The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07
war, I witnessed many similar cases Of
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prostration of men and animals by "wind-
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JACKSON AND STUART.
We oncampcd upon the field Of battle.
After midnight felt myself touched on
the shoulder; and when grasping the hilt
Of my sword, L abruptly demanded who
was there, mild voice answered me
General Jackson" The great Confedc-
rate leader was in search of General Stu
art. Stuart, who slept on my right, was
Immediately aroused, and Jackson, accep-
ting my invitation so to do, sat down on
my blankets by his side. l left them
alone, those grand warriors, in their mid
night council, and wandered about, mcdi-
tating on the stirring events Of the day.
1 was deeply impressed by the blackness
of the night, and the profound stiffness of
the slumbcring camp. Here and there q
camp fire shed red glow around, and
the stiffness was only too mournfully in
corrupted by the groans of wounded and
dying mon, who, not many hours before
had been full of health and hope. 1 was
myself saved only by Gods Almighty
hand from being among them.
TIE BATTLE FIELD.
Death had ragged fcarfully in many
places, especially where our troops had
been compelled to storm the strong in
trcnchmcnts of the enemy. On some of
these pcrilous slopes the dead bodies
might be seen piled three or four on each
other. I was struck here by the ptcous
contrast presented by the bodies Of two
of our dead which were lying side by
side l can never forget the sight; l can
sec them now, the one man more than
fifty, who had been shot through the
head, and whose slvery white hair was
dabblcd in his blood; the other, next him.
lad of sixteen whose frank face was
lighted up by clustering fair chair, and
whose small hands were crossed over his
heart, where the cncmy's bullet had struck
him.
Among Jackson's men on tho previous
day l had looked with astonishmcnt at q
soldier from Mississippi-a perfect giant,
whose appearance had attracted the more
attention from a vest of bear skin that he
wore. Hero among the dead ] found him
again, with a small hole in the breast
which had been sufficient to make an end
at once of all his strength and vigor.
BAYoNET FIGHT.
Many stories had been recited in camp
about tremendous bayonct fight, hand
to-hand, during the battle, between our
Texans and the New York Zouaves, and
it was said that these determined antag-
onists had pierced each other through and
through with their formidable and fatal
weapons, and that their bodies had been
found erect in the very attitude in which
each had received his death wound Gu
riosity carried me to the spot. An obsti-
nate struggle had, indeed, taken place
between the troops named, which had
ended in the utter annihilation Of the
much vauntcd Zouaves, whose bodies,
dressed in tlashy red uniforms, were scat
tered about all over tho ground like the
scarlet poppics in corn field; but the
never erring bullet of tho famous Texan
marl,smcn had brought them down-not
the bayonct. carefully examined many
of the corpscs, and found only three or
four with bayonet wounds, and these had
been received evidently after the bullets.
These accounts of bayonet fights are cur
rent after general engagements, and arc
frequently embodied in subsequent CHS
tories" so-called but as far as my expo
ricnce goes, recalling all the battles in
which | have borne part, bayonet fights
rarely, if ever occur, and exist only in
imagination.
PAnAoRApHs.-Wc suppose that men
value red noses, Judging from the expense
they arc TO get them.
Why mako it rcproach to any one
that he has changed his tune% What
sort of a singer would he be who never
did SO?
Good women are the salt of the earth,
sweet ones the sugar, pungcnt ones the
pepper, biting ones the mustard, and sour
ones the vinegar.
They say. that Hercules was "lSnown
by his foot" A man had better try to
mako himself known by his head.