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BATTLE OFSPOTTSYLVANIAtCAPTURE OF REBEL GENERALS STEWARTAND JOHNSON.Now we received the first heavy volley of musketry, and Major lirudk-y was wounded, Captain Glcnny taki* •» command. When wc arrived »*t 1 . enemy’s works not a shot had been fired on our side. Halting a moment to catch breath and line up, we rushed over the works with bayonets fixed and guns cocked. Over we went in a jam, instead of in line, right in among the shining steel and the gray-coatedhowever, but I informed him he would have .no use for them if he delayed an instant, covering him irith my gun. The two men proved to be Brig. Gen, E. A. Johnson, commanding the Division in advance, and Maj. Gen. G. H. Steward, a cavalry commander—the latter with his pants in his hands.I ordered them in front of me and to move toward our rear, and in moving around the tent a number o( Rebels passed us, going to our rear. Some of them joined the fate of their Generals. A squad of our fellows came to my aid. I had a number of prisoners then, and some were calling the Generals by name and expressing sympathy in their disaster. When we got over the works I halted tl cenemy ready to receive us, they shouting to us 10 surrender and we in turn prisoners and said to General Stewart,yelling, “Go to the rear or we will throw you over the works on ourbayonets!'*Then came a hand conflict. Some paired off, rushing at each other with bayonets, some managed to exchange shots, while others struck down their particular enemies with clubbed muskets. Many were so surprised or dazed that they did nothing but standanti stare until the butt of a musketor the shary point of a bayonet woke*them up to a full sense of their situation. Captain Chace and a Captain of the 2lt;1 Delaware remained on top of the works giving orders, while we“Now you may put on those pants.” He thanked me very courteously. General Johnson had managed already to put on his coat, which he held in his hand when captured. There had gathered now some thirty or forty prisoners, among whom were one Rebel Colonel and a number of junior officers. With the ample guard of Union soldiers I formed them in line, two ranks, with the two Generals at the head, and marched the column to the rear. After making a short distance I caught sight of General Hancock, in his shirt sleeves, ha in hand, giving orders When inandrecoside.Tlcred44thManoffictOrdcw«for ai cureilWe J. Chlieve ness 1r*arryfirm.Haactin]co 11s Imis s SoldTaltion.
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jul 02, 1909
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