The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-08-10
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ReeolleeficnS OF War Times.
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1868. i; e 20, 21y purpose 70 sepe=i ::.e
story Of ,hst bloody dag; Lox ircin il
O'Clock !. T.. ur;ii 5 2. L, 'ie sa:g!-2 2
columns OF friend and ;os coi:idsG sad
ci4saed ami the pealing :huEdess OF asai'
lr.s aud The iucesssut roar Of the deadt!
r;a- Of tha: g:las:iy se!d. coTered "i:E II.
dead, whose gias.F eyes seemed 10 gszs
hesvenward. Of tee mouu6ed and dying,
giving 70 the passing b.eeze their les: !str'
vel, message 20 distau: loved ones. How
amid taio ceaih-desi.Gg carnage tee MID
OF the struggling soldier would leave the
scene Of copfict sud 60 bsck . his o~n
azppy bone, AID contemplate the probable
| occupation Of loved oaes amid t3e;r quisi
S1b3a,h surroundings, dist1-oed ou:Y by
thei. erer-p-essrt, anxious soHcit1ce, ~:
il tiis=iul ignorance OF the sceoes t1si:
tracsp.r;ng or Ing banks Of he Caickamau'
"a. Or. OF the nigh: succeeding (~to caa
describe the night after battle = "hen the
e1ci.anent consequent upon the stirring
scenes Of the day is sutsiding, ard other
sad duties await tie survivor.
The writer O: this vii! aot soon fo:gef
tie hours OF that eight, a. assisted aY eight
OF nis comrades, (aN "ho escaped oi coGa-
paoy Of thirtJ.siz jolly boys in the uo'I-
;Ggl, :iey scocred the field cs c.:nase il
search OF tbei. cead, aud, as they icrrd
tnerl, bore ;her il their arms :ogethe. sad
lid them side ty side IS t=ey mad stood il
the fray. Is the?, af.er the midnight hour,
toiied YEARLY but diligently 10 give then
decen, burial, not many words were spo-
ken; each was busy With bis swn ,houg
I, list the morning broke. a'd the early
.sp cf the d.am ca!:ei hen ana? IRON
tbei. sad task, faithfully bG. rpdelJ finished,
% o:her duties, not more stirring, for this
would be .,areiy possible. Ta!s Is picture,
though painfully vivid and real, I would
not attempt further 70 describe; 1t IS
enough to poin, the mind Of the soldier
thi;herxard and leave him with his OWE
memories.
Bot 70 90 on thinking. This being de-
cided victory for the Confederate, tie enc
py mo.eG back to the;f uase al Cta,anoo-
ga, closely followed by Bragg and Long.
street. For some cause, no special effor;
vas made 70 dislodge him, unless thc pro
iect of Gen. Alexander (Chief Of Artillery
10 she'll him OFT might be considered as
such. His pet idea seemed very Ingenious
" conceived, which vas by the use Of heavy
timbers TO be used ss skids 10 so elevate
his grus ss TO eaat!e him to shell tie enc
ray f5ols. his caseL.ases. Accordingly. al
ter several days Of busy preparation, every
thing was declared ready. The whole army
was in state Of expectancy, as il Lockout
Mount2in had been in labor. The appoint
ed hour arrived and the "Eieil Hounds
we're ;uroed Loose Tie first SHOT was
watched with intense interest. Beiag O.!
Dicket at the time had dne opportunity
OF witnessing the corsteTaGt!co Of ;h= eie-
nv. ! heavy boom wss !irsEC. ahd il cue
,iiGe, apparently about two Eii:e5 Aigh and
imto ediately 3cove the eueiny's posIii3a,
shei! exploded with puff of smoke, aud
report as Of q fre-cracke'. Another, AID
another, until the whole machinery vas in
active play. Surprise and curiosity WAS ex-
cited along The euemy's picket line, which
was in full view and at short range Of our
oTc.
They seenea TO forget for the time their
proximity 70 Our line. and their former pas
time of picking ct each other vita their
lo1g-rapge rifles At last Yankee curiosity
could not forbear. One fellow mounted 4
stump and halioed: 81 gay, Johnnie Reb,
what in he'll are you all shooting at" OF
course we had nothing to say; the laugh
was against us. Thus ended the mortar
scheme This little incident, however,
seemed to soften the temper Of the Yankee
and dispoeed them to sociabiiity, aud would
no doubt have resulted in prolonged
friendly confab, at least until the feasibility
OF sheling the Moon with Howitzars had
been discussed aud eettled, had it not been
for special orders from headquarters against
such. Now comes in recollections Of iuci-
dents Of more pleasing character. Every
member Of the old 81 will no doEcs recur
with pleasurab!e emotions to the days spent
in social intercourse along the base Of
Missionary Ridge, underneath the autumn
foliage Of that picturesque and lovely land
scape. How between his turns Of picket
duty and the more laborious task of con-
struc;ing mortar batteries, he spent his
leisure hours in climbing Lookon: Noun
tain and viewing from ita summit ;he grace
tul curvings OF the placid Tennessee. Of
the good dirners he may have, or would
Ike T. have eaten, with the good settlers
percbed upon thaEsievatsd plateau, as Sc
cure in their inagslation from ham from
the threatening g@rmies below as ii they. had
been looking down from the Moon. And
he will recur with no less pleasure 20 the
quiet evenings between the twilight and
tattoo as he bjvouaced beneath the caves
of the stately Watkins House and listened
TO tie c.ea. tenor voice Of Joe Smith as he
poured forth his budget OF sonss on tie