The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-11-15
The ooming Battle.

w .roi The Coming Battle. .lass "a
I The wG correspondent Of the Savannah
Republican, furnishes the following brief
and soldier like address Of Col. TaoxAs,
Of the 18th Georgia Regiment 70 tho men
of his command, in anticipation Of an
early battle on the line Of the Potomac: "a
Soldsrs The appearances surrounding
US indicate we will have ight in, q few
days-perhaps in one day, We have been,
mistaken 20 often, however, that ! will
not venture to prophecy with perfect Ger.
I, like yourselves, have never been in
battle. 1t will be Q novel sensation, 70 me
a. 70 you. But by inquiry among those
who have seen and felt il, / have learned
something that perhaps would be useful
and interesting to you. The great object
our enemies seem to have in view, .is 70
invent some means or to End some plan,
by which they can kill us without being
hurt themselves. If we adopt some meth.
cd TO circumvent this single feature OF
their tactics, they are helpless, and we.
have them at our mercy. The sole tling,
therefore, necessary is to 60 up close.-
We are told some Of the rifles in your
hands will kill man half mile. Don't
you believe it, it is all stuff. No gun will
kill D man that far, and il they could, no
one can hit man three hundred yards
with any certainty. You 60 up within q
hundred yards or less, and then your
craftsmanship will tell. Get close 70 Them,
stand Arm, and not single regiment they
have will stand before you FIVE minutes.
But their artillery-their terrible big
guns-we hear they have two hundred Of
the finest pieces Of artillery in the world.
Well, l hope 1t is true-we want the guns
we are entitled TO them-we know how
to use them, and they don't-and Provi-
dence never intended that Hne cannons
nor any thing else. should be held by
those who understood not their USE AZ.
ter diligent inquiry, can hear Of but one
single man on our side killed by their
cannon at the battle of Manassas Plains.
Providence fought with us at Manassas.
He will fight with US again il I'VE are brave.
He loves valor. and He loves o valiant
soldier. He will help us, but he will not
drop cannon down to us out Of the skies.
He expects to help US by putting II, into
the hearts of our enemies to bring can
non in our reach, and there He expects
US to take them. /. ~ -, q %
Another marked feature of the fight, If
we get into one, you will find to be the
whistling of the shells. Our enemies have
succeeded admirably In constructing d
harmless instrument, which makes eu-
rious and unpleasant noiss, andit has this
wonderful peculiarly; 1t seems to be com,
ing strsight at every man who hears it =
Now, We know it can't be coming at but
one man, or, at most, two; and the truth
is, it is coming ct nobody. You have
nothing to do but to pay close attention
to your hind sight, and the whistling of
the shells will, after a little, become rath-
or q small matter In the grand drama you
are acting. The man who hears thunder
is never struck by the lightning. The
man who hears thunder is never struck
by the lightning, The great implement
OF Heath in war you hold in your hands
the Innsxst and the bayonet--and your
enemies have none better or more terri
BILE. .sBf17s6 s'ae rr.. n
Another feature of the fight will be the
falling of the killed and wounded. 1t is
trying thing to man to see his friends
fall side byside, and our first impulse is
to carry them to the rear. But remen.
ber, the best way to save your wounded
friend is not for five or six to leave the
ranks, and thus weaken and break your
line. This will insure his destruction and
your own by the trampling and bayonets
of your enemies. :. Your wounded friends
ought to be in the rear, and you ought to