Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-08-07

Other there were-aged men, whose gray
hairs proclaimed them sixty and more; boys
whose young hearts yearned, I know, for soft
or hands and sweeter faces than were around
them there. To this spot all had been i'm
PEELED by the wounded soldiers constant want
Of water. The stream, by the constant cross
ing, was SO muddy it was scarcely fluid, but
they drank ii; and, with the night approach
ing, through which they must either be I'M
der the cold sky or bear the jolting ofa joar
ncy 70 Manassas, and without attendance o.
the certainty of medical attendance, they YET
were cheerful, or, if not, enduring. No one
added to the sulferings Of others by c%liibi-
tions of his; and during the time felt at l!b
crty to stay--lor the order came for all able 10
hear gun to enter in the ranks for 4 final
stand-I heard no solitary groan from any
one
But Of all imaginable scenes Of horror The
battle field 10 day cxcels. Upon the hills
from which the enemy TTas last driven. still
lay Tie dead they had not time to remove
Sore had heen buried by our own men, but
the task was too repulsiye, and the most OF
theu were left upon the bare ground without
leaf to shade them, bloated, b!aekened and
rotting in the sun, for birds aud insects to de-
YOUR. And it was scarcely possible not to
commisscrate the fate Of men who had offer
ed up their lives for country that would not
show to them the cold charity Of eve. rave
to lie in. Nor was it better with tie roor
starved wrctches who had crawled into the
store houses upon the field Of battle. Sick,
iamished lriendles and without q home or
country they could love Or honor, it were
scarcely better 10 be alive than dead. /
spoke Of the fact 20 General Evans, il whose
military department they arc at present, and
he promised to keep them from starving at
least: hnt in the meantime the country peo-
nle were coming in with offers Of assistance,
an,l one was taking one p or fellow cli to his
house at B:cntsville.
Battles make singular developments. My
friend: DR.. Shepardson, visiting tie prisoners
yesterday. found colcgc-matc among them
One of our soldiers found among thcm his
cwn brother. Gen. Evans found among them
Major Tiliinehasi. long known i'll Charleston,
wlo had been his classInatc-a; ;ae Instant Of
recognition, Major /. WAS at the i'oint OF
death, and d;cl soon after: ard, also; in a
horse that was taken al Fairfax, the charger
upou which he rode in lie service Of The hi
tct. States. And Col Mullins, in q customer
that was skulking Oil tic roa'l to CcHtrcylle
u,on til, evening of the battle, ana whom he
made !ls prisoner, the lion. Mr.. Ely, Of New
York
There isafceling Of regret loralI tho gallant
men who fel! in tbs engagement. In; fur
none more than for tlle gallant Bar;ow. He
hul gone into this War with such uncalcuia-
ting zeal aud fidelity 10 tie great cause. and
bore himself so nobly in the fight, tha; if
there were tho wish to it. it we're bard 70
withhold our admiration. VIXEN !s:s hcrsss
was shot, he led TIE 9Th Georgia Regiment:
on foot, to storm battery. 1l;; a:i' cut to
pieces, and retiring 10 put himself at the head
of the 1,h, he asked Of Gen. Beau: cgart!
wha: he would Lave HIN do. Tie Gcac!aI
said: There is the battery" IL. started for
it again. The color bearer was shot Gowli,
when lie seized the col;,r;, and bearing tlicm
on, he received sho: in Ills left breast.
Ncr less amented is tic death of Gen. Bee.
lie has becn regarded as oae among the best
military appointments. and has Won opinion
in every act Of his military iic. He ;s:ts first
in the field 10 sustain our leading cciUmi at
every succeeding crisis Of the contest. He
vas present at the passage Of the Turnpike;
at the gallant charge of lIampton's Legion;
at the slorining Of the batteries; and at las t
fell near the fatal spot Where also had fallen
the gallant Barlow. Gf his aids were Gen.
Gist, Col. Shingler and Major Stevens, who
was slightly wounded, sl.a:ed his pains, and
remained to share the farther fortune Of the
contest.
Nor is less sympathy experienced for Tic
suflerings OF Gen. Smith. lie camo to stem
the current of oar backward fortunes; and
leading his Brigade To Tie very head Of the
lIani:;le column, fell almost III the lir<L lire
lie.,l through the breast viii! Gralh: shot.
Ilu;n,.. iluwrNrr, are entertained Iur his r,.
.r,,rry. On his staii were Our townsmen, Col.
Enisi and Capt. rupp.r, vino were with him
wien he fell.
uf Col. Johnson, tin. career was storl aNri
brilliant. The Legion s@a;i:ed in Tic night,
and, in few hours after. almns! u!.il for scr,
vice, It was tl,rowil into tic very lllickest Of
ttc fight, and Col. Johnson fell, with Col.
Hampton, M the spot upon which their col
unlns l,ai l.ern planted sent the casual,
lice oi Col. Ker,haws Regiment by .lcyrap!l
10 DAY, hui of tic other regiments: 50 scattered
as they are, ami in weather 50 exceedingly
unsuitable TO travelling as it has been: lave
not yet been able 70 obtain.
President Davis left tlle army this moning
in the cars fnr Richmond Though the Chicl
Magistrate Of u great republic at this mos;
salient period OF lis greatness, lie arrogatcd
no especial privilege, he took his scat, with
others, in an 1ycr crow'icl car: and in that
and in every other instance Of his intercourse
,.i,h lis fellow citizens here. lie exhibited
but the appearance aud bearing Of well
bred gcn,lcmaa, Il; lie unG1r 20 :,
The same correspondent undcr date OF
the odd. says:
ALuu: The time oil 0@r final CHARGE upon the