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CHAPTER VII
UHcr TJnpreparcilncss on the Right
Flank Every One Convinced hat Lee
AVan llelreatlns BrlRnilcH nnil Bat
teries Make Heroic Hut Unnvnlllns
Stands ARnlmit OvrnTlielmlnp Masses
Kenans Desperate Chame
Disregarded Warnings
If we are to believe all that has been
said since the battle there were no
lack of warnings sent up to headqnar
teis while Jackson was deliberately
forming and resting his men for Ills
7
Wm
and kept his men standing to their
pieces
Another man who realized the seri
ousness of the situation was Col John
C Lee 56th Ohio who had been in the
command of a brigade before Devenss
assumption of the command of the di
vision sent Gen McLean back to the
command of the brigade Col Lee
who occupied a high position at the
bar of Ohio was at one time Lieutenant-Governor
of the State and was a
man of great ability and undoubted
courage All the Colonels of the bri
gade has satisfied themselves of the
presence of the enemy in their front
and tried to awaken Devcns to the dan
ger Devenss manner was possibly
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wards another messenger came and
with him as I had done with each of
the preceding messengers I went to the
headauorters of Gens McLean and Dev-
ens both in the same house and put
them in possession of all the informa
tion I was receiving and from it I in
sisted that the evidence was satisfactory
that we must expect the enemy on our
right flank and on attack upon that
right flank Gen McLean said but lit
tle on either occasion Gen Devens
seemed to attach very little Importance
to it and to distrust the reliability of
the report made and to dissent from
the conclusions that I insisted should be
drawn from it namely that the enemy
was moving to our right flank Ho in
sisted that he had no information to
that effect from headquarters and that
if such wero the fact he certainly would
receive it from corps headquarters He
did not direct any of his staff nor did
lie go himself to communicate to head
quarters the information that I had
borne to him When the third messen
ger was with me at Gen Devenss head
quarters and I was urgent that disposi
tion should be made to meet such an
emergency he said to me that it was
not worth while to bo scared before
we were hurt He then turned to his
Chief of Staff and directed htm to go
to corps headquarters and ascertain
whether there was any information
there that the enemy was probably
passing across our front to our right
flank He did not direct that nny In
thunderbolt attack upon the thin fringe
of troops which constituted Howards
extreme right flank Lieut Col Car
michal 157th N Y found indications
tf troops moving past his picket line
Friday night and Saturday morning
and reported it to headquarters It is
said that he was told to rest easy that
Loe was on the retreat and he and his
new troops unnecessarily frightened
ihe officers of McLeans Brigade who
had had experience with Jacksons tac
tics had kept a lookout on their front
and detected the movements of troops
towards their flank They reported this
to Gen McLean and calling up an old
resident named Hatch they cross-questioned
him sharply and had him indi
cate by marks drawn on the ground
with his cane the roads leading into
their position McLean reported this to
Gen Devcns bis division commander
who In turn reported it to Gen Howard
Col Friend the Officer of the Day for
DeVEns3 Division reported to Devens
the passage of a large force towards
his rear but It Is said that Devens re
cused to believe It whereupon Cot
Friend went to corps headquarters and
It Is claimed received a sharp rebuke
for promoting a distrust among the
men which might lead to a panic Cet
Carl Schurz -who commanded the divlr
sion in the center had been informed
of the movement of troops past his
front and instructed Capt Herbert DI1
jjer old leather breeches who was
such a favorite in the Eleventh Twelfth
and Twentieth Corps to select a posi
tion In the rear in which to put his Ohio
CHARGE OFTHE 8TH PA CAV
intentionally supercilious and he
shared in the general opinion of the
Army of the Potomac officers as to
their superiority over the Eleventh
Corps people Devens is said to have
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MAJ PATRICK KEENA
formation that I had carried to him
should be given to the corps headquar
ters 1 then left and did not return
again to his headquarters This was
perhaps In the neighborhood of 4
oclock In the afternoon
I kept the commanders of my own
