The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
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While jackson was rolling up and dr,v'
. ing Towards corps hack upon Do~dah =
Tavern. just two miles away. Hooker
with two sIde--de-camp. WAS sitting 90
the porch of tho Chancellor house en-
joying tho summer evening. Not sound
had reached bin from Taylor's farm or
! the Wilderness church. Not an officer had
co,ns for aid or TO warn him OF the inn
pending danger. II was between 8ls
and an that he caught the frat sound
% distant artillery coming from the
| west. but evsu then. instead Of ascribinS
It 20 its true ,ause. he thought it might
- from Birney or Siokies. who had been
sent south to fall upon the retreating
enemy" witsin the gallant Hancock .
lines the suggestion was made that the
sound OF the distant cannonading came
from Stoneman's cavalry or from some
other Federal force which had fallen upon
the rear Of a part Of the Confederate
forces and was driving them into the Fed
eral line, Astounding as IL may seem.
the shells from the west, which already
had begun to fall near Chancellorsviie.
were said to be from Federal guns firing
at the enemy IA above related. IL was not
till Towards men were met. retreating in
confusion with the trains and ambulances
along the turnpike from the direction OF
Dowdalls Tavern that these decisions
were swept away-not till Hooker and his
aides-de-camp had ridden up the road
and met the sickening crowd Of fugi-
tives from the west. that either Hooker
or his stan knew that the CoLfederates
had fallen upon his right flank and rear
into full retreat.
Meanwhile Sohurz. Won StsSnwehr and
Bushbeck. aided by fragments Of Devsn's
division. amounting TO about four thou
sand men In all. still with the colors.
formed across the road q quarter Of a mile
west Of the old schoolhouse. They occu-
pied n line Of shallow intrenchments
previously constructed covering a front
Of n thousand yards, but at ITO p. VI.
jackson. with overwhelming numbers.
turned both TANKS OF this line. swept over
the intrenchments and put all there
was left Of the Eleventh Corps IN flight
part Of II went on to Fairview. third
Of a mile from Charlottesville, but the
main body. under Schurz and Bushbeck.
took the Bullock road tn Chambers. leav-
ing Charlottesville three-uuarters OF a
mile to the right. This was practically
the end Of the Eleventh Corps in that
campaign. While IL had for two hours
unsupported and alone done such fight
ing as It could with its faulty formation,
its disintegration WAS now complete
Henceforth the principal aim Of Howard
l. -tv,A IN
selves from the results Of mistakes which
were by no means wholly their own.
But as darkness was now on the con-
fusion was by no means confined 20 the
Eleventh Corps. Jackson's victorious
brigadss and divisions. Weakened by
stragglers in considerable numbers. had
also fallen into disorder and were there
! fore necessarily compelled 10 reform
their own lines before the- could resume
their advance Both sides were unCer-
tain a. TO the next step. but in the midst
" the confusion stragglers m large
numbers began 10 make their appear
anCe in front of the Federal position
| from the south by the way 81 Haze! Grove.
! Sickie~. who held chief command IN that
quarter. although under orders to attack.
had evidently learned that Howard had
been driven back. and becoming doubtful
Whistler he should go forward or with
draw also, sent word to Hooker that he
would make q night attack II supported
ty wiiliams's and Berry's divisions. bsit
exactly ~hai he hoped TO ga.a thereby Is
by no means apparent. Only one thing
seems clear. there WAS as much darkness.
and uncertainty in his front a. elsewhere
The Federal line so far a. 1t could he
called line. had been 80 contracted tina,
from II clock till midnight it extended
from Lewis Creek by the way Of Haze
Grove. west of Fairview, across the
! turnpike "a the Bullock road and Little
| Hunting creek IL was about a mile and
a quarter long The Confederate line
about a third OF a mile west with its right
flank refused. conformed in general
way To the Federal line. With daylight
the situation would have been fas orabie
to the Federals. though they were doubt
less still more or less shaken by JacksciI :
success Meanwhile SicSles. having re-
ceived authority for his night attack
advanced his line by the light II TN.
moon with fixed bayonets and pieces
uncapped apparently ENTHUSIASTICALLY
toward the Plank road and the temporary
| intrenchments in which Towards men
had made their last stand. With neither
administers nor scouts in advance the
.nernys position could not be determined.
bu, il SO happened that the centre of the
Federal mass penetrated the interval
bet we.n the Federal left and tn. Con
! federal. right. where n received the
eros. fire II both friend and foe. The
RICH, Of III. line actually chat sed a
! Federal battery before they discovered
that they wer. attacking friends. SloC,im.
who commanded the Twelfth corps. had
not been informed that a night attack
was contemplated. aud on hearing the
firing supposed that the enemy were
advancing against his left position and
At once opened a heavy artillery fire. ali
| OF which as matter Of course was futile.
I, sssms to have been . night Of pande-
nonium In that quarter a. well ~ in what
had been Howard's front. Williams. a
Federal division commander. in a private
letter -aid 81 II: