The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-10-25
NEWBERRY, S. c., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1888

"'Ihen 'SpoSe II fellow gets MS
head knocked off a few times he'll
cease to take much discomfort to
himself over the process gfowled
the. corps missionary, who had an
abiding conviction that his beef
cattle far in the rear needed his
presence. Just then a three-inch
round shot came over, and, striking
large, tough hickory stump
bounded about fifty feet in the air,
came down in the midst of a group
of orderlies. The little party broke
up with such suddenness as to pro-
woke a wild burst of laughter,
which ceased suddenly as Hotch-
kiss shell came right through the
headquarter party with the yell Of
a full division Of fiends and caused
everybody, from general to cook to
bow to it, with most profound re-
spect.
q noticed that down among the
infantry supports very little in
terest seemed taken in the affair.
AS soon as officers and men found
that the enemy's shot and shell
were all likely to go over or fall
short, the social canteens passed
among the former, while the latter
soon had their attention absorbed
in impromptu bluff and sweat
while up at the batteries the artill-
erymen worked away at their guns
with as much GOODNESS as though
they were firing Fourth of July
salutes, and enyied them the cour-
age having done the thing before
''The next day the entertain
ment was renewed, and, to tell the
truth, I found / was getting acus-
toned to the gentle music of the
pursuasive Hotchkiss she'll 1 took
heart Of grace, and l suppose
strolled aronnd rather airily, for
suddenly the general said:
"'Captain Jamison, just ride over
to that First Maine battery and
tell them to depress their guns
little more; their shot are flying
Wild
Call day wehad marked the road
to that battery as a particularly
warm one. and the order conside-
rably cooled my exuberance. Away
| went, however, through what
seemed hailstorm of lead upon
the drum of my ear. delivered
my message in tone that deemed
to have considerable backbone in it,
and started back. Fifty yards
away from the battery was a very
exposed stretch, and / was making
across this at full speed when l
seemed to be suddenly spun
through the air for an endless dis
tance, and to see such pyrotechnic
display as all the Fourth of July's
in the land never got up. Then l
lost all interest in the proceedings.
When l came to myself was ly-
ing on a gum blanket at headquar-
ters. The staff was standing
around me like a coroner's inquest,
while the surgeon was paving me
over as though he was inspecting a
Thanksgiving turkey, remarking
carelessly:
ooh! he'll come around all right
directly. There's not hole or
break about him.
".rm glad of it, said the gen.
eral, 'for he is a brave fellow
"tAh, general l thought, hazily,
to myself, you don't know as much
about that as l do
"Thus the second day passed,
and. the third was but repetition
of the other two, with the addition
OF a gallant charge by a brigade
which was scattered by our artillery.
In the midst Of the artillery
tournament a Confederate regiment
charged valiantly up the hill close
to the bridge, and, undaunted by
the heavy artillery fire, rushed into
and captured one of the redoubts on
the other side Of the river-but it
was empty. Then their batteries
howled parting benson and they
ceased fring,and the three days'com-
paratively harmless artillery duel
at Rappahannock Station was over.
| had all / wanted Of the courage
of having done the thing before" F."