brigade informed of the information
that 1 was from time to time receiving
In the belief that the enemy was pass
ing to and massing on our right llunk
and also of course shared in the anx
ieties we ail naturally had as to the
effect of It I think they each and all
made such dispositions as are uqualin
anticipation of a conflict that afternoon
We sent all our noncombatant material
to the rear The opinion thruout pur
brigade was general that we would
soon be attacked from our right flank
Our picket line across our front to the
southward was undisturbed and not a
shot heard in that direction Shortv
after the squadron of cavalry had re
ported we began to hear firing of small
arms on the extreme right flank The
road ran nearly westward with heavy
timber and woods on each side This
firing gradually Increased in oIume
and I rode rapidly out to the right flank
of the army which was only a distance
of one division and there T saw coming
up the road a lew of the enemys cav
airy followed J closely by a battery I
dismissed the Information with the re- VLj JZ
mark that the Ohio Colonels were en- 1tf Zl t0 Y poslton
and awnltei the result
tirely tpo timid Let them dismiss their
men get supper Col Lee was so other iteporis
mortified by Devenss hauteur that he Col Richardson 25th Ohio had sent
refused to serve longer under him and out his best scout who had brought
I n jS Vx lL3rwor
POSITIONS OF TROOPS AT 545 P M SATURDAY MAY 2
battery This wa one of the best bat
teries in the army and had made much
reputation In West Virginia After
placinK his battery in position Capt
Dllger accompanied by a single Or
derly went out toward the flank to see
for himself what was going on Ho
found Von Gllsa in position but much
disturbed over the outlook Von GJbsa
told him mat the -enemy was In force
Jii his front and warned him about go
ing out further Dllger rode slowly out
hoyond vhe Luckett Farm or more than
a mll from where he left Von Gllsa
when he suddenly ran into a mass of
Confederate troops As ho turned to
escape he was followed by a body of
cavalry eager to prevent him from
carrying the news back to our lines
There vas an exciting chase and he
was thrown off his route so that he
had to mriKe a long circuit to reach the
United SWts Ford road and it was
late when he arrived at Gen Hookers
headquarters to report what he had
disco i erOi A cavalry Major of the
ttaff whom he approached and briefly
informed of what he had seen with
scant civility advied him to return to
his own corps and tell his hard luck
stories there Smarting under this af
front Dllger galloped as fast as his
tirea horse would carry him to the
luxidquartere of the Eleventh Corps
where he met a scarcely moro pleasing
reception He was positively Informed
that Lee was Tetreatlng and that Bar
Jows Brigade accompanied by Gen
noward himself had gone over to Join
Sickles In falling upon the rear of the
enemys retreating column Sad and
angry Dllger went to hi3 own battery
to put It in shape for the storm he
knew was sure to break He would not
allow his horses to be taken to water
after tho battle resigned from the ser
vice
Col John C Iees Story
In papers left at his death Col Lee
says that he ordered Capt Rollins com
manding the picket line to find out
what was In front and report He con
tinues
At 1 oclock a messenger came and
at 2 another messenger came with in
formation that the enemy were moving
with infantry and artillery across our
front to our right flank An hour after
back alarming Intelligence which had
been discredited and then his own
Liuuieiiuni ioionei jsat nandeton as
bravo a man as ever lived pushed out
tnru the brush until he saw infantry
and artillery which he reported to Col
Richardson who carried th6 report to
neauquariers Devens repulsed
him and quite sharply ordered him
back to his regiment MaJ Schlieter
74th Pa went out from Schurzs Divi
sion and discovered the enemy but was
laughed at for his report Many other
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similar Instances could be given Every
time an1 attempt was made to Inform
tho superior officers of the presence of
the enemy It was found that they were
rock fast In ttielr belief in Lees retreat
and contributed the alarms to the tim
idity and inexperience of men whom
they supposed- had never seen war on
any such scale as had the officers of
the Army otjtho Potomac Gen How
ard hinself as before stated was ab
sent frqm headquarters having gone
with Barlowg Brigade over toward
SicklestnVonGilsa and McLean did not
