Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-12-14
Tho !, Battle 3 of fHoneY Hill.

IN LIMO xSUttic VA 1LON0y 1AAtas. 81
IL our aecouat Of this affair, in IhnrsdaJ
issue, We spoke Of it as q :" drawn
hattle,n both -arrnies having continued tie
Grht until DARK. We wrote With the Off
cisl dispatch Of Gen: Smith before US, in
which his modesty, which iaScqual to his
M sri.i led us into eror by withholding the;
true character Of the contest and the real
magnitude of the yictory-for such it was, /
ai.d, for the numbers engaged, one OF the
andimpo Of. thewer. 1t
was Clearly q movement; on the pert of tho
eaoiny t6 co-opsrate with Sherman; so large
o f3ros would neyer have been sent simply to-
cut the Charieston railroad3S when the Yam
kses bslieved it to be defended only by q
company ofcaYalry:s4 20 -: s
Honey Hillsisiabouttwgandi O. halt miles
east OF the yillageof Grshanipille, Beaufort
District. onthe. crest of this where the
load, or highway strikesi,,is semi-circalar
!iue of cirlhwofks, defective though in con-.
struction, as they are too. mEces sordn5antryi
and hsve little or no exterior slope. These
works formed the centre ofseur iiae on
Wednesday, whist our 'lsft. reached, up: into
the pine lands without projections and our
right along 5 iiaosof, fence tliGt skirts the
swamp. .owfhe.batteries. -.
The enemy consisted of four regiments OF
whites fand the: same number Of blacks
Prisoners, of whichten or twelve ere in our
possession, state that this force was command
ed by Gems. PottcrGnd Hatch; s5ine of them
ssy Gen. Fostec Sasalso present as Chief Of
command. The negroes, as usual, formed
the adTapca and had nearly reached the creek
when our batteries opened upon them down
the r5aa.witn a terrible Sfyoiiey of spherical
cess. This threw them into temporary con-
tusion. but the entire force, estimated at FIVE
thousand, WIS quickly restored to order, and
thrown :rio q line O. h.!tlc parallel With our
oxn, ppana sdowu The margin Of the swamp.
Thus Hie Dsttie ragged from II e. M till dark
The enemy's centre and lsse vera most es-
l.iscJ ani suffered terribly. Their right was
posted sc!i,,d IN old, dam tha. rai' through
The swa.ap. and it maintsirsd'it its position till
theclose OF ths' fight. Olr l:fs.wss very
.mash exposed and On attempt YES once or
twice made bysthe enemy to. tnEnssit by ad-
. vancing through, the sweap and up1he hill,
but the--were driven back withost pro-
longed struggle.
The centre and .leftof the enslpy fought
with desperate earnestnessx Several. at
Temps were made to charge our batteries
and many got nearly across the swamp, but
were, inaerery instance, forced back by the
CALLING fre; poured into them from our ines.
We made q visit toihe 6els the day following
aad found the sxamp and road literally
ssSoEn with their dead. Some: eight or ten
bad;es wore Hoatingm the wnters whers the
road crosses, and in a Itch Oh the roadside
jast beyold, we saw six negroes piled one On
gro regiments, with his horse, was killed.
whilst fearle.sly leading his men across the,
creek in q, charge. With that exception, sll
the dead and wounded offcsrs were carried
of By the-eDemy during the night. MANY.
traces were left wfere they were dragged.
from tua woods to the road and thrown into
a.nbulancesor or carts. :
: Eiomsall indications Il .is estimated that
the loss ioi the enemy is fully fve.or siH bun
dred. THIS il the lowest estimate we have
hcard.. Many, officers are of the opinion
that theirIoss cannot be less than one thou
Sand. Ours vas eight killed outright ard
thirsy-iias wounded, three or four mortsllY.
The enemy fought to some disadvantage az
1aoy fired up h!ll and most of their Shots
ra.gsd too high. : ).
Our Infantry behaved with the greatest
yalor; throughout .the pro:racted strugglo
tuare was little or no sr.gggiisg, nsarly every
man n'stsndihg firmly to his post Of duty. The
Gecrgia brigade vsseon msnded By Col. Will,
lis, :vhose sehsrios.o on the 6@ldis highly CON.
mcndsbis. Thss Athens Battalion. under
Maj. Cook. aud Augusta bsttslion, Maj.
Jackson, stood nisnfnlly to their work. The
South Caroline ARTILLERY slso, acted most
faF9semey, and served their guns with the
ski;i ofreteTaHs. Greet praise is bestowed
by the ranking officers on Captain Stewart,
ofths Beaufort Artillery, s.. guns, and e1
harl's and Kangpsux's batteries each Of which
had e gun in tie action.
Vested in Major General Gusta ,us Smith, of
the. Georgia State forces, though the limo was
Immediately under the direction Of Col. Col
cock, whose conduct on the occasion
ken of as beyond all praise. The gaIlalt
Col. Gorzsles was an sctives participant ia
the fight. and might have been seen every
where along the-line posting the guns ard
encouraging the troops.
So much for ths battle Of Hcney Hill. Fte
enemy we're whipped loag before its close,
but they waited for night to save themselves
TOM disaster IN their retreat. Soon after
Dark .tkey, made off with. ell possible speed.
end, rs the evide1ses chow, with the widest
fright and confusion, Nearly everything wss
thrown away in their fg't. The road and
woods for,iaiIes wss strowed Tita :c:othin. Of
every descriptions, canteeas, cooking utensils, t
&c, d., whilst!in, their camp, abont two miles
from the battlefield, they lefs.ercrything. .Ary
qnautity Of provisions, bottles of liquor, pre-,
served me5ts BLANKETS, overooets ,I.o ,ro-o !
abaudored in their hasty rctrcat.s With the
exception ofshcaing from their gunboats next
da5, which was harmless, nothing has been |
heard of them since their calling defeat and |
i1glosious aight.-Sa7snnah Republican, Sd.
From shsrman's Army.
The Savannah Ne,us, of the 10th has the
following intelligence from the coast:
Dag before yesterday the enemy again made
sn attempt to take the Charleston and Sayai,-
nah Eailtoad, but we're repused and beaten
osck. They wero reinforced and renewed the T
~ a rk vectarr4ay morpinp and f0hfin, owl