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MEMORIES OF T1 BETWI Col. U. R. Brooks Paints the Battles i Took "Memory crowds and the shadows! luminous and gray file before me."' Time is always snatching something from us: its fleeting moments pass as quickly as they come, never i more to return, as water which is j gone from its source re-urns to it j no more. On the 12th of June, when I reach-1 ed Richmond, the fiftieth anniversary of the great cavalry battle of Trev- j illian Station, Va., I thought of Gen. I Hampton, who never cursed when he would say, "Give it to them, my brave boys." I could see the clear cut, man- i ly, handsome face of Gen. M. C. But- : ler when he met the Yankee cavalry where the road turned in the thick woods and could hear him say ''You d? rascals, if you don"-, turn .back,; I wil murder the last d? one of you," and thev obeyed the order, said not a word, but turned back. In crossing ! the Chickahominy swamps I thought of the Bald Eagle, Gen. Mart Gary, of Edgefield, the hero of the Chickahominy, as the people called him during the bloodiest year of the war, who lived along the banks of that historic stream. It seemed that I could see and hear everything vividly again that I had ever heard or seen in all the battles that I had taken a part in. ; I could hear the yells, the groaning of the dying men and horses, I could , hear the dear'old sweet "R*bel yell," j which always had a moving; effect on the Yankees; I could hear the Yani kee officers beg their men to fight; . I could hear the curses of their offi- \ cers when their lines would break; ! I could see Gen. Gary curse a Con-! federate colonel on the 2nd day of June, 1864, who w is about to show the white feather, at Bottom's Bridge fourteen miles from Richmond, on the ' Chickahominy. k As the train was drawing near to Petersburg I saw the trenches where so much of the noblest blood of the j South was shed. Aye. the blood of the flower of the best army in the j world commanded by the matchless j Lee. The blood of the Hessians,! mingled with the best blood of the 1 North?all done, as we can see now,' to make this the best and strongest government in the world. I could j see Gen. Hampton with a few of his brave boys, as he called them, behind Grant's grand army, capturing one of Grant's regiments of cavalry and making them drive all of his cattle to Petersburg. I could hear the shouts of our infantry when they witnessed the sight of so many good things to eat; I could hear the infantry cheer Hampton and his caval-' ry; I could see Gen. Lee shake Hampton's hand and thank him for this ' the most daring deed that was accom- J plished by any cavalry officer during 1 the war. The old "War Horse," Gen. j Longstreet, said that Gen. Hampton j was the greatest cavalry leader of our ! or any other age. I could hear Gen. I A. P. Hill say to Gen. Hampton, "I have lived, to see your sabres and my muskets shake hands on the enemy's breastworks," at the battle of Reams Station, August 25th, 1864. I could! see Gen. Gary on the Chickahominy meet some Yankee officers under a flag of truce, and hear him call to them when they were leaving "Hold' on there; I am coming over here tomorrow and give you fellows hell." | They laughed, but did not believe him, but he kept his word. I could hear Lide Law, that gallant soldier, fire his gun and see him take the saddle and oil cloth from a Yankee horse, which oil cloth had the name of one of McGowan's brigade marked i on it. There are many things I re-, member about my old Company B, 6th South Carolina cavalry. Capt. j James J. Gregg was our captain, j When he was shot through the arm ! on Saturday, the 11th of June, 1864, j first day's fight at Trevillian, he said j to old Ike Bush and myself, "Well, I don't think a captain in Virginia is as good as a private on the coast." We laughed and told him that the ' Yankees had very little respect for j either, as old Ike could testify to | when he was shot in the arm a few ' minutes later. I could hear gallant Nick Brunson say in battle, "Dad blame it, boys; . come on and lets give it to them." j Henry JJony, w asn Anen, ad dusii- i nell, Bob Broadwater, .Williamson j Holloway, Henry Eubanks, Abe Broadwater were always seen at the front. Four men who reminded me of gamecocks in battle were Major Ferguson, Lieut. Mims Sullivan, Lieut. John Bauskett, Lieut. Mat Hough, of the 6th cavalry. The best shot with a pistol, except Gen. Hampton, was gallant Glenn Davis, of j Company D.? 5th cavalry, now the able and accomplished city sheriff of Charleston, S. C. Who in the 6th j cavalry can forget gallant Oscar HE WAR EN THE STAT] Some Vivid Pictures 11 Which He Part. Sheppard, sergeant