relax thplr vigilance however but kept
their men under arms their pickets
well advanced and wero tho only
troops n readiness when tho storm
broke sThe young leaves on tho trees
wero npw out far enough to obscure
tho view of the pickets except for a
short distance and these could have
little indication of the approach of the
enemy The first warning came from
the swarms of rabbits wild birds deer
and foxes running and flying berore
the heavy line of men advancing thru
the woods
Jackson Strikes
It was 5 oclock in the afternoon be
fore Jackson gave the signal to Gen
Rodes to begin the advance and at 515
the whole left wing was In full move
ment The companies of sharpshooters
under Lleuts Searlcs and Boecke on
either side of the turnpike were first
struck and as the sound of musketry
rose all further attempt at concealment
was abandoned Bugles rang out along
Jacksons wholo line the officers no
longer restrained their words of com
mand and the impatient Confederates
made the woods ring with their wild
yells Two pieces of Stuarts horse ar
tillery galloped down tho pike and fired
two shots ono striking near where
Devcns was lying down and the other
cut thru the trees near McLeans posi
tion What followed is best and most
truthfully told by Dr Hamlin in his
previously quoted work The Battle of
Chancellorsvllle
In the mcantimp the enemy had
marched steadily down the road and
In the woods had captured the two guns
on picket were en eloping Von Gilsa
and were then pouring a hot fire into
the men on the pike attempting to
change front The two pieces of artil
lery stationed in the road were fired
several times into the masses of the
Confederates advancing up tho road
and in the woods besido it but the
officer In command soon saw that fur
ther resistance was useless and ordered
his men to limber up their guns and
retreat Before they could escape out
6f range the men of the 4th Ga shot
down the horses and captured the ar
tillery The two small regiments In the
road facing south the 41fet and 45th N
Y were exposed to a withering fire
both In flank and rear and soon broke
up unable to return a shot to the ene
mys attack About 300 of them crossed
to the north side of the road and joined
the rear of the 153d Pa and formed
with their thin line the only force then
presenting a front to Jacksons over
whelming army With these men added
to the 153d Pa and the 54th N Y Von
Gllsa had only about 1000 men to meet
Jacksons three lines of battle advanc
ing against him and extending a mile
beyond either flank The brave and
sturdy Teuton bade his men to stand
firm and theylpoured a volley Into the
foe so ellectuully that the first line of
Rodcss Division was severely stagger
cdarid stopped so that the- second line
ofjColstons Division advanced and at
tacked Von Gllsa but Von Gilsas line
on both llankshad been turned by the
first line iof Rodess Division and there
was no alternative for the Federal
troops but flight or surrender Not un
til his troops had fired three rounds did
Von Gilwi order them to retire and
then both of his staff officers were shot
down while giving tho order to retreat
OVnn Gllsa Routed
Von filsa and the wrecks of his
line of biUlQ fell back thru the woods
on the nfirth bfY the pike until they
came to the 75th 6hio drawn up In line
in the woods north of the pike 400 yards
in the rear -A few of Von Gilsas men
halted and Joined the 3th which at
tempted without support to resist the
attack of two full brigades of the ene
my The 75th Ohio had been stationed
as a reserve near the Talley House but
as soon as the attack pn Von GHa com
about 700 yards distant the
brave Col Reily ordered his regiment
to change front and without orders
uuvujiucu uiru uiu wuuus Ly uibi vyn
Gllsa but on passing about 200 yards
beyond the Ely Ford path he met the
n uunn ml iiiu nisi iiiguue 4141 luus
some of whom rallied with hfm A
moment after they were attacked in
front and on both flanks by the regi
ments of two brigades while two of
Stuarts guns on the pike raked them
with canister For 10 minutes this
brave regiment with Its few rallied sup
ports attempted to breast the attack
so as to give the division time to deploy
in their rear but in this short space of
time and In spite of a sturdy resist
ance the regiment was utterly wrecked
The Colonel was killed the Adjutant
wounded and 150 of the rank and file
struck down while firing three rounds
No troops in the world could fight and
live in such a position
The survivors of this brief conflict
retreated T0O yards in the rear to the
