Identifier: fieldcamphospita00hump (find matches)
Title: Field, camp, hospital and prison in the civil war, 1863-1865; Charles A. Humphreys, chaplain, Second Massachusetts cavalry volunteers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Humphreys, Charles Alfred, 1838-
Subjects: United States. Army Massachuesetts Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons
Publisher: Boston, Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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o desperatelycontested by Ewell, so sharply and successfullyfought by Sheridan, not only eventuated in thecapture of Ewells corps, but compelled Long-streets column in Jiis front and Gordons columnin his rear to give up all hope of escape toDanville. Longstreets column took the roadfrom Rices station to High Bridge closelyfollowed by detachments from the Army ofthe James, and Gordons column took the roadto the Appomattox closely followed by theSecond Corps. While Sheridan was thus cutting out a largesection of Lees retreating army, its advancewas approaching High Bridge over the Appo-mattox, meaning to follow the railroad toFarmville, where Lee could feed his army withsupplies from Lynchburg and then make thatfortified city his centre of defence, or, failingin that, to escape into the mountains. Butas the advance guard of Confederate cavalryapproached High Bridge, what was their sur-prise to find a squadron of Union cavalry and THE A :vv yjrk P(jb;,i: LIBRARY Pv X AND ^^N da: IONS L .
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CAPT. FRANCIS WASHBURN IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1863-1865 275 a line of infantry disputing their passage!Lee could not think it a large force, still hebegan to make dispositions for a serious attack;but before his lines were fully formed, thesquadron of cavalry charged and broke throughhis first line, and was only stopped by a secondand stronger line posted in the edge of thewoods where our men could not effectively usethe sabre. This squadron of horse which thusdefiantly threw down the gage of battle beforetwo divisions of Confederate cavalry, underRosser and Fitzhugh Lee, was a part of asingle battalion of the Fourth MassachusettsCavalry numbering only 12 officers and 67men under command of Col. Francis Wash-burn of Worcester, of the Class of 1859 Law-rence Scientific School. He had lately beenpromoted from a captaincy in my regiment,where he had proved one of the best officersof the line. He had been sent forward withhis squadron and 800 infantry from Burkes-ville by General Ord of the Ar

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