major, how, fell rallying the men at Trevillia can never forget the fearless sc< Wallace Miller and Hugh Scott, risked their lives almost every to keep Hampton and Butler po as to the movements of the en< and gallant Dick Hogan, Shadbu Jim Sloane. Phil Hutchinson, W er Russell and others too nume to mention. Of Gen. Lee's sc( Stringfellow and Ike Curtis, the ing and brave, I could see Shadbi with his twenty scouts all dresse Yankee uniforms in December, 1 when Warren, of the 5th army cc wanted to burn the Confederate my stores at Weldon. X. C., Hampton and Butler turned t back. On this raid Shadburne his scouts, while dressed in blue, ed a whole company of Yankees their cruel treatment of some la below Petersburg. These poor d< thought Shadburne and his men \ Yankees. I could see our cav ride through Petersburg to reliev< F. H. Lee's cavalry on the 23ri August, 1864, at the battle of Gr Run. "But their memories e'er shall main for us. And their names, bright names, v out stain for us. The glory they won shall not v for us, In legend and lay Our heroes in gray Shall forever live over for us." I could see Mat Hough at the tie of Burgess Mill on the 2 7tl October, 1864, with eighty dismo ed cavalry behind some old br< works holding back about Wo i ments of Yankees for hours i Lane's North Carolina brigade Barksdale's Mississippians, cam* his rescue after killing several 1 dred of them. Hampton congratt ed him. On the 3rd day of J 1863, at Hunterstown, near Ge1 burg. Gen. Hampton, cool, with n eye flashing fire rings out, "Ch! them, my brave boys, charge the The whole Yankee cavalry b down upon us with all its energy fury, still the line bears up with newed shock. The whole line se to be striving with his man, more of the enemy pressing on; have dashed at the gallant Hamp but paid the penalty before his terous arm; another fresh sq rush from the line and bear u him. The flashes from the muzzl his pistol keep them at a mome bay; two Mississippiane, Priv Moore and Dunlap, of the Jeff vis Legion, fearlessly dash to his cue with sabres lifted high in air, bringing their sharp edges d upon the heads of the pressing sailants, but sadly they go down neath the angry tread. Now, gleaming sabres from several a are playing over his head, alrt spurting with gore, his unerring tol send6 another reeling from saddle; frantic with rage, they p his back against the fence. Jus the column is being borne back brave men, Sergt. Nat Price, C pany A, 1st North Carolina, and vate Jackson, Company B, Cobb gion, descrying the woful dilemm their beloved commander, reckle dash into the unequal contest; a ! shot from the pistol of the for blows the nearest one through jus Via <e roneflUn? n hlOW UDOn the Se al's bleeding head. Throwing tb selves between him and the pres antagonists, still chafing for t victim, the former earnestly shou "General, they are too many for for God's sake leap your horse i the fence; I'll die before they s have you." The spur is suited to suggestion, his noble steed clears fence amid a shower of balls shred the air, one severely woum him in the side. The party furio dashes after the deliverers jusi they too are wheeling to follow uplifted sabre. One is coming d on Price; another barrel sends reeling from his saddle. The in vain raises his vengeful arn cleave him down; his uplifted arn ceives the blow, and before ano is raised to finish the work his U ful steed follows in the leap safely bears him alongside his c jutor on the other side of the fe At Trevillian Station I could Capt. Snowden with his gallant sq ron open the first day's fight ui orders from Gen. Butler, charge a line of Yankees. I could hear i Butler say ''Steady, men. and ren ber where you are from." I c hear the men say "We are in a ( place, but there is Gen. Butler, he is not even excited." We c hear Hart's battery doing good w I could see Gen. Hampton later it i _ k ^ day, before the 6th South Caroiin cavalry just as he sits his horse o HQ the State House grounds, with hi hat in hand, say, "Mount your horse: men and follow pie." I could se him empty two saddles in the cliarg? - after we had routed the Yankees an Ol saved Hart's battery. I asked hir one day in May, 1901, how many c the enemy he had killed during th war. He said, "Eleven?two wit my sword and nine with my pistvM, and I said, "How about the two a : Trevillian Station?" His reply wa: n? 1 "Oh. I didn't count them, they wer juts, running." At the battle of Bethesd who church, 25th of May, 1864, after da>" Yankee sharpshooter had been cap 'sted tured. he inquired who that man wa Jniy, on the gray horse, and when told i irne- was Gen. Butler, he said, "I shot a alk" that man six times today and misse< rous him