Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-08-13
For the Standard.

bravely MANIFESTED. .-f..,
wa r-. 49, For the Standard.
Nix, EprroR:-I have at last obtained my own
consent to trouble you with article OF army news
knowing that before this reaches you the State cleo
tons will be over, and the heavy pressure on your
fearless and patriotic columns will have ceased
Permit me to say, that nobly have you done your
duty to your country, in the late campaign; pear'
lessiy and with unsurpassed ability, have you ex-
posed corruption, sclfishness and mean countryae'
stroyng partyism in "high places" You nave
nlaced mark as hideous, and as lasting as that OF
Cain. upon the brow Of more than one demagogue
who has heretofore deceived honest men to their
hurt You have earned the hatred OF hundreds OF
selfish, uupatriotic spoilsmen who Will ioiio" you
through life with bitter curses because OF the prey
Won have taken from between their teeth. ana you
have excited the admiration and won the atiect'ons
of tens of thousands of patriotic citizens and brave
soldiers. They will treasure up your name ana
YOUR deeds, because you have spoken out LOT the
people against power. You have defended the 50,
credness of private right against the insoient ana
wanton tyranny OF superc'ilous omc,sn Eh
erty in the midst Of revolution and against the IN
sane rage of men, who, in their fury, would have
torn down every barrier, obliterated every land
. mark, and destroyed every guarantee which the
wisdom Of ages has established as securities for the
liberties of the people. But promised that this
article should consist of news from the army And
first let me pay tribute more than due, to one OF
the noblest bravest soldiers that fell in the late
bloody but glorious battles before Richmond, Miles
NJ Cowles, Of Yadkin county, N. g., Adiutant Of
the 3Sth res't N. G. troops lie fell MORALLY wound
ed at the battle of Mechanicsvc on the evening oil
Thursday, the 26th Of June last in desperate
charge which the 3Sth made on one Of the enemy's
batteries supported By heavy masses OF infantry in
which it lost one-half OF its number, killed and
IL - ~ tsrnn VI
an eye witness of the noble gallantry Of Adjutant
Cowies, during that dreadful charge; and as We
rushed furiousy down the hill side fronting the
enemy S battery, only about two hundred yards dis
tant, through q storm of bombs, solid shot, grape
anu canister, and mime balls, never surpassed in
fury on any battle field, and whilst the wounded
and the killed were falling every side thick as
grain before the reapers SICKLE could distinguish
his manly form through the smoke Of battle fdr IN
front Of ecery one else and l could hear his clarion
voice amid the roar of artillery and musketry cheer
ing on the brave men who pressed after him otlii
he was untouched, as if by miracle; nntii retreat
ordered when, in utter disregard OF ms person.
al safety, he rushed to small portion OF our men
who had taken shelter in clump o. trees on our
the command to retreat and were remaining oen'na.
He went from tree to tree, almonishing the men to
retreat and whilst thus nohly engaged in enfeavor
ing to save the men from falling into the hands OF
the enemy as prisoners, he received feSn wonnd
in the thigh which afterwards proved fatal 10 MN.
met him few minutes afterwards at the place
where the regiment reformed, still in reach OF
the enemvs incessant fire Of artillery Lie was as
ssting in rallying the men, apparently unconscious
| of his wound | told him he must 60 to the rear,
he replied he could not leave me; and when re-
pcated that he must Co. he took me by the hand and
whilst the tears ran down his check, he said, ~
want to stay with you until the battle is OVER
of,r, rAc Ho o6 fov a III.
| forwards in Richmond whittier he had gone during
| the night OF Thursday A purer, noblcr drawer
spirit than his passed from this to the spirit
world: and Liberty herself never made more pre-
cious sacrifice than when she gave his young heart
| to death for her cause.
| Mr.. Cowles was o young man, about twenty five
years of age, lawyer of splendid attanments, with
private walk, as he glorious in his public career
and in his DEATH Those who knew him best, loved
him most In him, his State and country have lost
| bright jewell and the 3Sth regiment soldier
whose place cannot be filled know that the grief
of his aged and venerable parents and his brothers
and sisters is too deep for consolation and too sa-
| cred for the intermeGdng of q stranger. But let
them remember that their son and brother died as
none but heroes die, in the noblest cause that
ever claimed the lives of patriots; and that his
blood mingling with that of thousands Of North
Cardinals bravest and best beloved, and with the
\ crimson streams that flowed there so freely from
every State in the Confederacy will render the wales
Of the Chickahomny, hallowcd ground, the Mecca Of
anations heart where her pilgrims will throng,
and her historians ever CO. to gather the brightest
pages Of her story. -...-s
Mr. Editor, had intended in this article, to de-
scribe the late battles before Richmond, and to set
forth the glorious share which North Carolina had
in them and to speak Of the army and its doings in
general; but speaking Of my noble friend, Mr..
Cowles, has already led me beyond the just limits
Of communication. Perhaps may hereafter give
you some of the items above alluded to. a. ~,
-l'1r-@E - ,-l -. One Who WAS THERE.
| Yadkinville, N. c., August LIST 1852.