The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-10-31
The cozswain, Mars, who vas one Of
that gun crew, picked up the shell and
thrau Il nxarhnard thrnnph the MORT.

threw it overheard through the port.
"a few moments afterwards when
Captain Semmes saw that the ship Was
sinking, he sent the steward for the most
important of the ships papers lashed
between two cigar box lids, and giving
them to the coxswain told him to take
care of them. Mars put the papers inside
his pocket and jumped into the sea. He
swan to the first bost he could see and
climbed in. Looking back to the stern
he saw the union flag flying. In an
instant he was in the sea again swim.
ming away. He mas finally picked up
by the Deerhound and delivered the
papers to Captain Semmes in England.
COLONEL Bob HARDEMAN: "The
bravest OF the most foolbardy act ever
saw was at Charlottesville. The enemy
was strongly entrenched in a brickyard
and Wilcox's division was assigned TO
take it, and Thomas's brigade charged
the brickyard. Wilcox had made COM
plant about Thomas's troops in some
action that had occurred recently and as
he came riding up General Thomas said
to him, 'You say Georgia troops won't
fight; you are d-n cowardly liar
follow me and you'll see' With that he
putspurs to his horse and rode right
over the breastworks, his white horse
single footing and the yankees shooting
at him all the time. It so happened
that there were not many of them
behind the breastworks and he did not
get hurt"
Mn. E. T. sHuBR1cK: captain John
WiDgield, who now enjoys the title Of
Cow coroner Of the Georgia road, is a
brave man. A she'll fell in his mess one
day with the fuse Sizing and burnt
nearly to the iron. WiDgfeldjumped to
the she'll and put the fuse out"
COLONEL J. R. TOWERS: "The only
time ever saw the troops club muskets
was at Farmyille. Malone was hard
pressed, and sent courier to Anderson
saying that ifhe did not get them beaten
off his flank he would be overwhelmed.
Anderson ordered my regiment to the
rescue, and we charged down the hill on
them. When we got to the foot of the
hill they were there, and to get out of
the way it would have been necessary
for them to go up a long slope with US
right after them. Rather than do that
they stood their ground and it was tough
work getting them out, of there. The
men clubbed muskets and fought hand
to hand. One man had his gun leveled
on me and sergeant shot him just in
time to save my life. It was terrible
work, and as soon as it was over Malone
came riding by and said, ut was the
finest charge ever saw, and it saved me
from being overwhelmed. I will see
that you are prompted in very few
days. That was just two days before
the surrender.
81 saw another instance in which men
we're terribly tried by a practical joke.
We had trenches cut in circle to escape
the mortar shells and stakes were stuck
up in sight by so the men could see where
a shell would fall and run round the
curve where the fragments could not
strike them it exploded. A party of
men were playing cards in the trench
one day when some fellows got an empty
she'll and filled it with fuse. They lit
the fuse and rolled it. Sizing toward the
trench. The card party heard it, and
pretty soon it dropped over in right by
them. They could not get out of the
way and had to sit there and see it burn
and wait for it to burst. When they
found out that it was joke they would
have killed the man who did it if they
could have found who it was.
II have often seen men pick up a shell
with burning fuse and throw it over
the breastworks"