The National tribune., 1907-10-31

scription of the conclusion of the bat
tie as seen from the Confederate side:
| Gen Jackson came to me and told
me his left was beaten and broken, and
the enemy was turning him and he
wished me to advance. / was already
in line of battle. and instantly gave the
order, 'Forward-Marchr 1 had not
| gone 100 yards thru the woods before
we met the celebrated Stonewall Bri-
gade. utterly routed and fleeing as fast
as they could run. After proceeding
short distance farther We met the enc
my pursuing. My brigade opened upon
them. and quickly drove the enemy
back from the woods into a large field.
Following up to the edge of the field,
/ came in vew of large bodies of the
enemy. and having a very fine position,
/ opened upon them with great effect.
The enemy's cavalry attempted to charge
us in two columns. but the fire soon
broke them, and sent them fleeing across
the field in every direction. The infan-
try then retreated also. Advancing into
the field, i halted near the middle OF il,
in doubt which direction to take Just
at that moment Gen. Jackson came rid
| ing up from my rear alone / reported
my brigade as being solid. and asked
for orders. Ny men recognized him,
and raised terrific shout as he rode
along the line with hts hat or He
evidently knew how 10 appreciate a
brigade that had gone thru hot bat
tie, and was then following the retreat
ing enemy without having broken its
line Of battle, and remained with me
until the pursuit ceased
Magnificent FIshainE.
Ranks's men had done magnificent
fighting. and inflicted heavy loss upon
the Confederates. The Confederate
General Winder, commanding a divi-
1t
where in Jackson's forces were stun,
ming. They were heavy on our side
Augur and Geary had been wounded
and Prince had been captured. Craw-
ford's Brigade was reduced to remnants,
but these clung pluckily to the edge of
the wheat field and maintained the
fight across it. when Banks inadvised1y
rushed up the 10th Me. to assist the
other regiments of its brigade 1t was
folly to send in single regiment at
this point, but the 10th Me. fought OBJ
stinately for nearly half an hour losing
out of its 461 officers and men 173
wounded. Then. in pursuance of his
piecemeal policy. and at time when
he should have withdrawn from the
field, Banks sent in Gordon's magnifi-
cent brigade, consisting of the 2d Mass,
the Sd Wis. and the 9th Ind. Gordon
was fine officer, a graduate of West
Point and a veteran of the Mexican
War. He took his men on the double
quick across the creek and to the edge
OF the wheat field. which he found COW
cred with the dead and wounded of
Crawford's Brigade. He struck the bri-
gades of Archer and Branch, while on
his right were the brigades on Ronald
and Pender. A brief but sanguinary
fight ensued. in which Gordon's men
drove the enemy in front of them, but
We're forced back by Pender's Brigade
fhni rioh Oh
Mass. lost IL officers and 147 men killed
and wounded and Is prisoners, 35 per
cent of the number engaged.
AS our troops retired, Jackson, eager
to reach Culpeper. followed them up.
until he struck Ricketts's and Sigers
Corps. which had at last come up. He
opened on them with artillery, but
stirred up SO many batteries that his
own were speedily knocked out and he
retreated. The next dag there was a
flag of truce to bury the dead, and
Jackson prudently retired behind the
Rapidan to await reinforcements from
Lee.
1t was a magnificent but useless fight.
and all the men killed and wounded
were needlessly sacrificed. Banks's small
force had in effect defeated Jackson's
two divisions. aided by Thomas's Bri-
Eade. We lost one gun, which was
mired in the creek. and Jackson claims
10 nave captured 400 prisoners, three
colOrs and S.302 small arms This latter
item was evidently mistake. as there
were not many more muskets than that
In the whole of Ranks's force. and GER
tainly the men who retired grimly be-
fore him had their guns in their hands
when they left the field. Crawford's Bril-
sade, out of 1.T67 officers and men, lost
96 killed. 397 wounded and 374 miss
Ing. very many of the latter being killed
or wounded. In all his loss was S67.
or nearly One-half Gordon took in less
than 1000 men, Of whom he lost 466
Our whole loss was 1861 killed and
wounded and 723 missing; a total of
1888. Jackson reports 1888 killed and
wounded and 81 missing, q total of
1914.
Tho they had to leave the field,
6anks's men had proved themselves SOL
diers of the finest metal, and they had
seen the backs OF their redoubtable enc
mics in wild flight several times during
he day.
(To be continued.)
Father Locke.
w. 8. Dunbar, 10th Me-, Lacey,
Wash, says that e. w. Locke was no