Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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of Ilowitz1-rs snw, Il0l'll2ll1S, niort- tlL'lllill lighting' than ilIl.X' llllll'l' :11'Iill4-iw' 4-o111p1111.v i11 the ,kl'lI1lV ot' the l,t'l1lllSlll2l,u znnl V1-1111l1l1-, lmrn timolu,-1' lhuiigli lu- wus, Wzls lllXVElf'H lmroiul :intl glzul. tlnring thi- 'vt-:mrs kll-Tl'1' the war, In nu-1-t in reu11io11 l1is old z11'till4-111' 1-oinrault-s, with whoni, us siinple l'2lllll4llll'l'l', lu- hull 1'n-ceivm-tl l1is tirst Ullillbfiilll of tire. ,Ile took part with his lJilTil'l'f' in alll Ihr- an-tions untl ininor 2l'l'filll'S ot' that ill'lll'V i11 '61, and uf the .k1'1l1'V of Xortlu-r11 Virginia u11til tht- SlllllIlll'l' ul: INHLZ, when lu- was inzule nfiillliillll illlll flHlllll1lSSill'.Vu ot' the First Iitxglllllill of Virginian Artillery, ClPlIllll2il14ll'1l lay the gnllznit :intl 2ll'l'Hlll1DllSl1l'4l Vol. .lohn 'l'ho111pso11 Brown ll:lll'llll'l' clillllillll of tht- Sec-oiul Butte-1'y of llowitz4-rs J. who :lt the VU1'j' llvgilllllllg of tht- l'u11111:1ig11 of 'Ulu fell ill zu-tion nt 'l.'l1L' Wihle1'11f-ss, 111o111'11ec,l hy 2l11 2ll'11lf'. This position Ycllilllll' helml until the spring of 'Lili i'o111111issu1'ies :intl C,211a11'tm-1'111z1ste1's, with few exon-ptioiis, IIUVUI' went into llCfi01l. Iuileecl, for thi-in to ilu so, wus lfUlll'1'ill'lV to explicit :intl veijv 111-olmei' 0l'd61'S.w So, too, of Surgeons. But Ve-nzilale Could no lll411'C lil-up out of il tight than St11a1't's Chief Sll1'g'CUl1,N Tuh-ott Elialsoll, of whoin Stuart says i11 his rollicking fashion tin his otliciul report of tht- Gettyslnirg klilllllbkllglll : HSIIFQUHIL Eliason, though without at s11pe1'ior i11 his lbl'0fQSSlU11, woulil. 'l'1'Ul1l his CH11l,lllCl on the Held, excel as 21 f'0lu11L'l uf CtlVlll1'5'.u The NLi1l1llllllSS3l'y of the l ir,st Virginia .X1'tille1'y haul Rl way of siultlx-lily turning up in the very thick of things to ask l1iS 121111111-l sonu- llllUl'l'V imllt- zuul irrelevant question about rations for the 111011, anul tha- Cololu-l tried to look severe and the battery co111n1111ule1's winkt-tl an Q-zu-11 otlu,-1' znul nt Ye-1111l1lm-. when the latter saitl. Anal now, sir, if 1 1-ouhl L'2ll'l'f' any oi-tli-rs for you, as I set- your Adjutant has gone. Thus is was that Stuart, who, on vlill'liSUll.S full on the t X't'llll1:Q nf Milf' 241, alt Chzilicellmsville, 111141 lu-1-n put ill Wllllllllllltl uf.lilClisol1's ki4ll'lJS, nu-t Xvvllilljlt' i11 T118 very thickest of the lnitth- of tha- Ihl mluy. Ya-11:1l1le haul 001119 up to ask l1is Colonel whether he alitl11't flllllli ai lil'll1l ration wonltl lu- gnml for thc- ll1Oll.u Ht- 111-Vt,-1' piwqnosc-tl that 111o1ne11tous qui-stion to his lic-gilllc'-iltal l,'o111111a11cle1'. Stuart, who l1z111tllc-fl JfiC'liSU11'S Vorps on that Ililf' with snperlm skill, 0111114- su4lcle11l'v in thc- wotuls upon thc- c-o11s1-if-11tio11s C'o111111iss111'.v. 'l'ha-y haul 111-V1-1' sec-11 c-zu-li other since the oltl Ht. Louis tluys, hut the l'l'04IgIlllil1ll1 was lllSf2l11t. Sfllill'l', who hzuil sc-nt off 1-rc-1 v stzitl' otliet-r with urge-ut, llllll ZlllllHSl il1SlliI'0tl orclc-1's, gnispi-tl his hzinfl. anul suitl. Vt-milwlt-, I'v1- sent oil my lust 1nz111. You 39

