The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18


into their lines"
Colonel S. G. Shepard, OF the Seventh
Tennessee Regiment. commanding Ar
cher's Brigade, says: "Archei's Bri-
gade remained at the works lighting.
as long as any other troops either on
the right or left, so far as I could OBJ
serve"
Every flag Of the brigade. excepting
one. was captured at or within the
works OF the enemy. The First Ten
nessee had three color bearers shot
down. the last of whom was at tho
works. and the flag captured. The
Thirteenth Alabama lost three In the
same way, the last OF whom was shot
down at the works. The Fourteenth
Tennessee had four shot down. the last
OF whom was at the works. The Sew
enth Tennessee had three Of the color
bearers killed. the last of whom was
at the enemy's works. and the flag was
only saved by Captain "a. d. Norris
tearing 1t away from the staff and
bringing 1T away under his coat The
Fifth Alabama Battalion also lost their
flag at the enemys works There was
seven field officers who went into the
charge. of whom only two came out.
The rest were all wounded and cap
tured. The loss in company officers
and men was also heavy
Joseph H. Saunders. the major com
manding Thlrty-third North Carolina
Infantry. says:
II went. by subsequent measures. to
within about sixty yards Of the stone
wall where l was wounded and re-
inalned till the next day, whom l was
taken from the field by the enemy inst
oe1ore was shot / distinctly remem-
ner seeing a Yankee color bearer just
IN front OF the left of the regiment
get up and run away trailing his flag
ana Followed by his regiment so that
there was nothing to keep our repi-
ment from going into the enemv's
ranks. was shot by the troops on the
lelt mentioned by General Lane In his
report). AT the time l was, by direc-
tion OF Colonel Avery, acting as left
guide to the line of battle. directing
the line of march more TO the right
SO as to strike the enemy.s work in
straight line I see from the yir-
sihians that Captain Young states that
Lanes and Scales's Brigades aid NOT
reach the point attained by PettIprew,.s
AS to this point can be perfectly
positive. as we overlook the first line
and the two lines became one, and the
advance was continued. There can be
no mistake about this
Lieutenant Colonel w. G. Morr,s
says: 20
Soon after we emerged from tho
woods. Daviss Brigade, in front or
us, became engaged with the enemy
put being exposed to heavy thanking
nre both of Infantry and artillery. was
forced TO fall back We were tbon
ordered to double quick. Soon PETIT
crews and Archer's Brigades bccaua
engaged In front and on our right
About tho time Pettigrew's and Ar
chers Brigades became engaged I could
see our men on the extreme right
falling back. Pettigrew's and Archer,o
men reached the works a little in adj
vance OF us, and succeeded in DRIVING
the enemy from his works inmediatelv
In their front, but were exposed to a
t1anking fire both right and left They
iaio down, some in the road and some
on the crest of the hill near the stone
fence and beckoned us to come on.
General Trimble ordered us to charge
The enemys works In our front The
order was promptly obeyed and here
General Trimble was wounded About
the time the right of our brigade made
this charge, General Lane changed di-
rectton ID the left, which caused the
separation OF the Seventh Regiment
and all on the right of the colors of
the Thirty seventh in the brigade. We
! drove the enemy in front of us from
his position in the road. then from
/ behind the stone fence and held his
position for at least half an hour.
! Right here. between the road and the
/ stone fence Che enemy having disap-
| peared In our 'front.' we became en-
! gagged with thanking party on our
left and were soon surrounded and
captured. Six soldiers on the right
of my line we're wounded in the
eneiny's works and captured. Among
/ the number was the lamented Lieu
/ tenant Battle, whose wound proved
/ fatal. Lieutenant Horton was shot
/ through the left lung. 1 was lieu
/ tenantcolonei of the Thirty seventh
Brigades remained longest on our
right Picketts Division did not go
/ further than our command"
| Captain f. F. Lowell says:
Il was captain OF Company A, TWEEN
ty-eighth North Carolina Infantry. Our
enemy's works and held them short
| time. Some of my men were wounded
and captured inside the enemy's
works"
Captain d. NJ. Mcintyre, acting ad-
utant-general OF scalcs's Brigade,
says:
MY brigade went into the enemy's
works"
H. l.. Guerrant says;
'Scaless Brigade entered the breast
works and remained there until driven
out by the enemy's advancing their
tanks" thus fully sustaining General
/ Trimble and Major Englehard.
| General James II. Lane says:
! MY command never moved forward
more handsomely. The men reserved
their fire in accordance with orders,
until within good range Of the enemy,
and then opening with telling effect,
driving the cannoneers from their
| pieces. completely silencing the guns
| in our Immediate front and breaking
the line OF infantry on the crest of the
hill"
Colonel Frye, who led Archers Bri-
| Gade, says:
II heard Garrett give n command.
Seeing his gesture of inquiry, called
out. j am dressing on you A few
! seconds later he fell dead a mo-
ment later n shot through my thigh
FRUSTRATED me. The smoke soon be-
| came so dence that could not see but
little of what was going on on the
| left (refering to a brigade which had
just given away. All the regimental
| colors or my command reached the
| line of the enemy's works, and many
! of my officers and men were killed
while passing over It,"
| Major j. A. Englehard, adjutant-
! general OF General Pender's Division,
says:
| THE point at which the troops with
me struck the enemy's works project
| ed farthest to the front recollect
| we'll my horse having been shot I