The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-12-08

possession, during the hottest part OF tho bat
tie. Here also fell Jno. Patrick while
mounting a ladder to scale the fort-a gall
Ian, death he died upon tho ramparts of the
enemy. Norwood and Simpkns, who were
IN the lhickcsl, bore themselves gallantly
throughout the whole struggle, and came
off nnilnn-the remaining four being Kill.
lcl aud wounded.
Af,cr remaining in the Cus:lc about half
an hour, we marched down 10 the base of
tho hill where Gen. Qrilunan, had halted
the other portion of his division, TO rest
while he would make IL disposition of all
his forces for the intended attack upon the
Gari,a. In this disposition, we expected
to fall back to our proper position, which
was the centre of the Division; but no; it
seemed that we were destined to be put a.
gain in position TO win fresh Iaurels, but
at great expense ofblood and life.
We were placed in front Of the whole di-
vision, with four Companies of Rifles with
us. We proceeded on towards the Gar
ia protecting ourselves as much as possible
from the fire OF the enemy, by the arches Of
the aquaduc,, which by the by was no pro-
lection at all. When within enc hundred
yards of the C;arita, the order was given to
charge and as usual, VIC charged with a
yell, under IL fire that moved us down like
hay, and when we arrived at the breast
works some few devils kept shouting until
we commenced scaling the works, and then
it would have done you COOL to sec Us ill
our turn give them our fire. 1t appeared
for ten minutes that not Il ball was lost, as
they fell like sheep. The Palmetto Ban
ncr was the first 10 be planted on the cne
mics works, and am proud to say, was the
first American Flag that was planted with
in the city, and Company E has the honor
of being the first Company that formed un-
der ,lat Flag in the charge upon the Carl
ia.
From this point the enemy rcreated to
the citadel, which was situated about three
: hundred yards, and here they concentrated
all their heavy artillery: anl the best troops
! rlctcly possessed ourselves Of the garita, tho
enemy opened upon US with their artillery,
and m''skctry, prcicray long taw, to hold
ing their fire until they can sec the white Of
the enemies eye. Onr Regiment was Or
dcrcd forward to drive the enemy from tho
arches Of the aqucduct, while executing this
movement, the encm,, redoubled their fro
of grape and canister which was very de-
structivc-Hcre we suffered more than in
! any previous engagemcnt--Lieutenans
John B. Moragne fell close by me with a
muSlict ball through his breast, and as soon
as he struck the ground IL cannon ball tore
; off his head have lost much in his death,
for he was not only gallant b,it efficient
officer, never swearing once from duty.
Here also fell William B. Devlin with Il
ball through his head, he was one Of my
best soldiers, and has suffered more to serve
his country than any man would have done
under the circumstance. Here also fell
some as gallant spirits rs ever were in the
Edgefcld ompany:-Scrgeant Blocker fell
while gallantIy leading his company,,he cam
non ball that killed him, killed three others,
This company has suffered much in tho
battles, and deserve we'll the name of the
"o6" Boys, l regret exceedingly that Capt.
Brooks could not have survived the wound
he received at Churubusco, he there won
for himselfimperishablc honors for his cool
ness and gallantry during the hottest of the
engagement We continued to hold this
post ion until Captain Drum ceased firing,
on account of his fuses having given out
General Qnitman saw if we remained in
this position, we would be destroyed, and
ordered us to fall buck and occupy the ene-
mics worlss-while falling back Major
GLADDEN. received a wound in his thigh,
which I'll en- hled hin, the comma nd nf the Re.