The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

~ Sho Two regiments whose tls,le of en- !
. ...s expired on that day, and who,
sucking their arms while tho buttlc was
llereely on, left the fold for Washington
ana home We soon enculnberod our
s ssl with prisoners seynral nf my
men were seen With Yankee soldiers III,
oehilu them, charging AMI shooting at
me fleeitlg did harmless troops OF Mr..
Lincoln. While we wero rounding up our
prisoners md taking possession Of the
{, nbandohed munitions OF war. Colonel
!lktadford, who had crossed at the LOWS
Ford III pursuit OF the enemy, caino lip
ana ordered ME to take llly company
down Bull Run about thrcA miles to
! Union Mills, where 1t was reported n
division of tho Federal forces were cross
ing IN direction Of Manassas junction. I
mention this to show how imperfect tho
Information Of tic Intensity of tho route
had up to this time Is T.. MY becn made
KNOW, to o,,r General In command I
camped Mt Union Mills that night, and
WRen l reached there l don't think there
was Yankee soldier, save II captive,
that was In nineteen miles Of Bull Run.
Colonel Radford. In his repoi' says y.
have no hesitation In saying that the
charge made by my own command In
connection With that made by tho COM
mand under r.icut-Col Munford,
composed Of Captains w. II. Payne Ball,
IAnEhorne and Hale, caused the jam
at Cub Run Creek Bridge, which re-
suited in the capture Of fourteen pieces
OF cannon, their ammunition and wagons,
five forges thirty wagons and arnbu-
lnnces. and some forty or fifty horses. I
bnse this opinion on the fact that we
were In advance OF nll Of our forces.
and by our charge the enemy was thrown
into wild confusion before us, their We
lclcs Of all sort going off at full speed
and In the greatest disorder"
It was really most gratifying and
amusing sight to SEQ those John Brown
sympathisers and tourists to Richmond
anto-bellum song,
rim. Niger, run, the patrol will catch
you:
Run, Niger, run, It's almost day
The second day after the Manassas
fight Company y and two other COM
panles Of the Second Virginia Cavalry
were ordered back to Leesburg. We
carried several wagons loaded with good
things to ent and drink along with US,
which, up to tho 21st OF July, belonged to
the McDow picnlckers. There were q
number Of baskets OF champagne. boxes
Of CONNECTIONS, meats Of MI kinds, soft
drinks, wet drinks. transpnrencies, sky
rockets, etc. With these supplies on
hand. we captains of the cavalry thought
the occasion was opportune for big
Qualifications. We concluded to give a
large size dance in the open air in q
grove one mile south of Leesburg. Gem
eral Evans furnished us several brass
bands. IN extensive platform was built
one hundred feet square. The girls for
ten miles wcre there. You bet that Com
pnny D had the biggest time they ever
did see; and all ut Uncle Sans expense.
For several months we continued to
| picket along the Potomac River. After
the battle of Balls Bluff, where tho river
ran red with the slaughtered dead. we
went into winter quarters at Centrcville.
In the spring of 1852 we fell back on
the south side of tho RaPpahannock,
where a reorganization Of the various
commands took place. T. B. Holland, q
brave. gallant fellow, was elected cap
tain of Company d. ~ short time after
wards was selected by General Early as
one of his aids. Company .. during thu
war. had 100 enlisted men. One captain
and four lieutenants were killed. The
third captain was severely wounded. |
have not list OF thu casualties In the
rank and f1le but 1t was quito severe
REFLECTIONS.
At this q7lte of writing. May s, 1907,
though forty six years since I enlisted
In the cause Of the South, yet have
never for one moment regretted the nrdor
of my support, however humble and In
efficient 1t was. Every day Hive I am
more and more convinced that our cause
was just one, and that no civilized
nation over prosecuted more barbarous,
cruel and atrocious war than the
war that deluged my beloved
native Southland. Aggressive. un-
CONSTITUTIONAL, without the slight
est senblance Of Justice, we were
overpowered, ravshed, slaughtered by
the sinews OF gross might. Now, these
charges may with some (who have not
posted themselves with the true history
and the character of that war, and It's
correct lnwardness) be regarded at this
day of (hypocritlcaD reconciliation and
genuflection to Ynnkcedon1. as lese ma
icste, Those who may be inclined to
judge me thusly, boseech them to read
q true, unbiased account Of the causes
| which led to the crusade against the
| South; study the justification and con-
| stitutlonal right of secession. Stop not
| here, but read true relation OF Shcrl-
dan in the Valley, Hunter In the Valley,
and Shermans march to the sea- Don't
stop yet: Inform, yourself on tho atroci-
ties committed on our beloved land dur
| ing the DAYS OF reconstruction. Then
try me; Judge me. Yet, hold there were
| three mon in the Southern army. pro-
verbally God-scving mon. immaculate
comparable with Divinity itself-Ilee
Jackson and Davis. ] followed Lee. Jack
| son and Davis.
Every man who nobly fought In the
Southern army was patriot. Terrible
were their experience In behalf Of those
| "Confeds" who are alive and in need
we beg those who are able. to do all they
can to smooth their few remaining days
Every old "confcd" should be nb,,ndantly
fed:
Don't wait Till he dies, then with tears
III your eyes
shy, how CALAMITY he lies.
Don't wait TIL the last, when his days
| IRE I'LL past
When his body is laid under the sod;
| But let us help him while here, give him
moro than % tear,
Thon trust him to q benevolent God.
q. w. B. HALE.
Rocky Mount, Va, May 6. 1907
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In last weeks Confederate Column