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68 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
columns. Passing slowly through an open field, a
Federal light battery, some five hundred or six hundred
yards to our right, supported by the Third
Iowa Cavalry, opened fire upon our flank, killing one
or two of our horses with the first shot. The battery
was in plain view, being inside of a yard surrounding
a little log cabin enclosed with a rail fence
three or four feet high. Just at this time one of
General McCulloch's batteries, passing us on its way
to the front, was halted, the Third Texas was moved
up in front of it, and were ordered to remain and
protect it. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter P. Lane rode
out to the front, facing the enemy's battery, and
calling to Charley Watts, he said: " Come here,
Charley, and blow the charge until you are black in
the face." With Watts by his side blowing the
charge with all his might, Lane struck a gallop, when
the other four columns wheeled and followed him, the
Texans yelling in the usual style and the Indians repeating
the warwhoop, dashing across the field in
handsome style. The Federal cavalry charged out
and met them, when a brisk fire ensued for a few minutes;
but, scarcely checking their gait, they brushed
the cavalry, the Third Iowa, aside as if it was chaff,
charged on in face of the battery, over the little rail
fence, and were in possession of the guns in less
time than it takes to tell the story. In this little
affair twenty-five of the Third Iowa Cavalry were
killed and a battery captured, but I do not know
how many of the gunners were killed. The
Choctaws, true to their instinct, when they found the
dead on the field, began scalping them, but were soon
stopped, as such savagery could not be tolerated in
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/75/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.