Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
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81 @sa INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF BULL RUM @sA ~
BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

to see the shell explode in the cncu,y's
ranks.
The raen fired the other two rounds
ano ltrnhu-ed UP and moved away ius
as TIE Rockhrddsr Artillery un6es I6su11-
BrockertI-pl.gb Ckrs Into position TO-
lowed a mprlEut later ty- the l1es--b-E
Artillery urdsr lleuf- Henry Hea5nn
Seyere! other batteries soon carnE irtO
line So that by the tine Griffin nj Jsnc.-
etts were in position near Ire Henry
house we had. as l now rerenlbe-, TWEEN
tysix fresh guns ready for them.
The contest that eRsued was terrific.
Jackson ordered me to go from battery
to battery and see that the guns We're
properly aimed and the fuses cut the
right length. This was the work OF bui
a few minutes. On returning IL The left
OF the hne Of guns, / stopped To ask
Gen. JaCkson's permission to rejoin my
battery. The fight was just then hos
enough to make him feel well His eyes
fairly blaZed. He had a way OF throwing
up mis- left hand with the open palm 10
ward the person he was addressing. And
as he told me to go. he made this ges-
tire. The air vas full OF flying missiles,
and he spoke he jerked down his
hand. and I sew that blood was stream
ing from T. I exclaimed. General. YOU
are wounded He replied. as he drew
handkerchief from his breast pocket. and
began to bind it UP, Only scratch--a
mere scratch, and gailoped away along
his line.
To save my horse. had hitched him IN
a little gully some fifty yards or mere IN
the rear And 10 reach him. I had to
pass the GOO infantry of Hampton l.
gion, who We're lying down in supporting
distance of our artillery, then all in iu!.
play. While | was untying my horse
shell exploded in the midst OF Hamptons
infantry. killing several and stampeding
fifteen or twenty nearest the spot. | tried
70 ia ly them; but one huge fellow, mus
ket in hand. and with bayonet fixed, had
80 tod - II In, IN
front with drawn sword. and threatened
TO cut him down. wheTe1pon he made
lunge al me. | threw up my left arm TO
ward of the blow. and TIE baynnet point
unde: the wrist band of my red fan
mel shirt, and raked the skin OF my arm
from wrist to shoulder The blow knock
ed me spraying on the ground, ana the
fellow got away | tore off the dangling
shirt sleeve and was bare-armed TO
my left the remainder of the fight.
overlook nay battery on the hill near
the Lewis house which used as a
hospital In a field in front l saw Gen.
Johnston and his staff grouped on their
horses. and under fire from numerous
shells that reached that hill rode UP to
him, reported our ammunition all gone
and requested to know where / could find
supply. Observing the sorry plight of the
battery and the condition of the surViv-
ing men and horses, he directed me to re-
move them farther 10 the rear, 20 place
of perfect safety, and return myself to
the field, where | might be of some
service.
/ took the battery back perhaps a mile,
where we found a welcome little stream
of water. Being greatly exhausted,
rested for perhaps an hour, and returned
TO the front with Sergt. Joseph Shumate.
When regained the crest OF the
Henry plateau the enemy had been
swept from it, and the retreat had be-
gun all along the line. We Sazed upon
the scene for a time. and, hearing firing
between the Lewis house and the Stone
bridge, We rode back to see what II
meant. Capt. Lindsay Walker had ar
rived from Fredericksburg with his six
Parrott-gun battery, and from a high
hill Was Smelling the fuGiti.es beyond
Bull Run as they We're fleeing in wild dis
order 10 the shelter Of the nearest woods
Col. J. +. B. Stuart. who had marched
with Johnston from Winchester. at the
head of a body of yelling cavalry with
drawn sabers, was sweeping round the
base of the hill We were on 10 cross the
run and fall upon the enemy.
When Stuart disa ppeared in the distance
Shumate and | rode slowly back toward
the battery. Nearing the Lewis house, we
saw Gen. Johnston and his staff coming to-
ward us slowly, preceded little by a gen
tlenan on horseback VINO was lifting his
hat TO every one he met. From the ike
ness I had seen Of President jefferson
Davis | instantly recognized HIM and
told Shumate who it was. With the i'm
pulsiveness of his nature. Shumate dashed
up to the President, seized his hand and
huzzahed at the top of his voice ! could
see that Mr.. Davis was greatly amused
and | was convulsed with laughter.