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THE LEGION AT MANASSAS
A flighty Important Contribotioi
History.
Gea. Wide Hampton's Narrative ot
Battle-Some Serious Errors C
reeled-The Defence of the Kooli
House-The Legion Held the He
the Position and Saved tne Figl
The Charge Across Jackson's Proi
Justice Reudei td the Sooth Carol
Troops at Last.
ID the Century magazine of A
there appeared two interesting a
clea on the battle of Manassas, aiu
reference was made in both of lb
papera to my command, "The Hat
ton Logion," I think it proper thc
should give some memoranda of t
fight.
It waa the fortune of the Legi
good or evil, as the reader may del
mine for himself, to be engaged fr
an early hour in the morning tu
the close of the battle on the gron
where it waa fought and won, n
thia fact givea me I think, the opp
tunity of knowing more of the <
taila of the fighting on the platei
" ~^ Houses, up to the time at which i
wound waa rece>ved, than any surv
ing officer commanding a regiment.
Aa all the facta touching the ci
war can only be brought out by c
lating and comparing the experienc
of those who took part in it, I ve
ture to give mine, as to thia battle ?
peci ai ly, as eome errors have ina
'_ vertently crept into the va ious a
counts of it heretof re given. I ho,
to be able to show how this occurr?
and how it could naturally occu
without blame attaching to any on
The two articles to which I refer ai
those of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston an
Gen. Imboden, and in these there ar
I think, one or two mistakes, not ma
terial aa far as general results ai
concerned, but important as touchin
* the part borne by the Legion in tha
battle.
THE MARCH TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
In order to give a full understand
. tog of the events of that day, as ie
aa they fell under my observation, .
must enter somewhat minutely ?nb
details, which, I fear, may prov<
wearisome, though essential. On th
morning of Joly 21, my command af
ter having been on the railroad thirtv
hours, reached Manassas Junction
about day light, and I reported at
Kfcs^^occe to Gen. Beauregard, from whom
1 ?P^T?S5WTTO"ai5,,L1 P" " m lyovf-rrr - inn
direction of the Stone Bridge, and to
hold myself in readiness to support
any troops eng-tged in that qnarter.''
In pursuance of this order we moved
from the Junction about sunrise, un
der direction of a guide, towards the
point indicated. The guide,soon after
we came within range of the artillery
fire, retired without leave and with
?^N, ont notice. This was near the Lewis
- House, and just as we were passing it,
icaving it to our right. I met a conn?
try boy on horseback who informed
me that the enemy, in heavy force,
had crossed Bull Run at Sudley Ford
and were advancing towards the
Warrenton turnpike. My guide hav
ing desertedme, and not knowing
where the Stol? Bridge was, I deter
mined to movemy command in the
direction of a ieavy musketry fire
which we hean from our left, and
which came fron the encounter of
Evan's brigade w?h the Federals near
Sudley For.? Just at this point, near
the Lewis Home, I met Col. James
Francia Piston, of the 4th regiment,
Jackson's brigade, moving his com
jrianji-Hth* opposite direction from
^^iaraTto take I suppose, some position
to which he had been ordered. Know
?flflBing bim well, I gave him the informa
mtion I had received from the boy, and
' i^Wie Legion moved on rapidly toward
^^^^Uw firrn^rW e crossed- i smalU^ranoh
back of the Lewis House, and follow
ing a road through a pine thicket, we
struc ? in flank a corumn moving on
a road into which our road led. In
quiring what troops these were, I was
told that they were Bee's brigade,
then hastening to the support of
Evans. It is important to bear this
fact in mind, for it proves that the
Legion reached the plateau where
the battle waa fought at the same
hour that Bee did.
SUPPORTING ABATTERY AT iOo'CLOCK
The Lieutenant-Colonel of the Le
gion, B. J. Johnston, knew Gen. Bee
well and suggested that he should
ride forward to ask the General what
position we should take. In a few
minutes he returned bringing a mes
sage from Bee that a battery was
about to go into action and that he
advised me to support it. This wac
Imboden's Battery, which soon alter
came into position,about ona hundred
yards to the left of the Robinsou
House and about the same distance
?oath of the Warrentm turopike. In
i.bedience to the suggestion of Bee,
1 brought my command up just be
hind the battery under partial sheller
of .the hill upon which it was placed,
and where it waa gallantly engaging
Rickett a battery, which waa Btation
.d'on an opposite hill acroso Young's
branch. We got into position here, I
think, between 9 and IO o'clock A.
