. Civil War experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 . was the thirty-first of August. Our regiment was lying incolumn of fours awaiting orders. That after-noon, with a view to saving our horses fromthe effect of shells dropping near us, Kilpatrickgot permission to move the column to the righta little, so as to be out of range. While wewere making this movement he happened to beriding alongside of me, I being in the ranks,when a staff-officer approached and greeted him,evidently some friend that he had knowa atWest Point or in the regular ar
. Civil War experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 . was the thirty-first of August. Our regiment was lying incolumn of fours awaiting orders. That after-noon, with a view to saving our horses fromthe effect of shells dropping near us, Kilpatrickgot permission to move the column to the righta little, so as to be out of range. While wewere making this movement he happened to beriding alongside of me, I being in the ranks,when a staff-officer approached and greeted him,evidently some friend that he had knowa atWest Point or in the regular army. This officerleaned forward and said in an earnest manner, Whose cavalry is this? Kilpatrick told himit was his. I then heard him say, GeneralPorter, meaning Fitz-John Porter, is fearfulthat there is going to be a break. I wish youwould deploy your cavalry in the rear of ourlines and do not allow a man to pass throughunless he is wounded. Whereupon Kilpatrickgave the order By fours, left about wheel, andmoved the regiment left in front and then intoline, with the men at intervals in close skirmish-. MAJOR GENERAL JUDSON KILPATRICK CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCES 17 ing order. We no sooner had gotten into lineand advanced toward the woods in which Fitz-John Porters corps was, on the left of ourarmy, than I heard the most terrific crashes ofartillery and then the rattle of musketry. Thiswas Longstreets corps opening on us. In a fewmoments Porters men came swarming out ofthe woods. After them came the Confederates,with their batteries close up with their times I saw our regiments rally, butthey were completely overpowered and sweptaway, resistance being apparently was this attack of Longstreets with a su-perior force which Porter had predicted andwhich General Pope had refused to believe pos-sible, which resulted in the crushing of the leftof our army, and the defeat of General Pope atthe second battle of Bull Run. Having overhead the anxious message of Gen
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