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The Daily Dispatch: October 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The imperial crown of England. (search)
The late Colonel J. W. Spalding. We have received from Captain James H. Pearce, Adjutant of the Third Regiment, Wite Brigade the subjoined statement of the circumstances of Colonel Spalding's death, which corrects some errors in the accounts heretofore published. This statement, we learn agrees with the official report of tColonel Spalding's death, which corrects some errors in the accounts heretofore published. This statement, we learn agrees with the official report of the affair: On Sunday, September 29, about midday Colonel Spalding, accompanied by the Richmond Light Guard (Captain Wallace) made a reconnoisance in the direction of the enemy's camp; he rode in front of the company which passed their advanced picket at least four hundred yards, when he ordered it to country march to a housColonel Spalding, accompanied by the Richmond Light Guard (Captain Wallace) made a reconnoisance in the direction of the enemy's camp; he rode in front of the company which passed their advanced picket at least four hundred yards, when he ordered it to country march to a house on the road, on the enemy's lines, and await further orders; he then advanced cantiously and slowly, (suppose about seventy-five yards,) where he was shot, no doubt, by the enemy's next picket. Several shots were heard when Captain Wallace was placing his men in position at the house, and a few minutes afterwards, he was seen d