every time." The gray hors >uts, was killed under Gen. Butler in th dar" next battle. I could see Gen. Hamp urne ton wjth five men, Privates Bellingei d *n Wells, Fishburne, Hugh Scott and J c. Colvin, charge in the streets o irns. T7* ?.?i? v* n ii?v, nf Momti ra^CliCVlHCi v-/., x x tu v/x .u??vu 1 ar~ 1865, a company of 6S men, and kil but and capture 4S bluecoats out of th bem 6S; one of whom had no better sens an(* than to come at Gen. Hampton wit] his sabre, and when he got nea f?r enough Gen. Hampton straightene* dies in his stirrups and with one slash o jvils jj{S SWOrd split the poor devil's heai vere down to his body. I could see Hugl alry Scott capture Capt. Dan Day, dressei 1 in a Confederate captain's uniform ^ of the chief scout of Gen. Frank F ave^ Blair's 17th army corps of Sheridan' army. Hampton told Day that h would have him shot the next morn re- ing, but that night the scout go away, and next time Gen. Hamptoi rith- saw him was in 1896 at Denver, Col. when Gen. Hampton was Unite* - ane States railroad commissioner. Dai Day sent his card up to Gen. Hamp ton. When;they shook hands, Gen Hampton said, "Well, Day, 1 am gla; I did not shoot you." How vividly this pathetic seen bat" seems to me, which was truly dis 1 of tressing. As we were moving aloni un*~ in a sweeping trot, near the Whit* sast- House on the Pamunkv River, 20tl of June, 1864, on Col. Waring's tracl intil wh0 had charged and routed a portioi an(* of Gregg's Union cavalry, Gen. But * t0 ler observed a large man with lonj iun- re(j sj(je whiskers lying on the road side on an improvised stretcher, ai army blanket with two poles attach :tys" ed on each end. It turned out to bi ?^e Lieut. Col. Covode, of the 4th Penn irge sylvania cavalry. Butler halted and !m-" upon Col. Covode being informei ears who it was, said among other things and "This is the fate of Sheridan's raid re~ ers, but, General, I have the consols. ems tion of knowing that I have dom an<* nothing dishonorable during thi: two raid." Gen. Butter replied, "How ton, ever that may be, sir, I certainl; t*ex" would not remind you of it unde iuad present conditions." And then hi ipon inquired if he was seriously wound e ?* ed. Col. Covode replied, "Yes, m: !nt s left arm is shattered, and our litte a*es bearers dropped me here when you ?a~ cavalry charged and overtook us."Dr res" B. W. Taylor, the division surgeon J-!-- M j U rr-a, *'1"' upon examination, touuu uai no ?c own shot in the back, but Covode woul< ^ not disclose it, as he was ashamed o ^e" it. The poor fellow died in abou sti11 an hour. "The next most dreadfu rms thing to a battle lost is a battle won.' >ady 29th of June, 1864, at Sa pony church I could see Gen. Butle; with one hundred men at 2 o'clock ii ress the morning get in the rear of Gen Wilson's cavalry, surprise and rou , 0 them, with his 3,000 fresh troops ? , I could see Shadburne with Wallac* PriMiller and four others capture 8< Yankees who turned out to be Wil . . son's advance guard. When they cam* 38 J in sight Wallace Miller said to Shad burne "What are you going to do?' t Shadburne responded coolly, "Cap ture them," and then, wheeling int* nerthe road, Shadburne, in stentoriai tones, commanded the enemy to sur sine heir render> sa>'iufir that he was a brigaa* ^ general and had Mosbv at his back ' He ordered his men forward, and the: US * ' defiled into view, one, two, three over four, five, six (and that was all. , . The command rang out, "Ready, aim' nis when the enemy responded, "Don' tuG t^at shoot, don t shoot; we will surren der."* Without halting them, the; were required to throw down thei t arms. Gen. Hampton asked Shad _ burne how many men he had. Th' tilG answer was six?the card table 1 . . not the only place where bluffs ar hlm i J next p,ajedj t0 Judge Bacon introduced Gen. But ! re. | ler to an audience in Edgefield, S. C. ther in 1S"6, as the young nero or irev nth- Mian. Well might he have said tha an(j Gen. Gary was the hero of Chicka oa(j. hominy. AH concede that they wer ,nce. the heroes of 1876. Their name see will live in song and story. Durinj uad- the war Butler rode at the head o nder Ms cavalry, moulded like an Apolli over with a face as sweet and handsome a Gen. that of any god of old. He sat oi lem- his horse like a typical South Caroli ould na cavalier; gentle as a fawn whei dose comrades were assembled in socia and (.converse, fierce as a veteran grena oul(j dier when the foe was to be met fac ork. to face. His plume always showei i the in the lead where calm judgment o a a soldier is needed, or the dash of a n knight ready to face any odds called s for. 5, The dashing, unique Gen. M. 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