line then hastily formed In front of tho
Talley House This new line of resist
ance was formed by the 25th Ohio
which had been held as a reserve in
front of the Talley House and which
had changed front and had been rein
forced by some of the men of Von Gil
sas Brigade and the two regiments
stationed on the road facing south who
had been driven out of their position
by the flaking tire along the pike Across
the road and behind the Talley House
the 17th Conn was deployed and at
tempted to cover that flank but Jack
sons artillery moved down the pike
and poured out a rapid canister Are at
short range and three Confederate bri
gades en eloped both front and flanks
It was no longer a light but a massacre
The Federal troora had no better chance
for resistance than had Custer and hl3
men before the concentric fire of the
Sioux Indians and had they remained
10 minutes longer the result would
have been the same annihilation After
a desultory struggle of 10 or 15 minutes
every mounted officer was struck down
and the fragments of the Federal line
broke in confusion and retreated rapid
ly and tjwiuItjiously towards the
church where Gen Schurz was forming
or had formed the regiments of his divi
sion in the second position of defense of
the cors flight or destruction were
the only arterrianves to the remnants
or DuvenssJUivlsiftn and as they rushed
down the road tjo escape the pitiless
Confederatcflro -they broke thru the
lines of two of Schurzs best veteran
regiments khlle changing front and
carried awa wjrh them somo of tho
old soldiers pf known bravery A large
part of these men rushed up the road
and were the men who greeted How
ards vlewln front flf the Dowdall
Tavern when Tie- seized the colors of
one of tho broken regiments und at
tempted to chec1c the disorder Many
of them from wan of confidence in
their commanders refused to halt and
continued their retreat to the Chancel
lor House two miles distant However
a large number of them did rally on the
Schurz and Buschbeck lines and show
ed that they were made of sterner stuff
The Work of Half an Hour
In 30 minutes Jackson had wrecked
Devenss splendld division of nearly 4
000 men and rendered It almost useless
for further resistance and at 6 p m
ho had control of the Talley plateau
and ordered his victorious column to
push forward without delay But where
were the 17 regiments of his right wing
who had been ordered to march along
the Plank road and should have been
In contact with the forces at the Dow
dall Tavern at this very moment Thev
had been detained by the fatuity of Gen
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Colquitt who commanded the right bri
gade of Rodess first line of battle and
were not even In sight when Jackson
reached the Talleys Mansion The re
markable delay of this great force was
due to a trivial circumstance and Illus
trates the remark that the fate of a
campaign may depend as it were upon
a single hair as Napoleon was wont to
say Colquitt as he advanced in the
woods and had almost reached the Tal
ley and Burton Farms struck a deter
mined picket line composed largely of
men of the 55th Ohio and as he saw
some cavalry dressed in the Federal
uniform near the Burton Farm he con
ceived the strange Idea that his flank
was threatened by Federal troops ad
vancing from the direction of Weifords
Furnace He recalled the 6th Ga
which had almost reached the Talley
Farm halted his entire brigade changed
front to the south and compelled Ram
seur who commanded the brigade in
his rear to do the same and also to
march some distance to the south in the
woods in search of the enemy but
without finding a solitary Yankee In
the meantime the four regiments of
cavalry under Stuart and the five regi
ments of Infantry of the Stonewall Bri
gade then halted on the Plank road
near the Burton Farm were compelled
to remain quiet until Colquitt resumed
his march as he had the right of way
and the unmasking of the line of battle
on that Hank So that by this singular
act of stupidity 17 regiments were held
back 40 to 60 minutes and when they
did arrive on the field of battle the
wrecks of the First and Third Divisions
of the Eleventh Corps had escaped from
almost certain and complete destruc
tion or capture
When Devenss troops were being
destroyed the brigades of Jacksons left
wing were retarded in the dense thick
ets thru which they were obliged to
march and did not come in contact
with the Federal forces of the Third
Division stationed at the Hawkins
Farm until some time after Von Gilsa
