. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . n aide to General Stuart,and an eye-witness of this charge, says: Never had I seen him (Stuart) more excited He w-asplainlv on fire the of ^^ J^The staff scattered to summon the cavalry, and soon a com-panv came at full .gallop. It was tire Jefferson Company-, that brave officer. Captain George Baylor. Chaige:; cut them down, shou
. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book . n aide to General Stuart,and an eye-witness of this charge, says: Never had I seen him (Stuart) more excited He w-asplainlv on fire the of ^^ J^The staff scattered to summon the cavalry, and soon a com-panv came at full .gallop. It was tire Jefferson Company-, that brave officer. Captain George Baylor. Chaige:; cut them down, shouted Stuart, his d-- -™r aslnngas he forced his horse over fallen trees and the of ,.reat deserted camp. A fine spectacle followed. As theFederal infantrv double-quicked up a slope, Baylor chargedAs his nten darted upon them, they sndednly ha ted, came toa front face, and the long line of gun-barrels fell ns thottglthev were parts of soute glittering war Jhe nuzspouted flame, and the cavalry —«.%«%.vards. It seemed to check them, but ,t d,d not. They hadcome to an impassable ditch. In another ;™-7^-; ^^trv broke, every man for himself, and, ntakmg a <letonr, thecavalry pursued and captured large C E. Henderson. 166 Bull Run to Bull Run. Colonel B. F. Smith, commanding the Third brigade ofthe Third Army Corps, in his report of this atTair, says: On the morning of the nth, after the departure of thecorps from the camp near Cnlpeper, the pickets from thebrigade were attacked by the enemy; this while endeavor-ino- to jom the command. The detail from the One Hmidredancl Sixth New York Volunteers (432 strong, under chargeof Major A. N. McDonald, commanding regiment) repulsedthe attack, but with the loss of Captain James L. Peach andtwo enlisted men killed, seven enlisted men wounded, and 18enlisted men captured. The loss of the enemy is unknown;several saddles were emptied. But Major McDonald, in his official report, differs some-what from Colone
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