The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

destroy this ruthless and daring raid
er. within a few hours a barrier OF
soldiers was stretched across the state
TO prevent the return OF the Federal
raiders, while hands OF cavalry secured
the region in which Grierson was last
seen. But Grierson continued to do
The unexpected, and instead OF return
Ing over the course he had come. silent
~ disappeared.
Ihirt!-Fifc Lost Iiursemcn Found
Again.
FOR many days and nights this
strange phantom army OF norse-sol-
uiers passed through the plantation
Soun.rE' now striking terror to the
heaFts OF the planters. only to again
- and become completely lose
II was a few nights later: a torrent
en- from the clouds and drenched the
ana y me roads became indist,net
M AZ times the horsemcn had 10 dis-
mount and feel for the wheel ruts in
INC ROADS ownrd strong Riyc-. TIE
= .hinic beat OF horses was the only
'Smd Ia the timber-lined roads.
suddenly from behind tho clatter M
hoofs aroused the rear guard. Three
,oatiing horses dashed around tho
benu In the road.
.Mno,s there" cried a cavalier.
Company r." called back thn hor.o
men as they plunged past. needless of
'he Challenge OF the guard.
unison. ne guard III
The rear company cangh, the mor;c
ufnn unt!l they reached Grierson him
ssil simultaneously. the couricrs
unshed up alongside the commander:
y yns as ms horse was placing his fore
Tn "PSm me bridge at Strong River.
ward, waving his hat and CRYING:
Saptaih f'orhc presents his comp,t-
liz and begs to be allowed burn
MS BRIDGES for himsclf.'
'iricrson was thrilled. Hc hoa ,on-
slnse given up ever seeing the gallant
company. of thirty five whom h. md
sent on their death ride five DAYS he.
wnv,, ~ nan hour later, the structure
pahy Il would have been ~andon 10
" are Ihc company had been 40
sent from the main column for 30
e eqss ana IN Its wandcrings had COW
eled nearly 500 miles. and fl three suc-
cessive nights had but six hours riean
uaIlaun: Bahala and Brook Haven
were k when Gr!erson left thc
towns u osaya. on the border he
t ~ Mississippi and Louisiana. the
INA, night came TO the bridge across
me Amite River. a quick dash aero.
me structure surprised the guar he
roLe lhey n time to destroy II. and
The crisis was over. but sim nsn,.
niles lay between Grierson ana his
destination
hanger past. %wearings settled over
me IToopers like a cloud. a veteran
eavalier who rod these last miles
silid; Men by the scores. | think bv
~ hities. were riding sound asleep
IN their saddles a blow across
the .'lgh or shoulders would awaken
lhem, when IL would be found that each
supposed himself to be riding with his
company. which was probably "a m,Ia
antiu' We round several men who had
.iln'r fallen from their horses. or dis
mounted and dropped on the ground.
dead with sleep. Nothing short Of a
beating with the nat of a sabre wou,J
AWAKEN them. In several instances
lhty begged to be allowed to sleep.
morrow" '"'
me next morning the troopers can
lsred INTO Baton Rough between lines
ol CITIZENS and soldiers stretching
SnIpuEh the streets for II mile, cheerl
c ~ tne InstE's ragged and wayworn
."nailcrS TIE following morning Can
tam Forbes. the hero of Company il.
suodeily became insane. his mind Civ
ins way under the tremendous strain
ne nag undergone in his separate raid
with his thirty-hve troopers
4,OoO Horscmen In Heroic Dasb IN
L%iberate Prisoners.
Onc OF the most daring raids of the
wi war was when General Kilpat-
rick and Dahlgrcn, with 1000 troopers
under the Union nag, dashed hromsi
IN. state of Virginia. to the very nor
,a's OF Hichmond. III an attempt IN
i,oerale the prisoners in Confederate
pnis3ns, and TO carry Lincoln's amnesty
country.
- was two months after this heroic
eht disastrous undertaking that phil"
Hhst,uan led ten thousand lean and
~ - norsemcn over the path blazed
ny tie raid of their Observation-Disclosures
was an hour after sunrise. on the
YIN OF May. that this host of horses
nhu men cantered out upon Telegraph
iaoau' near fredericksburg. Ten thou
SAND cavaliers. standing | ~n"fours' ana
Wen closed up. stretched for thirtenu
miles along the highway. Bugles snno
their orders and the host of mointe1
Warflors began to move. a witness Of
~ N'st pageant has said that IL re-
Il given point.
ne Foopers had scarcely passed out,
y SlGht when the thunder OF hoofs
oshlnd attracted the rear guard. 4
.,.eae nrlSaac OF Confederates dashed
atteF. n begun to harass the rear.
But the main column logged onward,
While the rear guard stopped now and
then to brush away the attackers. In
oma OF these encounters. n gallant Con-
iederate clevcred his way through n
regiment of cavalry to Il battery Of
iisht artillery, and laid his hand upon
u cannon: "
ms Is my piece, lie cried eXultant-
Not by a d sight" objected a
t~annoneer. as lie struck the officer with
nus INST, knocking him from his horse
anu makin him n prisoner.
me; ten thousand poured through
~clilesburg. late in the afternoon, like
Il torrent. The dasiling Custer sudden
~ sprang forward at II trot, leading
ms brigade TO Beaver Dam station. ON
the Virginia Central railroad. where he
arrived jus. in time to intercept two
train Of cars carrying wounded and
prisoners from the battlefield OF Spot
syivania. The JOYOUS cries of 37S
Union cnptlVes rent the air. when they
round themselves rescued. The main
body came up and rested while Clusters
troopers spent the isl burning sup
plies ana the railroad buildings. and
in cutting the telegraph and ripping
up The railroad
Ten Thousand Cavaliers Clash In
Hattie.
Sheridan : TROOPERS were cooking
their moruiny meal. 4 shell from the