was attacked In fact the 26th Wi3
and the 58th N Y were more than halt
a mile In rear of Von Gilsa and had
ample time to prepare for thd enemy
Gen SchurzM Fight
Gen Schurz was Impressed early in
the day with the weakness of his posi
tion In case the attack was made from
the westward and several times ex
pressed a desire to form his division on
the line Indicated by the little stream
known as Hunting Run flowing directly
north from the church to tho river
His position then would have extended
from tho Plank road near the church
to the ruins of the old mill on Hunting
Creek a mile to the north and Is ap
parently the line of defense Indicated
in the orders given to Howard and SIo
cum May 1 445 p m The military
advantages of this over the one adopt
ed are very apparent but Schurz was
refused permission to make the change
However Schurz did of his own voli
tion change the front of the 26th Wis
and tho 58th N Y and moved them to
the edge of the Hawkins Farm facing
westerly and also placed the S2d 111
to support them
The attaclc on Von Gilsa was soon
observed and the regiments of the
Third Division had ample time to take
arms and position for the left brigades
of Rodes and Colston became entangled
In the dense forest and moved slower
than thoso of the right of the Confed
erate line and it was some time after
Von Gilsa had been routed before the
rebel skirmish line struck tho Federal
pickets well advanced in the woods
west of the Hawkins Farm When the
attack on the pickets began and it be
came evident that a great force of the
enemy was present and that their lines
extended far to the north of the Fed
eral position the two regiments were
ordered back a short distance near the
Hawkins House where they made a
stand with the 82d 111 on their left
and the three regiments calmly awaited
the onset of four powerful Confederate
brigades
This lino was attacked with great
energy and the Federal regiments
fought with resolution but were forced
back towards the woods in their rear
and with the 119th N Y 68th N Y
82d Ohio 157th N Y and parts of tho
61st Ohio and 74th Pa near the pike
formed a line of battle extending from
below the junction of the Plank road
and pike along in front of the little
church to the edge of the woods on the
north of the Hawkins Farm
Tills second attempt at resistance
was strengthened by some of the sol
diers rallied from Devenss broken di
vision and numbered in all perhaps
about 5000 men Its left flank was pro
tectcd by Dilgcrs Battery and a part of
Weldrlcks and one of the reserve bat
teries some distance in the rear threw its
shots over the heads of the infantry at
tho masses of the enemy adjusting their
lines on tne westerly llelds or the Haw
kins Farm half a mile or more distant
The 26th Wis held their position as
guarding the right flank with great
oDsunacy ana Kept tne enemy at bay
for somo 20 minutes of hard flchtlne
but were forced back into the wood-
being flanked and formed the right of
the last position or what is known as
the Buschbeck line
Near the pike the 61st Ohio 74th
Pa 119th N Y and 68th N Y formed
that part of tho line in front of the
church but were much disorganized by
the wrecks of Devenss Division rushing
wildly thru them and carrying oft in
the rush many of the men especially in
the 61st Ohio and 74th Pa which were
regarded as among the best troops of
the corns The 119th N r was in
front of Dilgcrs guns and stood their
ground for 20 minutes or more It was
a new regiment and entitled to mucn
praise for remaining firm when its Col
onel was shot dead at almost the first
fire and Its ranks were somowhat brok
en by the disorganized masses of Dev
enss Division rushing past on the pike
or thru Its ranks The men fired about
20 rounds and fought bravely until
they were overpowered and forced back
to the rifle pit east of Dowdalls TaV
em where they wero rallied by their
youthful commander Lieut Col Lock-
man wnone bravery was especially no
ticed at tne time by Gen Schurz
Dilcer Acnln In Action
Capt Dllger shortly after the at
tack commenced rode up the road to
the Talley Farm to seo if he could find
a good position for his guns but on
arriving at the farm he became aware
of the magnitude of the attack He
saw the breaking of the troops in the
road exposed to the fire in their rear
und also that there was neither oppor
tunity nor time to advance his battery
The Captain thereupon galloped back
to the church brought his entire bat
tery across the road to tho western edge
of the Dowdall Farm and thus left the
road free for tho retreat of the disor
