Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-04
WRITES OF BATTLE
OF CHARLOTTESVILLE
OF Woman Whose
Home Was i'm Thick of
Fighting.
FEDERALs RESCUE FAMILY
AHken FROM House by General Dick.
inson and Some Of His Soldiers.
Woods Filled With the Dead and
az Dying.
Continued From Last SUNDAY

'eohtinued From Last sunday,
-. lRecolicctions OF 4 little girl. twelve
aSc8rs olo. now siNty-seNcn Mrs vcs
~ pus'n" Chancellor, given 1" AIRS vi
issssSiah Minor Fleming, who compiled
RfhiS article
E we'll We cot through Thursday and
20 rida! as best We could. hut on Sa,ur-
;vsEaH' inc second Of MAY. the nrinc was
SSf,'ucn nearer. aud General Hooker o,.
EssStcrcd us 10 he taken To the basement
l&sf nc mousse WAS fun of The wouudcd
ssff,h hcH had taken our sitting room as an
3, opcra IN groom aud our piano as an
= amputatinc table. nnc Of The Suiccons
= camc 10 my mother and said. There
20 are Two wounded rebels hcrc. ana If
x, you like YOU can attend To them" and
=. she did
=, There was water ia the basement
- e. over our shoe tops. aud ono OF tho sur
=, Seons brought my mother down a 10, .
=. lie OF whisky. ANA told her That She
~ must take some. and 50 must We All.
- ana VIC all did cXccpi AUNT Nancy sh.
= Sa'u' NO sab. ain Gwinc tck IL. |
= spec IFS pizcn"d' and she didn't,
- There was firing aud fighting and
Il hrinSinc in the wounded All that dav.
- Wonderful to say, they did no, forget
e. 10 bring rs food. l:ut Il was late that
A. afternoon when the awful time began.
n Such cannpnadiuc ON all sides such
-Ssnrieks ami Sroans, such commotion or
-.IaH kinds We though, that We were
" frightened before hut this was he :
styond everything, ana ii Ken, mn ,.uiil
ssf ,onS after dark Upstairs they were
y oTinS'nE IN the wounded, and we could
rs hcs: their screams or PAIN This was
" siackscn's flank movement. hut NC did
II not k''ow y then Asain We sren, the
81 ntEht--siSteen Of us-in that ono room
1-the last night III tho old house
SAW MANY ROWS
or DEAD SOLDIERS
IL. haTiH In the morning they came for
= us TO 20 TO the cellar. and in pas. sing
q through the upper porch saw how
Ithe chairs Wee riddled with bullets.
= and the shattered columns which had
and injured General iloulttr. OH.
g. ,ne hofror OF tina; DAY The piles OF
s legs and arms outside Of the sitting
* room window and the rows and ro,y :
e Of dead bodies covered with canvas,
!. Inc hShtinG awful and the
q frightened mon crowded into The base
r. mcnt for protection from the deadly
S,nrc OF the ConfcderatcS hat an officer
i. came came and ordered them out command
=. iHs 'heh no' I" ;ntrudr upon the
=, terror stricken women Presently
q, "oWn inc steps pr'CipiiatelN came tn.
= same officer aud hadc rs como out ~
s,"nce, "For. Madam, the house il on
-, fire. hut VIII sec that Won .re MO
-tlcctcd and carried - II place al safety =
:. Ihis was General Joseph Dickinson.
- hut We did not know i, mt The ,im.
y cannon were booming in every dtrac-
non and missiles OF death were nvinr
5atas this terrified band OF women ANA
ch'ioren came Stumbling out of tho eel
r}.ST' ~ anybody thinks that "a ba;tl,
- - an orderly attack Of rows oc ne,
can toll them differently for h.
been there 10
The siSht iha; mel our ewes AZ y.
samr out % the dim light OF ,ho,
aseh'ent room heSsars description.
IA nns lss
""ooS around the house were a
EA5spooi oi fire. tho air WAS filed win
shot and shell, horses wcrc runninn
fcafinS and screaming the mon. = MAJ
OF confusion, moaning. cursin- aud
PRAYING They We're bringing IN.
wounded out OF The house. fur i, wn.
- VI VI several riac"s. Mummy Nan.
~ mad old MIR F----'S l,a~l:c, 80 =.
pfr+. and She aud I'll" li,tlc ,olornd III,
were separated from ~ ANA hiddcn
10 stay behind. y Yankee sn,,rh.d
inc basket from tho old woman ANA
was making off with II, Aunt E,nr,.
save shrek: Miss katc. 70, do
La"d's sake. git ych IA basket An
& r turned ana, stcrnly rcproving
''c hliScreant gave tho aSk., i'm,
MISS katc 5 hands. SLOWLY *. ntl..I
oni way over tho hiccdinc bmiir. -,
VIC dcad and wounded. GcncIa, Dick
inson riding ahead. my moth,r vim
h'r mana on his knee. / oimgiue dos.
10 her' aud tho others following he
mind. NJ o,la. last sook oul old homo
= WAS coinr!@ici O." cnNclopod H. names
4 My mother. widow with SLY .cncud
Il cnt daughters, and her al dcstroyni
81 we LOOK the road IN towards l.ni,
led states Ford. which WAS hcli la.
LINE enemy, end after u while We .ot
IS out OF sight ct tho battle Arcr u.l. .
Ing about half "a mile one or my as
tcrs who had hccu SICK had honor
Il rhage from her lungs. General Dic,,
inson stopped soldier OF horseback;
81 made him set down, pat my sister
on his horse and Then Walk behind
4 her to hold htr on After q whil.
~ MISS Kate stopped. completely exhaust
NJ ed, and said that She could 20 no fur.
i $iher General Dickinson asked hcr ir
Il she could ride, FOR II so. yon can
s. take my horse ana | VIII WALK Al hi
81 head. She said that she Was too ntucb
s. exhausted 70 attempt that hui sn.
i could ride, pillion fashion behind hmm.
That l.. impuss bic" he said e,erniy
4 II fear cannot prov i'd Tor YOU" Af.
ter few minutes pause. vs., went
on. presently We met an officer " no
wheeled OF MS horse on rccognizia.:
our leader and demanded with an oath,
G.mcra! Dickinson. why a." Nou No,
Al your post OF duty VIM n.,.,
forget General Dickiu rcplv. lie
drew himself rp proudly aud SAID. IN
hrre is no, the pos, oi duty looking.
after tho safety OF these helpless wo.
men and children, then don't know
what you cal! duty"
After walking three miles wc peach
ed the ford. where The Yankees Mad
GET Din ~