Monday
I was awoke early this morning by Miss
Galts boy & informed that my horse
was stolen - & stolen he still remains
tonight – it is outrageous after capturing a
Yankee horse to have him stolen – I
gave the saddle & two bridles to Col
[space left blank] of 11th Va Regt to take time
to Richmond for me – I shall follow
the Army stay & find my horse –
This has been an eventful day – The fight
or battle of Williamsburg was opened at
Early dawn by Sloans So Ca regt in
our right where the enemy was in the
woods – during the morning they were
fighting between this point & the Yorktown
road where I found them when I came
up at 1 o’c, just as the Miss Battalion
marched down through the open field
upon the enemy who were under
[The Colonel of the 11th Virginia at this
time was Samuel Garland--Robert K. Krick]
[“This was Colonel John Baylis Sloan’s
4th South Carolina. Sloan apparently
was not in action at Wmsbg, as Major
Charles S. Mattison is the one
mentioned in the reports. The
4th was in fact in front of Fort
Magruder and helped to open
the action”. – Robert K. Krick]
Monday
shelter of the logs & stumps, & woods beyond –
it was a gallant & brave march down
to the fence amidst a shower of
bullets the like of which I never dreamp [dreamt]
of – I was abt 150 yards behind them coming
up at a double quick step, & soon put
myself behind some rising d ground from
which I shot – the Enemy was in the woods
& bushes & hard to see – The Miss Batt
alined themselves behind a fence – where
they remained until the Enemy ceased
firing – An Ala regt double quicked into
the Yorktown road, but the balls were so
thick from the Enemy that they retreated
in disorder, but redeemed themselves
by reforming in a fhollow & giving back
with a yell – from this road they sent
across road fire in to the Enemy in
the woods, which was also hotly
shelled by our artillery – when fired
Monday
over our heads – At this time abt 4 o’c a
heavy musketry was heard on our left
wing – I went over & found that Genl Earlys
brigade had charged a redoubt of ours
which the Yankees had taken early in
the day – Our men were repulsed – the
Regts repulsed were 2 Va & the 5th NC
they say that one Va Regt behaved bad[l]y
In this fight many of our men were
Killed – we did not even bring off our
wounded men – the brigade retired thr-
-ough a woody ravine – forming in
order in Genl. Rodes brigade. We
re’d [received] large reinforcements to our left
wing abt this time – when darkness
came on the artiley from Fort Page &
many of our field pieces opened heavily
on the woods to our right where the
Enemy must have been seen going up
to position on our right – It has
Monday
been raining all day & the fighting
has been going on in the rain – After
dark I came to town & went to bed to
get my only suit clean & dry for
the bloody moment, they are wet
& muddy up to the waist – Most of
the field is in what presents a very
beautiful appearance – it will probably be
the soft resting place of many a sol-
-dier in 24 hours – Have not heard of
or seen Mullie today – his brigade is
held in the reserve – We captured
several hundred Yankees this
morning before twelve o’clock – 310-
[The Va.
Regt. was the 24th, not the 2nd. Robert K. Krick]
[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 6154
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