The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-01

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GER Captain Campbell, Lieutenants
Dagell. Holmes and Hazelton. left
camp at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
crossed the aqueduct bridge at
Georgetown took the Columbia pike
to Fairfax court house, arriving at
10 o'clock that night. and putting
out pickets and camping for the
night.
A CHARGE AND RoUT.
"The next morning we proceeded
on our way. crossing Bull Run, but
saw nothing of the enemy. and re-
manned there about an hour. Then
We started on our way back. We
had just come out of the woods
west of Fairfax court house, when
we saw a body % cavalry coming
on the road from Fairfax station.
They saw us about the same time
They gave us the rebel yell, and the
leader formed his men in line on
the ridge west of town.
major Remington formed his
men in line and ordered a charge,
and at them we went. We sup
posed they were a body of Mosbys
guerillas. for had we known we
were attacking the advance of Gen
eral j. E. b. Stuart's division of
cavalry and artillery it is doubtful
If even the dashing major would
have ordered charge. We gave
them volley from our revolvers
and then drew our sabres, but they
seemed to have no desire for a
fight and skedaddled down the
road, whence they came, leaving
five dead and wounded on the
ground, II men whose horses had
been shot surrendered.
"A halt was ordered by the main
body. but the advance guard charg-
ed after them till they came up to
them and let them have it. We
kept dropping them from their sad
dies and sometimes horse and rider
would both so down. Some surren-
dered, but We charged on by them,
leaving detail of the main body
to take care of them. We crossed
a small field and then into the
woods again. where we struck the
main body. The woods seemed full
of them. They gave the rebel yell
and let the balls fly.
How the whole body escaped
humiliation | do not know, for by
that time there We're only a dozen
of the advance guard left and our
revolvers were empty, and then 1t
was our time to run, and they were
after us The major heard the
yelling and shooting and knew we
had struck snag. When he reach
ed the cleared field he was forming
his men and We took our places in
the line.
THE woods were full OF them. As
their line came out we charged
them with the saber, then swung
our line and charged them on the
flank. We drove them from the
field. when fresh line came up,
which we charged again. They cir
cled around us and We had ii from
the front and both flanks. The
balls We're flying as thick as hail,
and our men and horses were fall
ing fast.
I'VE gave them all the shots we
had. but they soon had us In a bad
fix. The major saw that II was
no use to fight longer, and that we
must cut our way out or surrender.
So he ordered Lieutenant Holmes to
take the right of the squadron, Lieu.
tenant Hazelton the center and
Dagell the left. with Remington as
commander in front, and to charge.
This was the last charge, and where
we met our great loss. The left
was ordered to charge with sabers,
while the right kept up shooting,
for we had reloaded our revolvers
by this time. We swung around In
half circle and made for the woods
and struck the road leading to the
railroad. The rebs were after us
and they had good shooting in the
road. They called on us to surren-
der, but we soon struck the rail
road, the major ahead. Captain
Campbell next and eight men fol.
lowing.
"A Johnny came out OF log
house along the side of the road
and swung his hat in the air and
exclaimed: Bully for our side; our
side has whipped We did not stop
to argue with him at that time. We
dashed down the railroad track, II
being the only chance to get
throuph tho aWann II wns rid.