The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-28

! ss'Nious Jo'No biASan lNuu pattoIy q uilu III
rear Of a narrow neck of tho island
!, Cat dark line 81. At one hundred and
J fifty yards furthor | placed another
third Cat dark line 2), and at same
distance, farther in advance, the last
third lat dark line y. Twenty Yards
in front (of y stationed five videttes
upon an elevation Of tho sand. These,
vldottes were relieved every hour from
the first line. All, except the videttes,
were directed to lie down III their
places In ranks, as near, as practicable,
and go to sleep. This order was faith
fully obeycd by tho tired men.
Ny orders were given and explained
to both officers and men, and after
| wards carried out the letter. An ac-
count OF what happened shows what
these orders were.
AZ peep OF dawn my attention was
| cullct to It dark mass approaching our
front. When about twenty-iive wards
Off ordered The five videttes "Fire,
by file" which was followed by 1--WE
shots ut regular intervals.
Then the three separate thirds Of the
battalion rose, formed lines and gavo
an almost simultaneous Rebel Yell.
This meant for INC call right" for
Battery Wagner, "thcy are coming."
The first line had come to ':readyl J.
We could see the beard on
TIE FACES OF TIE FEDERALs.
"Aim-lirc!" Then sheet of fire
pourss, into tho advancing line. This
mudt,les up their front, but on comes
the body at q double quick.
a soon rs the vollcy is fired all run
pcll,mell, loading as they go, and form
ou the left of the second limc, tho whole
| line q. p coming to a "rcudv." "Aim
lire ~ comes again. and we pour an
other yollcy in their faces. Their front
staggers, but OH come tho survivors at
stately double quick.
Now, away run l and 2 md form
on the left Of the third liuc, tho whole
battalion q, 2, - coming to a s'rcady."
They arc now in ten steps of us. "Aim
-frcI" for the last time. The effect
is terrific. 1t appears as when wind
strikes tho stalks Of u Iaturcd wheat
field. | actually felt sorry for them.
1t was "war," and hence "fair," but it
did seem to INC that we were taking an
unfair advantage of them. They could
not stop to fire upon us, for time was
a!l-important to them. Their success
depended upon reaching the battery
without delays and hence they had to
receive these dreadful vollcys without
responding.
After firing our third vollcy away
we scampercd and ran into tho battery
at It's south sallyport (a). Capcrs's
tTwclfth Georgia) Battalion rcntIcr-
ing Thugs lively for lis by firing into
us and the enemy without partiality,
and inflicting the only loss Of killed
and wounded VIC sustained while out
side.
The Seventh Battalion was well dis
cipinct and drilled, armed with En-
| ticId rit tlcs, and composed of men who
had volunteered "tor the war;" while
other regiments were organizing for
only twelve months. Jomini would
have been perfectly satisfied with tho
manner III which it executed his man-
UuvrG.
The enemy dashed on, but barely
! gave us time to reach the inside Of
the works before they were rcpulscd
aud in full retreat.
under Col. Rodnan, led the attacking
party. ~ correspondent Of the New
York Tribune, ina paper which now
have, stated that this regiment, SUP
ported by others, s'drovc III tho first
line of the e,cmy;s pickets thrown out
about half mile from the fort, re-
ccivcd vigorous fire from three
platoons of infantry in riilc-pits, adj
Vanccd and drove, all not brought to
the dust by our rifles up to and through
! the gates Of the fort"
But jomini had not provided a sill
gle rillc-pit for us, and not ole Of us
was ever fired upon by the advancing
foe.
This correspondent further states
that this gallant regiment lost two-
fhilds Of its number.
This Seventh Connecticut Regiment
behaved gallantly, not only upon this
occasion, but likewise at Fort Pulaski.
and were never known to finch any