The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-08-03

largely conducted oy Lleut-Col. l.
F. Hunt. II added to the rcgl-
ment's already high reputation
acquired under its former gal
liant commander, Col. o. E. Ed.
wards, who fell commanding the
brigade, after the woundlng Of
Gen. MCGOWAN at Chancellors
vile.
The First, being on the left, had
to encounter d long line Of infan
try overlapping its left, and was
nearest the artillery.
The centre, comprising the
Twelfth and Fourteenth, was
swept by the same ep6ladiug fire
that enfladed our hankiug regi-
ments, and the losses in men were
nearly equal in all the regiments
in proportion to the numbers en-
gagged. The Twelfth sustained
heavy lose from the artillery fire
directed towards the centre.
1t would seem impossible for
any Of the regiments to have seus-
tained more than it had to meet
or to have borne more than it
had to encounter. There would
have been enough glory in any
one Of them to have carried it's
own front. All Of them had more
than this to do.
20 ESCAPE FOR THE WOUNDED.
The losses were immense. The
Fourteenth, which was the largest
regiment, lost over 200 in killed
and wounded out Of 475 carried
to action. The Thirteenth had
sixty.four killed or to die of their
wounds. All the regiments lost
over one-third. There was no loss
Of prisoners. They we're ali killed
or wounded. Over six hundred
had fallen in front Of those breast
works. The thousands Of hostile
bayonets that appeared and passed
around the sides of the Seminary
building comprised what remained
of fifteen hundred carried into ac-
| ton. The nature Of the ground
was such and the contest so brlet
that the wounded could not be
| moved, and were wounded twice,
| thrice and as many as four times,
after being first stricken down.
Large numbers died Of their
wounds. A few who with
shattered arms or wounded
bodies ran back in safety to the
surgeons, have not ceased to ad'
mire their legs for the good SER
vice rendered: 1t was the only
battlefield in which all avenues OF
escape for our wounded were
closed. There was nothing that
the ambulance corps could do.
The ground was swept at every
point by the deadly minnie balls
The artillery fire is terrible, but
the almost silent wbirl OF the
minnie ball is the death-dealing
missile in battle. Not a foot o!
ground presented a place of safety
The Urion troops fred low, anc
their balls swept close to the
ground in the dishlike field in
their front. The terrible strife
was over in few minutes-ftteen
say twenty at most. Men neve,
fell faster in this brigade, anc
perhaps never equalled, except il
Orr's regiment at Gaines's Mill
On our side the firing was mo-
slack nor wild. The trees in tbt
Seminary grounds where tb'
Union lines ran are still thickly
covered with scars, from tb'
ground to the height of a man
made with the bullets Of our un
erring rifles. They are wei
marked on their western sides
And the ground strewn with thei
dead and wounded we'll attestes
the accuracy Of the deadly aim.
THE GALLANT ENEMY.
1t was no ordinary soldier tina
we had met. The prisoners cap
tured we're more Intelligent thai
on other fields. They were most
ly Pennsylvanians fighting 70
everything they held dear. Th
celebrated Iron Brigade was in ou
front. The 12lst Pennsylvania
143d Pennsylvania, l49th Penn
} sylvania, l5lsl Pennsylvania, ant
Others not remembered. Main
troops were there, who state
that they came in not more tha
fifteen minutes before the actio
began. Then the artillery on ou
right, cavalry behind the ston
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