Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-03-29

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"REMINISCENCES OF THE PAL
METTO REG'T.-THE FIELD OF
CARNAGE. OR THE AFTER
PART OF THE BATTLE OF
CHURUBUSCO.
No vi.
The brazcn throat of war has ceased lis
cruel roar.-Ailtoa.
TIE Palmetto Regiment, in the memo
rable battle of Churubusco, acted. we
,hink. dislius suished part. Every com
pany, from Company A. to Company L
inclusive behaved with uncom non gal
lantry. In the daring enthusiasm Of the
Sumters, could be seen all the heroic ordor
ofthe old .,Gane. Cnck" himself; and the
blood ef Dekalb seemedlo flow afresh in
the veins Of the noble youth, who repre-
sented The departed spirit of This renowned
warrior. Butevery Palmetto bosom ins
deed, seemed. on that dreadful day, 10 be
animated BY the true anceslrdletire Of the
:fsv7,&f Fox 1.-The Game Cnck. =
sg@ f,..ii, i.:i.efsd tosdo his duty. Fear.
':s!5rFsJa tiile eS;a made 10 ihe ranks
4t .iiie ge iJ:ist:j j1S ha ailHpsl lpsefPawersss
ia ysdsn fl!;s esicSi n any sar. as:
nd9soss spif ; is.t Il The deadly conflicts.
A:rls lsaats caate s5c moment 10 experience;
n s,FsltagrS.! TcffsrsiaDs Of this loss.
- II 1 fen ssasS drsuins HE enemy for baif a
mile or more, The Regiment returneaIoi,s
battle ground to lnok after the dead and
The wounded. The terriblerealiIy os the
dreadful havoc forced itself upon every
mind, snddeep wasl sensation produced.
'1Ah,! who can describe the deep feelings Of
anxiety and solicitude. thar filed every
breast, as the column marched rapidly
back 10 he place Of its misfur,unss Wha
bosom was no, thrilled with the most
s,artliug emotions ! What heart did not
rhrob with fearful anxiely, as each one
questioned himself, who among his friends.
had fallen in The contest All wished 10
learn The fa:e Of their companions in arms,
who were missing from the ranks !; yet no
one yentured TO interrosaic another. Each
dreaded, that his secret con lecture might,
on inquiry, be reduced 10 fearful reality !;
--tha, his missing friend might be found
among the dead or t'le severely wounded.
A low whisper disclosed along the ranks
the untinely death Of Col. Butler, which
up 10 this time, was unknown TO many;
but beyond this, scarce worl was uttered.
A snlemn silence pervaaed the whole
Regiment. In few moments the blood
stained field came in view-and how dread'
ful the prospect The d 'ad and wounded
lie side by si,le in masses over tho CORY
plain. Their guns aud implements of war
are scattered carelessly around. Some
are wellerius in their own blood in the last
agonies of death Others. lie lifelcss upon
ho.srouud in pudies OF blood, clolted in
the mud and grass. Mangled forms and
deathly groans fall upon the eye and ear
in every direction. The heart swelIs with
saddening emotions at the gloomy picture.
The joys Of victory are completely swal.
lowed up by The pains Of grief and horror
. 1tis too much for humanity 10 hear with
Indifference. Sympathy gains her ascen-
dancy in the heart, and heart fel, tears
flow freely al the sigh, Of the dreadful car
mage.
In serious meditation we cast our eve
over the melancholy scene. By an in.
ward impulse we arc driven To take a
closer survey of the horril picture. and we
2 circle, almost involuutarily, over The bloody
field. At every step the eye is thrown
upon some dreadful object, and The mind
stands ashas, in horror. We approach a
mangled form, which lies in a MUDDY
puddle of waller. Its very hidcousness
almost makes the head sick and the whole
heart faint The scull has been shot asun-
der, ald the severed p1rs, stained with
blood and brains are hanging to the shnul
lerS by inurila,cd chords skin and tendon.
The hands and body are bes;nIrcncI with
crimson mixture Of blood hair aud brains
The eyes. torn and blood sho., are ready
to pop out from their sockeIs. Every
trace Of hte Is extinct. The mansled corps
is 20 longer 10 he reeosniZec.
-Jacct insens terra trunclls,
AvnIsnmqne hnmerS :aput. ct sine nomine
corpus.-Horacc.
Advancing, we come upon another body
stretched oul al full length. in all the man +.
: Illness of genuine soldier. II is clad in
an officers uniform. The brave youth is
gaspinS and sroaDius iu the las, pulsations
of life. all consciousness, all scnsibilily