The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-22
suppo.tins the, Guns.

Did sou ever see battery take posi-
It hesn't the thrill of acavaIry charge,
nor tbs grimhess of q limo of bayosets
moving slowly and determinedly on, but
ehert tssn peculiar cxeitemert about Il
that makes old veterans ri e,in the sad.
dc and cheer.. ~
We have been fighting at the edge of
the woods. Every cartridge box has
been emptied once more, and fourth of
the brigade. has melted away in dead,
wounded and missipgj Not % cheer 10
heard III the whole brigade. We know
that We are being driven foot by foot, and
that when We break back once more the
line will SO TO pieces and the enemy will
pour through the gap. 3 etc
Here comes helpf ~
Down the crowded highway gallops q
battery, vithdrAwn from some other DO.
nition to save onra. The field fence lis
scattered while you could count thirty,
and the guns rnsh for tho hill behind us,
SlE korses g, d pieceEthree riders TO
each gun. Over dry diiches where far.
meriw6uld not drive O wagon, through
clumps of bushes, over logs foot thick,
every horse. on tho galiop, every rider
laahing hia team and yeiling-the sight
behind ~ makes US forget the foe in front.
Tho guns jump twp feet high as the Heavy
wheels strike rock or log, but not o horse
giackenn his pace, not q cannoneer loses
ais seat. Six guns, nix caissons, sixty
horoes; eighty men, race 70: the brow OF
tho hill as ifhim who reached IL first
wac to be knighted.
m9ment ego the battery was y con.
sipssds mob. Wa look again and the, six
guns Afe in pndtion, tho detached horses
hrrrying away, che ammunition chests
open, and along our line runs the com.
nand Give them one more yolley. and
tall back 90 support the guns f' We
have acarcely obeyed, when boom boom
booml opens the battery, snd jets of fire
Jump down aud scorch the green trees
under which We fought and despaired.
The ehattered old brigade has chance
TO breathe for tho flrst time In three horrs
90 We form q fine of battle hohind the guns
and lie down. What grim cool fellows
those cannonsera are Every man Is
.periert machine. SRulleia blnah dust In
their faces, but they do not vince. Bull
lets sing over and GROUND them, but they
do net dodge. Thera goes ona 10 the
earth, shot through the head as he sponR-
ed his gun The machiuery iosas lust
ono beat-niasea just ono cog in the
wheel, and then woPka again as before.
Every gun Is uaing short fused shell.
The ground shakes aud trembles-the
roar ahut out ali sounds from a battleline
.shree miles long, end Tho shellsgo ehriek.
tDg into the swamp TO cut trees short off
.-.io now great gaps in the bushss--to
htiat ont and chatter and rnangle men
until tbSir corpses cannot ba recognized
ns h1Inau. You would think tornasio
lsas bowling through the forest, followed |
by billnWa of fire. and vat men iiyA
throug tt-hye pfsss forward Cd capture
the batteryi We can hear siieis shouts |
ss they form for the Flsh.
Now the shells nre changed Tor grape |
aud niateT, aud che runs arc served so |
fast that all rsPOft8 biend into one
mighty roar. The ehkiek OF q shell ID
the vic cgedest souEd ii war, bat nothing |
makes the hesh crawl like tho dernoniac /,
slpglng, pprsingi Ehistling graSe shct |
Ifss,s ess gFs NOT shot tbronrh ,is1ss b,.t toy5
cif.s HSasis are torn from Bodies, and /
bodies cpt in two. A round shot or shell |
takes two men out OF chs raiita aa Il |
crasllea through Craps and mister NOV |
3 ayFash and pile tho dead on top OF each |
otEers
Through The eInoke We see q swarm OF
st,eis - not q battle line, but q mob /
os mo 81 enotsn 10 baiho theirl
ka1rsI els IN Stiis flames OF the Rarf8. The
gnpJ leer from tho ground, almost, as !
ttDD;;t,s afe ef on enc Sos, aud ahFieks |
End screame and shoats bleaGintd ono |
gs!ylnl sind Ftsss cry b Twents men out |
~ sha battery as8 down, snd the fs- |
ing Il Intercepted The fca aecsps &c. e.
iNjE b Esavexfna asd d com sgsh iae on. !.
they ate not ten saet SWAY Rhen tho guns
gise them q last Ehcf tbs aIschaYga /
phs' iyine fsii osf Il sees asId throws
shesn into aFslsssps blsckcne1 bloody
y 81 6ssi ~ the enemy arc f.faosg lile |
guns - = lenhe 81 tel aSondS, |
AID then slss ffie.tl and gnar oi more than
right, NOR leis, nor IN front .of Us IS 8 liy-