The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10

gun on the Goth OF August. Interrupted
on tho 23rd of The month. 1t read as
follows:
Below Petersburg Va.
August -. 1861.
My Dear M..-The sullcn and sienid-
/ cant boom of cannon greeted nay ears
/ many miles ana hours before reach
! ing my regiment after parting with
( they were in the midst Of battle, and
/ holly engaged. | was not surprised 10
f lind them faint heated ana almost cN-
hauStcd. under the lahOCS of severe
/ engagement of a whole days length.
and mourning the loss OF many COM
radcs, whose forms, stucuinE i'm
/ death, had not yet been committed 10
their last resting places beneath tho
! sod. This was on Tuesday, tn" lSth
/ day OF August
our acknowledgement John Il.
Chambliss, Was killed early in the
/ morning. and his body tell int" the
/ hands of the enemy, under circum-
! stances which the papers Will explain
/ before this reaches you. lieut"nant
/ J. L. Stewart Was shot through the
/ leg, the bone fractured. as soon AS the
! first voll"y from the enemy WAS re-
! ceiVcd. Whilst he WAS being borne
1 from the field. two more bullets. one
! in the body and tho other in the re
/ pleted the work OF death. well-nigh
/ caused by the FIRST missile that strucit
! him Poor Stewart lived an hour
/ longer. and was painfully conscious
! that his end was at hand. Ills sui
fcrinr cannot bc depicted. With both
legs horribly shattered. and with -
, most painful wound in his body, ne
/ was borne by four men, under = heavy
fire and closely pressed 10y tho enemy,
! FOR more than 4 mile. over ground OBJ
/ structed by fallen timber. undcrhruSh
, and briers. and this. too. upon no
strctchcr. his chief support being tn
sabre belt that cncircicd his waist.
! Thus. bleeding, scratched. MANNED and
Easping. he was ut length placed in an
ambulance TO speedily undergo the
| final struggle with the great monster.
His mind was troubled. but. amid the
! crowdinE thoughts that rushed upon
him. while feeling that his lire
current Was cbbing fast away and his
remembered his absent wife, and asked
soldier near him TO say To hi' OF.
! permit his family to suffer.
Tho spirit of the brave soldier ami
mated him to the last. and shortly after
saying that he hoped we would drive
stroycr. and his face. which | had 50
| often seen glow with the enthusiasm
OF tho charge and the battle, assumed
the ashen paleness OF death. AS other
human beings. he had his faults. but /
shall long remember him as possessed
Of many noble traits. lie was buried
In the same battle Gordon +. Bowie
was wounded painfully In the LETT
breast and Bob SANFORD In the ankle.
These wounds are not believed to be
serious, and ] trust may not prove SO.
but slight wounds of late so often as
sumo u dangerous character that |
| know not how To believe any casualty
I TO be slight.
We reached here this morning. hay
ing left the north side Yesterday about
daybrcak. y heavy battle was fought
! by General a. i. Till near here on yes
terday. Hcth and Malone were also
/ engaged. They failed 10 drive tho
enemy from their position on the rail
road. but drove them from two lines
Of works. capturing 5000 prisoners.
! The enemy drove our men back about
night, catching some OF them. Walkers
! brigade was engaged. The Forty
seventh Regiment lost Lieutenant Col
onel John Lyell for time, his arm
| having been amputatcd. and Major
lawson. Of tho Fifty-nf;h was killed
/ Captain Davis was commanding the
We're killed. SO far as have learned.
! Lieutenant Chandler was i'm tho cncmy's
hands a while. but escaped
august s3-My letter was abruptly
! cut short at the close OF the last sen
! tence by The buglc call to mount. All
/ day yesterday We lay in our fortifica-
tons. while tho bullets flew constantly
over our heads. This was not so bad
as we anticipated in the morning. for
We accompanied a long line of infantry.
which We knew was moving around to
| flank on the Weldon railroad. We knew
the Yankees We're strong in numbers
and positions, and NC We're aware also
that IL was of great Importance to us
| that they should be dislodgcd. Ac-
cordiuEly. We reasonably concluded
that bloody days work was before
us.
our infantry made tho attack. as we
ssXpecied' and their loss was very
TO be in much greater force than had
been supposed no assault was made
upon their second line OF works. Their
! first line was carried, and some pris-
! 5000. but can't vouch FOR il. ltarris's
Brigade lost 80 men. the other bri-
Gades not so heavily; but our list Of
casualties on the whole is a sad one. I
oon't think a man was hurt in our rcgi-
mcnt Captain Boiling ufrom Mary
! land, of the late General Chambliss's
STAFF, was mortally wounded.
since rcioincd the regiment our
duties have been onerous and trying
oncIhas been enjoyed I'm uninterrupt-
ed sleep, our horses have gone whole
days without food or water Md now
at the time when we sincerely hoped
! Il might be quiet, tn" prospect is good
/ that our labors Will be Increased. Hard
lighting. appears 10 me to he imminent,
as the Yankees are far from being dis
couraeed by their lack OF success into
an abandonment of their operations
against Richmond, but seem only fairly
To have commenced the contamination
&C.. Cheering news reached u" Yesterday
correct. that the Yankees were com
PEELED to retire before Early. II the
latter general proves more than n
llittu LOT tHcNi III mat quarter IT
must have the effect of still further
reducing their strength here. The fan
is approaching, and Il few more weeks
must decide this nomcntous campaign.
You Will have heard probably
before this reaches YOU Of the death OF
Sergeant stephen Ilardwick in a hos
pital in Richmond from Il wound re
ccivcd at Nancos Shop Poor Rushrod
Brown. wounded in the same battle.
must. l fear soon follow his comradc.
May God continue 10 bless you is
my prayer. W