dered remnants of Devenss Division
As soon as Devenss Division fell
back from the Talley Field and left the
road exposed in front of the Tallej
House and beyond Dllger opened fire
from his six guns at the enemy then
debouching from the pike more than
1000 yards distant The grove of trees
in front of him was not tali enough then
to obstruct the view and over their
tops Dllger poured in a rapid fire of
shell A few minutes after Hill came
with his battery in position on the left
of Dllger and opened fire from three-
inch Rodmans upon the enemy as they
appeared on the Talley Fields south of
the pike Another of the reserve bat
teries supposed to have been Wheelers
also opened fire from their position lr
rear of the rifle pit north of the Dow
dall Tavern For more than half an
hour Dilger maintained his position
and as the rebels crept up to the cover
of the thickets In front of him he
changed to a lively canister Are which
seemed to arrest their progress slightly
in his direct front Hill at this time
having no shot for close range was
obliged to withdraw his battery and it
was ordered to the Chancellor Field
Up to this time no force had appeared
on the Plank road from the southward
owing to the fatuity of Colquitt and
our pickets were still in position south
of Dowdalls and witnesses of the bat
tle which -was raging in plain sight and
to the north of them and which de
prived them of an avenue of escape in
that direction Here they the 75th Pa
remained until Colquitts forces came
and attacked them losing about 50
killed wounded and prisoners The
balance of the regiment retreated by
way of the revlne and south of Hazel
Grove
In front of Dilger or to his right
the 68th and 119th N Y ivere placed
In line of battle and over their heads
Dilger engaged the enemy in signt on
the pike or the Talley Fields but on
the rebels crept closer by means of the
ravines and the thickets these two regi
ments were obliged to retire to the rifle
pit In the rear Dilger then swept his
entire front with charges and double
charges of canister but the rebels with
great determination and enthusiasm
pressed sl aadily forward and soon con
vinced the artillery officer that a few
minutes delay would sacrifice his guns
Reluctantly he gave the order to retire
but it was too late to save the entire
battery Five of the pieces were with
drawn safely but the sixth with two of
its horses dead and two more wounded
was abandoned to the enemy after a
vain attempt to drag it away Dilger
himself was thrown to the ground by
the death of his horse and did not suc
ceed In extricating himself from the
dead animal until Rodess men were
close upon him demanding his sur
render Dilger declined to listen to their
terms of surrender and ran to the rear
as rapidly as he could escaping the
shots of his pursuers He had run
about 100 yards when relief unexpect
edly came to him A little boy by the
name of Ackley who was greatly at
tached to Dilger missed him as his
battery -passed by the Dowdall House
and seizing a horse rode directly into
the front of the enemy In search of him
On finding his dear friend almost in the
clutches of the enemy he sprang from
the horse and assisted him to mount
and both managed to escape Dilger
ever grateful for this act of courage
and love has always described it as one
of the bravest he ever saw
Dllger overtook the remains of his
battery in the rear of the rifle pit and
seeing that there was no position for
the use of artillery there he ordered
his Lieutenant to proceed with four of
the guns to the rear and report to the
first artillery officer he might meet the
fifth gun he retained and placing it in
the road between the rifle pits he again
opened fire upon the advancing and
triumphant foe The Lieutenant took
the four guns up the road and reported
to Capt Best who ordered him to take
position on his right where Dilger
found him later Dilger kept one gun
with him as it was all that he could
use to advantage at the rifle pit and
this he planted In the middle of the
road and opened a rapid fire to his
front AVhile here he was supported by
two companies of the bravo 61st Ohio
who stuck to him in the retreat and
remained with him also at Talrtiew aM
night when he took part in the can
nonadc
Buschbeck had ample time to rccaU
his four regiments facing south on tha
Dowdall Farm and place them In the
shallow and unfinished rifle pit facins
west long before Schurzs men in bat
tlo before him were forced back and
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