Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-08-03
.plcKrNs COURT HOUSE, s. 6. SATURDAY. AUGUST 8, 1861
Hampton's Legion in the Fight. q

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We extract the following graphic account
in the great battle ofsunday, from the Rich
mond Eraminer Of Thursday. The state
ment is made by an officer who was in tho
thickcst. of tic fight:
is."Thc infantry companies of the Legion
Joined tho line of battlc about 8 o'clock iii
themornng, having gmarchcd seven miles, Of
ter a hastily snatchcd breakfast, to takc their
part in the generalization. tIn q few moments
after thclino was formed, Colonel johnson
fell BY shot from tic battery. lie was in.
stantly killed, tic ball striking and tearing
away the upper portion of his head. Colonel
Hampton limSclf, assisted by Surgeon Darby
and Adiutant Barker, bore the body from tho
field
/" At this Instant tho men, missing for
moment the presence of their commander,
cried out s We have no commandcr." CHo-
tain Carey, who wns commanding tho Lett
wing, suddenly called out, Follow me,
Hampton Guards, follow to victoryW sFhc
effect of the tones Of tho command was in,
slant The noble and gallant Edgs6cld COM
puny made rushing charge towards the en-
scmy, in advance of the rest $fs the Legion
NEARLY three hundred yards, aid SO far on tho
| left flank that for u moment ticy were under
the fire Of the Washington Artillery The
Guards advanced to within 100 or 10 PAGES
of the enemy Unable to lfaintain tlcirpo-
sition, they retired, falling Jack uponSthe CO.
! lunn of the Legion. Tt Wis then that Col.
HAMPTON, after few tluglling words at the
head Of the Legion, ordereS its fire to- be open.
cd upon tic deadly battclY nat was moving
1 down his ranks.
Nobly aud gallantly da his men respond
Firing hyfe and maintninsig their position,
they stood steadily until tHhe O'Clock nttho
evening, under the deadlH,frc OF one OF the
most destructive batterieSIo Of the Federal
, army ;,
9" at this time Of the dny the Legion fell
back about 200 yards, wh8 Gen. Evans, of
South Carolina, rode up tolhe line, and NM
king himself known to TIL men, added lis
noble and putrotic encoulfgc mcnts to those
Of their gallant commando a shout rises
as lscaurcgard himself rid& til the line, und
in string words appcls to Rlc Legion to hold
, it's devoted position hut fT moments longer,
and the victory would bewih.
The men were suffejpGg horribly from
! the most raging thirst, ,Ihn number Of
ID ;: ssis
vino near BY, through the Drosf t,,o ,,o,m n' ",a
hut three returned from thu ,,al,a,'t o"'"
f licutcnans Bates and ,S,,i;ma 49, 'I.'"u ~ ~
Watson Guards, and .pS ,atd S y II u r.n. -,
0 lidgc, and they were jus&X 49,, i,U =, y. Iart Gr,
lIampons last and dsaPt hu charuo 20 ;' J",m GHl
: battery. SF1S2 . 'l'o' Wv
# ccs, when the chargeS ;oi, "J';'' '.,'r'y ra
s Virginia Rcgimcnt%M or 'nu n ~ nc &c ~ - !,
,. '"" w., - as.Tge on foot-his horse
, 'Ni" 81 Nj from under him. Col.
"'r.I' '.;u; own holsc. At that
.',"o, M.ii "n.' 'out $50 yards of the bat
! ~ ~ oo,o 'hton received his wound
~ Wv" s;sn1 ~ htll III the temple. As
p lantry of the bsahnon~ ~ was go nih;h;taJ ;taIu sI,
!, o"'' G.., ""o "".oaISords he cxhortcl Colonel
II support IFS flaEI The words addo1 ada u ,''r ~ ~
= sp.s'' " '.o v,"mcd charge. Tho Legion
y "oN"'ceu ~ Iif its right wing under tho
~ .on.'i,s"u .o.. as ~ onncr, md the left under
."''' .! ,IahY Harcy--- command of the
N intrepid ,nsonliuards, whoSsd SO distins
9: gnlshed tEmselYr Us in thu opcniex Of Tho oo.
'd tion, being deyfl1h bed upel Lieut. ND jon
at nings, Wt,l i11'nes ,hy I.i3!s. sanGemSm,
h. kins, wo haf undcrtaKE the brave mK;aapn
of briging Fatcr tothc bferingmcn thro,IisSa
Sc the tjckcS) the fire.
H. "jhc Slaughter of y enemy at tho but.
ne tcry,as tib combined ckgc of the Virginia
~. REGIMENT pi tic iiarton Legion swont
vi ovG it, il aid to have lWn terrific. Tho e..
,rc gitvcs we pursued byNc companies of the
~. Iwion near CcntrcvG For four or ive
le. maies, f. pursuit is dc#ibcd to have bcen
m nst over id bodies, which scwcd the retreat u
,,t tho fmy. ta
w.. ffc Legion reports $lbout rtysinca
M anJf rt,,,y hurt, with y, immense nntSher
cat Of Wy ooO wounded Hruly n gailantGNs
as co4 Neither Its cdyalh companies nor arsl
scd tRy arrived time tolpc action; had they
So. So, quicker work woA have been made
- Ftho Legion AS it \ WITH tle gallant
fcote u 'las inado, and ekcomplimcnts Of
d'eauregar' given it. tho 9yaftcr the victory,
"A may boast, indeed, t,Saye had a distinn.
4 guishea part in the glorioh day.
"Thc names of Capts. @oner. Carey, Ad.
jutant Barker and Surgeh Darby and I,oy-
'ol ars mentioned among losc who distin-
gu,sod themselves hcroicaS Il in the fight.
Tho escapes many Sthc men through
| the storm Of fire are described rs almost MI
raculous. Tho South Cardnians were better
shots than the enemy AE thrco fircs from
one OF tho Corpolals, N. Tompkins, two
Yankees wore seen to. bite 1.-The dust; and at
one tImo OF thcacton, Iie,k. Jennines with
revolver fred into ssho .cen,y a number If +
shots, pearly each one esofwhbf Struck It's man.
Alnny Of t1c TGS;,,,, loSIi h, II IL