B -M t and the time is impressed on my
Ifftta-. memory from the following circom
Benanee: Soon after we came on the
^>,- " ' ^toound I saw one ot Itnboden's men
V^v^fibg iarr^ *? *oe rear? W00D(?e(? OD
bis shoulder by a shell, and I se
him to my surgeons, . Drs. Jo]
T. Darby and B. W. Taylor, wi
dressed his wound. In a convera
tion with I m. boden, sometime aft
the battle, he told me that this wi
the first man wounded in bia batter
and in answer to my questou ut wb
time thia had happened he replit
that he thought it was somewhi
later, probably 10, but it establish
the fact that the Legion was near tl
Lobins?n House at an early hour i
the morning. These details are give
in order that I may explain a miatat
made by Gen. Johnston and Cap
Imboden aa to the time the Legio
reached the battlefield.
GEN. JOHHSTON CORRECTED.
Now the alight error into whir
Gen. Johnston baa fallen ie containe
in the following extract on page IC
in his contribution to the May nun
ber of the Century :
" Hampt >n with his Legion reache
the valley as the retrograde move
meut began. Forming it promptly h
joined iu the action and con tribu tei
greatjytof thftorAerly _i;borac twof th
rexreerbyT??? courage and admirabl
soldiership, seconded by the excellen
conduct of the gentlemen composin
hi? Legion."
I have shown that we reached th
plateau before Bee croEsed the tur?
pike on his way to support Evan?
and I shall prove by incontrovertibl
evidence before concluding how lon
we remained on the turnpike. Be<
may have formed his brigade, as ha
been stated that he did, on this pla
teau before he crossed the turnpike
but if he did I ?aw nothing of th?
sort, and I made it a rule during th<
war to report only what I saw ant:
knew. Of course tho e officers whe
had larger commands than mine had tc
iepend in a large measure on the re
ports of subordinates, but my obeer
cation has led me to the conclusion
that much of the confusion and con
tradiction prevailing as to the events
ind transactions of t? war have arisen
rom the fact that officers constantly
unbraced the whole field iu their re*
lorts of a battle, instead of confining
hemeelve8 to what fell uuder their
personal notice. In this sketch of
he battle of Mauassas I propose to
;ive only Buch incidents as came un
1er my own eye, and when it is re
neml.ered that the L-gion waa from
;n early hour io the morning until
hocetreatof the enemy never out
idA-afLiL* ftrcall tii?--1- r- ., ? .?-.
Irne drawn (rom the turnpike in
out of the Rubinsou House to the
ght of Jackson's position, a few hun
ed yards iu our rear, thence to the
m ry House, about as lar distant
id thence back to the point first in
cated, it will be seen that my op
iituuities for observing what occur
id within these lines were certainly
i great as those cf any surviving offi
;r who took part in that fight. It
proper to state, however, that I
as wounded at the Henry House,
:>oul 3 30 P. M , and after that saw
othing more of the action; but it
as very soon after this hour that
ie retreat of the eu**roy began, as I
ave been informed.
THE POSITION OF THE LEGION.
In order to define the limita of the
riangle in which my command ope
ited I subjoin a rough sketch ol
lat portion of the field, which will
ive the reader an idea of the posi
ons occupied by us: Nos. 1, 2 and
mai k the different positions of the
jegion, No. 1 being the Robinson
louse, No. 2 the position taken when
re fell back from the turnpike, and
Io. 3 the Henry Houoc. Imboden'e
lattery is indicated by No. 4, and I
bink that Capt. Imboden makee a
aistake when he ?ays that hie first
loeition wa- "abo?l 100 yarda to the
lortheast of the Henry Hou8e," for
viren !">aw him go into-action.firet he..
vas, asl have stated jaet to tue left of
he Robinson House, and at all events
t was here that the Legion supported
jia battery. This difference in opinion
jetween us is, however, very imma
terial; but he falls into a grave error
iv hen he says that "for at least a
aalf hour after our forcea were driven
icrosa Young's Branch no Confederate
joldier was visible from our position
near the Henry House. The Staun
ton Artillery, so far as we c uld see
was alone iu its glory."
