The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-14
h WOMEN IN TEE WAR.
EIGHT MILES UNDER FIRE.
roRY OF THE FIGHT At REsA Ca.

,rf. Bom1n in Charleston Weekly Meps.
h the 14th and 10Th of May, 1864,
battle OF Resaca took place. l was
Ing a. the time with some friends on
y farm, nearly two miles north of the
8ge. but on what afterwards proved to
q hotly contested part Of the field.
IN had not the vaguest idea that
Ie was impending. That Gen. John
q would retreat toward Atlanta and
5e them "in the lines" they fully ex.
& led, and had made their arrangements
5rdingly, sending off what valuables
81 could and packing up aud storing
'y the balance. But that lie should
at Resaca and make a desperate
ID there astonished them. And when
- found that their homo would be in
battlefield, that their very house
lid be hotly contested for, as it was
e, strong building standing on hill,
3msnding two fords, aud it would
sefore be impossible to remain in it,
~ were filled with dismay. When
hid they go? All their stock and
icles Of every sort had been sent of,
hey could not ride away. And it was
aossble for an old man and a lot of
cate women to march perhaps for
es. Even if they could stand the
Ech, where should they go?
iii day long We had been running out
she fence to see the troops pass by and
sss,eas to any friends who might chance
be among them. By them we we're
bred that fight on the morrow Was
sitable, and their distress at our
gerous position did not tend to raise
spirits. BY night we found ourselves
The midst Of q camp. The light of
camp fires lit up the horizon far and
sle, and the hum of thousands of
han voices was like the roaring of a
thty sea. BY Tomorrow night how
BY of these voices will be stilled,
ught; and indeed how many of LIB
s be left?
Iy musings were interrupted by the
sral Of my friends son. Capt. Mitch.
WAS in the engineer corps and had
b busy all day laying pontoon bridges
)ss the Oostanaula River at Resaca.
vas tired and jaded but, full of
iety, he had come to inquire what
father expected to do, and was appall.
30 learn that they all contemplated
aiming in the house.
IS. IN A PERILoUs POSITION.
You will all be killed |" lle said, in
gor.
Where shall we go9" they asked.
Suppose you go down to the river and
under the bluff. That will be g
ts.ital hiding place.
zhe river, like most mountain streams,
y very high banks.
Yes, but if the Yankees try and cross
Ee, as it is likely they will" said one
bis sisters, eve might be caught by an
lsding fire and 30 perish miseraoly
R rats in hole. No, if we must die
JUS die above ground"
Yes" rejoined another, in an aside to
II might fall into the river and get
Swned. always was afraid of wa.
Chen the distracted captain proposed
We should all lie down on the side
neighboring hill and so escape the
! and she'll. But some ono suggested
our troops, in charging, might run
r us and trample US to death and so
- would all be slain by ,:le hands Tor
: Der feet) of our friends. With deep
an he acknowledged this danger, and
last suggestion proposed that we
nld lie down on the floor close to the
y. As he seemed 30 distressed we all
mised, though we knew none of US
2 se going to do it. Indeed, one of his
srs confided to me that she intended
get up on the fence and stay there,
see all that she could see that she
h long desired to witness q battle, and
vas her chance.
flen the unhappy captain bade his
ply adieu, neither ever expecting to
The other again. His mother was
fe overwhelmed at the parting. She
the most timid creature I ever saw,
& had sat all this time in state of
lapse; but I believe now she was more
freSed at the danger her son must run
the morrow than Of any she might
sonnter. At last, worn out and weary,
tell asleep, and slept soundly till the
- OF the human sea the next morning
elsed us. It must have been nearly s
lock when, as I was talking to some
sfiers, l spied Capt. Mitchell galloping
followed by two army wagons that
D Johnston had kindly loaned him.
HURRIED FLIGHT.
Pack up and come away at once" he
1 The fight will begin directly and
will then'have to ride under fire."
mad been Offering my services to a
Seon as q tield.hospital nurse, but at
news ignominiously forsook him to
81 up my tfings, and I never saw
or him or h. hospital afterwards.
ven IN the hurry of flight I could but
ce that the instructive love Of prop.
Is much greater in women than In
Capt. Mitchell was frantic to be
but his sisters insisted that they must
moment to pick up "their things"
thlngs" he cried. "Is this time to
OF things? The fight may COM
ee at any moment; and can you all
two or three miles under fire? 2"
90 ready in q moment" said one
!s elsters, looking up from o large
ahe was hurriedly packing with
"a and dresses.
then the sudden "boom" Of
BON was heard. i-sS;t
tood Lord r.. cried the Captain, leap.
as II shot. "There the fight has
aenced !" and taking. up an armful
o:ning be threw it into the trunk,
l5ea DOWN the lid, aud turning to the
6n cried: Here, put it in the
'ape sister had no idea Of giving up
beloved things, but she aaw II was
ess ss 70 contest tho point with him, 80
s. escorted TO snbterfuge.
.ou mad better look after mother" ,"
suggested. "I'll bet she is turning
ta ana round and doing nothing"
Captain fell into the snare and
Ted out Of the room. 3.Ias
ese, cried che to the men, ''drop
& ssd ddfunk. y I'll not send 1t off half