Tom, Thanks for Remembering Joe. Amanda -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tom Kendall" <tkendalljr@ec.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 11:31 PM To: <vafauqui@rootsweb.com> Subject: [VAFAUQUI] Remembering Joe >> Remembering Joe >> on August 5, 1862 >> Joseph Kendall >> Notable Man of Fauquier > > > Quoting from the following source: > > "The Brooke, Fauquier, Loudoun and Alexandria Artillery" By Michael J. > Andrus; H. E. Howard, Inc... Publisher; ISBN 0-930919-92-0; page 68. > > Quote: " Early the next morning, August 5th, breathless cavalrymen > reported > that the Federals were approaching Malvern Hill from the North. > Stribling's > men rushed to their guns but barely had time to wheel them into position > before a squadron of Union cavalry charged. Cavalry was no match for > artillery, and a few shots from the Fauquier men drove the horsemen back. > Soon, however, more Yankees appeared. Two Federal batteries wheeled > out into the fields about 600 yards from Stribling's guns. The Federal > guns > opened fire and a hasty dual followed. Privates John Ball and William > Suddith > fell dead. > > Others fell wounded, including JOSEPH KENDALL --- 'a plain country > lad' --- > whose leg was torn off at the thigh by a Union shell. Two men carried > KENDALL > behind the crest of the hill. Seeing a group of loose horses, KENDALL > insisted > on holding them: " At least I can do that much," he said. The two men > placed > him on the ground, gathered up the reins of the horses, and gave them to > KENDALL. Lying there the suffering private occasionally yelled to his > comrades, "Don't give up, men. Never let them take the guns. Fight to the > last!" When Captain Stribling walked by him, KENDALL asked, "Can we > drive them back? How are the men of Lieutenant Marshall's section > fighting?" > Stribling asked KENDALL if he wanted anything. "I want a drink of water," > he replied, "But don't stop any of the men to bring it, for I will soon be > dead." > A short time later, KENDALL died, the reins of the horses still in his > lifeless > hand." End Quote > > Joseph Kendall was a Fauquier native. Born in 1840 just South of Marshall > in the "Free State" to Jeremiah and Jane (Carter) KENDALL. Before the war, > he had worked for Thomas A. Hirst as a farm manager. Joe, and his cousin > George W. Kendall, enlisted on July 15, 1861 at Markham, Virginia. Joe was > killed in action on August 5, 1862 at the battle of Malvern Hill in > Virginia. His > heroic memory was legend among Confederate Veterans. For decades, at the > reunion of Confederate Veterans, their meeting place was called the Joe > Kendall > Camp in honor of his selfless dedication on the battlefield. > > Remembering Joe > Tom Kendall > Wilmington, North Carolina > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >