. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . number of prisoners. When the body of Farnsworthwas afterwards recovered, it was found to have received fivemortal wounds. General W. M. Graham, U. S. A. (Retired), says:* The following is the account of Farnsworths death as seen by aConfederate officer and by him related to me in the winter of 1876-77 atColumbia, South Carolina: I was introduced to Captain Bachman, whocommanded the Hampton Legion Battery, with which I was engaged(Battery K, First United States Artillery), at Gettysburg on July our conversation drifted
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . number of prisoners. When the body of Farnsworthwas afterwards recovered, it was found to have received fivemortal wounds. General W. M. Graham, U. S. A. (Retired), says:* The following is the account of Farnsworths death as seen by aConfederate officer and by him related to me in the winter of 1876-77 atColumbia, South Carolina: I was introduced to Captain Bachman, whocommanded the Hampton Legion Battery, with which I was engaged(Battery K, First United States Artillery), at Gettysburg on July our conversation drifted to the war, and he remarked: Oneof the most gallant incidents of the war witnessed by me was a cavalrycharge at the battle of Gettysburg, on July 3d, made by a GeneralFarnsworth of the Yankee army. He led his brigade, riding well aheadof his men, in a charge against my battery and the infantry supports;we were so filled with admiration of his bravery that we were reluctant * Journal Military Service Institution for March, 1910, p. 343. [ 232 1 I] w Wig DUFFIE, WHO LED THE CHARGE AT KELLYS FORD Led by Colonel Alfred Duffie, the dashing cavalryman whose portrait is above, Federal cavalry had its first opportunity to measureitself in a real trial of strength with the hardy horsemen of the South at Kellys Ford on March 17, 1863. Brigadier-General WilliamW. Averell, in command of the Second Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, received orders to cross the river with and six pieces of artillery, and attack and destroy the forces of General Fitzhugh Lee, supposed to be near Culpeper Court from Morrisville with about 2,100 men, General Averell found the crossing at Kellys Ford obstructed by abatis and defendedby sharpshooters. The First Rhode Island Cavalry effected a crossing, and the battle-line was formed on the farther side of the Duffie on the Federal left flank, and Colonel Mcintosh on the right led almost simultaneous cha
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