Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-09
sOu4hern Accounts of the Battle.

The following extracts from Southern az
counts of the late battle show how bravely
and desperately our soldiers fought-give an
idea of the terrible loss sustained by the reb-
els-and prove that they we're panic stricken
and beaten, when by the arrival of reinforce
ments and a fnal desperate charge, aided by
the causeless panic among our troops, their
defeat was transformed into victory:
! A member of the Palmetto Guard writes
to the Charleston Mercury:
SToEE BRIDGE, BU1Lis RrN, (No. 32)
July %, 1881. !
( Since writing you we have had terrible,
though glorious fght-this makes the second.
! The fight commenced on the ieft flank of our
line, and we In the centre (Cashs and Ker-
! shaw's regiments) received orders t. T9arch.
" hen you were in church we were IN tx
bloodiest fight recorded that has ever trans
pired in North America The day was lost
when oar two regiments came up. Our troops
we're falling back, and had retired some dis
tance. Col. Kershaw gave the command for
ward, and after some ten or twelve rounds,
away went the Yankees. understand Beau
regard said our regiments ''savcd the day."
No regiment evef en-
tered battle under more depressing circum-
stances than we did. All along our line Of
march men were retreating and say ing to US
we are defeated. But we went forward and
the day was won.
ANOTHER GRAPHIC BATTLE PICTUEE THE
SOUTHERN PANIC.
The following is from the battlefield cor.
respandence of the Charleston Meocury:
Suddenly an order comes, borne believe,
by General McGowan. for the I'd and 9Th
Palmetto regiments to hasten to the assist
ancc of the left wing. Couriers are Dispatch
ed to Capt. Perryman, out scouting, and
Capt. Rhett, on picket guard, to march across
the fields to the left, and join their regiment,
the I'd, which is on the march to the left
wing. This regiment, to which was attached
Kemper's battery, followed by the 7th, Col
Cash, hurried to the scene Cf action. It was
ment along the way by numbers of the wound
cd, dying, and retiring, who declared the day
had gone against us; that Soans regiment,
the 4th, were cut to pieces that Hampton's
Legion, coming to the rescue, that and the |
Louisiana battalion were annihilatcd that |
General Bee and Colonel Hampton were NOR |
tally wounded, and Colonel Ben johnson Kill |
led; and that the Confederate forces were |
outhankcd and routed, and the day lost This |
was the unvarying tenor Of the words that |
greeted US from the wounded and fugitives |
who met us during the last mile Of our APP |
proach 10 the field Of battle. TO the sharp |
cry of the officers of The I'd regiment--"On |
men! on! these fellows are Whipped, and |
think everybody else is, the troops responded |
Rebiy, and closing up their columns marched !
rapidly aud boldly forward.
The fast flying cannon shot now cut down
several of our numbers before we got sight
of the foe. Presently they became visible,
with banners iusolently Haunting and driving
before them the remains of our shattered forces.
But the I'd, undaunied by the sight. ployed
column. and with a shout charged up the
hill at the double quick. The Yankees could
q stand the shock, and fell back into a wood
on the west of the hill, pouring into us gal
ling FIRE.
Leonidas W. Sprott, writing to the Mercu-
ry on the 23d, says Of the
HORRORS OF THE BATTLE FIELD
When I entered on the field at 2 O'Clock of
the day of battle, the scene as | have men,
toned, was gloomy, for the battle was unde-
cidPd, aud the chaI.ccs seemed against Us but
[ did not mention ali that m lde it painful
In peaceful life we are not familiar with the
scenes Of war, and it has happened to me,
at least to have seen but little suffering from
the casualties or combats of life. l had not,
therefore, the advantage of familiarity, and
Just at ohce the scene was one to task the
nerve of any man. At the first trench | came
to, which was just beyond the range of bullets,
lay one hundred at least in every stage of sui
lering and endurance. One had his ltg
shot off with cannon ball, another had his !
arm broken, another had his jaw shot away.
Col. Hampton met Us with the appearance of
having had ball in his temple, and he said
he had been insensibe from the effects, but
hoped soon to be upon the field again
few steps further on. l saw Palmetto boy
with his under jaw shot of at the instant. |
met Colonel Shingler riding before an ambu' c
ance, which, he said, contained the late lament
I'd General Bee. The General lay PROSTATE,
aud almost expiring from the wound in bis alb
iomeD, which of necessity must prove mortal.
A few steps further still, and there lay the {
helpless form of my late friend, Col. johnson. |
Others there were-aged men, whose gray
lair proclaimed them sixty and more; boys,
whose young hearts yearned, know, for softer
hands and sweeter faces than were those around
hem there. To This spot all had been i'm
PEELED by the wounded soldiers constant want
If water The stream, by the constant eros
'ing, was so muddy that it was scarcely fluid.
out they drank it; and with the night ap-
preaching, through which they must either be
1nder the cold sky or bear the jolting of
Journey to Manassas, and without attendance
Or the certainty of medical attendance, they
ret were cheerful, or, if not, enduring. NJ
one added to the sufferings of others by exhi.
oitions OF his; and during the time l felt at
liberty TO stay-for the order came for all able
10 bear a gun to enter in the ranks for final
'taud i heard not solitary groan from any
1ne.
The Savannah Republican has letter Civ
ng lively account of the fight:
1t was u whirlwird of bullets. Our men
ell constantly. The deadly misSives ratified {
ike hail among the boughs and trees. Never
Teterans fought more cody than the whole re- ,
yiment.
Adjutaut Branch was shot almost immedi-
ltely, and Col. Gardner wounded and Col
Bartrow's horse shot under him soon after
The ground was in few minutes covered ,
paved with the dead aud wounded. After sev-
IN or eight volleys were fired by us it be came
to retire. No support was given;
lalf the regiment were down, and the enemy
in namber. .s
In retiring, a large portion of the regiment
became separated from the colors by the den
;itv of the growth and were unablp TO recover
Them; but another portion, cons isting among
others OF all the officers of the Oglethropes,
clustered around it, aud slowly retired at a