Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-08-03
Hamptons Legion in the Fight.

nent is made by an ollicor$who was in tho
hckcst, of tic fights
yS"The infantry companies of the Legion i
oined the line of battle about . O'clock IN
thcnorning, having marched seven miles, af-
ter a hastily. .snatchcd breakfast, to takc their
purt$in the general faction SlIn afew moments
after the line was formed Colonel johnson
fell by shot fronistllc buttrly lie was IL
stantly Killed, the ball striking and tearing
away the upper portion of his head Colonel
Hampton himself, assisted by Surgeon Daily
and Adjutant Barker, bore the body from the
field 4
lat this Instant The men, missing for
moment the presence Of their commander,
cried out 6 we have no commander" Cap.
tain Carey, who ws commanding the left
wing suddenly called out, :. Follow inc,
Hampton Guards, follow TO victory!" sfhc
effect of the tones of tho command was in
slant The noble and gallant Edgsfcld COM
pnny made Il rushing charge towards tho Ell
envy, % in advance of the rest Sf the Legion
nearly three hundred yards, AID SO far on the
left flank that for moment ttcy were under
the fire Of the Washington Artillery. The
Guards advanced to within 700 or 12O PAGES
Of the enemy Unable to l{aintain their po-
sition, they retired, falling Jack upon the CO.
lumn of the Legion. 1t ws then that Col.
HAMPTON, after few tlylling words ut the.
head of the Legion, ordereS tits fire TO- DO opens
ed upoh tho deadly battery .hatswas moving
down his ranks. I'd
..Nobly d d,yallantly d3 his mcn respond.
Firing hyf' ,anl maintninIlg their position,
they stood steadily until tlshe O'Clock i,Ntho
evening, under the dendlHGrc of one of the
most destructive batteries Of the Federal
army. cu
!, "At this time of Che day. the legion tell
.lLack about 200 wards, wb3 Gen. Evans, of
1 South Carolina, rodc;hp to lhc Inc, ana mn mn
kinr himself known to I'LL men, added his
noble and patriotic cneogqf3sgsclncnts to those
Of thoir gallant commandd shout rises
us Beaurcgard himself rid& til the line, and
in string words appeals to He Legion to hold
it's devoted position hut f4F moments longer,
and the victory would bewin'
1.-The men we're suffejmg horribly from
, tho most raging thirst, .HlEn lumber 81
<ss ssiis
Frnerate mission of bringing - !.
,i,c near by, i'ltougi, tup fs.S a.sf 'fea. ~
hut three returned trout 70 Q, 'i'e enemy
Watson Guards. ond9a lmpkins, of the
,idmc mn, thcy were iYsSsato n N. Cart
IInmnton's lost and tlsgiE time to join Col.
: battery. $@;atc charge upon the
G "The Legion hgda
f COS. Wien tho c,,hraasnccd about thirty pa
Viroiuia Rcpimantg@s joined by the 10Th
e Smith, who led stheiNer command of Goi.
having been jusESlirSe on loot,.h'S morse
Hampton olcrddN2 rom u,'oef nm: Go'.
: time, when within own morse ~ that
!. tcry,' Colonel llaih'ou' loo yiEds OF the pat
d He was struck bySVm received MS "o"ha.
@ he was raised tbe&a in tho temple. As
D lnntrv of the brufbland sclf-posscsscd gal
g calm and 1gnan was exhibited In
|. smith To stand jsfords he exhorted Colonel
II snrnort lis arAtho Legion, and to help to
f sn;r;t 70 thc III The words added new
!. ,dvonccd to incd Charge. Tho Legion;
d command ofboh its right wing under the
! thut Of Cnnfharir, 'onncr, md tho left under
4 ;ntrcn;a \Vdsonarcy the command of the
, nn;slna hmsobiwrds, who<ed so disti:is
q uon DciE s, uoIfH Hs,cd Nrt, Lieut. Nj - Ian M
It nmgs, WnIJ%m% ,iaAsts. Batcsnnfs, NM un.
of briGng Fatcr 10 tho kifering men throSn
Sc tho tbckcs) the fire. 4
/. "yhc Slaughter of 4 cncmy ot tbo H..
'n tcry,as tip Combined chgc of the Nin.-;,;it;
a. RegMcnf rnd tue llarton Legion swept
ID ovd it, isftNd to have Ptn terrific. Tho fa-
re gitvcs wy pursued pyMc companies of the !
n Legion ( near Ccntrcvn For four or Eve
Is. u,ies, to pursuit is ddsibcd to have bcen
st over id Bodies, which cwcd the retreat Sts ~
at the e,niy
w. w. 'fge Legion rcport$,bout thrty siloa
y =. anjfrtaly hurt, with Il, inlmc nse nu,Ss.s
nt Of Hly 800 wounded Aruly gallant e.
IS co{ Nc'ehet IFS cdvalB companies nor ar-3
ed tH arrived IN time tolIc action; had they,
ct go quicker work won have been made
S.no ;, legion. AS j. @itlltll gallant
6eore - mas made, and ko compliments of
'euuregard given It tho yaftcrthe victory,
inay Doost' indeed, to Eiaye had a distin.
suIsned ne, part IN the gloriob day.
The names of Capts. @Inner, Carey. Adj
}u'ane Harker ic and Surgells Darby and 1'ay-
~ alS :, .,'cnlioned among Ihosc who distin-
gulsed themselves hcroicatt in tho fgbt.
"lhc escapes of ofmnnyStllc mon flro,,,aql
the storm of fire are described aos almost 1nIi.
~ :aa'ulous' Iho South Gqr9 mans ycrebetter
sno's .han tlic nc epemy.6A three fires from
one on OF the Corporals, ~ il 4. A.. 'Tompkins, two
4 Aankces were seen nstosfb fbitetthe dust. and at
ono time of thoection, I.ie,k.. Jenninna. with
q revolver. fired into tho :o5en,y a number Of
shots, nearlyeach one ofwhtf;struck its man,
Many of5tto legion had jheir clothes torn3I
through with bullets, IS sa' rs
EsrRAY AsSery largo balloon Was soon.
to pass Soyer this city about tls o,clock ycster.
1ns may have con tho notor