The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-04-13
The Battle of Averysboro.

The Battle of Averysboro.
The South; Garolinian gives the follow
ing interesting accountsof the battle 0
), Averysbero:
A more gallant stand has not beer
made during the war than that maintain
/ ed by a. handful of our army at Ayerys
! boro, NC, on Thursday the 10th O
4 March: Since The evacuatiensof Charles
i ton, General Hardee has been hurryine
? forward to effect . junction with the re
mainderof Of the troops under General John
ston and Beauregard, and since the first
of March, the enemy have been.close upon
/ his rear. More Or less Of skirmishing has
attended his progress since leaving Che
1 raw, and able generalship alone enabled
him to avoid battle in which the superb
or numbers of the Federals would give
Sherman every advantage,
On Wednesday last, however, the bad
condition Of the roads, the proximity OF
the enemy, their evident intention to force
fight, aad other circumstances, combins
ed toirtluce General Hardee to make q
},,stand His army was then about. four
miles from Averysboro, iii the vicinity OF
what is known as Smiths farm. Colonel
!. ,122,,ett with his brigade Of South Carolina
Resu,ars. consisting of the lst Artillery,
1st Inf,ntrys and Lucas battalion of
Heavy Artillery constituted the rear
GUARD.
skirmishing and sharpshooting COM
menced about noon, and our troops at onfo.
.setto work in throwing up such slllgh5 en-
-trenchments as the means eat hand per-
mifted. A few rails here, logs there, and
r. atlnch of limbs sprinllled with dirt was
sallsthat conld be had to answer the tem..
porary purpose. On this day no deter
mined advanceswas made by the. enemy
Our own army, however, lost one OF it's
bravest and promising officers, Col. Rhett
commanding The rear guard. lmpelled
by that restless energy which character-
ized him wilhelm command OF Fort Sum
ter, and d. desire to know personally the
condition of affairs in his front, he made
a SEASONAL Reconnaissance beyond our
picket lines, and near those Of the foe
AaEe.grov
lstal shot, ,or;led to his csiSsilre, lie
.soS {. fiie
now @Fisteil against his name, calls up
the most painful apprehensions,
Daylight on Tuesday revealed the enc
my in position, and cvideftly about to
give battle. Our own troops were in line
behind their works--it may be dignifsd
by such a name-and with enthusiasm
awaited the onset Opposite odr left a
dense undcrgrowth of small pines limited
the view. Colonel Butler, of the first in
fantry, was in command of the brigade,
and Lieut.. Col. 'DeTreville commanded
that regiment.
skirmishing commemorate early hour
along; the entire line, and about o'clock
the enemy attacked our left in force. The
men inetit splendidly. Disciplined like
the regulars of tho old army, and for mote
than year and half daily AMI nightly
under the fire of the Federal artillery on
Sumter and on Sullivan's and James Is
lands, they have become Injured to dan
ger and hardship; but this was their first
meeting with their old adversaries or the
open field, and one for which they had
longed without ceasing.
The manner in which they availed
themselves of this, the first opportunity
presented to prove their eclat, testified
their earnest purpose The FedIerals
might as we'll have struck a solid wall.
Until ordered to fall back, the mon stood
/ in their places, receiving and returning
/ the battle fire with checks unOlarched.
!. Two divisions Of Slocum's corps, Kilpat-
rick's cavalry, and superior numbers OF
artillery were in the front, pressing with
all their might, but our lines romairodin-
tact. Three ofour light l2-pounder guns
added to the effectiveness Of, our defence.
One of these belonging to lie Gardeaux's
battery planted on our right, assisted to
check the enemy there, but in short
time the latter brought up battery and
within FIVE hundred yards opened upon
this single piece what is described to us
as perfect ahell storm of fire." Horses
and men went down before the tornado
4 until but one of each remained, and the
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