South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-01-11

New ! ories
not Knowing where they sere going.
I did not want 10 leave 4unsil 1 hal
buried ms friend according h prom,
ise. Wien thsy marcood az I. hii
behind . Wagon. snd 6nnxG Dsily
seeing me ordered GONE on, r
told him never wou| tSsys that
field until 1 buried d. ie6a mi -
| vas put under Arr15k.f He then
Ieft sne, when I s1enlenh around FOR
some tools to dig t63 kve. found an
old hoe and spade "a commenced
digging the grave undet an apple tree
in an orchard Tear the Herrv Housc.
While l was at work a.0sorRisn
came to inc, and wantod (hA todij q
soon as was done with thess, thst he
might bury his brothst. lie asked il
l was buryiny my brother, no / re-.
piled but dear as a trolher. s.As you
have no one to help ydu,' sand J have
no one to help me suRpose we dig the
grave large enough fok both and -
can help one another q Garry tbela
here all right. said hut 1 want to
bury my friend next TO tho tree for
perhaps his father will come after
him So we buried them that way
aud gathered up some old shingles to
put over the bodies and q piece of
plank between them. then rudely
carved his name on the tree.
That evening there was a detail
made from each company to bury all
and We. buried all alike, friend and
foe
We also lost the Major OF our regi-
ment, Major Lee, aud orr drill mas
ter, "a cadet from the Va Military In
stitnte, and thus ended the first battle
OF Bull Run and the first big battle
of the war.
The adiutant ofour regiment, was
l.. Jaqnellu Smith. and the regiment
took dislike to him from the fret
for he was u Top in kid gloves, and
wanted TO be very strict, especially
on dress parade, and in reading or
ders ALWAYS pronounced his name us
Above, and ru on more airs than a
brlgadier. Some ofthe boys prophe-
siei that he was coward. So when
the battle commenced, he showed the
white feather, and disappeared. In a
lew days he returned to camp when
Col Cummings asked him chow the
battle went about Winchester & then
told him that he had no further use
for him. That was the last we ever
heard OIL Jaqnelin Smith ,adju.ant.'
We were camped about five miles east
oil the battle field, and from the i'm.
purity OF the water, and the stencil
from the surrounding country, the
boys gave it the name OF .Mageoi
Camp a great many were taken
sick 1T this camp and Gen. Jackson
turned the house that he nsed for his
headquarters into a hospital. While
here we received two more companies
snto our regiment, the Mountain Ran
gers Capt. f. w. NJ. Holiday from
Frederick county Va, and the Rock
ihgham Confedcrates' Capt. J. r.
Jones from Rockingham Co., which
made ten companies, the full number
Tor u regiment. when We were num-
bered and leltered. Our number be-
my BIRD Va. in antry. and my COM
pany A. Therefore j. belonged to
Company A 33rd Va, infantry, Stone
wall Brigade. General T.. Johnsons
Corps, Army OF the Potomac, as it
was then called. And the regiments
which composed the StonewalI Bril-
gade, were the 2nd, 18th 5ih, eth and
33rd Va regiments, aud those five
regiments we're together ia that brI .
gade during the whole war aud no
others ever attached TO il.
A few days after the battle, joseph
Earsome, OF the 2nd regiment, aud
myself, took stroll over the battle
fed nd surrounding country on the
line of retreat as far as Ceuireville
The wh lie country was strewn with
broken guns. cartridge boxes, can
teens, kuapsacks. cannon, caisonr,
broken wagons, and the general bag
gage Of an army.
L must here relate an act OF hcro;sm
that happened whore tho battle ragged
the hottest. There was a small honse
that stood between the lines of the
two armies, and in il lived an old la.
dy, 90 years old and her daughter
who was pretty veil advanced in
years don't suppose tho soldiers
OF either army knew there was any
one ia tue lIOusc. Tor ali tile other citi.
zens around had fed for safety early
in the day. However, be tina; ~ Il
may. they were here; and the house
was riddled with shot and shell from
both sides, aud the old lady being
helpless, aud confined To her bed, was
pierced with several bullets, and Kill.
cd, while the daughter. unable 10 car.
~ Der of at the commencement OF
the fight remained with her, bit laid
down ouder tie bed and escaped uu-
hurt | conversed with the dar OH