The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-28
a STORM OF BULLETS.

color bearer OF the Seventeenth. was
Killed here and the number of wounded
would not undertake to estimate.
STORM OF BULLETS.
In charging through this little angle
OF the woods the whiz of balls seemed
ilRe haii storm. Death seemed ineyi.
taOie. Shouting and cheering the men
fushed madly on. In q CLEAN of light,
Tor the first time discovered, not thirty
YARDS In front of my position, full
brigade OF the enemy firing into us, APP
pa'enily well aligned and doing their duty
6favely. We rushed forward smoke and
dust again enveloped the scene and the
hrst consciousness l had after that mo.
ment this brigade of tie enemy had dis
appeared and had crossed the hill and
passed one hundred snd fifty yards up
the opposite slope. The smoke had
cleared away and the firing had abatcd
greatly in its fury. observed a new
brigade of the enemy to my right, across
ravine. on another hill. / saw two men
OF my Lancaster company in small
ditch at my feet. shouted to one to
hre-he pointed to his broken leg.
seized the musket, fired it and looked
around for my regiment and could only
see about dozen Of my men, each one
firing. | ordered them to retreat beyond
the crest of the hill, to recruit and re.
form.
An EXCITING SCENE.
We ran rapidly back over the crest of
the hill and | ordered the squad with ME
TO lie down. The bursting of shells was
still severe at this point, as the Chinn
House, a hundred yards OF, was an OBJ
Ject for the artillery Of the enemy. In
few minutes after I halted, Capt. Cole
man, of Company B. came up from the
right of the Chinn House, and stated to
me that he could not find any of his
men. At this moment his right leg was
cut off by cannon ball. l made n
tnnrniGne. ont of sill handkerchief
and with the scabbard of his sword
Strengthened it. The poor fellow, even
in his agonies, expressed an apprehen.
sion that would be shot down while
attending to his wound and begged me
to lie down and save myself-to let him
alone. At this time, fortunately. his
brother, Lieut.. Coleman, who was
physician came, up and took charge of
him.
In short time afterwards Maj. Stark
NJ cans came up, his coat besmeared with
the blood and brains of some soldier.
lie said he had lost his command in the
confusion and smoke of the battle and
found himself amidst Hoods men, on
The right of the Chinn House. He then
hastily enquired about his father.
could give him no information. Some
soldier said he saw him fall in the corner
Of the woods to our rear, and poor Stark
went off OH his sad mission.
LOST OPPORTUNITY.
Soon afterwards l witnessed Virginia
brigade in good order double. quicking
down the hill to our right and an officer
on horseback cantering close by them
crying out "For Gods sake, come back
come baCkw There did not seem any
reason for this retrograde movement. l
could see no Confederate troops around
me and l knew the enemy were in force
across the hill. With only handful of
men. not dozen, was perplexed what
to do. Overwhelmed with deep grief
and modification, found we had lost
the opportunity Of pressing the enemy
ar this point. AS | knew not where to
go, determined to remain ut the point,
wait for an opportunity and risk cap
ture. After sundown l was transported
with JOY in seeing Gen. Bcnning, famili-
arly called by the army cold Rock"
with regiment of men coming out of
the woods in our rear and marching OBJ
liquely to the line of march Evans
Brigade had taken. rushed forward
and directed Gen. Benning to the line
of the enemy. He shouted (Which
way?" I replied, right half-wheel your
regiment and cross the hill. He cried
out in voice you could hear half mile,
Right half-whecl march, forward
march," In fifty yards he reached the
crest of the hill and the musketry began
in all its fury. The gallant Georgian
dashed down the hill and the Federals
rapidly, and into the night you
could hear the musketry getting further
and further Off The victory was won
and Manassas became twice honored in
the history of the Confederacy.
NIGHT AT LAST.
Night having come on, went with a
few men with the ambulance corps of the
with old Jackson, of Com
pary L, at its head, which had come up
to the corner of the woods through which
I had passed. Here was the most heart.
rending scene / ever witnessed-a half
acre nf ground ::as Gl!cd #;:h dead and
felt it my duty to look es.
pecially after the wounded of the Sew.
enteentb, although the wounded were
from the whole brigade. I cried out,
Are there any of the Seventeenth here? ?"
and from a score Of voices, "Seven-
teenth Seventeenth! Seventeenth !"
Then some would go through the list of
regiments and wind up with the Seven
teenth when they discovered that the
ambulance corps belonged to the Seven
teenth.
ADJUTANT DUBosE,
Of the Holcombe Legion, With three or
four men, were doing all they could.
He asked me to go and see an officer
who was severely wounded, whom he
thought was Capt. Seabrook, of the
He was conscious but
unable to talk. We had no light.
went and knelt over the dying man and
asked if he was Paul Seabrook to
squeeze my hand. He recognized me,
was removed by the ambulance corps,
and in few hours breathed his last.
One Of the ambulance corps picked up
what we thought was the colors of the
Seventeenth, but the next day l turned
it over to Col. Wallace, Of tho Eigh-
teenth, which regiment had also bad its
color bearer shot down. l believe each
regiment lost its coIors in this battle,
but none were captured by the enemy.
remained on the field directing the
Of the wounded until near IL
o'clock, when, alone, I tried to get back
to the place where we began the attack
took a road through the woods and