. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . , midway between Romney and Moorefleld. Myers hadbeen hard pressed this far by Kuykendall, who had. forsome reason, halted his men just out of view. A plan was soon decided on. Captain H. H. Young, agallant soldier, with his company, was ordered to go meet Kuykendall, and draw him into atrap, which had been hurriedly setfor him. When Young went backfor the Confederates, Kuyken-dall s suspicion was in a meas-ure, aroused, as
. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . , midway between Romney and Moorefleld. Myers hadbeen hard pressed this far by Kuykendall, who had. forsome reason, halted his men just out of view. A plan was soon decided on. Captain H. H. Young, agallant soldier, with his company, was ordered to go meet Kuykendall, and draw him into atrap, which had been hurriedly setfor him. When Young went backfor the Confederates, Kuyken-dall s suspicion was in a meas-ure, aroused, as he and the writerhad quite a long talk on this yearsafter. When Kuykendall saw Cap-tain Young coming back he knewthere was something in the spoke to some of his men whoseemed to think it was a yankeebluff. Kuykendall tried to reasonwith his men, how they had driv-ing Myers with fourteen men, thenCaptain H. H. Young „ e, . A , , , for him to come back was a strong intimation something was wrong. Some of them treated his warning lightly, and, ratherthan have any reflections cast on him, he charged on Youngwho gave way. Works men were posted on a ridge above. 138 ELWOODS STORIES the road. Young was to pass Works men, and when fullypast turn and fall in on the rear of the column. At thisWork was to charge them, and cut them off from Moore-field. The plan was well laid, but some of our boys gaveit away by firing before ordered. The Confederates then checked up, and we moved downin the road at a full charge. The enemy retreated in fullview. Work closed on his rear, handling him rather rough-ly. The enemy in falling back clogged where an old woodroad led up a steep bank. This threw their rear in a posi-tion to do some fighting. I would like to know whetherthe man is living who shot at me as I struck him withmy saber. I had emptied my revolver and drawn mysaber, when he turned on me, just as Lieutenant Gasscame to my relief, which saved me from capture or per-haps a worse fa
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