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1-i1'1-11111s11111c1-s. 11'hi11- he was 1111 1-s1-11111-11 111'1s11111-1' 111 1111- 1-111'-111y's 1-11111111'v, 111111 1,11-111. 11. E. 11. S111111'1, 1'. S. A., xvhlb, 1h1111g'h 11111 111'1-111-v-1w11 111111 111s1 111-1111-11 his w111'1ik1- 1111-1111- 111 1111- 1'2l1ll11il1gll 11g11i11s1 1111- fi1-1'1-1- ,111111-h1-s 11s ll 5111111115 11111111-1' 111 1111- 1'2llllUllS 11111 111111-s 211111 XV1141, 111111' 1l'il1lS1.l'l'l'1'11 111 1111- 1 i1's1 f'2l1'2l1l'.V, 111111 111-1-11 11ssig111-11 11111'Y 111 111-111-1's1111 1'1ill'l'21l'1iS. S1. 1.1111is. ,XII 1111i1111111- f1'i1-1111s11i11 S11l'llllg' 1111 111 11111-1- 111-1w1-1-11 Xv1'1121111f' 1.11111 1111-1,11'i11i11111 111111111 111111-1-1', f111' 1111'.V w1-1'1- 1111111 l'1lT11llS12iS11l' Yi1'gi11i1111s, 1111111 fill' f1'11111 11111111- 211111 11111h 111 1111- Yl'l'f' '111111'-111111'11 411: 1111-il' 'v1111111. 1.i1111- 11111 P111ll'l 11'1l'll 11l'l'illll 111111 within 11-11 'V1-111's 11111- sh1111111 11t'C'11ll1C I1 gm-111 1-111'1111'.1' 11-11111-1', 1121ZZ111lQ 21 11111-111 with l,1l'l'11S,N 111111 1111- 111111-1' 1'i111- 11'v his I11-i111c-1'ui11 11s his 1111151 1l'llS1f'11 s11111' 111-111-1-1'. 13111 S11l2ll'1 s111111 W1-111 his way 111 Hght 11111 Si1111x 111111 1111- l11l1'f'1'llllCS. 1'1-1-1-11'i11g' 111 1110 1'2llll112l1gl1 11g11i11s1 1111- 11111e1' il 1Il'1CX'11llS 11111111111 i11 1111- 1Q11-s111j-1'1111- 111-111111 111 S111111111111's 1 111'k, liklll., wh111- V1-11111111-, wi1h 1-h111'111-11'-1'is1i1- 1l'll2ll'11'X', s1111-11 111 his 1111si111-ss 1-1111-1-111-iscs with s111-11 1-111-Q1 111211 wi1h111 il f1-11' 'Vl'1ll'S 111' 111111 11c1-111111111111-11 XV111l1 was 1111'1l 1'1-1-1111111-11 11 11111111s1'11111- 1-11111111-11-1101-. 11111 1'l2l1'1f' s1111'i1 was 111111111111 high 1111'U11g:1,1 1111 1111- 1i.ll111, 111111 11111v11G1'c-, X111'1h 111' South, w1-1'1- s1-1111111111 1111i11111s1111-s s11 i1111-11s1- 211111 111111-1' 11s 111 Sl. 1,1111is. 'J11111' S11lIf1l1'1'1l 1-11-1111-111, 115 11 wus 1-11111-11, 11111111111111-11 s1Q11-11-1'v, 11111 the 111111: 11f 1111- 11111111111111111, 1111- 11111111 11l,'11111l'N 1111 1111'g1- lll1'llSlll'L' G1-1'1111111s1, si111-11 1vi111 1h1- 1X11111i111111is1s 111111 11111-1--911111-1's. Y111111g V1-11111111-, Xvhlb 111111 111-1-11 1,11'l'11 1111 111 1111- s11'11-1 s1111us' rights sc111'11j11. 211111 YY1lU, 1111'4111g1l 1c11111e1'111111-111, 1'111111-111111-1,1 1-V1-1 1'111111g s111'111'111g -'11' 1-11111111'11111ise 111' 1-X111-1111-111-y, 11l1'l1XV hi111s1-11' wi1h 1111 1111- 1111ssi1111 11f his 111'111-111 11111111'1- 111111 1111- s11'11gg11- 11121 111111 1-v1-11 1111-11 1l0gll11 111-1111-1-11 S1-1-1-ssi1111is1s 111111 1'11i1111 1111-11 f111' 1'111111'1'11 11f 11iss11111'i 111 1h1- 1111111-1111i11g 1-11111111-1. 1111011 1lll1'S1 1h1- s1111'111 111' w111'. 111111 V1-11111111-. XV1111Hl1t il 111111111-111's 111-si111ti1'111, T11l'CXV 1111 his 11l'11S1l4'1'4111H 1111si111-ss 11h1111gh 111- W1-11 11111-11' 111111 it 1111-11111 1hc sac1'111c1- 111 l'VL'1'f'1111llQ h1- 112111 111-0111111111111-11 1, 211111 s111-11 111 his 111111111-1' s1111c-, w11e1'1- 111- 111 11111-e 1-111is11-11 11s il 111'i1'1111- s11111i1-1' i11 1h1- '1'11i1'11 .11llTfl'l'f'n 111 11i1'h111111111 I'I1lXV1tZOI',S,n 1he11 1111111-1' 111'11e1's 111 jl1111 1111- A1'111'v 111: 1h1- P1-11111s11111. H1- was 111 111is 111111-, 