No*-lhe fact is that the Legion,
which supported his batteiy as it
went into action, moved up to the
turnpike, when he waa forced to re
tire, and remained there for hours af
ter his withdrawal. While in this
latter position we saw the troopB of
Bee and Evuns falling back across
the road between us and the Stone
Bridge which was aeveral hundred
yards to our right Many of these men
were rallied behind Jackson's brigade
which bad previously taken position
on tb? platean, a few hundred yards
south of the Robinson House and in
front of the pine forest that extended
from the branch in rear of the Lewis
House to the field in which the Henry
and Lobins?n houses were situated.
At that time I was not aware that
Jackson had come on the ground, nor
did he kuow that my command was
in front ol' his on the turnpike, and
this lact caused him to fall into an
error, to which I shall allude before
concluding these remarks. But at
present I wieh to follow the account
of Gen Imboden. I do not know what
position bis battery took after i
withdrawal from the Robinson flous
for I did not see it again during ti
fight, but he certainly mistook son
other command for mine when he d
scribes the following incident :
"To reach my horse, after Jackso
had given me permission to rejoin n
battery, I had to pass the infantry
Hampton's Legion, who were lyn
down in supporting distauce nf ot
artillery, then in full play, (Colon
Wade Hampton's Legion at this tim
as I remember, consisted of a reg
ment of infantry, a battalliou of ca
airy and a four-gun battery of hon
artillery.) Whilst untying my hon
a shell exploded iu the midst of Hara]
ton's infantry, killin.; several an
stampeding fifteen or twenty nearei
the spot, I tried to rally them, ht
one huge fellow, musket in baud, wit
bayonet fixed had started ou a ruo.
threw myself iu front of him wit
drawn sword, and threatened to cu
him down, whereupon he made a lung
at me," &c, ?cc.
GEN. IMBODEN'S ERRORS.
The General wields now his pe
quite as well as he once did his swore
bu^my'reasons for thinking that thi
dramatic episode occurred with othe
troops than mine are these: He place
the Bcene of the incident near th
Henry House. Nov/, my men neve
laid down near the Henry House
they were not at or near the house a
all until their charge upon it, order
ed by Gen. Beauregard ; they sup
ported no artillery duriDg the fighl
except Imboden's at the Robiosor
House, and no Confederate battery
was near the Henry House when we
moved on it. As we did so we passed
the 18th Virginia lyi?g down, not far
from thehou8e,andin the final charge,
made ou the only two guns of Rickett's
Battery not disabled and their in
fantry supports, this regiment joioed
the Legion gallantly. In this charge
the guns were taken. Capt. Rickett
was wounded, was taken in a blanket
by four of the men of Company A,
Hampton Legion, was carried to the
Lewis Houpe, to which I had been
taken, and was attended by Dr. D.ir
hy, of my command. Let me say
hore, iu passing, that his wife soon
ioined him there, remaining with
tiim amid all the dreadful scenes in
:ident to a field hospital, ami by her
favolion to him, in my opinion, saved
Ha life. No soldieron either aide in
;h*t battle displayed higher courage
,han she did in braving the hard
ihflMM - l^nniH tn which she
mittoreturnt?^??^?
Inch has for its purpose thb corree- ^
au of what are some errors io refer- |
ice to my command at Manassaa. I
)pe that my friend, Gen. Imboden,
ill not understand me as criticising '
17 ol his statements iu an unfriend- ^
spirit, for this is very far from my
jject. But many years, filled with
Brplexing anxieties, grave responei
ilities and hard duties, have passed
nee we stood together amid the
orms of that great battle, und we
iay both have forgotten many of itu
tridents, especially those which re
.te to the movement of each other's
tmmand. I am sure, however, that
we could now go together over that
istoric field we could identify the
laces where we fought and readily j
ittle all points of difference between
9. But he must pardon me if, in
ie meantime, I place greater reliance
u my own memory as the movements
nd positions ol my command than j
? his, especially as his has been BO J
reacherous in regard to Miss Julia 1
ackson, who was at that time accord- :
lg to his statement, "still in long j
resses." Ladies ate proverbially ?
eticent and sensitive in reference to ,
heir age, and he will have to make i
n apology to this chsrming young <
ady, who, if other authorities are to
ie believed, was not born till long
,fter the battle of Manassae 1 But
r?heTSW?ial i5 ??l a very accurate- -
i is tor ian, he seem9 to have been a
rue prophet in regard to that "little
laughter" of the immortal Jackson,
vho as a bride, has just received the
;ood wishes and the blessings of the
vhole South.
