gallant Captain Rice coming up at this time and hearing
the order, turned to me and said: 'By G--d! whoever heard of
artillery charging?' Captain Brice's Battery had been
stationed at Columbus, Miss., and other points on local
duty, and only a few months previous had been ordered and
assigned to our command. He accepted his initiation into the
ways and methods of horse artillery with much spirit and
good grace.

"Meanwhile, watching Forrest at the head of the cavalry
moving through the woods and across the field in the
direction of the enemy's right, I directed Lieutenants
Tully, Brown and H. H. Briggs, whose sections had been held
in the road below the Hadden house for an emergency, to be
ready to move into action at a moments notice. The enemy,
observing our cavalry passing to their right, began to break
and retire through the woods. Forrest, seeing this, dashed
upon them in column of fours. At the same moment Lieutenant
Brown pressed his section down the road, even in advance of
the skirmish line, and opened a terrific fire upon the
enemy, now breaking up and in full retreat. Lieutenant
Briggs also took an advanced position and got in a few
well-directed shots. Brown's section and a section of Rice's
Battery were pushed forward across Phillips' branch and up
the hill under a sharp fire, the former taking position on
the right of the road and the latter in the road just where
the road turns before reaching Dr. Agnew's house.

"Our skirmishers had driven the enemy's skirmishers upon
their main line, when we were about to make another
artillery charge, but distinctly hearing the Federal
officers giving orders to their men to stand steady and
yell, 'Remember Fort Pillow.' 'Charge! charge! charge!' ran
along their lines, and on they came. Our right was pressed
back on the 'negro avengers of Fort Pillow.' They moved
steadily upon our guns and for a moment their loss seemed
imminent. Our cannoneers, standing firm and taking in the
situation, drove double-shotted cannister into this
advancing line. The cavalry rallying on our guns sent death
volleys into their ranks, which staggered the enemy and
drove them back, but only to give place to a new line that
now moved down upon us with wild shouts and got almost
within hand-sh