Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-22
D.R.H. EmPg1Es HIS HAvERsAOk.

Snilh6eld, North Carolina, no Hour
could be obtained, and meal only in
such small quantities that two corn
dodgers per man constituted the bread
fations. Colonel R, who had gained
such an enviable reputati n as the COM
mander Of the sharpshooters Of Sharps's
brigade, was a rigid disciplinariau, and
determinetlto stop the practice, so common
amop.. the rebel soldies, of yelling at
citizens who passed by, especially if within
the conscript age, and suspected Of keeping
ont of the army for the same reason RS
Percy's fop--a mortal antipatby to "vile
guns and "viIlainous saltpetre.'
One day nice dapper young man, ele-
gantly mounted and handsomely dressed,
with bell-crowned hat, rode BY tho fun
loving regiment, and was immediately
greeted with the old cry, "Get out of that;
hal; we know You are thar; see your toes
working under it," etc, etc.. Colonel
R--immedately dashed up, crying "stop
that hallowing; it is coarse and altman
nered; no well-bred gentleman would be
guilty oft /" ~ don't know Colonel" \"
replied Mississippi boy, with merry
twinkle in .his eye, chow you expect men
to be well-bred on two corn>dodgers a day.
The Colcna; lad 20 further remarks to make
upon that interesting occasion.
That accomplished scholar, gentleman
and soldier, the lamented General Garland,
of Virginia, related to the writer con-
versaton which lle overheard between an
Irish prisoner, taken at the second Manassas.
and friend of his in the "ould country"
but then serving in the Southern army.
The rich counties around the field Of battle
had been desola.ed by General Pcpe's
order. Not n chicken could b. hcar,l to
crow or pig to squeal for miles and miles
The seven Or eight thousand United States
prisoners were, therefore, Of necessity badly
fed, as shown by the following dialogue:
Yankee Pat: "Dinnis. my boy, have
20 ribl' no pity upon poor fellow. I've
had nothing today and the sun most gone
down. Faith, and you'll have big score
Of airs 10 confess to the prsist for such
.trate ment."
Rebel Denuis: "And is it for having
nothing to ate to-day you're after grum-
bling, Pat? In the Southern Confederacy
we have one male week. apd three fights
n day. Aud how are we to fade 30 MANY
Nv ye when your Gineral had disolated the
land No, no, Tat, we'll not confess to the
.p'ast, we'll confess to Pope himself"
At the first battle Of Fredericksburg, Ker.
sha"'s South Carolina brigade was ordered
to re.entorce the troops at the wall, and
and had to cross this terrific hill. An
officer went forward to select the safest
route for them. He rode to the summit
and took deliberate survey. The firing
OF the enemy ceased. lie raised bis cap
IN acknowledgement, ard rode of without
having shot fired at him. That officer
was General ]. B. Kershawihimself. Was
the cessation Of tho fire occidental, or was
1t compliment Of the brave2 Who can
tell bu: in that conspicuous position ho
could lot haze remained single instant
had the firing continued.
General Sherman cannot be charged
with the sin Of loving the Southern peo-
p'e' and yet he has loft this decided testi,
:mony, which We commead' to all whom
It may concern
We should not drive a people into
anarchy and 1t is simply impossible for
our m'l'fary power TO reucA all the masses
OF hss unhappy county,"
CONNECTED with the battle of Froder;cks.
burg ls an anecdote, which shows tho
a'tference between true unpretending cour.
age and the spurious article with its
pompous assumptions. A general officer
riding alone two days after the the retreat
OF burnside, stopped to warm at Gre
where a group Of Cobb's brigade, which
nSo defended tho stone wall, was lying
oo"n In all the listlessness ofthe abandon
alter tight. The officer had on a corn
mon soldiers overcoat, aud was welcomed
as cavalryman to the fire side. A coun-
try iad' farmer boy at home, gave him a
graphic description Of tho fierce assault
ana terrible repplse. in his own simple
e'yle' ending his narrative with his inge )
.% ~uous comments upon fighting in general.
4 have hearn men say that they were
.p'''n Tor tight, but 1 never did spile for
20, night Stranger, I've been in every
'rgn. ,!s = "'th IN my regiment, but never did
IKE hghting. But when we was killinc