Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-08-14
The Standard.
PROGRESS oFsTHE WAR.
INCIDENTS or .TaE RATTLE.

dents connected wsth the lato great battles M
"0n the retreat tired Yankee stopped at "a farm
house and begged for water. Mrs. Thornton, the
owner, handed him a tumbler, poWing alittae bran
dy int It as be seemed very exhausted AS she
offered It lie shrank back for moment but took 1t
and drank it She asked him why he did so, and
be replied, -sTo be candid with you, feared you
kad put poison into it" She replied, IS Sir you do
not know you are speakiag TO y Virginia lady; to
be equally candid with yeu, you go no farther
She then called two Of her servantssand directed
them to disarm him. which they did Another COM
ing up for water, she made the servants treat him
similarly, and thss took two prisoners. few min
utes after another Yankee went to the spring, and
servant girl gave him water He said !" Goodbye,
girl" when she said, No, you must SO to my
mistress and thank her, net mi" She marched him
up, and Is she got near the party, she cried out,
Mistress, here IS my prisoner" and thus another
was bagged, and the three guarded until squad OF
cavalry came and marched them to headquarters.
An Aid Of Gen. Beauregard told US that he had
just been over to thank the lady, in the Generals
name, for her heroic conduct RI -
4 negro boy saw Federal soldier leanjhis gun
against tree in small thicket and sit down. He
slipped up and seized the gun. The Yankee jumped
up, when the boy threatened him with the bayonet
If he moved. He then gave the order, "Bout face
forward march file left'-and marched in his pri-
soner. Many cases are reported of prisoners being
taken by negroes s55
Atouching scene occurred while we were at Lewis
House Hospital, on the battlefield. Dr. L. asked
wounded youth, of sixteen, where he was FROM
He said. Brooklyn" He asked him if he was
wounded lie said, "Slightly. | had Bible in
my pocket and the ball passed through it before it
wounded me, and thus the force was deadened. y.
Dr. L. said, my friend, trust that Bible will prove
your eternal salvation, it has been your earthly"
lie said, IL hopeit has, sir; am member Of the
Methodist Church." Have. you mother 7" said
the Doctor. He burst into tears, as he answered,
YES" why are you here?" said the Doctor
~ came to defend Washington, and not TO fight the
South; but have been deceived" This is the cry
of all the wounded-they came to defend the capital
and not to fight the South"
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, gives
the following description Of the feelings Of soldier
upon the field of battle: s- e..
SCENES DURING THE BATTLE.
No person who was not upon the ground and an
eye witness of the stirring scenes which there
spired can begin to comprehend from description
the terrible realities ora battle; and even those who
participated are competent to speak only of their
own personal experience Where friends and foes
are falling by scores, and every species of missile
was flying through the air threatening each instant
to send one into eternity, little time is afforded for
more observation reflection than is required to
preserve personal safety. The scene is one of the
most exciting and exhilirating that be conceiv
cd. Imagine regiment passing you at double
quick, the men cheering with enthusiasm, their
teeth set their eyes flashing and their whole in
frenzy Of resolution. You accompany them to the
field They halt. An Aid def Camp passes to or
from the commanding General The clear voices of
the officers ring along the line in tones of passionate
eloquence; their words Short thrilling and electric
The men feel like giants. The word is given to
march, and the body move into action For the
first time in your life you listen to the whizzing of
iron hail; grape and canister fly into the ranks,
bombs burst overhead, and the fragments fly all
around you. A friend falls perhaps dozen or
twenty of your comrades lie wounded or dying at
your feet; strange involuntary shrinking steals
over you, which it is impossible to resist You feel
inclined neither to advance recede but arc spell
bound by the contending emotions of the moral and
physical man. The cheek blanches, the lip quiyers,
ana the eye almost hestates to look upon the scene
In this attitude you may, perhaps, be ordered to
stand an hour inactive, havoc meanwhile marking
its footsteps with blood on every side Finally the
order is given to advance, to fire. to charge And
now what metamorphosis. With your first shot
you become new man. Personal safety is your
least concern. Fear has no existence in your bo-
som. Hesitation gives way before an uncontrolla-
BILE desire to rush into the thickest of the fight The
dead and dying around you, if they receive pass
Ing thought only serve to stimulate you to revenge
You become cool and deliberate, and watch the ef:
fectof bullets, the showers of bursting shells, the
passage Of cannon balls as they rake their murder
GUS channels through your ranks; the punging Of
wounded horses, the agonies of the dying and the
clash OF contending arms which follows the dasline
charge with feeling SO caous by surrounding cir.
cunstances, that your soul seems dead to every
sympathizing and selfish thought
THE REACTION.
Such is the spirit which carries the soldier through
the field of battle But when the excitement has
passed, when the roll of musketry has ceased, the
noisy voices Of the cannon are stlled the dsky nall
OF sulphurous smoke has risen from the field and
you stroll over the theatre of carnage hearing the
groans Of the wounded, discovering here, shattered
almost beyond recognition, the form of some dear
friend whom only an hour before you met in the
full flush of life and happiness there another, per-
forated by bullet; third with limb shot away :
fourth with his face disfgured; fifth tora almost
to fragments; sixth q headless corpse the ground
ploughed up and stained with blood; human brains
splashed around; limbs without bodies and bodies
without limbs, scattered here and there, and the
same picture duplicated scores of times, then YOU
begin to realize the horrors of war and experience
reaction Of nature. The heart opens its flood gates.
humanity asserts herself again, and you begin to
feel and act more the man and less the demon
Friend and foe alike now receive your kindest min.
Luz eb0thy WIN Uut SnOrL time before,
full of hate, you were doing all in your mower to
kill, you now exert to save. You supply him with
water to quench his thirst with food to sustain his
strength, and with sympathizing words to soothe
his troubled mind. All that is human or charitable
in your nature rises to the surface and YOU are
animated by that spirit of mercy (which blessett
him that gives and him that takes" A battle feli
is eminenty place that tries mems souls. =
s.t ; THE TIGER RIFLES. az ~ -
Much has been said Of the exploits Of this compa
ny in the great battle. The following extract from
aprvate letter written by member Of the Tiger
will be read with interest: ,-...,{ g e
CAS- We were crossing field in an exposed situa
ton, we were fired upon Through lnistake) by DO
dy Of South Carolinians and at once the enemy lie
loose % If all hell had been let loose Flat upon ou
faces We received their showers Of balls; moment
pause, and we rose, closed in upon them with
fierce yell, clubbing our rifles and using our lon
knives. This handto-han fight lasted until fresl
hoc, 49, 49,