Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-22

About one O'Clock their guns were ST.
lcnccd, and a few moments after their infant
ry retrcated precipitatcy down the road to
Hampton.
"Our cavalry, numbering three companies,
went in pursuit, and harlsScd them down to
the edge of llampton. AS they rctrcatcd
many of the wounded fell along the road and
died. and the whole roao to Hampton was
strcwn with havcrsacks, ovc.'coats, cantccns,
muskcts, &c, which the men had thrown off
in their retreat
After the battle, visited the position they
held. The houses behind which they had
been hid had becr burnt by our troops
Around the yard were the dead bodies OF the
men who hud been killed by our cannon
manglcd in the most frinhtful manner by the
shells. The uniforms on the bodies were
very different, and many Of them are like
those OF the Virginia soldicry A little far
thcr on we came to the point to Which they
had carried some of their wounded, whu had
since died. The gay looking uniforms Of the
New ork Iouavcs contrstcd greatly with
the paled, fixed faces of their dead owners
Going to the swamp through which they at
tempted to pass to assault our lines. prcscn-
ted another bloody scene. Bodies dotted the
black mnrass from one cnd to the other.
saw one boyish, delicate looking fellow lying
on the mud. with bullet hole through his
breast. His hand was pressed on the wound
from which his lie blood had poured, and the
other was ccnchcd in the grass that grew
near him. Lying on the ground was Tcs.
lament which had fallen from the pocket
dalhlcd with blood. On opening the cover
found the printed inscription, " Presented
to the Defenders of their Country by the
New York Bible Society" An i. S. flag
was also stamped GU the title page.
Among the havcrsacks picked up along the
ronte were many letters from the Northern
States, asking If they liked the Southern
farms, and it the Southern barbarians had
been whipped out yet.
The force Of the enemy brought against
us was 1000, according to the statement of
the six prisoners we took. Ours was 1000
Their loss in killed and wounded must be
nearly 200. Our loss is one Killed and three
wounded. The fatal case was that Of North
Caroinian who had volunteered to fire one Of
the houses behind which they were stationed
He started from the brcastw"rA to accomplish
it, but was shot in the head lie di. d this
morning at the hospital The wounded arc
Harry Shook, Of Richmond of Browns bat
terry shot in the wrist John Wcrl. Of Rich
n'ond, of the same battery, shot in the leg
and Lieut.. lludnail. Of the same battery shot
in the foot None of the wounds are serious
The Louisiana regiment arrived alnut one
hour after the fight was over They are II,
fine looking set of fellows.
Gas there was force cnnugh at Old Point
to send up to Bethel and surround us, we took
up the line of march and came up to York
town. where We now are.
Il hear to day that roops from Old Point
arc now marching up to attack us, but cannot
say whether it is so OF uot."
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.-Thc enemy
when they first approached, tried to keep up
their courage by rcpcatcd cheering. yelling
like SO many savages, which the writer Of this
heard distinctly, willie our men said not
word hut, with upl.ted hearts to the God Of
battles, stood silent and courugcously awaiting
them
One Of the captains Of the advancing col
umn OF tho enemy approached nenr the \. &.
regiments lines, and, standing on Il log
choorot his iiicn. lie WIS seen, and private
in orc of the companies took deliberate aim,
and he fell dead The man ran out aud Sc
cured his sword as trophy of his valor.
The JIowitzcr Battery, under superintcnd-
ence of Major Randolph, cicitcd the cheers
Of tho entire soldicry, every man performing
his part with the celebrity Of practiccd gun.
ncrs, and often exposing themselves upon the
pnrnpct to see, as they said, tho enemies eyes
30 as to take aim. In Il word. no man on tile
ground could express how much Of the result
of our victory is due the Fowitzcrs
Late in the evening the cnca.,pmcnt was
broken up, and VIC returned to Yorktown.
Long live Magrudcr,' Hill, Stewart and Al
Ian, itlustrious leaders in this, our first great
battle and glorious victory; while to God
thanks be given for His providcntia care and
support.
The BETHEL VIoToRY.-Tho Richmond
DixRotch, Of Thursday, whose columns a,c
laden with reliable accounts of the battle and
victory at Bethel, INDUCES in the following
comments:
1t is one of the most extraordinary victories
in the annals of war. Four, thous md thor.
oughly drilled and equipped troops rented and
driven from the field by only eleven hundred
men! Two hundred Of the enemy killed, and
on our side but one life lost! Does not the
hand of God seem manifest in this thing -
From the attack on Fort Sumter to thr pres
cnt moment tho preservation of Southern life
amidst such numerous srults as have bccn
mado by tho enemy seems little less than MI
raculous., .tN
The courage and conduct Of the noblo sons
of the Soutl, engaged in this battlc arc bcyoud
all praise. They have crowned tho name of
their country with impcrshnbe lustro, and
made their own names immortal. With odds
of four to ono against them, they have achieved
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