The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-18
Our nig Scnro,
From The {fd,tueil SIN,

nor yet SO very cowardly We went
through the major part of the war-havc
heard the cannon's roar the shells shrill
sh!IeE, the swish of grape and canister,
and the whistle OF the minnie ball; have
oech wounded; made prisoner Of war, but
YET We Were never so badly, so hopelessly
scared III our life As we were at our native
| town Just at the close Of the war. But we
VIII tell you how il was
Just before ,hc collapse Of the Confedera.
CS we were iortunnte enough 10 be one Of
the very few to receive a "furlouch of in
| uulgence, which VIC don't mind telling
you WAS awarded us for gallant and meri.
torious conduct"(.I and which we spent at
our home at Anderson, S. G. When our
THROUGH expired We started back to our
rcsiiheht; the I'd S. Z. Rifles, with Lees
army. When we got to Newberrv we
learned the sad news that Lee and Johnston
had both surrendered, and SO there was
hothlng LEFT us but to return home
AS the people OF Anderson and Ilartwell
nave good reason to remember q horde OF
ROBBERS under command Of Col Brown,
dlsIeEariing the fac; that peace had been
proclaimed, ralded through this section Of
Carolina ana Georgia and under guisc OF
| authority plundcrrd our homps-not even
sparinS the negro cabins--and killing in
coid blood some of our best citizens Blu,
we VIII not dwell on the vandalism Of that
h9Tde oi cut',hroats, but will proceed to
|
| browns regiment camped in dense
ihicEct on the Greenyiie road about a
mile from the courthouse at Anderson.
we resided, not fur from the camp, on tho
fcndleton road. Just here it is important
TO state that the Yankees had taken every.
lilng III the shape of firearms from the pep
PIE, and either appropriated them to their
own use or broke them so they could not
he used
On the night the Yankees departed they
leil al thcir camp many good horses and
nuies which were only tagged out, and
which had bcen replaced by the horses OF
our people. After they had all gone, as We
cured frstrate horse, which we took
nome and hitchel in the yard. We then
concluded TO return to get sack Of corn
and u saddle which We SAW they had left.
but had not thought to put on or horse.
AS we said before the thickct was dense,
ana the campfire had communicated itself
to bed of leaves and was burning brightly.
We were standing by the fire alone, and u
person back i'll the woods could sec us as
pam US day, Willie We could see nothing
out i'll the Egyptian darkness. We were
Dusty engaged in picking up the articles
startled by the sharp "click-click' of
rifle and lloarsc, angry voice:
What in the h-ll are YOU doing
therc?"
AS soon as we heard the clicking of the
gun we knew that one or more Yankees
were still in the woods, and would have
very little scruples III sending us to tho
camp-tires bcyond The cold chills PLAYED
up. and down our spinal column, and our
hair raised our hat All inch above our head
ut the horrible thought of being thus igno.
miniously shot down without chance of
defending ourself Therefore we answered
In our most polite and suave manner:
cir met ,ipI,f
tie things left by the troops"
The h-ll you. are! Don't you know
that is against orders?"
NO, sir, we replied humbly.
Drop them little things gs'--now, d-n
We started off in All opposite direction
with alacrity, but before we had gone two
steps he yelled:
Halt! About face come here, sirF
We obeyed with great reluctance, seeing
there WAS 10 possible chance to escape.
But we had only gone few steps when he
commanded:
Halt.
We stopped instantly.
MARK time ~
We realized that tie Yankee was drunk,
but instinctiyely began to mark in COM
mon time, when he yelled in threatening
voice:
MARK time double quick, Won d-n
rebelw
We began the double quick step, but re-
nlizing the extremely lu,licrous feat the
drunken Yankee was forcing us to perform,
were OH the point Of making u bold dash
for the friendly darkness of the forest, re-
gardless OF consequences, when the YAM
kee burst out into all uncomfortable peal
OF laughter, fell down on the ground, and
rolled over and over in a paro1ysm of
mirth until he came in full sight, when VIC
discovered that tho Yankee was no other
than one Of our old schoolmatcs, "Bub"
McCully
1t is hardly possible 70 give an adequate
idea of how mnd we were; but after awhile
tho righteousness Of the figure We cut
dawned upon us, and we joined Bulbs up
roarOus merriment.
Bub had gone up to the camp upon like
GRAND as oursclf, and had picked up an old
rifle with the barrel bent double, but the
lock in stdtu Yup, and observing us in the
bright glare Of the burning leaves, and
knowing we could not see him, determined
to perpeirate the huge joke OH US.
My, but we were scared! Napoleon was
right when ho said, every man has his hour
OF fear.
We implored Bulb not to tell on us, and
he faithfully promised not to do so but
the joke was too good TO keep, and for fear
he would betray us we went down town
early the next morning and told the joke
ourself
We will merely add as o climax, that
when We got home with the saddle and
corn the immediate necessity for them had
departed-that is, some base scoundrel had
entered the yard and stolen our horue des-
pite the earnest protest or tho female men,
bcrs of the family. J. II. McGILL.