Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 7 February 1891 — Page 3

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Thrilling Fight.

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=^Tr., I 4p A IN5T PTSTOT Gregg to the Connt of Paris as tho yVJ}Cilt /\VX/\.JIiOI 1 lOlvU battlefield tourists stood in the center of the open ground where Coster met the

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EN. RKGG'S cavalry battle with Stuart (Gettysburg, July 3, 1803) is of called "tho one cavalry light of the war." The co Imt, though brief, was de,qjerate the losses, though comparatively light, wore ^inflicted at close quarters with pistol and saber. The result was incalculable. An ideal cavalry action is he re mounted columns rush upon defeated infantry. ami cutting right and left turn momeulHiy

wavering into a disastrous panic. In the iirtair between Stuart and (iregg cavalry

cavalry and struggled hand to hand for the inaMcry. The hour

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with that of Pickett's cliarge, and Stuwas attempting to aid Pickett by a lire tlx* rear of the Union line. Since that time Gen. Gregg has resisted rv elVort to draw the story from his pen, lips remained dosed until he met

Count of Paris on the battlefield last -.tumii and recounted the particulars, was marching on to Gettysburg, he kii.l, vu .Inly Si, and his route led to the frJit tvar of Meade's army, lb* saw some »:.'iortant points exposed to the Confeder- .:•, .guarded them until nightfall, skir-jsi-lieil with Lee's infantry, put out pickets [ivl stationed artillery, and then reported headquarters. The instructions given :n I'nr the next day, the ttd, were Imsed ,in what he had reported about his action the -M. and he was told to go back and .•(! the ground he had so wisely seized, r.'-g's force consisted of two brigades of

Second cavalry division, as follows: jt" i*i brigade. Col. .1. li. Mcintosh —Third iVnnsyhania. First New Jersey, First i?hryland. Third brigade, Col. .1. Irwin

Sixteenth Pennsylvania, Fourth P' tmsylvatna. First Maine and Tenth New IV- rk Company A. Purnell troop. Marypawl. Company A, First Ohio: Battery

First United States M, Second United f-ates. and a section of the Third Pennsyllia artillery, were attached ts the Secui division The Second brigade, Third vision, was also serving with (ire^g. It |t\JLS IHI by Col. George A. Custer, and con rMwlof the First, Fiftli, Sixt and Seventh jtlichi^uti Tho troops with Gregg, iuclur.g Cu-ter, numbered 5,000 men.

Ahnat I o'clock on the ttd an order came fi'tm headquarters tor Custer l» rejoin his I.vision some miles away on the Union left Bank. His brigade at the mwment was •jduved on the extreme front, a danger kniim, and it was while relieving his men Jr. other irostps that the action about to be •scribed is brought on. Gregg says

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Lit when Custer came in it) person from outposts he said, "General, you'll have tight here." Gregg then asked Custer to ||tay, and he "was well pleased to remain.

Some of Stuart's troopers were engaged skirmishing with Custer's men when be attempt was made to relieve the latter. Ituart had four brigades of cavalry and hree batteries, about 7,(RJ men in all, and |i po.-ition was somewhat higher than 'gg\ and was well screened

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Pcuvvcn the two vva* an open space a miie :and half a wide, which soon beanie a bloody lane of strife. Gregg's bat. pries e«mnanded the Hold.

The brigade of Col. Mcintosh had taken ©sitinn on the ground vacated by that of Juter on retiring, and the carbine ammu lition of these men wa* exhausted in cop tig with the enemy. When Custer's men eturned to relieve Mcintosh and resume heir place on the front line theConfedrates began to force the fighting, and the vtiring men and their relief both bad heir hands full for a time. Finally a Virginia regiment swept down from Stuart's ine along the open space, directing its :oarse upon Gregg's batteries. Near the filter of tlie lield the Fifth Michigan of 'aster and the First New Jersey of Mclnosh stood in line across the pathway, lie! not being aide to withstand the Virginians separated in the middle, swinging Mu-kward like double gates, and left a gap or the enemy to dash through.

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At the moment Custer was drawing to [wjrd this very spot with the Seventh Mich* 'Wn, and seeing the emergency he hastily I' Mined the regiment in close columns and I advanced to meet the Virginians. The

Uer were already between two tires, the 1'ifth Michigan and First New Jersey baviig dej)loyeii parallel to the route of march the enemy and opened upon them. Cus'er swept «»ti with the Seventh until he :OIMH1 his way barred by a stone fence. Across this barrier his men opened with carbines, aud the Confederates gallantly Miced the tnusic, forced their way to tho opposite side of the wall, and returned the •ire with pistols. The battle waged for "'Miie time at arm's length, but the Confederates were quickly re-enforeed. ami Custer had to give ground, followed by the irginiaus. The Confederates were at last ver half way across tho open space, but they were drawing nearer to Gregg's cannon at. every step, and were made to suffer terribly for their boldness. They were, in fact, running a gantlet of fire on both

and facing a lire on the front, something hum,in nature cannot, endure for'•ver, aud at hist they had to give it up aud retire. Thus far the fighting had been "dy a byplay on the part of the Confederate*. "Stuart intended to occupy my attention here with only oucof his brigjtdea,"

Virgiuinns. "With bin main column lie

THE GRAND CAVALRY ACCOMPANI- hoped to slip unobserved between me and MENT TO PICKETT'S CHARGE

our army at Gettysburg and get into our rear." 1

Jut Gregg's men fonght too hard to bo trilled with, aud regiment after regiment of Stuart's was drawn to the scene. By

the time the First Virginia retired before the scorching fire that received it, far down the field, the three brigades of Wadellampton and the two Leon were in the vicinity. A curtain of woods skirted the Confederate end of the long, narrow field. The Union end wits an open farm region, and on one side there was a wood the whole distance of tho Union position, and on the 1 other a sheltering crest along a stream. To dislodge Gregg from the wood on one side and tho ridge on the other, while his batteries stood at the end of the space raking the ground between, was too hard A task for Stuart to think of. Yet a quick ride down that open ground into tho batteries might carry Gregg's key position and ruin his line.

