Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

i""sstrcct is just one hour and 4 half
on"
General Jackson repeated these vis-
ITS down the line every half hour--un-
ally the last time he said. Men Long
street Is up" And. OH such n Wild
Yell went up from tho brave men who
had withs,ood the repeated onslaughts
Of tho enemy. Many II victorian soldier
Of to-day remembers that railroad cut
on the Manassas Gap railroad where
tn: enemy was driven out with rocks
and tho butts Or our guns
had the pleasure of being one OF
tn" many who Witnessed this struggle.
aud never viii forget it, In charp.
ing M to this railroad cut Yankee
shell burstcd right on line with me.
ANA ! could see every color that's In
the rainbow-and can see II to-day
This was one or my many narrow cs.
capcs.
SiIoT THROUGH HODI
WITH STEEL RtMROD
Ia going over the battlefield after
the Yankees had retired. I came across
one OF our men, right opposite the rail
road enhancement. badly wounded. lie
had 4 steel ramrod shot through his
right side. If ! mistake not--just above
MS NIP ile asked me to pull the ram
roo out. took hold of II and gave
ono strong pull. but failed to move it,
said 10 him. You had better wait
and consult a doctor" for in my opin-
ior if it was withdrawn then 1t might
cauSc internal bleeding. lie consented
TO walt for a doctor. | left him M
my command was moving forward.
have thought Of this poor fellow hum
Grcds OF times. and wondered If he ever
got well
found another one who was mem
Der OF our rcgifucnt. shot through his
r..r. H. Il II 4.
the Yankees were using cartridge
with one round ball and three buckshot
on tho end OF this large ball. ono OF
these buckshot struck our comrade
right in the center Of his forehead
a. the enemy were retiring ia the
direction OF Fairfax Courthouse &c had
10 move on. We were marching on one
road and the enemy or another. almost
parallel with ours. Just a very short
distance from tho intersection OF these
TWO roads our command was ordered
column TO the right and passed through
farm stable lot. and up 4 consider
able incline into narrow skirt Of
woods, and formed line OF battle At
this hour 5 T.. NJ. a considcra cloud
vas passing over. with heavy down
pour Of rain. The line Of battle was
ordered forward. Soon we came out
Of the woods into "A cornncld BY this
time our men had engaged the enemy
on the opposite side Of this corn nsld
l noticed then that the ene,ny's sharp
shooters were using Belgium rife
with an explosive ballet II was here
In tins corn field that Generals Kcar-
neN ana stevens, OF the Federal nrrnv
we're Killed by our sharpshooters:
their bodies were passed through tho
INES the next morning. under q flag
al truce. and delivered to General pope
IN person
VIII here state shat in the corn
he!a above northumberland have II
"'h INC very hes. authority that
General kearncy. before he was shot
by our men. had surrendered himself
70 our mon: but after seeing that the
force he had with him was stronger
''hat. -. more ~ numbers he at
tempted TO pet away. when he was
Shot supposedly by our shareholders
GENERAL LEE DETERMINES
TO INVADE MAUII,tND
Inc above battle took place at OK
I'M Now that General Pop. was safe
~ ms fortified positions around Alex
ahoria. Va. General Lee determined to
draw him OUT by invading NaryI,n,I.
crossed the Potomac River wt,h ,bc
FORCES OF General Jackson and General
y, \ HIS nj Lees burg Va aud
marched right through the heart n,
MARYLAND chat is the mos; fertile nv
l.oh or the State), through FrederIck
Ivy hafeTstown To Williamsport. re
crossed the Potomac River into v,r-
ginia Cnow West virginia. ,bra,,,
Martinsbure, Va ,now Yves, yjresrisi
20 Iarpers Ferry. Al this place som.
!I"oV Yankees had fallen back ,ro,,
"inchcster and other portions ar mo
valley Of Virginia Here they fo,,,s
out mat they were cut off bv General
'orces' then on the Maryland side
the i'otomac River. and the force
|n me i.oudonn Wa.) Heights: later
- ,, ,.mera! Jackson's and General A.
= liiiis forces between the Potomac
ana Shenandoah Rivers. our ynrt-
ih"n's right wing rested on the sb.n-
"hdoah River. We slept on ou- ,r,,.
'i"S night Early the next n,ornine, =
severe bomhardmcnt Of the cnem,.,s
,"rts took place, but lasted only fow
"Iu'S b"iore the white flag was hnist-
90" 'ne whole garrison surrendered
v" General Stoncwail jackson
! VIII state here all tho ca,,,-.a
a,lHee prisoners We're marched out
ana stacked their arms on ITO .r
ac""iho INTO tho town. General JncL-
son rode down tho pike The Yanknes
=; ,S"eo VINO ~ was and. on heinz. told
was jackson, they took ofr -bn,
hats and caps and inincd ~ ~ ~.
sneerlAS that our men were giving Mn,
me Yankees said they had often he,rd
or jackson and were very rroud 10
nave seen him. -
LEFT At HARPER's FERRY
TO PAROLE PRISONERS
General A. p. Hill was left AT Har-
pcf Ferry 10 parole all the Yankee
prisoners; but General jackson had ~
make forced march to cytricate CEN
eral Lee, who was being outnurnhorc
ny INC enemy at SharpshurE General
\. !. mn turned over all tho captured
property TO Colonel Johnston. Of our
regiment. TO be taken back TO Win
3hester, Va; hence we did not take any
part In the SharpshurE battle. When
or regiment left Harper's Ferry for
Winchester. | rode at the head of Tho
column on fne horse, thirteen hands
high.
wish 10 state here that had II MOI
pccn for the lost order OF General Toe
OF the Maryland campaign by General
ID. n. nm, the battles of Boonesboro
ana Sharpsburg would never have been
fought.
Again. ] wish TO state that during
our Forced march into Maryland. we
suhsisted mostly on green corn. gath
cred from the fields by details, and
m T.,