Gen. Imboden makes a mistake as
0 the constitution of the Legion, for
?here were but BU infantry companies
u it, and they were the only troops
)f the command present on the 21st
)'uly. I think, too, but I express my
opinion with great deference, that he
bas mistaken the constitution of his
D.vn battery on that occasion. My
recollection is that if. was composed
of four guns, but he, iu speaking of
it in his article for the Century, says:
"Mine, six in number, were all smooth
bore six-pounders, brass." Ou page
5G9, Series 1, Vol. 21, "War ot the
Rebellion," ia a report of Thoa. G.
Rhett, A. A. Gen., giving a list of
tbe troops of the army of the She
nandoah engaged at Manassas, and
in thin the "batteries in action" are
given as followa: "Col, Feudleton's,
four pieces; Cap.. Imboden's, four
pieces; Capt. Albnrtis's, four pieces,"
&c. Il he had ouly four guns instead
of six he is, of course entitled lo
greater praise for the brilliant aervice
he rendered, and which he thus de
scribes :
"For full three quarters of an hour
we kept up a fire tLat delayed the
euemy'a movement across Young's
Branch. But for that they might
have gained the Henry plateau be
\ fore Jackson aud Hampton came up
and before Bee an ? Barlow had rallied
was
.me
ch
their disorganized troops. Minutes
count as hours under such circum
stances, and trifles often turn the
scale in great battles."
JACKSON'S ARRIVAL AND POSITION BE
HIND THE LEGION-12 o'CLOCfc.
In a previous portion of thu? paper
I alluded to a slight mistake made
hy Gen. Jackson, in letters Vtritten
to hie wife soon after the fight!and I
mention it only to show how h leonid
naturally fall into it. As I; have
stated, my command reached, the
Robinson House early in the morning,
and we soon moved up to the turn
pike. At what hour Gen. Jackson
came upon the plateau I do not know,
but from the reports of Gens. Jfchn
ston and Beauregard, he must^t^e
done so about 12 o'clock. Gen. John
ston says that he left Lookout illili
"about ll o'clock," and when
reached the plateau Jackson ?
"deploying his brigade." Gen. E eau
regard says: "At ll 30 A. M. ?en.
Johnston and myself set ont for the
immediate field of acti
reached pk^thj^reaf^T the Rob!
and Widow Henry's house, abo
o'clock M., and just as the commands
of Bee, Bartow and Evans had tafceu
shelter in a wooded ravine, bee"00*
the former, stoutly held at that
by Hampton with his Legion, v
bad made a stand here after ha:
previously been as far lorward aJ-ue
turnpike." These statements fix jbjjet
;y accuratively the time at wh
Jackson deployed his brigade, for be
:eems to have done so about 12 M.
fa I have stated, the position tal :en
>y him was in the open plain, af ter
unerging from the pine forest r?h cu
aid between the Lewie and Hen -7
tooses. When I first saw this hriga de
oon after 2 o'clock P. M., and ou nj07
vithdrawal from the turnpike, it
u the line of battle along the edg
he forest, its right resting on a fe
yhich ran at right angles to its Hg
nd its left extending beyond, bn
ome distance in the rear of"
?enry House. Jackson's right w
finest directly behind the right
he Legion when it was on the
?ike, hut several hundred yards
he rear, there being a ravine, and li
ome portion of the distance a piec
f woods between the two commands
THE REPULSE OF KEYES.
The road from Sudley Ford crosaec
ie turnpike nt the Stone Houser?ndl
id thence near the Henry Housfi
ioa??fl?tgT-.J,?iili,-ep -ooao?e?
ttery, a demonstration was
the enemy towards the Robinsc
Duse. The Legion was immediate
)ved up to the turnpike to me
is threatened attack. The po
ken was a very strong one,
tch and fence ran along the oort
le of the road, affording very goo
otection to the men. Here we were
tacked by quite a heavy fore
lich was repulsed with loss,
tole from the report ol' Col. Eras
ns D. Keyes, commanding 1st bri
e, 1st division, U. S. infantry,
der to show the rasult of thi
tack, and the hour at which it
ide. This is the proof I proini
produce, to show how long
?gion held its exposed position
e turnpike while no reinforcemej
are in sight :
"About 2 o'clock P. M. Gen. Ti
dered me to take a battery on hei
front. The battery was strong
isted and supported by infantry
fiemen, sheltered by a buildin
nee and a hedge. * * * As
oved forward we came under
re of other large bodies of
?emy costed behind breastwor
id on reaching the summit of
ill the fire became so bot that,
cposure to it of five minutes wo
ave annihilated my whole line."
