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

glmept TOT presehtatioh W tne uoSeiuoi ,it.i of
Your State. -, 5. T.. !. -. =.
- I am permitted, on this occasion, to con.
|gratulate you and the. State, whose honor
and reputation you have SO we'll maintained,
on the possession of these handsome colors,
won as they we're on the evening Of the
memorable 9th Of June BY the conspicn::
|ous courage and devotion exhibited by your
gallant command. =,
The regiment, which wears emblazoned
lon its banners williamsburg" and "Sev.
en- Pines" and will have indellibly stamped:
thereon the record Of: the bloody actions of
the 9th and 30th Of June, cannot gain
new lustrs from any longer enumeration Of
|its brilliant achievements. =. 4
These names alone justly eutitle tito the
confidence and pride Of the country and Of
that. Palmetto State whose name. it has
proudly and irreproachably, borne. ~
Iasg lam, Colonel, very respectfully,
:. u z-,E-5,.I Your .obedientservant,
!, 80 "a. " &5o G.. M. SORREL.
To Colonel NJ. JENKINS, Commanding
Palmetto Sharp. shooters. -. -
The morning after the battle in which
these flags were taken, the colonel and sur
viving officers of the regiment voluntarily
came So. Col. jenkins and delivered them
selves up as prisoners of war, assigning as
4 Is H..
Earesson forso doing, that we had either
killed or captured their eutire command,
and they desired to be with those Of their
men who had fallen into our hands. The
Federal major was killed. These officers
remarked that they: had never before ex.
perienced such a devastating FIRE. Over
three hundred bad fallen by our first Volley.
General D H. Anderson went over the
ground the next morning, and counted;
within a few PAGES, forty Of their dead.
The Yankee regiment was Utterly cut. to
pieces. Our own losses during this engage.
ment amounted to ninety-six killed and
wounded in the Palmetto Sharp. shooters,
and 20 killed and fifty six, rank and file,
wounded in the 5th, Lieut.. Col. jackson
commanding. ..,,-.
The aagof the latter regiment was struck
in three places. The color bearer was shot
through the head, and four Of the color
guards either killed or wounded. Lieut.:
Col. jackson was also shot in this battle.
He was in the thickest of the fire, standing
erect and ordering the regiment forward
when ball passed through both legs
Without halting be still continued to ad-
vance cheering on his men when his arm
was shattered, and he was compelled to
leave the field. - ,.... =
p, Iomitted to state in the proper place,
that Brigadier General D. H. Anderson,
was assigned to the command, of division,
and that, consequently the command of the
brigade devolved upon Colonel jenkins.
| : THE BATTLE OF FRAzER's FARM
The next fight in which the brigade was
engaged was on Monday, in the vicinity Of
fFrazer's Farm, and here it bore most con-
spicuous part, being in the advance all day
Early in the morning, General Longstree'
had sent oiders to Col. jenkins to drive in
the euemy's pickess, and iud out his posi-
tion, and "feep' his strength. This was
done, but it was not until about three O.
clock in the afternoon when the brigade go'
fairly into battle. During the interim oul
troops had been subject to terrible can
nonade from two or three batteries of the
enemy, posted upon an emiuence, and com
manding the New Market road. Finally
becoming so destructive in its volleys, the
South Carolinians went forward to silence
lit.
The ground was irregular, undulatins
and broken, but the men preserved thei
line under the pittiless peltiug of the irol
rain like veterans, until having passec
through dense ravine, they stood face tt
face in an open field with the enemy, theil
batteries only two hundred yards away, aud
heavy masses of troops concealed bebine
entrenchments to support them. And nov
the storm is terrible. The Federal line
bursts into volcano of fame and white
, smoke. Grape, canister, shell, round sho
and minnie bullets, sweep the plain like {
torrid simeon, spiting with the resistles
fury of a destroying angel whereve
they strike. Our regiments begin to crum
BILE, yet not man falters. But one ide,
appears to prevail, and that is that right o
5 wrong, they must march slap at that bate
ry and into the very teeth of its fiery jaws
\ We are already advancing. The FEEDER
: al commander sees the approaching ava
lanche rolling towards him. He know
? that his case is hopeless, and to save hi
guns orders them from the field. Th
watchful eye of jenkins, however, detect
L. the design, and to remove the trouble frou
!, the hands of the Yankee Captain, the com
r maud is given ''shoot the horses J"
A fringe of fire leaps from the ghtterin|
muzzles of ourriAes, and when the pail o
E smoke lifts, score or more of the nobl
animals are discovered to have been tn
f sacrifice. The object of the Federals i
s frustrated, and the battery is abandoned.
r But the South Caroliniaus have not stop
ped. It is the motto Of the brave Jenkiu
never to fight men five minutes upon tn
d same ground, and they are moving steadil
r forward. Suddenly, there open fresh bat
e teries on the extreme left of this line frol
The apnosite side of the New Market road