Scarcely had the Virginia regiment quit the lield when amass of their fellows, several regiments in all, moved out in splendid order from the woods, and started to repeat tlie march of the vanguard just defeated. They moved in close column in foil view of their opponents, ami marched as calmly aud as proudly as on a parade. Their sword blades shone in the high sum* merun, their hor.-cs moved neck and neck, and like a small avalanche of warrors body rolled resistlessly on acros* the open space Inrtweeu the thin Union lines that still clung to the ridge and to the wood on cither side. Gregg saw what was upon him Custer saw it: every man on the field saw it. A thunderbolt of war was comin and must, he met. II or a dismounted man cut.oil' from his com pany rushed to the nearest body of his friends, gripped his weapon tighter and prepared to be one of a host to meet the onslaught. Aids dashed to and fro, pickup squad** and detachments and forming irregular bands. Mcintosh's brigade was divided, part on one side of the lanelike space, part upon the other. The

I'hird Pennsylvania regiment had two squadrons on the ridge on the left and two in the wood nearly opposite, the enemy marching between. Custer'^ men were along the ridge by the stream and at the end of the li-dd, facing tin? advancing enemy. The Fir-t Michigan stood in close column behind the batferie-, and Gregg at once ordered it to charge. Custer da«-hed up at the moment, fresh from hi*» late oattie, at the head of the Seventh aud placed himself in front of the First.

IIOUSK MET HOUSK.

The ('dnfedenites rode on unmindful of the canister and shell that soon plowed their splendid line. The ranks closed up the gaps, the officers admonished and encouraged their men. "Keep to your sabers! keep to your sabers!" was the caution in the south ranks overheard by Gregg's troopers on either side of the pathway. Wade Hampton rode at the head of the column, his well known banner in the van. Under the combined power of the pepper ing carbine lire from either side'and the artillery missiles in front, the Confederates at lengt.ii wavered. The horses reared and jumped, the men shouted and gestured. Seeing tiie confusion in the front ranks*of tho enemy, Custer swung hi** saber in the air, ami shout ing. "Come on, \ou wolverines!" led the First Michigan full tilt at

Hampton'- line. Then came a scene seldom witnessed in modern war. Both sides were moving at a mad gallop, and when they met the crash resounded above the roar of carbine and cannon. Hampton and (.luster's men were formed in columns of squadrons, and their fronts were thus about equal in breadth. When they struck, horse met- horse and reared, ami the heavier bore down the lighter.

Horse* and their riders rolled over and^ over beneath the Irainpling hoofs of tho-e following. Men were pitched 1'rom their saddles againt their mounted opponent, and carried them down in the struggle, to goon lighting it out on the ground. 'Cries of surrender were heard on a'.! sides, and horses were shot in order to prevent their riders from c^-aoing. "There was little attempt, at. orderly formation," iM lien. Gregg, "but as fast as ot squadron was broken another rode to the front. I he (.onfederates u*ed their pistols chiedy. but my men relied upon the saber. Hampton was wounded by ot»e of Custer men, who used his saber on him."

While Custer and Hampton fought the front, .the long Couledorute f'olun.n •stretching bai kward on the open ground offered the men of Melntosh a chance to ass. il it from cit'ier side Capi. lv Miller led hir squadron ui the Third Pennsylvania against-the rear ot the Coujeiterate line, and pushed through, udlowed by some of the First New .lui': ey. apt*. Treichel and lingers, of the Third IVnnsy vunia, accompanied by Lieut. Newnab, ot Mcintosh's stall, put their squadron-t in from the other side and hewed their way toward a Confederate fiag. Newhall attempted to cut down the fiag bearer but his sword was met by that of an opposing trooper, and the man with the fiag thrust. the pike of the stall through thedarin lieutenant's face. The Confederates had the odds with them everywhere, but the persistant attacks of (iregg little batitl.ou the sides and Custer's splendid battle^ in front left them no chance to rally for a

grand lunge. Their column gradually spread ouL under the pressure ot lighting in so many directions, ami (iregg men broke into it in many places. At length it gave way, and a retreat, as mad the lor ward march had been, begun. Again,cue mies were on the right aud

Stuart retired his column to the original uias. position and kept up a fire until dark I ness fell, but made no further attempt, tc pierce the Union rear. Pickett's charge I had failed, Lee was repulsed at all (joint*

Had the battle of Gettysburg was over. GKOIUJK L. KILMEU.

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A town on an island of the same name* belonging to llindoostati. 4. A town in the north of the British isles famous for its university.

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And whether they be scarlet, white or blue. It maUerelU to ine not anytbiug.

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Kvery trooper of Gregg's battalions rushed tip to the border of the lield ami lought on his own hook. Many squads, and individuals as well, became involved with the Confederate mass, and, borne on in the retreat, fought so long as there wa-» hope.

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