UK LEGION HOLDS THE TURNPIKE
TIL AFTER 2 P. M.
"Thia -describ.ee.
legion when it was on the t?r
ear the House. The ditch, o
lenlion has been made above,
ie appearance of "breastworks,"
ideed served pretty well the
ose of them. The report of K
roves conclusive ' that the L
ras on the turnpike as late as
I., and remained Borne time aft
ttuck on it had been repulsed
his repulse the enemy moved L
sit, and striking the Sudley
nme down to the Stoue Hous
he turnpike. Here a battery
ilaced in the road and as it cou!
?lade our position perfectly, I
Irew my cominan I, falling,
.cross the ravine and euterin
ield where Jackson's brigad
onned. We halted first just
M-est of the hill above tba r
spoken of, in front of Jackson
3ol. Pendleton coming up at tbi
ment with some guns whic
wished to place ou the groun
DCCupied, we fell back to tb
mentioned, our line being a
angles to Jackson'^ and our le
lng on his right.
FIGHTING AROUND THE HENRY
Here I saw Gen. Bjaurega
the first time that day, and
dressed a few complimentai y
coiiraging words to my men.
ing us, he went towards the
House, where the tiring wi
heavy, and in a short tim
aides, Samuel Ferguson, sn1
ly a brigadier general, and
siding ia Greenville, Mies., br
N
' order that I should move my i
maud at a double quick to the H
House. Wo had proceeded bt
short distance when Gen. Evana
dared us to move to our right tow
a body of woods, from which a
had been opened on us; but jua
this moment Col. James Ohesuut,
ing as volunteer aide to G?n. Bea
gard, repeated the order ex ten
through Ferguson. We moved
rapidly aa possible in the direcl
indicated, paasing obliquely ac
the front of Jackson's brigade an.
a few minutes we were fightiugaro
the Henry House, where Bee, Bu
and Fisher had been killed or t
tally wounded. Two guns of Ricki
battery, the horses of which had
been Lilied, were near the creal
. je.?'ill abandoned ; two other, in
same condition, were a little lo
down nearer the house, and the
maining two he waa stubbornly f??
ing just beyond the garden of
house, on or very near the Sut
jroad. Aa we passed the house, .1
whilat we were in the garden
command to "charge bayonets" h
ing just been given, I was wound
The command was turned over
Capt. James Conner, senior capt:
and I was taken from the field. '
Legion followed the retreating ene
as far as any of our infantry did e
the men had been under constant
for eight hourn. These detaile
given in order that an explanat
may be offered showing how the c
take made by Jackson came ab
naturally.
JACKSON'S NATURAL ERROR.
In a letter to Mrs. Jackson, writ
on the 21 July, he uses the follow
language : "Whilst great credit is (
to other parts of our gallant an
God made my brigade more inst
mental than any other in repule:
the main attack," and on Angus
he writes as follows: "I know tl
the 1st brigade was the first to m
.and pass jur retreati og forces, to pi
!'th no other aid but the smi
d, to boldly take its positiou w
tillery that waa under my co
, to arrest the victorious foe
iward progress, to hold him
until rein forcements arriv
iually to charge bayonets, a
advancing pierce the euem,
1." The world recognizes t
guished part borne by G<
in and his gallant brigade in t
ide of the service of his men c
ccasioD. The same pride thi
d then his warm words of praii
ts me to do justice to my me:
conduct and services were 1
' of commendation as those 1
ter troops. No soldier eau ar
e this feeling more keenly tba
Stonewall Jackson would have don
and no living soldier could be mo:
em? tient iu doing j ustice to hie con
rades than would have been that dea
hero. He has done injustice to m
command by hie accounts of this bal
file, and I have not one word of cou
?Uintto make against him. loni
Mah to show that, not knowing of th
Ance of my command on the tum
?then betook position on th
9k'n ?ur p**i'i he supposed, a
f? Bctly T- ' ,ral, that when Be
M ML'' -ack all of our troop!
en in advance of hip, bai
Hence the error int
M fell when he stated that thit
H^?ue was "the first to meet and pat
our retreating forces," and "the fire
to arrest the victorious foe in his oe
ward progress. The following extrae
from the roport of Brig.-Gan. Evau
will throw some light upon this poinl
aa clo indeed the reports of Gens. John
eton aid Beauregaad. Ger, Evan
saya :
TESTIMONY OF GEN. EVANS.
