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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Raid on Catlett's. [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, April 16, 1899.] (search)
ey had no hats nor shoes, and wherever one was seen he was soon captured or cut down. It was an awful and exciting time. Soon after my regiment came up Captain William B. Newton, of Company G, was ordered to take a squad of men and proceed to the railroad to cut the telegraph wire. I formed one of the squad, but what we were to hes of lightning, which were still very vivid, we could see, by climbing to the top of the embankment, a line of Federal infantry drawn up ready for action. Captain Newton called for volunteers to climb a pole and cut the wire. We had all seen the danger ,and knew the risk, and as we had nothing to cut with, and a telegraph polh a thud. We were sure he had been killed. but the next moment he rolled down the embankment and jumped up all right. We could do nothing with the wire, so Captain Newton took us back to the company. Out from the tents were packed all of General Pope's headquarters wagons, and many others, I suppose. Several had been set on f