho direction of the ford
and halted ina line OF earthw orks 4
4 Pretty soon We heard firing in our
i front. and then all of us5wcro onhthe
lookout for the appearance of an en-
approaching. We were not sure wheth-
y erSit was our cavalry or the enemy.
Colonel Taylors Narrow Escape.
Our officers were also uncertain who
6 they.were. So Colonel Walter TAYLOR 40
y ward to ascertain who they We're. He
had nearly reached them and they
ordered him 70 halt and surren de-,
Not being made sof the material that
would surrenderon the first call,
think, II memory serves me correctly,
Il he drew his pistol and fired on them
VT close range, and turned his horse
and came up to our column. He was
perfectly cool, although fred on byI
several of the approaching column; A.
fire. which we thought very strange
at that time, as the Yankees We're so
near we could have killed the Las last s one
+ ward. after about facing, and began
our march TO the Plank Road, hich
J leads from charlottesville to Freder-
. lcksburg. When getting near the road
bur regiment, the Twelfth Virginia,
was ordered to so forward MS Skin
mishcrs, which we did. At the same
II, our rear. and we still wondered
y whatit all meant. We saw no enemy
In our front at the time we started TO
Went Right Ahcud.
But forward we went up little rise
of hill. and very soon found q plenty
to do, as they had strong line Of
ekirmishers to oppose us UP that little
rise. Our orders were to drive the
Enemy back to their line Of battle.
Pm the front Of our regiment was q
little farm Enclosed by q cedar brush
fence, with a few fruit trees of per- I
naps five years growth. mostly apples.
fe to my 10 lot TO fa ann spaWe e
advanced and drove the skirlnishers
of the enemy across that field thre
Times on to their lines Of battle, Of |
which they had three. We had orders
to drive them that far and fall back.
7. We did SO; and, Of course. lost good
many. good and brave comrades. One
especially will Northumberland r. |
i73. Banks, of Company Il, Twelfth Viz
GINA Regiment Of Infantry, a brave.
gallant and e tTne hrstihn solder
wound and who died q few years after
the war from the shot Of that May
forget the look Of that friend and
icomrade. whom he attempted to help
loff the field. when he said: Take care
:of yourself and let me lie where am
superior, and as the enemy Was adranc-
!ing. a small log house was near, and |
igableBend of It ana began firing, look
Ing directly In front, and was very
much surprised, as we loaded the sec I
ond time and were in tNe act OF cap
surrender. .7t 9#5
Surrounded by Blue Coats.
We cast our eyes the other way
to the left,sand found about $4,000 or
10000 in solid column on our LETT and |
rear. OF course We gave up, and We're
sent to the rear, captured by The |
one Hundred and Eighth New York /
Infantry. What was in our front was
a New York regiment ana a Pennsyl-
vania regiment and Wilson'S Iouaves.
We had been driving their skirmishers I
left and rear. We We're hoping our
brigade was near to help us out, but |
afterWard we found they had been orr
one orttwo miles beyond US. After our
, capture VIC were sent 10 the Chan
cellorsyllle House, which was General
~ Iooker's headquarters.
= We sat on the steps Of the porch, I
and Gen. Hooker was at one end of It
5n conversation with three or four \
ladies. His white horse was tied to /
one Of the pillars Of the porch. In CURL
front was the skirmlshers OF Jackson
advancing.
The butchers We're killing cattle forI
IIooker's !, army not eight hundred
Fards from us, in line with inc sktr-
inishers of Jackson. We saw one OIL.
the boys place his foot on one of the
dead beeyes and take good shot atI
tho said butchers. At the same time
the balls from The skirmishers' guns /
were striking the steps on which wei
were seated. and we made the request 4
To be moved TO the 'aroaway, under the
porch, as We did not wished to bel
shot by our own men.
Hacker .vns Serene.
While We We're beng lnoYed, one OF
much excited ana told the general thatl
they would have TO make move IRON |
there, as Jackson was about TO cpt
ply vas. do not get excited. Nc Will,
move them very soon from our 'front.'
AT the same tiEle4 on our left were
eight piecas Of artillery. Z nd behind
them, as support, were two lines OF
infantry And not q man was alloWedI
10 rise from tl'G ground aHd not one
was able 10 man one OF the ians as
Jacksonss men were so near. Wei
could have called 10 them. had wei
few feet from The road coming up i
from the United states ford, and we
were 80 anxious FOR the isonps OF
Jackson To lnakA q rush and cut of
Hooker Which coald bave been done
had he knpwn the situation as we'll
as We did al the same time, The
troops were lying iE columns from