"The enemy by thj^?^were ii
10nch largeforce thai our poefiion wa
no longertenaDTS? and I ordered m;
command, now greatly ecattered, t
fall back, under cover, towards th
i Lewis House. The commands 0
Gen. Bee and myself were now com
pletely scattered, when we were time
ly covered by Hampton's Legion am
other reinforcements."
IEvans himself passed througl
mand while it was 00 the tum
be was retreating, andi kno\
ia wa9 the first Coufederat
at he met as he was retiring
be repulse of the enemy 0:
npike they moved dowu tb
road, crossed the pike at th
Stone Hoime and ul ruck I he left c
Jackson's line in front ot the Hem
fe House. This explanation of the move
I mmts of the e lemy-one thal I hav
never steii given iu Hoy report of tb
"Tn?it?e- reconciles accounts whic
otherwise seem contradictory, and 1
' proves that while the lett of Jackson'
line was engaged, the Legion coul
^ very well have been fighting in iron
of his right, for his line, while nearl
parallel with mine, was four times u
long.
JOSTICE TO THE LEGIOIT.
Tbeee facts are given simply i
? justice to my old command, in who?
. reputation and well-earned glory
- feel now the same pride that I tel
y when 1 had the honor to lead then
y On every field they did their whol
ia duty aa soldiers, and on the first the
t* left more than ODe-fifth 0.' their nun
I- ber dead and wounded. The Arm
n of the Potomac, to which the Legio
was attached, had 9,477 on Lt
of which number six hundrc
twenty-four were killed and wc
Of the six hundred men of t
gion one hundred t>nd twei
fell. They .surely deserved thc
Gen. Johnston bestows on theo
he speaks of " the excellent c
of the gentlemen compoping t!
gion."
CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCI
lu this rambling I have sou
details iu order to elucidate <
two points which may b* of i
to the brave auivivors cf the I
and I have consulted several ol
that I might verify my recoil?
of the incidents of the battle,
gentlemen, amongst whom are
T. G. Barker, who wws the f,
and efficient adjutant general <
command, Dr. B. W. Taylor, (
its surgeons who was io the m
the fight, and Private Bill, a
soldier who subsequently beca
rfrfnratr.rfljpiQftgnr in the accur
the statements made as to the
tiona and movements of the I
during the fight. I have end ea
to state only such facts as fell
my own observation, and I hav
diously avoided everything that
possibly be construed as a refli
on any of my comrades. I onl;
sire to see the whole truth rega
the conduct of my men brough
I did not realize at the time o
battle the importance of the ec
rendered by them, but in the lit
the experience taught me by
years of duty in the field, I be
now that the accident which li
to take position on the turnpike
a material in thence in shaping
fortunes of the day. Our pr?t
there delayed the advance of th<
erny for several hours and thu
abled the reinforcements to be bro
up, which turned what at one
seemed to be a defeat into a vic!
It is ceitain that but for the dt
lion of the enemy at the turn
the battle would not have been foi
where it was, but might prob
have been made at or near the J
tion. This is, of course, but sp
lation, but au incident that oeeu
a lew days after the fight shows
I am not alone in entertaining
opinion.
THE LEGION SAVED THE FIGHT,
Some time after the battle Get
R. Trimble, a graduate o? V
ti ngufs bed ^tcer^m^^^r^vicet%
resides now A Baltimore, joined <
army. Wishing to study the batt
field, be rode over it a few days af
his arrival, in company with seve
officers. After examining the vu
ous positions held by our troops,
said to one of the officers when
came to the place on the pike wh<
the Legion had made ita staod, a
without kuowiog what troops h
held it, "This ia the key to the whi
position; the troops who held it nav
the fight." Thia was repeated io i
by the officer to whom it hal be
said, and waa afterwards told to i
by th? General himself. It waa Li j
praiae, which I appreciated great!
and I put it on record in honor of n
old, my gallant and my loved coi
radea of the Legion.
WADE HAMPTON.
Of all the cool thinga in this wor
of cheek, tho passage cited I rota tl
sentence of death passed by a Wyoi
iug Territorial judge upon a coi
demned murderer ia certainly tl
cooleet. After reviewing the trit
he said to the prisoner : "I am by i
means satisfied with the evidence
the case, and am not sure wheth
you killed John ForbeB or whethi
he died by a visitation of God, bi
my sentence is that you be bange
on the third Frid?y of June; ac
should you know of your own inn
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thought that it is doubted by some <
the wisest thinkers ci the age whetl
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living."
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