The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-18

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based on o heroic Incident wbiph took
place at the force batale pi. Fredetieks.
burg. The incident is this:, Aftsr the !;
gallant charge OF the National 5Iriah
Brigade upon the stone fence behind !
which portion OF Gen. Kershew's d. !.
vision of South Caroliniaus were posted.
the ground was covered with the dead
and dying Unionists, who, on the erepulse
and retreat. we're left to suffer the an.
told agonies OF . battle feld. Isis de-
clared that the Irisbmen made % heroic
a charge az it had been hopeless and
fatal; and when they had retreated, both
armies kept up nur3erous sharp.
shooting upon each other. So fatal was
this cruel sport that the Federal reports
declare that 150 Unionists fell In their
rifle pits from the fire behind the stone
wall. On the Confederate side, the mo. /.
ment hand or head was raised above
tue wall, it was sure to be perforated
with Unionist's bullet. Sergeant Kirk
land, one of the sharp.shooters, sta-
toned behind the stone we'll, ;s the
hero Of the incident. He was after
wards. We mourn to say, killed in bat.
tie. He belonged to the Second South
Carolina Infantry. The groans of the
wounded Federalists lying just over. the
wall pierced his humane heart, and his
kindly. humane nature rebelled against
the cruelty of their sufferings. They
cried for water, and there was no friend
ly hand to bring it. Kirkland resolved
to make the attempt to relieve the wants
OF the dying. and with that moral and
physical horoism which s1rmounts all
obstacles, and dares death for the good
OF others. he repaired to Gen. Kershaw's
headquarters and asked the privilege Of
jumping over the wall and carrying
water to the lips OF the wounded enc
my. At first the General would not
think OF such folly. He told Kirkland
that sure death awaited the man Who
mounted the wall, for tho FIRE was in.
cessant and fatal. Kirkland declared
that he could not bear to hear the eroans
OF anguish which greeted his ears, AID
he would make the attempt to relieve
them il the general would give his CON
sent. The appeal was too stroug to be
resisted by the Inagnanimous Kershaw,
and he reluctantly gave his permission;
whereupon the gallant sergeant depart.
ed on his more than perilous mission.
assuring his friends that he did not be.
lieve he would be killed. A bound, and
he was over the ws!!. But he had not
touched the opposite tnrf before a vol
ley of bullets, fred from q hundred con-
cealed points, welcomed him on his mis-
sion Of mercy. But miraculously, he
was unharmed. He l1nelt down, the
object OF murdorous Are, put his can
teen, like blessed Samaritan, ta rha
lips OF dying soldier. and arranged his
knapsack for pillow. The Federals
were mistaken. They thought, reason.
ably enough, his purpose to be the
rihing of their dead, but they Disco
vcred his noble mission, and the firing
upon him slackened and ceased, and hia
work went on as it had, oblivious of the
cruel shafts hurled at his charmed life.
From one to another he passed in his
loving work. and two great and hostile
armies forget their animosities in won.
dering observation and admiration of
the hero who hraTea almost certain
death to do kind act to suffering men.
This painting will do much toward the
total destruction of the still smoking
enbers OF sectional animosity.
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d Walker, Norfolk; D r Phifor, New
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