The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-14
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ysi'lisrc could, therefore, be no chance
Einls0 4Iiis'akc,. and we parted, hc rid
:, SingstO his position in the centre and |
kt5trGely arrived, whrn'tnn clcnr, ring
Wig aiiiIitnry voice ! Ecartl The com
kNagAs- "1tc2dy, lard hooking in
Vle,HiectiomI saw the Kcnturkinr.s III
vElieS Sknccling position, with their rifles
IsNeIl lcvcled on us, and Instantly there
(tscGmc Il SOLID, crashing vollcv, nEd six
5fof onr GU liant boys fill t6 rise no more,
the victims or 'Somcbndv's' cgrtuiors
and most criminal stupidity. Salts
factory :eXplanati9n Of, this most un-
accountable and terrible occurrence
has never presented itself TO my mind.
Nor have ever seen Colonel Taylor
or any OF his officers to hear their uc-
count Of the utlliv. / They had Of
course taken us for the enemy, and
were deeply mortified, and expressed
Ercnt.sorrow for what had occurred.
Seeing that we had been fired into by
our friends, and noticing that. Cuts
WAS about to turn his battery upon us
having been also mislcd by the Niing
Of the kentuckians-+t there was great
confusion, and for "A few moments all
organization was entirely oblitcraicd.
Blu: tho training which Windcr had
given YOU came to our assistance, and
YOU were soon in line again and ready
for the order to advance, whiri, came
was given to me bv Stuart in person,
and by nc to SrrreSt His words,
which / remember as distinctly as il
spoken on yesterday, were: "rcll
your Colonel ios;dvnncc as he now
faces; ynu will encounter thc' enemy
III the tHickct before you-cngaGc him
briskly ANA drive him OUT. The or
der had been barely delivered to our
Mexican veteran Liculcnant-Coloncl,
when we heard in the sharp, sllril
tones Of his well knowm voice, Tic
commands: "Battalion, forward, guide
centre -Marchw and we disappcar in
thc thickcts before lis. | have often
wondered how many Of You felt as |
did on thia occasion. Suffering trrr
the effects Of .iauntlicc, that ~!oomicst
and most dcSpondrnt of all diseases,
and Saddencd, III fact dc,no:alizcd, by
the sickcning ',
SCENE OF UsEG.ES3 SLAl'GIlTEE
through which We had Just passed, ard
not Knowing whether | would be cool
enough to discharge the Responsible
duties ofa field officer, and expecting
momcntly blaze OF fire. i'll our faces,
rs | rode with the rcinS of my birdie
over my horses neck, both lands ell
gagged in warding.thc limbs and brush
from my face, it Wns then. and | sill
regard il, the greatest trial OF my life.
J Woutd freely have given all the earth
ly goods which / had ever possessed
to have been elsewhere. But I saw
u" Wavcring in your ranks, yotir line
was good for the ground over which
En'l were marching, your step was
steady and firm, and from the eyes Of
many glcamcd that peculiar light
when told of The" battlc-lrcs which
were being kind!c0 Within. The sur-
ronndlnGs were infectious, my gloomy
feelings fled, my spirits and Srlf-puS-
session returned, ror recognized be-
fore me command which could bc re-
lied upon in every currc crncv, an,!
which would have marched without
. Il moments hesitation into the mo>.
'rcrliouS position where desperate, rash
3olnuianlcr l!;'$t ever ,tlarru 10 sad
1nrlorn hope. We had. now passed
through the t2n>o pine anh cp,!a"
,hicNct from .;ch We had been or
.ucr"d to drive the enemy, and had
h"licd on the outside Without cnco"n-
.tcring even a SOLITARY vihctlc; and
whilst wondering what would be .;.c
next move Oh the chcsS-buurd, Il Fed
'nrai regiment is seen approaching ia
fire style and at II double quick. They
;iic TO the right and ,iiSappcar behind
. the hin, which, vou rc.nnmhnr, rose
rather abruptly and reached crc>,
about sixty yards to. ohr front. Al-
Nanrin" TO III" top Of the Eiil, secure
from "h$crvaiion until they could
>prrp over, they poured in vullrv,
which, passing over our heads, nearly
cleaned up III" tli:ECt to eur r,.ar, a:il
II Was '!Irn ti!"t the !i"hl began in
earnest. The regiment ia. |vnnt ut ~,
W'Hch proved to tc..Er rrnnHy!v"al&
!, ck Tails. ro.i!HI;,lil,d by i'u!,,tri
Nanr, Il brother ct Arctic h.Xpva:-
ton i\Hnr, WUS one ui itie crack com
'nanaS OF the i"cilrral army, with .iiil
ranks and Sr!cnhHiiy equipped, aud on
this occasion had t}.,}"advantGrG Of be-
lhS practically behind brcas,wn'k>,
1or nothing could be seen Of t!.rm un-
n they rose from behind the Iii! to- de-
liver their fire, whrn they Immediate
~ disappeared again TO load. The
sixth Regiment, you remember, had
about half lis effective force rn detail
hHty, cutting lo2>; for oar winter quar-
ters, an,l my ,lrcol'"ctitn is thGu we
cnrrlcd but 3l":nus!;"ts tn tho iiHh:.
BESIDES this, VIC were ia bad nnS;ti)n,
at the bottom OF the hill, fully exposed
TO dreadful fire, which, had it been
dcilvcrcd with more dciibcralion, must
have soon cut down every man pre-
est. But they fired Wildly, and for
spmc time over our heads, making it
exceedingly uncomfortable for thus"
o. MS who were on horseback, but do
my little execution amongst the sol.
dicrs, who had been ordered down,
and were loading and firing whenever
ne enemy appeared. no add to the
!lillicultics CT the situation, n brick
mouse on the right one hundred and
fon Yards by measurement the next
day after the battle, from the position
which occupicd--was soon filled with
th"ir ch"rr-shnntors, and from hohinI
the f"cings'of the windows, they in
dulged : in tho--to thcm--plrasaut
pastimc ofpickinga at orr officers. II was
about this time that noticed that the
lint from fife 0vercoats Of the men was
flying in the wrong direction, that it
was being driven from left to right,
whereas the bullets before had ral.cd