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

fifteen bullet holes throughit. His sword,
resting against his side, was struck twice,
once just under the guard, b3a mimic ballf
and the second time by a grape-shot, which,
carried away about ten inches Of the5end.
His sword knot was cut; bridlere severed
so that he had to lean over to pick up thet
portion,;z zhisshorse shot twice, and
himself struck by glancing2 shots Ethree1
times: all Of which have left their mark ion|
arm, body and knee: There has probably
not been more miraculous escape from
death or injury during the entire series oil
battles. 1 should much rather be in the
Generals place now than them e.2 = 4
4 Out Of the eleven hundred men who o.
riginally constituted the Palmetto Sharp.
shooters, it is a gratifying fact that six only
have shown theytwhite7 feather" One Of
these the Colonel found sitting under a
fence hiding 9What. are you doing here
sir,?,' said the Colonel: stIts too hot in
there Colonel, aud I.came out-the bullets
fly too thick. ~ $50 back, sir, and don't
disgrace yourself;" and he made the truant
take his place in the lines, where he sub.
sequeutly was fortunate enoug il to be 'hon--
orably' wounded
: An officer informs me that he has noticed
that where man is coward in one fight
and has to. be forced into another, he inva.
riably gets shot; and cited asan instance
Of this, that out Of the six men above re-.
ferred to, one only has escaped. The fact
is significant enough to make every indi-
yidual Of this stamp shake like an earth
quake Better trust to luck than legs.
THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES. .
Another brilliant passage in the history
of this brigade, is that which belongs to
the battle Of Seven Pines, where by the
testimony of friend and foe, our soldiers to
use a hackneyed phrase, 'sperformed prodi::
gies Of salor," and gained for themselves q
reputation which will not be easily lost .
The enemy were here favored as army
was never favored before. Fully our equals
| in plumbers they had marked and nneasur-
ed every foot of ground, piled work on
work, and abattis on a6attis, until the
whole country was one grand. fertilization:
The firing between the picketa began about
noon, and two hours later the. forge Of bat
tile was in full blast-artillery and infantry
pounding away with all their might. The
Federal lines which the South Carolinians
were assigned to attack, were posted be.
tween the williamsburg turnpike and the
York River Railroad, their first line rest.
| ing upon. the latter; their second to the
rear and little furtfst to the right; their
third still beyond and to the right Of the
last, .and.so on, the whole forming dia-
Egopsl to the Williamsburg road, or what is
known 10 military nomenclature disposl-
ton en- echezon.. - >... ,,ss....s -.
Between these various positions was We.
ry variety of obstruction which Yankee in'
genuity could add to the natural obstacles
of the country. covered by batteries of ar
tillery. Under fire Of the latter, Colonel
jenkins was ordered to march from the
Williamsburg across to the York River
Rail Road, which he did without return,
ing fire. Col Bratton's Sixth South Car.
olina regiment was on his right, land a
Georgia Regiment onthe right of the Sixth
Jenkins left rested upon or near the rail
road A Company was now sdeployed te
ascertain the strength and position of the
enemy, who was found in front, and short
lily after an advance being ordered, the Fed
erals fell back firing The command pass
ed the first abattis, without much difficulty
and through the first eamp.of the enemy
Here it was halted, dressed, and the for
ward movement resumed towards second
land more formidable abattis, from behinc
which the Federals maintained severe
J fusilade. This was amply repaid, and
creeping on step by step, the obstruction
vas passed: 1t being found that the Geor
gia Regiment, in crossing this net work o
:, nature and art had disappeared, the orde'
of Col. jenkins to the Sixth was that tha
Regiments left flank should not at any
} time thereafter be separated from the righ
of the. Palmetto's. We had now fairly
penetrated the Federal lines, and super
| human task was evidently about to be com
menced, although the arrangement of tht
, enemy's forces was not at this time posi-
lively known In order to be prepared fo
any emergency our two regiments were
formed with the left advanced, and oblique
ly facing the Williamsburg road. In thi
manner the attack was resumed.
The enemy new. heavily reinforced, made
an obstinate resistance, and were supported
by two pieces of artillery, but our mer
loaded without pausing as they advanced
! and gave no opportunity for the frequentl.
) broken Federal lines to reform. We suf
: fered greatly, but the Yankees suffered
more and soon gave back in confusion.-
From this time until night our onward
movement was steady, confident, continu
GUS and successful. Three, four, five time
did heavy Federal reinforcements do thei
! best to break our front, but just as Otter
) were they discomdtted and compelled tt
fall back before our we'll directed, fire
Thus for more than mile and half wa
; our progress marked with the dead ant
l wounded of both friend and foe. We hae
run the entire gauntlet Of Federal fire from
; no less than dozen or twenty regiments
r whipped all, and driven them across th'
, Williamsburg road. Here the enemy "tool
, to cover" in the woods on the righ! of tn
. road, and were again strongly reinforced
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