The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-23

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him to his countrymen. lie is known
by: it, and whenever he appears in public
the sight of itreminds the people >what
he suffered for their sake and they go
mad with enthusiasm.
DR.. SCOTT TODD.
Dr.. Scott Todd is another man who
came face to face with death during the
.warand then passed him BY. He re-
ceiyed his wound at the battle Of Oakoney
bridge and the circumstances attending
the inAiction Of it proves The wonderful
of providence. The battle
of 0akoney bridge was a very desperate
ono: The, nfederates occupied posi-
:tion behind breastworks which were so
built az to leave embrssures through
which the soldiers could FIRE at the enemy.
The Marietta Cadets had held the works
against an erwhelming forceifor hours,
and their ammunition was giving out.
Jim w Woodward who was recently mur-.
dered in Atlanta was standing at the
.embrasure when the order came for him
to go to the rear and procure more am.
munition. As he turned away, DR..
Todd took his place, and rested his arm
on the sill. of the embrasure. Before
Woodward had taken two steps he heard
a commotion, and turning, saw the
man who had replaced him lying
bleeding on the ground. The minnie
ball which struck DR.. Todd, so shattered
the arm that his case was thought fatal.
BY amputation, however, his life was
saved, and now. his tall figure and empty
coat sleeve are well known to everybody
in Atlanta.
JUDGE W. T. NEWMAN.
y Judge Newman lost his arm at the
battle of Jonesboro, where he command.
ed a company of Tennessee cavalry.
The 6ghtwas q desperate one, and when
Judge Newman fell he was surrounded
on all sides by the dead and dying. The
little life that was left in him would quick
.ly5haYe. been trampled out of him by the
iron shod hoofs of the horses, butfor Col.
onel Kuhn, the commander of the regi-
,ment, who fortunately saw his danger.
III. his arms the colonel lifted Judge
Newman and carried him to the. rear.
His wound IVES found SO dangerous that
the arm was taken off a:the shoulder,
and after hard struggle for life Judge
Newman recovered his health and
strength.
80 CoLoN HAAILToN's WOUND.
Colonel 81. g. Hamilton, clerk Of the
United States district court, once had
the usual complement of arms, though
now hex carries an empty sleeve. His
was q desperate wound, and the treatment
after receiving it put his life in great
danger for q time. In. December, 1864,
while General Sherman was raiding
through Georgia, news was received by
General 4 u. @. Gartrell's brigade, at
Charleston, that q part Of the iron
feet would be sent from; Hilton Head
island to cut off The railroad connection
between Charleston and Savannah.
With q detachment ofthe Third Geor.
gia regiment, Colonel Hamilton was
ordered to meet the union soldiers and
Illustrate their intention. The two armies
met, aud the desperate battle of Coosa-
.Whatchie vas fought. Each force was
struggling to obtain possession Of a
bridge. Colonel Hamilton was standing
at one end Of the bridge, and had just
discharged his, gun when o union man,
not q hundred feet away, took deliberate
aim at him. His hand was at his side
taking out another cartridge when the
bullet of his enemy struck him in the
wrist. The bore Of the arm was terribly
shattered, and before dark the arm was
amputated at; the elbow. After the
union forces were driven back, Colonel
Hamilton was taken to Savannah, where,
on the 21st Of the same month, he was
captured. he was sentin his enfeebled
condition from one prison to another
until, in the dead of winter, with only
one coat and one blanSet, he was landed
at Fort Delaware. he wss only seven
teen years old, snd the wound and the
cold combined nearly killed him. He
was finally released and returned to his
home in Georgia.
COLONEL ToWERs's STORY.
Colonel Towers, principal keeper Of
the .penitentiary, had one of the most
terrible experiences of the war. Al.
though he6was not himself injured, it
was all the harder for him to bear, as
his own son was the sufferer and he could
do nothing to help him.
At the battle Of Sharpsburg, Colonel
Towers led his men into one of the most
desperate charges of the var. With an
irresistible impulse the confederate sol.
diers swept the opposing forces from
their path until the union men we're
banked up in solid phalanx. Then the
tide Of battle changed, and foot by foot
the ground the confederates had won was
regained. During the enforced retreat
Colcnel Towers was assisted by his son,
who vas standing next to him. Sud
denly the young man threw his arms
above his head and fell forward. The
lives of all his men were dependent on
Colonel Towers. and even for his own
son he could not stop. he had only
time to see that his boy was shot through
the chest and then he was forced to leave
him there. a moment later he saw the
spot where the PROSTATE form was lying,
and he Was obliged to continue the
retreat without knowing whether his son
were alive or dead.
Three days later while Colonel Towers