The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-14

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BY E.rB. MJJRRA0
QgR WOMEN IN 1HB WAR.
EIGHT MILES UNDER FIRE.
y sToRK.4 4oF-THE FIGHT AT REsAcA.
a Georgia Wensan N Charleston Weekly Ne'0s.
On the 18th and 18th of May, 1864,
the battle of Resaca took place. / was
staying at the time with some friends on
3 their farm, nearly two. miles north OF the
5 village Sbnt on what afterwards proved to
be a holly contested part of the field.
They had not the yaguest idea that; q
battle was impending. That Gen. John.
.ton would retreat toward Atlanta and
leayesthem IN the linesn they fully ex-
pected, and had made their arrangements
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accosalngiy, ss1aiaf on w na snd As,es stos;n1
.1ey sInld any pasAtSIp pgt tbst' I ha shonld
ssIt Sa =. so Pasa - nsss' o. m ,nsEe q fiesperate
a, a.a "a an a. o,a as., sss~n;.had t6en. And when
sEs ss1 ssus5 sr thse tSa;riho;na wonl1I Ia in
the battlefield, that their very house
would be hotly contested for, as it was 8
large, strong building standing On bill,
~ tSa.sfars he ;mnoaa;bls.to remain in st.
.hse .Is.eao.s ae,o 20 fi1aJ ge', 9TH 5;amav When
tIey Wele .S nls 1hT siI .bs;rs :tock ard
snIa.l .nsy e. saat ~ hsds = ham sent of
ssuiS conld MI T, nnt y;ds sway And it was
;nnoss;hla Z | for an oid man and q lot of
1e}icata women to march perhaps for
miles niles ,.F,ren a f-they-c could stand the
where should they go?
Ali day long We had. been running out
osthe fence TO see the, troops pass sDys ana
Is speak to any friends. who might chance
to Be among them. BY them we we're
assured that a fight on. the morrow was
inevitable, and their. distress at our
dangerous position did not tend to raise
our spirits By night We found ourselves
III the midst Of d camp. The light of
thscamp. fires Lit up the horizon far and
wide, and the hum of thousands of
human voices, was like the roaring of q
y1lirhty sea. By tomorrow night how
Z rnanys M these voices will, be stilled, j
thnnrf,t J. and indeed how many of us
viii 6eisft9 sE9:;
NV musings ware interrupted by the
arrival al INV friend q son. Capt. Mitch
aIjawass in ztbs ieneineer corps and had
been busy al day laying pontoon bridges
across the Oostanaulst River at Resaca.
He Was tired and jaded ;ebut, full of
anxiety, he had come to inquire what
his father expected to do, and was appall-
!. ed to learn: that they all contemplated
remaining in the house. 81 .
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MO ST r, ,m;aSts fall into the river and oct
draunsd A. aiwavs was afraid of va.
tas~ ~
s'if 'Tban ,ba distracted ,canta;n nronosed
4tat no should OH I;e down IN tha side
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snos an9 sneal. hls sol'sasoao s.ssoossa
tnat our ttOops, ~ qua. !suS iuu
over us ana IIa@pls astso osash anu fes ~
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lasasl tsesi :. smIsdned III eII th;o dsnasr @ snS
o. s iast. ss,cuestion nronosed sthat Z we
should liz down on the floor clossito the
wall. AS he seemed so distressed we all
promised, though We knew none of us
were going to:do its. Indeed, one of his
sisters confded to me that: she intended
to get MP on the fence and stay there,
and see all that she could see; that she
had long desired to witness battle, and
this was her chance.
Then the unhappy captain bade his
family adieu, neither ever expecting to
see the other. agsin. His amother was
quite overwhelmed at the parting. She
vas the most timid creature ever saw,
and had sat all this time in state of
colIapse: but I believe now she was more
distressed at the danger. her son must run
{ on the morrcw than of any she might
encounter. at last, worn out and weary,
we fell asleep, and slept soundly till the
roar of the human sea the next morning
aroused us. It mnst have been nearly 8
O'Clock when, as was talking to some
soldiers, I spied Capt. Mitchell galloping
up.. followed By two army wagons that
Gen Johnston had kindly loaned him.