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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.
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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. W.
e Gary, the Bald Eagle, the gallant de?,
fender of Richmond, the terror of the
d enemy on the Chickahominv:
n
if "He sleeps his last sleep?the sole
dier's at rest,
h The long roll can wake him no
"I more; !
.t And in .Mart Gary's breast throbbed
3, as knightly a heart, j
e As Richard of England e'er bore,
a His soldiers his memory will ever
a keep bright, j
i- Guard his fame with affection and
s pride,
t And recount to their sons the.brave
,t deeds of the man,
d How he fearlessly lived, fought and
e died."
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