The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-18

refuge under their gun-boats on the
James, more than twenty miles below
Richmond. They had lost a great
number of men and an immense
amount OF stores. But these achieve
ments had cost the Confederates
many valuable lives. Position after
position had been charged and taken,
decds of hcroism and martial glory,
worthy OF any nge, had been per-
formed; but brave men had fallen Mt
every step, and the Joy of victory
was darnpencd by the mourning and
lumentation that filed tie land.
The battie-fiei,.s presented Il gh.st-
ly and horrid spectacle, strcwn with
the slain--thc Fcderals dressed in
blue, and the Confcderates. for the
most part, in grey or brown: dead
horses, broken cannon, and guns,
accoutremcnts, wagons and camp
eQnipage scattered in indiscriminatc
: confusion in every direction over the
ground Where the struggle had
been hottest, the dead lay in heaps,
and ut every point where the fighting
! was severe. thoy lay here and there,
with CORY bodies, glazed eyes and
rigid limbs, stark and stiff in death.
! Oh. it was an awful, lnelnncholy,
/ sickening sight. Such * war; We
! shuddcr - thiuk of it, horrors, lis
ha"baritic> aud hellis!l nrcompani-
! mepte, and have no DESIRE ii We we're
able, 10 depict them. May our eyes
never again behold its cruel and ne
! cursed scenes.
On the third day ii ,ny contest,
Harrys servant found his way to
y r.. Minors, with thn intelligence
II his m;G,icr was wounded, but it
-. taol'&ht not fatally. and that he
Wished Mr.. Eprly to come to hi. as
ris.4;,r... That gentleman lost no
, tins III getting his carriage re.dy.
and, guided bv the faithful negro, he
soon frnnd The Young officer in a
small house. which had bacn convert
Cd INTO field hospital. near the SPOT
I where he had been stricken in the
bloody Charge. The ball had passed
through his iet, arm below the elbow.
i and broken On. IT the bones. and as
! 1t had been some time h.iul> he re-
ceivcd snrgic:,t aid. he was suffering
greatly from los Of blood and from
pain. He was tcnd"rlN placed in the
, carriage, ana carried A. speedily as
! possible to the house OF his anxious
; friends. where he received every at
! tcntlOn and care that affection and
! kindness could hastow. \urscd and
caressed 10y Ellen tender hands. ana
'njoying the sunshine az her ondtar-
Ing smiles. h. was soon on, Of dan
GrG 1nd IN = :,ir way 81 rccuvtry.
l."N, itself j. 4 @rcat physician anI
Harry vas blessed with its restorative
agency in is fullest perfection
X the portion of :Ae army 70
, which Mrs. Miunr's sons were attacl.-
ed. operated in more distant part of
the extended battle -gro~nd. several
| days passed before she could hear
from them. AZ length, She received
TIE Joyful news that they were both
, sac and unhnrt, and that they were.
resting from ti;ei'' ioils and futig,i,.s
! III their shady camp. nn the banks oi
the james. While 'An! cStimable
lad\ WAS penetrated with a deep
scuse of gratitude 10 kind provi-
I>llr2 for this signal dsliverauce from
tlr many dangers through which
Wv ii'e'e l'tNH''t. SIG NiiN lIiHIt Will
profound sorrow by the reflection.
that but few had been So fortunate,
and that widows and orphans and bn-
! rfaveI parents ANA friends had been
multiplied throughout the country.
When Lieut.. Gillespie had 81 far
recovered from his wound as to be
able 10 walk ahou; with his arm, in a
sling. he received u letter from his
father III South Carolina. urging him
to come home: and remain there until
he ~;ts entirely Well As n dutitul sou,
he was aXiou> t" comply with his ta-
thrr request, hut rs he could scarcely
benr HE thought of II separation from
has darling nurse ut snch Il time, lie.
hesou&ht Mr.. Earl, to consent TO
their marriage, that Ellen might "c-
colalntnv hiIn to his home in the
Palmetto State. The Kind old gen
tlem;tn could not refuse him this pcti-
ton, but III c"n>cnting t" the con
Summation "t ihcir wishes, hc was
again unable to Restrain a shower Of
t~'uH. Bat they were quickly dried.
and he generously ana nubIv snh-
Inittc,t 10 the sclf->ncritice and denial
that he knew ii would cost him. in
order to promote their happiness.
The arrangement, for the nuptial,
welc soon completed Mrs Minors
boys had been Summoned home, and
some relatives from Richmond and a
few friends had been invited. to Wit-