The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-07-20

- ",s - INC skirmiahers. This was fol-
lowed by four or five scattering shots and
then oae Immediately by line of fire about
wv yards in width, some forty wards to
our 'front.'. gave the order, "Rieht
wing, hre II This was Immediately fol.
lowed by c splendid volley from both
wings. Coffee fell Feeling for him
win my foot, | found his body gone. T
! rapidly placed myself on the left of the
fight wing, out of range of the fire of
tne left wing. Our men kept up we'll.
directed fire at the line Of flashes, while
THE BULLETS OF THE ENEMY
whistled mostly over our heads .i;or
turning towards the rear, in q loud clear
voice, I will here astonish most persons
who know my physique by stating that
Gen. Bratton has repeatedly understood
commands given by me at a mile dis.
tant,) commanded as follows: Cease
firing" "Gen. Taliaferro advance vonr
division !" In less loud voice y
General, now charge with Your Ri Brig!,
ade" Battalion, fix bayonets- charge p,
And on went our imseinarv rigei Rriggado
supported by the imaginary division
MED by Stacking off of the snemw;s
nre, ana It had ceased by the tire we
reached the earthworks. We went over
sne;a,, tnese, 'he @ occupants giving away in con.
luslon 1Iefore us. We caught FIVE;
among them John l.. Wilgus and JameG
a. Nesblt, both priyates of the 4Sth
New York, the latter of whom had en-
deaT0Ted 10 treat me TO bayonet through
my body, which, thanks to an uncon-
scious parry of my sword, only stuck the
back Of my hand.
AS we had got over the works we were
almost blinded by the nearly simulta-
neouS lire of four l2-pounder howitzers,
only thirty PAGES in front of rising
ground. This brought us to q halt. /
then reformed the command in line, i'm
medlately in front of the breas!works,
carrying back our two prisoners. The
shells of the howitzers passed beautifully
over our heads, and all became silent in
our front. Coffee informed ME that our
then locality was near what he called the
"Boat House."
Before had concluded arranging nv
party and determined what move to make
next, to my astonishment terrific fire
Of musketry and 12-pounder guns opened
about two hundred or three hundred
yards in our front.
We all quietly sat down and enjoyed
the fireworks, all the balls and shell pass
ing over our heads. This firing soon
ceased. Cautioning my command to
kcap il :iair places ana not to fire on
me, l went forward with Coffee. We
found about thirty bodies of dead or
badly wounded behind the works; and
Lieut.. - of the artillery near the
howitzers, all four of which had been
thrown out of their carriages. While
studying the question how l could give
our command the glory of carrying these
guns back with us through the heavy
sand, third pyrotechnic display was
gotten up for our benefit. A tremendous
fire of big guns and little guns and rifles
poured forth from the main works of tae
enemy on hill one and half or two
miles distant from Battery Wagner.
Shells exploded generally good distance
in our front, while some solid shot
whizzed through the air over our heads
/ went back to the command and waited
for this new entertainment to cease. The
heavy firing kept up for about fifteen
minutes. when it was followed by slack
ening and desultory fire, Except from
the heavy guns,) and ceased in half
hour altogether.
We then started back with our pris.
oners snd locking ie. rather Essiingi
carefully on the ground as went along,
picked up our own wounded. On ap-
preaching our picket line we halted and
the officers and men were requested to
ascertain if any were missing. The
North Carolirians reported nine, the
Georgians five, and South Carolinians
one. / then took Lieut.. Tut and the
~ Battalion detachment and went back
and carefully explored the ground. We
only found private Anderson Stuckey,
of Company G, of the Battalion. 1
have omitted to state that Lieut.. -
(who was shot through the aukie,) to-
gether with two of our men who were
supporting him, fell into shallow dry
we'll or pit. Our men got out and I
yielded to the supplication of the lieu
tenant aud left him in the we'll. He was
living in 1872. After the recovery of
Stuckey, by my directions we all com
mencsd talking and singing and safely
entered our picket line, and subsequent
ly the Battery, without being fired on.
Result: Two prisoners net taken,
(three others bad got away from us.) Goth
South Carolins-One wounded, who
died before we reached the battery. 7th
South Carolina-One wounded, who
afterwards died. 51st North Carolina
Three wounded, one, F. NJ. Garner,
Company G, losing leg. 18th Georgia
-.One wounded 18th Georgia-Five
wounded and FIVE missing. These latter
had formed the right half of the skir-,
mish line, and in uncovering our front
had passed into the marsh. From thrTr
two made their way to the Battery, ar.
irving soon after we did, all covered with
phosphorescence The three finally
missing no doubt got lost in the marsh.
Total 1oss-Two killed, nine wounded
and three missing.
WHAT APPEARED TO THOSE AT BAT
Terry WAGNER TO HAPPEN.
This wes related to me by Judge
.Twiggs, at Aiken, last February After
Mai. Twiggs had started US OF, he re-
turned to tho Battery. Con. Taliafcrro,
Col. Yates, Col. Nelson, Maj. Twiggs
and other officers took position on the
ramparts, to hear and see tho firing. In
due time they observed the firing at the
breastworks attacked by Us. Gen. Tai
iaferro remarked, tThey arc having a
hot time, hope they will get through
all right!,' Next the heavier fire from
the second line broke out. Then Gen.
Taliaferro became excited and exclaimed,
0What does the little fool mean? He
had no business going that far" Col.
Nelson intimated that he was mistaken
that N aior Rion was no fool. The Cen
ersI responded: "Well, he certainly is
mot the prudent man he was represented
ca be-" He then turned to Maj. Twiggs
and asked him if he had not given me