The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-07

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.s-AtpC ChaatiIls EARN we had. fight with The
enemy on Monday evening, JIM which xGspSfal
sKearhey, was Killed Aous sigad5 y 81 on,
Picket that afternoon in drencihiings rain, and
Asnighfss s!sptsh aar arms Sn 1A Ses
ground.
Two days .a.iter was obliged Il to 81 stop.
disposition, and was not with. my company
when the army crossed the Potomac, Lieut..
FISHER being the only Commissioned officer
present., led the company gallantIy IN the Bat
les Of Boonsboro and Sharpsburg, III tie lat
ter Of which he was severely wounded, causing
amputation Of che left leg above. the knee.
When Last heard from him he WAS doing we'll.
CHARLIn is as true as steel, and jnst'a brave as
there is need for. My relations with him have
been pleasant and agreeable, and can bear
ample testimony to the readiness with which
he has at all times assisted me in the discharge
of duty. trust his life may, be SPARED
to his family and country. Lieuts ScHRocK
and BURNS were detained from Manassas and
Maryland by sickness. ., ~.
( Irejoined my company latter the armysre-
crossed the Potomac, and since then we have
been drilling and waiting, for the enemy to ad-
vance. Gen. LEE, am satisfied, is very great
General, and history will record him among
those who will rank with the abraveat and the
best that have ever lived. Several of my com
IA doA Of tb hott -, M
a list Of whom has been forwarded and I trust
published in the Confederate, w. III. aCApELL,
| am afraid was killed on the field He. was
EQe soldier and al brave man, one of the best
in my company. SAM. HoRNsBY was badly
wounded, but learn is recovering COLUMBUS
emy, and l fear may be dead, but. / .will,hope
for the best. Occasionally, oncis dropping in,
and whilst am writing, one ofmy men, FRANK
WATTS, who was wounded at Sharpsburg, has
come in. Hope others will soon be with u.s.
WIN. c. DUrrox, of Capt. LHrrNsa's company,
was killed in Maryland, and his Captain re-
marked to me that as good soldier tell then
as there is in the Confederate service. IL
There were others belonging to the different
companies from our District whose names
cannot now, remember, but who fell gallantly
defending their rights. We. mourn their loss,
and trust that they will beeyer remembered
among the brave ones who deserve the gratitude
and faithful remembrance of their. countrymen.
''Let the Marble page ualon oif
80 All their daring deeds again" 7l3
We returned yesterday from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, fifteen miles distant which has
been torn up from Hedgeville to within some
five or six miles of Harper's Ferry-say twenty
miles. 1t is the best built road I have ever
seen, and it looks hard to be obliged to destroy
such a great public benefit as a Rail Road,
but is justified on the ground that we must
do all the harm we can to our enemy when at
war with him. .a1s7,aa
What wicked and inhuman thing is war,
and yet in the sight of my Maker and .fnal
Judge | feel that we right, that our cause
is a just and holy Que, aud that we will prevail
in the end, if true to our trust. = SS'iiA
The cold weather is beginning to set in, and
our soldiers are as yet badly prepared for it.
Scanty clothing, without shoes and blankets,
our poor fellows are obliged to suffer if relief
does not come speedily. 1t is hard to see our
mon forced to march for days together, bare
footed over rough rocky roads, and wade streams.
C)ur neonla MT home r,pet xyorb 20 foa1 on1