11s 1111- w1'i11-1- 111' 1h1-s1- 11111-s 1-1-1110111111-1's lfljl' we 1v1-1'1- 111 the s111111- Q1111-111i-1111'-111111-111 1, 11 S11l11'1l1Rll'1f' h111111s111111- 1111111, g1-111111. y1-1 11ig11i111-11, 1111-ss1-11 11'i1h ll 141-1-11 se11s1- 11f 1111111U1', f111111 111. tl g111111 s1111'y, 11111 i11s1111111y 1111s11-1'1- 111 illlf' 111111 of i1'1'1-1'1-1'1-111-1- 1f11ll'11i11g 1'1-1ig11111s lllZl11C1'S, 11111'11ys C111-1-111' XV1lC1l 11111'11- ships h1111 111 be E'l1C1ll1'G1Q1, 211111 S1'DQf'l111f' 111-1'-111111- kllilxvll 111 1111-101-1-s 211111 llll'll RIS 11111- 111' 1110 11111s1 1'1-s1j111111- 211111 1l111'i11g s11111i1-rs 111 1111- 1-11111111111111. 111111' '1'h11'11 11il11'Q1'j'u 38

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must take this nrder tu the left. There is no one else. I assume all respon- sibility. Certainly, sir. replied Venable, saluting, and most delighted, and away he sped through the weml reverberating with the fierce, wild eries uf the victorious Uinfederates, driving the enemy frum their last stubborn stand. All through that QlU1'iU1lS day tthe tactical masterpiece of the nineteenth century, as was Leuthen of the eighteentht, Yenable carried Stuart's orders, illld when night fell. as they lay by the camp tire. teld a kindred spirit how he ehafed at being in a lJ011llJ-l'l1'OOf.H I shall ask that fer yeur serviees te-day, said Stuart, you be assigned my staff. Fur Stuart to ask tafter his own brilliant workl was tn have, and so Venable, within a few days. was assigned te the Headquarter Staff ef the Cavalry, with the rank uf Alajnr, and annuuneed i11 General Orders as Assistant Adjutant and IIISIIUCT4ll'-fl4'11l 1'2ll of the clO1'1'bS.v After Stuart's death, Venable was fur a brief time assigned staff duty with the Majtn'-Gem-1'al W. ll. F. Lee, but in August was reassigned to the Head- quarters uf the Cavalry Uirps with his wld duties as Inspector-General on the staff of General AVade Hampton. Time wuuld fail to deal in detail with the active part. he bore in the constant cavalry engagements ttf these stirring August and September days. lflut one signal service may. at least, be touched upon. Un September 14th 11843-lt. Hampton having ascertained through his scouts the exact location of the great eurral fer the supply eattle nf the Ariny ef the Potumac. determined Tn make a bold raid in Grant's rear, and, if possible, to lift tin Hieland phrase! the fat beeves there eongregated, of which the Federals always had plenty, while at this time the chief food uf the hungry Confederates was but half a ration of hard tack and rancid pork. For many months i11deed l,ee's veterans, like the English just befure Agin- euurt, had been shrewdly nut of beef. but Hampton knew that Qas the Constable of France allowed nf his zulversaries on the eve of that historic day J, give them great meals of beef, and iron and steel. they will eat like wolves Hllfl tight like devils. Tu penetrate Su far to the L'llCll15 S rear seemed to many of the boldest a rash undertaking, but the aetual cutting out nf this immense herd tby uflicial enunt, twu thuusand four hundred and eighty-sixt was brilliantly accomplished under the very nnses nf the astounded Federals, and then eame the must critical part of the expeditiun. Tn round up and bring wtf such a number of cattle 40