The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
CoNFEDERATk soLDIER.s STORY OF sTCARTsS DEATH. ss
stuart, After Heine Far Out on the Fivinx 4Lise; Rode Slowly Bsck te His Men Sna h Was
 CiefmeA that He Wa~
 Badly Hart.

E W. ". Burgess: Confederate soi- dier now living at Orange, Va, has written . true account of the death of Gen J..E B Stuart, to correct mis- statemsnts made in New York news paper He was eyewitness of the his toric incident.
 MT. Burgess wrote as follows:
 Sir--An article in The Literary pi- ssst,. with the title "stuart's Last Bat tie'. and credited to The Sun, Is so wrong as to the facts leading up 10 the engagement of Yellow Tavern and 90 imaginative as to the .ctrcumstances X of the wounding and death of Generai Stuart. that I. who happened to pc there in tha humble escapacity of . cor poral in the ranks of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, feel inpelled to state the truth about the wounding and death of cur general. My own opinion has ai- ways been that his reckless bravery led. to his untimely, death.
 | suppose there are reports m the proper archives, both Federal ana con fedsrate.s of this action of Yellow Tav- ernG and of the movement of troops pre- fiminary to 1t. but I know nothing oi them. l. state what came under my observation and hearing as . soldier in the ranks. .,s It was not at the beginning of the Wilderness campaign that the move. ment of the cavalry culminating p. YelIaw Tavern took place. but in the campaign more than year iater tmay, fse4), in which the terrible battle near spotsyivania Court House was fought. It was the current talk Of our army that that Jconfiict whs by far the mos. desperate of < the war. I have heard our ri,sn say that so near did the Yam ixe4s come that they could look into their eyes and even club them wssn ..a the butts of their guns It was1in tnas l.s battle that trees were torn anu uu, gu, throu1h ana fen from the steady hall of ,rninie bullets. So desperately did Grant'r men press their assaults that as fine gossip in. our army was. aspor- fion of our line faltefed and was ssss inr away when General Lee himsel rode up. but his mem made him go F (, Q the rear with cries of .'I4ee to the rssss and they soon drove the enemy onss
 The morning following tms oesps. ate hattie. and repulse. or Grant, sur unr csvairv which had been only partially engaged. was put ir motion and neaa- s' ed south toward Richfnonds we ln the ranks did not know what. for.s put as
 ve ,,aearne extended on the way sQuth word came along the line. that.the 1an- iee cavalry had been despatcneos oh raid to Richmond, that city pe,ns. ss 1t was supposed: but weakly ue1Sno ed. We wore to follow up tne an kees and put them out of business ne. fore they got to Richmond. I will say here. to dispel any idea that we were
 vnrn down by Sheridan's troops Ina pg. tng on ,,s like a. troop of wolves that stuarfs cavalry was at that time m inc best of condition; We were well clothed we'll fed and we'll mounted. :. For maAy of our horses we were in debtea to our friends the enemy. to whom we looked when in need. J my self was then on my third mount de- rived from that source. .-,,9- dan san a, very pleasaht one, our only fear being that he would set away. as