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Torbert soon hotly engaged this line, and by the impetuosity of his first attack, gained some advantage; but the appearance of Fitzhugh Lee's troops on the right, and Hampton's strong resistance in front, rendered futile all efforts to carry the position; and, although I brought up one of Gregg's brigades to Torbert's assistance, yet the by-road I coveted was still held by the enemy when night closed in.
In following this road Custer got to the rear of Hampton's division, having passed between its right flank and Fitzhugh Lee's division, which was at the time marching on the road leading from Louisa Court House to Clayton's store to unite with Hampton.
"Is this story true, Helen?" he asked. "It is true, Henry, true in every word," the woman moaned, lifting her tear-stained face to his. "But forgive us, for the love of heaven forgive us! We have sinned, but we have suffered. Oh, it has been terrible!" So vehement was her emotion that she rose and stood once more before her husband by Mrs. Hampton's side.
Finally they saw the boy, standing against the sky upon a big rock, waving to them. From Lee's shouts, from his gestures, chiefly from the fact that Judith was there, Burkitt understood and freed Hampton, the two of them coming swiftly down a to Judith and Lee. Hampton's face was hot with the anger which had grown overnight. He came on stiffly, chafing his wrists.
Lee went swiftly to the door while Judith finished her coffee and pulled her broad hat a little lower to throw its shadow in her eyes. "Ahoy, there!" It was Pollock Hampton's voice. "We saw your horses and thought we'd catch you picnicking. Got a fire going, too! Say, that's bully. Come ahead, Marcia."
"Ought to give him sulphur fumes," grunted Tripp. But his hands were very gentle with the wounded man for all that. Pollock Hampton had no thought of sleep that night; didn't so much as go to bed. He lay on a couch in the living-room and Marcia Langworthy, tremendously moved at the recital Judith gave of Hampton's heroism, fluttered about him, playing nurse to her heart's delight.
He then left Fitz Lee's division near Manassas in the Federal front, and moving, with Hampton's division, to the left toward Groveton, passed the Little Catharpin, proceeded thence through the beautiful autumn forest toward Frying Pan, and there found and attacked, with his command dismounted and acting as sharp-shooters, the Second Corps of the Federal army.
General Schofield's policy when left in command Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in force Davis's line of flight from Charlotte, N.C. Wade Hampton's course of conduct Fate of the cabinet officers Bragg, Wheeler, and Cooper Issuing paroles to Johnston and his army Greensborough in my district Going there with Schofield Hardee meets and accompanies us Comparing memories We reach Johnston's headquarters Condition of his army Our personal interview with him The numbers of his troops His opinion of Sherman's army Of the murder of Lincoln Governor Morehead's home The men in gray march homeward Incident of a flag The Salisbury prison site Treatment of prisoners of war Local government in the interim Union men Elements of new strife The negroes Household service Wise dealing with the labor question No money Death of manufactures Necessity the mother of invention Uses of adversity Peace welcomed Visit to Greene's battlefield at Guilford-Old-Court-House.
Even the ugly little brick structure near the bath-house imposes upon one as Wade Hampton's cottage. No doubt we liked the place better than if it had been smart, and enjoyed the neglige condition, and the easy terms on which life is taken there.
The stampede and havoc wrought by Custer in Hampton's rear compelled him to turn Rosser's brigade in that direction, and while it attacked Custer on one side, Fitzhugh Lee's division, which had followed Custer toward Trevillian, attacked him on the other. There then ensued a desperate struggle for the possession of the captured property, resulting finally in its being retaken by the enemy.
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