The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

turned the guns ON the nceing Yankees
who had been lighting under Won
kllzer.
And when the smoke o. battle had
cleared away and the surgeons and
grave-diSging datail had done their
duty, that lighting corps of lads who
mad made wonderful history, not only
Tor their Southland, but for al; Amer
ic", presented those same guns Ut Gcn-
oral breckenridge, commanding the
Confederate Stat.s' army at that m!-
morablc battle. Time and time again
those same Napolcons were used by
soldiers of the South VITA terrific cf-
fect upon their form,r owners. After
that battle. for the few naming
months OF that great war, veterans
wearing the gray We'd with each 9TH
or 70 mun those guns. those guns be-
came famous on both sides, ana when
FEDERAL soldiers found that battery
racing them that section or the Con
tolerate formation was Invariably
made the ground of desperate iightiu.:.
SO anxious were the Fedcrais 10 re-
claim those guns.
Thosr Napot,ons remained with the
SPu'htrn forces W to .tppomattoN
Court. and there is current anon; old
soldiers, Story that. as those guns
stood silent on that last day they were
VISITED ana Inspected BY thousands OF
union soldiers. once their location
mad been pointed OFT on the Conrcde.-
ate Side by an old member of the Won
Killer buttcry
what pity those old guns can't bc
located. and. In thess days CT peace and
good Fellowship between The Two seq
TONS. given ovci 10 the V. NJ. T. cadet
corps and planted FOR all time on tho
dri!i grnHnds %; the institute
\ Red Scar on tun I, f-r,.
IL has been said Of Won Killer that
ha cried like Il child after lis men had
heen driven f"Om his guns, h. being
the last 10 leave the field of action. /
was then a boy OF eight years. and
from an adjacent hilf. out Of range Of
'he bullets, saw part Of that desper-
ate struggle; but 1t was not on the
were pasted. | had ridden with my
father the morning of that battle. and
MAS left on that knoll us he went
about his work In the held hospitals
p"rinG Inc fight Won kii2er received
II sabre cut on one cheek. extending
from near the eye To the chin.
After tile close of the war he came
10 tarrisonburg as a governmental or
hcial ana there saw him ncarly
every day, aud there were two things
'hat always made IN. watch him
'hht icng red scar and his equestrian
snip Captain Won klizcr was a mag
hiiiceht rider. lie sat horse, and he
always had good horse, like j. +. Il.
stuart or Turner Ashby. lie was n
beFte"t ccntaur and, though he mad
'he German brogue. became quite pop
War IN his new home among the very
fcopl" who but a short time before
rejoiccd at his loss at New Market. j
nave heard II said that rs he was flav-
ing his wound dressed on the battle.
heid. he cried bitterly, and when asked
II the cut panied him much. replied:
lie Commanded West.
ohinn that cut. ] wish It had been
i"wer and taken my head clean of,
Just think OF Il. viii you? An officer
VINO mas fought under the Emperor
losing his every gun. That is a fortune
OF war. however. and don't mind the
ioss so much as l do the fact that
those NHpoleons were taken from
trained soldiers by lot OF school
boys.
Think Of that. won't you? Kids
VINO nave no business outside the
nursery took those guns that have
"ithstoph the charges made by Their
own fathers, probably. But my, how
thcm little devils did fgut. 1t looked
like pity to empty those great guns
INTO the ranks OF the schoolboys. On,
give me hundred OF 'em ana ri
whip the world IL you don't Kill them.
IL was grand sight to see those lads
come M thnt Hill. Every time n cut
was made In their ranks they dressed
IKE on parade. That color bearer was
wonder. He wanted 10 laad that line
UP that incline instead OF Keeping in
the formation. where lie belonged. And
on me! When he mounted that caisson
swinging that stand OF colors about
ms mead and yelling like a demon.
was CENTRALIZED; l was specchless Such
DARING Is seen but once in a life
time Every second expected 10 see
MN topple over. But no, there he
stood. like one bereft OF reason, point
ne ms fiasstaff at my men is they
ieii pack' and yelling 10 his kinder
Gaftcn bedfclows words OF encourage.
ment. I'll never forget that sight"
After the battle was over, those On :
dets We're reviewed by General Brock
'nr!dgc, and by him personally thank
Cd Tor the great work they had done,
And then, with colors lying ana the
cadet band playing, they started on
their march back UP the Valley. The
ola veterans who had laughed at them
rs they came down from Lexington
took off their hats to the lads, whose
once natty gray uniforms were now
covered with mud, and In many in
stances hanging in tatters
me march up the Valley, back as
they thought to the institute. was
nede with sad and bleeding hearts.
Or the $50 who marched down TO bar
lie, light-hearted and gay, less than
200 undertook that return march IN
that Valley Turnpike.
Eisht OF these beardless boys had
been killed outright in that heroic
charge on the battery. while forty
lou! mad been wounded. some of whom
went through life MANNED.
w. H. CabcH, OF Rich,nond. N second
ciassman. first sergeant in COMPANY
u was the first to give ~ his life.
~ grape shot struck him In the chest
ana almost cut him in two. AS he
went down. c. q. Crockett. q fourth
classnan, OF Company Is, ana n :,
Jones, a fourth classman, of Companv
u, droprcd with him. blanket wouId
nave covered all three as they lay
dead under the evening rays Of IN,
sun on that green hil:l,dc
Colonel Blair Taylor, surgeon in III,