Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-02-21
For the Advertiser.
History Of Company D, Sixth s.
C. Cavalry, by Capt. j. j.
Bunch.
CHAPTER X.

to secure transportation on the South
side Railroad for GO head of horses
to be taken to pastures near Lynch
burg to recruit. We get the horses
on the cars late the same evening
and leave Petersburg at 6 A. M. on
the Sth, and reach Lynchburg at l2
O'clock at night. We had 8 mer to
assist in taking care Of them, only
-G. w. Crawford of Company B. On
our way to Lynchburg we see abun,
dant signs Of Wilson and Kants whom
we had met, the latter part Of June,
at Stony Greek, and brought to grief.
They had SO completely destroyed
Burkesville, by fire, that we did not
recognize the place, though we had
camped there in May before. At
| Burkesville, the Richmond and Dan
Vile roal crosses the Southside road.
The country from Burkesville is very
broken, and it is deep cuts and high
embapkments continuously.
Just before reaching Farmville we
cross the tallest bridge We ever saw,
it is on the head waters Of, Appomat-
tox. At Farmville we buy 6 small
sweet cakes, for which we gay 81 90
The cars furnished are very near
worn out-one horse broke through
and fell between the cara, several cara
pass over him but none are thrown
off, but we get good shaking up.
As soon as day light appears, (on the
rorning of the eth) We get cur
horses off the cars and go up into the
tosn, and find the streets paved with
hard smooth stone, like Richmond
aud Petersburg. The place is very
broken-high mountains looming up
near by, on the north and west. The
large tobacco warehouses here remind
us of the cotton warehouses of Ham
burg, of a former. day. In Cur stroll
through the town we find a good
looking hotel and we feel the need
of something to rene W the inner man,
80 we go in and find nice aubstan-
tial meal. for which We pay $1,000
After disposing of our horses we hunt
up the Post Commisssry, who In
formed US that he only gave as ra
tions one and three quarter pounds
Of -four per day, and little salt-no
meat. On Sunday the llth, we spend
most of the dag with Maj: spann
Hammond. We Visit him at the re-
quest Of Capt. Gregg. 1t is indeed
6. pleasure to recall our visit to this
noble Carolina gentleman and his
pleasant, pious lady. His home was
on the north side of the James, and
though, probably not more than two
miles away, we suppose was some 200
feet above-it was a charming spot. A
large brick house in a beautiful grove;
two or three miles to the south is the
oretty little CITY Of Lynchburg in
full view-the mountains to the north
and west are near, and look grand to
US, and we never look upon these.
monuments of nature but we are re-
minded OF the beautiful descriptions
OF mountain scenery as given BY
Headly, in his "Sacred Mountains.
ButI have wandered far from my
subject. We weigh whilst at tbs
place and find we have reduced IN
weight 80 lbs. since we left home in
May. On the 10Th, we leave Lynch
burg with lot of horses for our
Brigade which is now commanded by
Gen. Dunovant. We reach Peters
burg at night and remain on the cars
TIL morning. When passing through
town We meet the largest and finest
lot of cattle We ever saw before or
since. On inquiry we are Informed
that Gen. Hampton had taken his
bu cry boys and drawn on Gen.
Grants Commissary, to the amount
of about $500 choice beeves, beside
great many other necesSarlss, and an
entire regiment Of the enemy. Some
of Company B were in this expedi-
ton. Only those who were well
mounted were taken on this pleasure
excursion.
At this time our camp is S miles
south west OF Petersburg, near Bur
CESS Mill, at and Lear which place
We remain for some time, our pickets
having occasional encounters with
the enemy. (Now we will have to
depend upon trescherous memory
to complete our History, as our let,
ters have been misplaced or destroyed }
About the goth Oct. we obtain q
sick lurlough of 80 days. On reach
ing our native State we are surprised
and delighted at the attention be-
slowed upon the aick soldiers; at
Chester the cars are boarded by
quite number of ladies with vessels
OF nice sop and bread, and freely
dealt out to them-this was not con-
fined to Chester, but at almost every
station more or less nourishments
were distributed-at Orangeburg a
long table was we'll supplied with
fried chicken, fried potatoes and many
other subs tantial dishes, free to the