Three Years in the Federal CavalryGlazier, Willard W.
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Three Years in the Federal Cavalry
Glazier, Willard W.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
The whole command had lost about five hundred men, and we brought over
with us one hundred prisoners. In the early part of the engagement fell
Colonel B. F. Davis, of the Eighth New York Cavalry, who was instantly
killed. His loss was a subject of general lamentation. He had
distinguished himself for great sagacity, wonderful powers of endurance,
and unsurpassed bravery. He it was who led the cavalry safely from
Harper's Ferry just before Miles' surrender of the place, and who, on
his way to Pennsylvania, captured Longstreet's ammunition-train.
Among our wounded was Colonel Percy Wyndham. The enemy's killed included
Colonel Saul Williams, of the Second North Carolina Cavalry, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Hampton, of the South Carolina Cavalry; General
W. H. F. Lee and Colonels Butler and Harmon were among their wounded.
They acknowledge a loss of six hundred men.
From the _Richmond Sentinel_ we clip the following account of the
battle, by a Rebel chaplain:
CAMP IN CULPEPPER COUNTY,
June 10, 1863.
Tuesday, the ninth of June, will be memorable to General
Stuart's command as the day on which was fought the longest
and most hotly-contested cavalry battle of the war. At an
early hour skirmishing commenced, and soon the commands of
Hampton, the two Lees, Robinson, and Jones, were engaged
along the whole Culpepper line, from Welford's Ford, on the
Hazel, down to Stevensburg. Each command acted nobly, and
the Yankees were forced, after a fight of nearly twelve
hours, to recross the river with great losses. We have to
lament the loss of many gallant officers and privates, some
killed and others permanently disabled. The forces under W.
H. F. Lee, that worthy descendant of "Old Light Horse
Harry," bore no mean part in the fray. We have to regret the
temporary loss of our general (W. H. F. Lee), who was
wounded in the thigh, and the death of Colonel Williams (of
our brigade), than whom a more elegant gentleman or braver
soldier never lived.
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