Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-08-07

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fight batter than I can, and if you want
the prisoners taken tothe rear I,if take 'em
sir, and come back to the ranks too. " The
little fellow was accordingly dispatched on
the mission. - - st1 !: - - ~,
Another Gincidentiis related Of a man
named A. D. Spears; from Union District,
. nsmbaf Y Of the s5th Regiment, which, q
|porti6ns of the day twas separated fromstbe]
brigade: Haooeupied a. position just in
front of sthicketyof pines, and about four
hundred yards distant from the enemy,
who kept up a. continued FIRE upon f;our]
lines IN q cluster Of trees between the
two forces, Spears saw q ine horse and went
after him. {. When within about one hun
|ared and Fifty yards Of the enemy an.
|armsd Yankee sprang up and demanded
his surrender q reckon mott said Spears,
but you must surrender to. me, +dand cock.
Ing bis gun as quick as though he brought
lit to bear upon the stblue coat The lat
tier Of course yielded, and was made to- 40.
company his scaptor towhere the horse was,
which was united, brought in, and deliver
led To- Lieut.: CoE jackson, and subsequent.
fly loaned 10 an aid in Bongstreet'a staff,
fiwho was shot while carrying orders, when
The animal instinctively made, his way back
TO the. Federal lines: phe prisoner stated
| that the charger belonged to the Colonel of
THE 109sh Pennsylvania Regiment Il 3
A delicate sand yet deserved tribute was
paid TO- the gaIlaatry Of the brigade: by
General D. H; Hill. Colonel Jenkins, af.
tier the fight, asked permission TO 60 to the
rear and replenish bis exhausted cartridge
boxes. HNo," said General Hill, in the
stern manner which marks his address,
Etyou must not leave the field, Sir. In a
second afterwards, with his face lit;up by a
sweet smile, which he occasionally allows
to radiate: his thoughtful countenance, be
added, 81 cannot spare you, Col. Jenkins.
can6os weaken myself, .for:if you should
Ego, x should! feel as if. j had sent off three
fbrigsdes: Camp your troops 10 hatfield, ,
sir, udsend for yenr am munition2" .9s1 z <.
] Still another tribute is, paid by the .'pen
ofthe enemy IN the account Of the. battle
published by the New York Herald, occurs
the following paragraph, and it speaks vol.
Eumes Of praise wrenohed as it, was blythe
hardest kind of fighting, from an unscrupu'
ous antagonist -, -; ~ s.5, =.
I sssThere was silence of a few moments,
AM, T. rebel dine again began, its terrible
advance. Bates and Fitchs batteries had
already opened, and new also the four rebe
batteries did the same, aud the;rebel infant
Try and our own infantry Never since this
4 waribegun has there, been heard a more
1Eterrible fusiIade: AT this time the left o.
the rebel line was: formed Of Jenkins Pal
metto Sharp.shooters, (South Carolinians,,
[ line Sixth South Carolina regiment and thu
] Sixth North; Carolina, a fair view Of thi'
) llins was obssructed by the abattis Of thu
fallen, timber, between us and it; but ",
:.Fknew how steadily it came on, for over th'
distractions of branches and green leaves
we could see the light, faint fringe ofsmok.
cur! up from the continual file fire, and fa
!, above the smoke their white battle flag fut
tered proudly out, andHshOwed how fas
they came. ..AS q. ~ .. =. -. -. rs
Well, the enemy reached the redoub
and the rife pitssand stormed both. Il tn
redoubt was leftss Bates whole battery ant
two of Spratt's guns, because they -coult
, not be taken away; but every gun va
,aspiked.. 5outof, ,oneslot of one hundred ant
g{thirty eight horses, only twenty eight Wer
i nleft alive. g. :" <.Ez2's..Jt.
h Alas / But few. are left, to enjoy thes
/. sonors to their memory. The brilliant regi
n raents which but. a few months ago com
Z pdsed thousand men, each full Of hop
aud esprit du corps, are dWindled, to-
lmere handful; The living will become th
: Lpeaeleus around which fresh hearts an
1hands. shall gather; and. the dead have ia
fkeutheir place among the noble army 9
. . martyrs whose blood has been. sdrunk b
: the earth" as a sacrement in the holy eaus
!. + they cherished hen oeforth, in Che lauguag
!; of ourgoa zaurease, Harry Timrod, to b
v. t. =; ,M;rshalled by the, Lord of Hosts, - -
i. Aid dovershadowed by the mighty ghosts q
4 r9E ofMoutre and ofEutaw '-r'N ~
:, Those who haves gone before US, hav
!, died animated by one, thought. Tha
: thought was heroically illustrated by Cap
: Carpenter, ,:of the Palmetto Sharp.shooter'
! who was ilIed at the head of his Company
= and almost under the shadow Of the colo
! they bore.p As they we're advancing b
! felt2a ball pierce his heart. Turaing
- his men, his last words we're: :: lam KILLED
- but press ong" and then dropped dead
: let those who live emulate this example
. and if it be their fate to fall as their CON
;. rades have done, they will have
"rn Heaven bone with the brave and blessed,
And for their aoul's sustaining, =. - -
: The apocalyptle eyes of Christ
: TO-. : And nothing on earth remaining, ~ -
But handful of dust In the land OF their choice,
'' A name In song and story, -
q And Fame to shout with her brazen voice, T.
d PERSONNE.
e Address Of General Van Dorm.
+ HEADo'Rs DISTRICT OF THE Miss,
e 80. V1cKsBURa, July 18, 1862. ~
a To tie Toops defending Vieksburg: