Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-15

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very high, and must 60 back to the General
"Then,n said he S"you must not ride by
the road butt through the woods on the right
of it. Z should not be willing to see you
run that. risk again. But" he repeated,
'theretis n0 need for you to 60 out at all.
Your people will be in very soon, and then
I trust the enemy will come up and let us
have a chance at them." Then he smiled
as if he had quite treat in prospect.
relate this conversation not to create a
belief that was a very reckless young SOL
dier who aUosld Eisk his life contrary to his
superior's injunctions, but to show the ex-
ceeding kindness of heart of that most gal
liant and accomplished officer toward SOL
dier till that moment utterly unknown to
him. In truth there was no great risk in
going back, and went, but making de-
tour through the woods.
| AS passed along / found
| GEN. LEE RALLYING
the men of Hunton's Brigade, who gave
back to where he sat upon his horse. lie
did not seem to be excited, but it looked to
me that he exposed himself quite unecessa-
Frily. This was the first sight of him [
had that day, but it has since appeared that
he, in a general way supervised the whole
movement that day. - ,-17
But it was useless. We were all forced
back into the works. And thus the battle
ended, for the enemydid not give Gen. An
derson his "chance." The enemy's loss was
in the aggregate ,407 men. Our brigade
lost in killed and wounded about 100 men.
the other two brigades lost more heavily, l
should saw, but0ur whole loss could scarcely
have exceeded 500, including prisoners.
The night fell within an hour or so after
our return to the works. A strong picket
was thrown ont in front, and we rested with
out molestatiOn.
SOME OF THE LOSSES.
Col. G. w. McCreary, the very brave and
capable Colonel of the First Regiment, was
mortally wounded about the time our back
ward movement began, and died soon after
he was brought into the works. Capt d.
P. Goggans, Of the same regiment, thor
ough and efficient officer, lost his leg
Captain F. M. TRIMMER, of the Thir-
teenth-another valuable officer-Was Sc
verely wounded. We suffered further loss
in the mortal wounding of Lieut.. ): 5.
Bowers, of the Thirteenth, fine soldier;
in the wounding Of my excellent friend,
the gallant Lieut.-Col. Edward Croft, of
the Fourteenth; in the wOunding of Lieut.
J. r. Courtenay, of the Fourteenth, and in
the wounding Of Lieut.. George Of Orr's
Rifles, (the former mortality both good and
useful men to us.
Gen. Lee, on the following morning con-
graduated Gen. MCGOWAN warmly on the
conduct of his brigade this day, character
izing it as very gallant:
During this night l had an interview OF
quite different character, in some OF it's
features, from the usual army routine.
WY n nj and n
Adiutant-General were sleeping before our
bivouac fire-the General in that
DEAR OLD BLUE BLANKET
which saw so much service, and which l
hope he has never parted With-an order
came to send out a scout to ascertain the
position and doings of the enemy in our
front. I sent for Powell, our most distin-
guished rife-shot and scout, who belonged
to the brigade battalion of Sharpshooters,
and when he came, told him what was
wanted. He replied that he was quite
ready to undertake the task but that, the
night being very dark and the country al
together new to him, he would be very
glad if 1 would send "Jack Indian" with
him, adding that "Jack" was wonderful
woodsman, finding his way about as wei! in
the night as by day, and always exercising
the greatest caution. This "Jack" was the
survivor of a couple of Catawba Indians
who had entered the Twelfth Regiment
early in the war, and had served faithful
ly-the other one, unfortunately having
been disabled from field service in the
MARYLAND campaign in 1862. l sent a cou-
rier for Jack, and the
"sTo1C OF THE WOODS"
soon made his appearance, wide awake,
but as stOlid in look as mummy. lie
neither spoke nor saluted, but stood staring
at me.
I told him what was wanted, supplement-
ing my desire with a compliment. lie
appreciated neither the requirements OF the
service nor the personal consideration but
merely replied that he was sleepy. re-
monstrated with him, but received the
same answer. / scOlded him, but was only
informed that he was sleepy. threatened
him with summary punishment. He re-
peated what he had, said before. L was
puzzled. Jack was fife Soldier, If hsEWas
a savage, and I knew it was hard 'to'leave
a warm blanket at midnight and risk his
life in the dark, wet forest in front. Then
| remembered that we had canteen Of the
Red mans delight. Then said: "Well,
Jack, I'd rather you should 60 cheerfully
and comfortably; so you shall have good
drink Of whisky if you say you will 60 and
do your best" A kind of spasm passed
over his countenance-it was
THE GHOST OF A SMILE.
The "poor Indians" mind was e'untutored"
to this frivolity of the Paleface, but ne
came very near to indulging in it this time.
He nodded, fastened his lips to the profferI-
ed vessel, after a long "pulp' returned it
to me, shouldered his rifle and followed
me with Powell, to be shown through the
picket line to the proposed scene OF opera
tions. -.
Imay add that he and Powell brought in
satisfactory account, which my observation
the next dau indicated was quite correct