The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-30

but said. 90 ahead: yo, are driving
them Blakey said, You are ny p.is-
oner.' The general said. Yes Have
| you any side arms?' inquired the ser.
geant. Yes no answered. but | am
. general officer, and prefer surrender
ing them toaheldofficer' All right
replied Blakey, and marched his pris-
oner up to Colonel Flowcree TO whom
/ The general surrendered his sword and
pistols. AMI was hurried to the teer.
| with some seven. or eight. hundred Of
| his brigade"
General Hickman has the following
account OF his capture. written by him
! self which was published In the
philadelphia Times:
AS the left of their line (Confeder
ate) passed me. a sergeant approached
and demanded my surrender. bid
| him attend to his duty. telling him. in
reply. that 1 was Major Anderson, Of
General Hokes staff. The sergeant
| apologized. and poined his command but
was by no means out Of my predica-
ment. The fog being still very dense
and the firing having. for the moment
| ceased, / had nothing to guide my ac-
lions By. Taking direction for the
point al which tho Confederates had
disappeared in the fog. ssh fnu..d
| myself In part OF Georgia brigade.
\
| Elizabeth, y. j.. who a. onca recognized
me. lie said. nc was glad to see me:
| was proud to say that he had ocen
| fighting Jersey men all Iav; that nc
had only a skirmish limo left On tho
way to the rear. I hal an animated
| discussion with his aiin.aa., on tho
results Of the war. and at the noxt
| morning. was registered .. the "Ho-
tel de Libby"
|
! peara that the general truly was in a
fos. He calls Gracies brigade a
I Georgia brigade. and. after walking
| into this brigade. he was made a pris-
1 oner by General Oracle. who recog-
nized him. He does not say who got,
his sword and pistols. The facts are
just az stated BY Sergeant Major John
nton / talked with Colonel Floweree
myself, that morning, and know he
received General Heckmsn's sword
Others OF our regiment were present
when he was turned over to Colonel
Floweree. who sent him. under guard,
10 the rear where. no doubt. he met
General Oracle. who then recognized
him. The capture occurred lust TO the
left and In rear. OF our regiment, not
Far from where we came across the
| coffee pots
Among the men detailed TO take the
| prisoners off. several got lost in the
! ZOE. and. instead of going to our rear,
which had been our front. 1t carried
them into the enemy's line. Thus. ".
F. Wheat Company D.. A. Jeff Vau-
ehsn Company CO. and I. r. Kelley
company ID. were captured with the
prisoners they were guarding. a hun
dred or more. OF a. JEFF Vaughan IL
| is related that one of tho Federals
called his attention to his bringing
| ,nem back to their men, when JEFF told
him TO dry up. he knew his business.
IN getting TO the oneny's line. he waB
challenged with. who comes there?'
when JEFF remarked None o. your
durn business; I belong to the Old
First: who are you?" He was re-
auested to come in. and was relieved
OF HIS responsibilities.
With the charge of the Seventh Vir-
sinia the fight on this part of the field
ceased; but towards the turnpike west
| OF us the lighting became hotter and
hotter. and lasted for several hours.
until the enemy was driven from his
position, which was partly in our
abandoned line, in front of which wire
| arrangements were placed and IL was
| only after overcoming a most stubborn
| resistance that the Confedcrates we're
successful. but their losses were ac.
cordinsiy heavy. Thus, the wedge
wnich interposed between Richmond
!
But to return to my sketch: We ware
matted on the line we had taken. where
our sadly thinned ranks reformed
| partly In the enemy's logworks, and
| partly In line which we hastily con
structed Oh higher ground in rear OF
the captured line
volunteers we're called for by Lieu
tenant-Colonel F. II. Langley. com
handing the First Virginia, to sec and
J 1,of
ono OF them Going to that part of the
neld over which we came while on
our Ranking move. we found several
wounded Federals. whom we made IA
| comfortable as we could I talked ia
one OF them. who was shot through
the body. and he pointed to another
who was shot through the thigh, who
ne said. was his son. They lay abou,
hfteen feet apart both badly wounded
ana helpless We, however. did not see
single wounded or dead Confederate
on that part of the field. which was
the route over which the Federal.
were driven
While looking around ! found a
small United states silk guido flag
which served as a handkerchief for
many days afterwards. a wounded
sergeant handed me his sword, which
presented Mr.. II. a. White, a mem
oei VI we iWenty-nltn DlaSSa chuSettS
or Lancaster. Mass. some TWENTY-FIVE
years ago. II might have been his own
once for all ] know.
With the exception of some slight
firing In our front we were not dis.
turbed in our position. but remained
quietly resting tho rest of the day
The Losses of this battle, according
to a A Humphreys In Virginia Cam.
pagins of 1SSi-1S6S.' are given as fol-
lows: Buffers army-Killed, 800,
wounded, 1.72l: missing. 1880: total
3,6ol Beauregard's command-Killed
354; wounded. 1,61o; totsl, 2.1S4. Ihe
loss In Heckman's Star Brigade" IS
stated by them as killed. IL: wounded
I1SS; missing. ass: total. 6ss; while
liemper's Brigade lost. according to
the best information obtainabie, 81
killed. 200 wounded. and 10 missing
total, 247. Gracie's Brigade lost "a
killed, 216 wounded, and 4 missip0