American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-08-17


fort he thus received 81 lis hAa3s-
Such was the thirst among our men, saa
so Indifferent were taey 20 tying balls. that
they would stop in the middle of the tishs
and pick blaekberries, loading. firang an
eating by turns. During the hottest q TIE
conflict, most Of the SonthsFuers woald
rush forward, aim and discharge their Fieces,
and then retire behind trees AMI bushes
and there reload, and again advance Every
charge during the day Was Of a gallant eeaE-
acter; and though several times defeated -
a moment in their attempt 60 take BATTERIES,
they returned unfiinchinsly 70 the task. szaa
fought until their object Was accomplished
Beauregard and Johnston. after The hattie,
paid the soldiers the high compliment &
saying that no regulars could have stooa
fire better, and done their woEk mere
thoroughly than did our brave volunteers
Capt. Kemper, Of Alexandra. who las
made himself famous by the darins snd Ell
cient manner in which be managed bis hat
terry during the battle, was also taken prs
oner. Shortly afterwards he saw sFProach-
ing one of our regiments, when the thought
occurred 70 him that be would palm them
off as part Of the forces Of the eacmy- /
should have stated, however, that BE had
previously refused to deliver up his sword
to any other than an officer, AMI when ous
regiment approached, il appeared Plausible
enough that he should desire % alyGoce
and surrender his official badge tn the Col
4 I'm, n. l., 4
captured, suSpecting nothing wroag, scoogtl-
ingly marched with him until within a dis
lance Of 4 few rods, when Capt. hemger
cried out SC9ufederate~, I am prisoner,
release me" Then turning % his eaPtovs
be politely thanked them for their Kind at
tentions, and invited them now - accomP4-
ny him, request 50 pTessiugly made, that
it was entirely out Of their power % REFUSE.
These same individuals are now enjoying
real old Virginia hospitality az tie Publie
expense, in the City of Richmond.
! 1t is related Of young lad in enc q the
South Carolina Regiments, tia. by sJsas
means he had come into possession 81 a rab-
bit which had been accidentally shot, ard
! so tenacious was he 0f his prize-Fyobably
\ looking forward TO his nights sapVer-that
he carried the little qusdrupel IN bi. hand
throughout the battle, dropping 1t only loHz
enough TO load and fire. This Is what
call decidedly cool, and I am glad a. zll
that the young soldier enjoyed lis eveu,as
meal from his well-earned booty.
/ In connection with the Georgia Regiments
may mention an incident wLjch occurred
to one of the privates namcl peilrnette.
and illustrates the Determined sriEit vL5ca
has seldom had its equal in the annais q
modern arfare. Wounded late IN the .lzv-
be had fallen into the hands Cf tie eus-v
aud when they reiterated he Was taken allu-
as prize. The Yankees, upon their retreat.
however, were too frightened 90 walk sIoziT
enough TO accommodate themselves % tae
feeble pace of their prisoners, aud he was
z accordingly dropped By the way>5le. wten
+ he crawled to a clUmP q bushes On thc e,--e
Of the road. Here he concealed himself an
remained undetccted until the Rhode Isiaui
Regiment passed, with Col Sl1eau in tbe
rear. The latter, di>coyerin- the Gerr-
gian, drew a revolver fron his bolster AM
said, "Your life, you rebel Tie -rehel. Z
however, was not disposed to yield up tbe
ghost, and drawing his mu>ket O. Iis sh1el-
der, was about to FIRE when tbs valiant
( Colonel, who would have so vautoulv Killed
a wounded man, cried 'sD0u't sheet. ,lau't
shootw 1t was no time for parley. h1uev-
er, and the Georgian, finding rs lif. Laas-
ing in a balance, fired am brCu-lt the oss-
Ger 10 the ground. Then daSlins into tbs
bushes as well as he could. gollswcI By
shower Of balls from thousand guns. Is
made good his escape. IL has since been a.
certained that Col. Slocum was kille,L
Another incident Of similar elar--se- i
related Of young Alabama b9y, uarael
VIM. +. Oakly, private in tie Lau.ser.lAls
Rifles. He Is emily l. years of ssr, bat a
good number Of inches, a stroz- desire a
volunteer, and manly eouatenazce, euahIsl
him to evade the regulations AM jaia \
company. How wen Re has done li, J1tr.
the following recital viii sha1- Durluz
the action, having strayed aEay fr0sa Ais
regiment, to fight con H. own book, BE
was taken prisoner BY one Of the ret L.sat.S. =
tied hand and foot, and left lying uPoa tAe
battlefield to be subsequently, Feclairaea.
Young Alabama, however, was possessed e
too much AnsiO-Saxoa elasticity q occEB4
bis recumbent attitude in idlsaes-, an.
setting to work with a good pair q AK. ks
soon knawed apart the rope which b.,..zl
his hands Then, with a vocket-kuirs. he
severed the cords around lis feet, znl seizssz
4 musket from the side of dad ulaa. Be
started on his return % his oxn reeiu,eut-
On the way he encountered arother ~pes
lamb, and without further ingro.lslctlau.
ran his bayOnet through hin aad secared
his side arms C0ntinuia- his fozsrzsv. BE
came suddenly upon a Fe,leraf Colanei, = g.
was accommodating On borSe-baek. Ma sap
posing the young man 20 be an enemy. sae
officer paid no attention 20 his srFruaea
until the Juvenile hero presented Is t-gssst
and demanded his surrender ~Wha ars
yog2n asked the COloasl. ssIrm Al Alabzz-
ian-come down, yon are M FEisazzr-
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