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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.7 (search)
Battle of Sailor's Creek.
[from the Richmond Dispatch, March 29, 1896.]
Recollections of one who participated in it. A part taken by Hunter's Brigade.
A charge that was an inspiring sight.
No fear of the Cavalry.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Responding to your call of the 15th instant, I will give my own recollections of the battle of Sailor's Creek, which was fought on the 6th of April, 1865, just three days before the surrender at Appomattox.
I was at that time captain of Company F, 8th Virginia Infantry, Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division.
In this account I shall speak of this division in general, and of Hunton's Brigade in particular.
It should be borne in mind that our brigade was not involved in the disaster that befell the rest of our division at Five Forks on the 1st day of April.
We had been left behind when Pickett was ordered to support Fitz. Lee at Five Forks, and were engaged in the battle of Gravely Run on the 31st of March, fighting Warren's