The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-07-27

! fallen at Frazier's farm, was shot des
while carrying the flag Of his regimen
and all his color guard but one was slail
In the Twelfth Regiment one cole
bearer after another was shot dead unit
four were killed and two others wounded
And scarcely less fatality attended tn
colors Of the other regiments. The Ian
/ OF the Shamrock, as in other fields, con
tributed its quota on the strongly contes
ted ground.
IMPORTANCE OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
The Importance and magnitude G
this sanguinary engagement and gloriou
victory was lost sight Of by the publ
eye in the grand movement which cul
minated in the great events immcdiatel
succeeding. But it was not lost sight o
nor forgotten by the great Lee. lie pro
Tioted Col. Perrin 10 Briga,iicr. General
who on the 18th of May, 1864, Will,
leading his Alabama Brigade TO tht
charge at Spottsylvania, as he did Nc
Gowan's Brigade at Gettysburg, fell il
the front of battle anI his great spiri
ceased from war.
We rested on the field of patii. ant
the next day held Seminary Ridge along
the stcre fence which covered Gen
Lanes 'front.' the first day. We supper
ted the artillery, and the only fighting
by the brigade, except by the Sherpshoot
era, was done by Capt. i. r. Ciybur,
afterwards Colonel who with two com
panies OF the Twelfth drove back a line
of battle and restored our pickets who
bad been driven from their posts. Uul
line passed by farmhouse surrounded
by a fine orchard, and owned by a gen
tIsman named Mcmillan, who canned
his fruit, and who abandoned all OH the
morning Of the 1st. Abandoned prop
erty is lawful prize in war, and our
weary soldiers enjoyed these fruits, on
the volunteer system, in the intervals OF
quiet. The old gentleman and his wife
still live, and although nineteen years
have passed he still laments the loss OF
his earthly store. Every building and
tree now looks as it did then, and the
same we'll of water again qucnched the
wayfarer's thirst. During the night OF
the I'd the brigade was moved forward 10
the dirt road or the slope fronting Gem.
etery Ridge and WAS Joined by Orr's
Regiment, but was not engaged In the
great battle of the 3d.
The pickets were driven in ut one
time, aud the Fourteenth ordered forward
to restort the line, which was quickly
done. But it drew q heavy fire from the
Eeights in front, intlicting some loss, in
which both the field officers were wound.
ed. The wounds Of Major Croft were
severe, aud his valuable services lost To
his regiment for more than year. Then
returning with an unhealed wound in
tho aide and his arm in sling, he con-
tinued at his post until the close of the
war.
KILLED IN ACTION.
AS before stated, our losses were i'm
mensc. But the greatest individual loss
to the brigade WAS that of Capt. Will.
lam Il. Haskell. of the First Regiment,
commanding the Battalion of Sharp.
shooters. lie was killed in front OF
Cemetery Ridge on the second day, and
the gravity Of his loss can scarcely be
estimated. It was only known to :hose
who knew him best. Gen. Pender also
fell mortally wounded on the second day
while reconnoitering, and our army los,
in him another Of our great generals.
And then the long list of line officers
who fell, leaving whole companies with.
out commissioned officer. Among
them the First Regiment, besides Capt
Haskell, killed, Lieut.. A. w. Pogue
wounded, Capt. J. 8. McMahon, Lieuts
j. Cox, James Armstrong, NJ. NJ. Muir.
ray, j. F. J. Caldwell.
Twelfth Regiment-Kiiled, Capt. j
Hunnicutt. Wounded, Capt. j. M
Moody, Lieuts. ]. A. Watson, nj. It
Sharpe, A. w. Black, w. J. Stoyer, J
nj. Jenkins, - Simmons.
Thirteenth Regiment-Killed, Capt
Cromer, Lieuts. McNinch and Lsitsey
Wounded, Capt. Dewberry, Lieuts Lett
sey, Hill, A. M. Bowers, John Dabney
j. F. Banks.
Fourteenth Regiment-killed, Lieuts
Sidney Carter and N. Austin. Wornd
ed; Adjutan: ". J. Ready; Can.s. =
p. Griffith, w. NJ. Jordan and g. w
Gnihertaon Iiemts. Robert =. Wateen
John II. Bell, II. J. Roach, william,
dan, W. r. White, j. H. Williams, s
Cogbufn, James P. Sloan and Jesse
Gwin.
And the hundreds of brave men, mos
of them young, and on the threshold o
life, whose names were not recorded ir
the official reports of the battle. Blu
they still live in the memories of tn,
loved ones ut home, and years afterward,
their bodies were removed to Southern
cemeteries by patriotic and lo7ing hands
Here let them rest until the morning Of
the general resurrection.
In the afternoon of the Sd the greal
world.renowned assaults were made on
the iron-crested and rock. bound heights
in front, resulting in disaster, and ther
the star of the Southern Confederacy be
gan first to wane.
OF the regimental commanders in this
campaign, Col. J. l.. Miller, of the
Twelfth, was killed at the Wilderness
May 8, 1864; Col. B. T. Brockman, Al
Spottsylvania, May IL, 1864 Major w
Haddon, of Orr Rifles, at Deep Bottom
July %, 1864. aud Col. @. w. McCrea
ry, of the First, at Gravelly Run, March
81, 1855. 1t was distressingly sad tha
Col. McCreary, after 80 long and brill
liant service, should fall in almost the
last battle, even as the fabric of thu
Confederate power was tottering and be.
ing broken to pieces and the last blow
being struck. The smile that always Ii
up his pleasant face paled in death uea
the enemy. OF these and the long lis
who stood shoulder to shoulder with u.
at Gettysburg and who fell on these ant
other battletields, and those who hav,
survived the sad and closing scene a
Appomattox-a brigade which the write
as senior colonel at times had the homo
to commanding would say, with feeling
akin to Scotlsnd's bard
"The bridegroom may forget the bride
Was made his welded wife yestreen:
The monarch may forget the crown
That on his head an hour has been;
The mother may forget the child
That smiles sac sweetly On her knee,
But LII remember thee Glnn ncairn y,