Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20

on the left and right have been sue
Scssiuiiy crowding our TANKS into I'll,
| howiItike hollow Of the ravine's
head and the Thirty-seventh Massa
chusets had the iiercest, most hand
to-hand ana literally savage en-
counter OF the war with the remnant
| OF the STILES Battalion and the ma
rines from the ships that had lain in
inc James River. ] WAS next to thsec
marines and saw them fight they
dubbed their muskets. fired pistols
bayonets savagely. Pretty soon 81 flag
OF truce came in sight, the officer
bearing II came bravcly up to our line
under fire.
! shot at him before learned the
object of his mission. have always
been thankful! that | did not hit him;
t ha must f have been y protecting
course. This Kind OF lighting could
not last long. The officers message
was to inform us that we were COM
plctcly surrounded and that further
resistance was useless, and right here
want to relate little personal in
cident which l will never forget.
CPuIdd Not Drink.
After we were captured had
thrown down my gun. which had
my hand. and started to the rear. !
was yer ythirsty. and got down in Il
ditch TO get a drink. but the water
was bloody and could not drink II.
the prisoners and just as jumped
up from the ditch l scared a Yankee
cavairymnn's horse and he cursed me,
me next one that came along n1 =, a
me, "Johnnie. are you hungry"
said, That's a pretty question to ask
4 rebel His reply was. Never mind.
said Yes" He TUNED his horse
around and I saw that he had small
ham strapped to the ring. of his sad
die. Ia said. Cut a piece OF this
meat quick because ] am in hurry"
! cut Of a good slice and he gave
ms handful OF bareback and said.
Good by. Johnnie" God blcss that
Yankee: he s;tvcdd my life, for Twas
nearly furnished.
Crowded with Dead.
kcifer, VINO commanded one of
wrisht'y br!gades of the Sixth Corps.
says. One week after the battle I
revisited the field Che was on his way
back from Appomattox) and could
have walked on Confederate dead for
Of heights held by the enemy. whore
tile battle opened" These men were
put in trench and q mother Of un-
inistakab'e breeding, who lived in sja-
vannah, shortly after the battle. came
TO look after her son. \ deluginS rain
had swept the shallow covering of
earth away and among the fostering
Il ring still circlinS his ashcn,
shrunken finger
General II. G. Wright. who com
minded the Sixth Corps OF the Fed
era Army. in his ofns2l report OF
this battle. says: "rhc First and
Third Divisions of this corps charged
the, cnemy's position, carrying IL
handsomely, except at point on our
right of the road crossing the creek,
where column, said to be composed
exclusively OF the Marine Brigade and
other troops which had held the lines
OF E!chmond previous to the cvaclIa
ton, made Il counttrchangc upon that
part of our lines in their front. l
was never more astonishcd. These
troops were surrounded.
The First and Third Divisions of
this corps were on either flank, my
artillery and a fresh division In their
front. and some three divisions OF
Major General Shcridan's cavalry in
their rear. Looking upon them as al
ready our prisoners. had ordered
the artillery to cease firing as die
tate of humanity; my surprise. there
fore, was extreme when this force
charged upon our front; but the fire
o. oar jnfa ntry. which had already
gained their TANKS. Tie Napture Of
their superior officers. already in Our
hands, the concentrated and muir
derous fire or six batteries of our
artillery within effective range,
brought them promptly to a sur,
render"