The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-07-04
threw away their arms; havefsaeks
and whatever could impede tim in
their mad race for Washington.
FIGHTING AS CAVALRY.

and whatever could impede tim in
their mad race for Washington.
FIGHTING AS CAVALRY.
We moved of promptly in pursuit
aid 11re the foremost troops in fol-
lowing them. Ours was the leading
regiment, with the Butler and Pal:
metto Guards in advance. We never
got, though, in rife range OF them at
this point Of their retreat end their
Danic must have resulted from the
conviction Of terrible defeat and a
knowledge that we we're in close pur..
suit of them. Just after we crossed
the Stone Bridge we moved into an
old field to the right of the turnpike
and waited in line there few min.
utes until Kemper's battery could
come UP and take position at the head
of the column, as the Colonel's idea
was to overtake them With some grape
and canister as he had no cavalry tc
do it. So the novel spectacle was pre-
sented of a pursuing army pushing its
artillery first to within close range of
o retreating foe, but Kershaw knew
there was no face about in that demor-
allied host, and the guns were pro-
tected on the right and left of the
turnpike by the Butler and Palmetto
Guards, deployed as skirmishers,
abreast of the pieces, with the re-
mainder of the two regiments in col
umns Of four just behind the pieces.
It was while drawn up awaiting the
artillery that Kershaw announced to
the troops that Jefferson Davis was on
the field and proposed three cheers for
the President, which the troops gave
with great enthusiasm.
Just here, toe, an incident occurred
of interest to the Colonel GF.
Stone, splendidly mounted on chest
nut sorrel horse, beautifully caparison-
ed, was captured by ourregiment, dis
mounted and his fine steed presented
to Col. Kershaw. He was named by
the soldiers cold Stone,' and bore
the Colonel through the war.
THE PURSUIT.
Here, too, a staff officer rode up to
Col. Kershaw and said that Gen.
Beauregard said stop the pursuit.
The Colonel was amazed. He said:
''Tell Gen. Beauregard promise him
not to cross Cub Run, but to allow me
to 20 to Cub Run" This stream ran
into Bull Run and across the turnpike
along which the enemy were fleeing,
spanned by covered bridge. The
roads from Sudley Church and Stone
Bridge, choked with the Federal army
in utter confusion, converged just on
this side of the bridge, and the Colo
mel knew there would be confusion
worse confounded in the immediate
neigborhood of that bridge. We now
pushed on in hot pursuit Of the enc
my, and only came in sight Of them at
the bridge over Cub Run. Here their
shouts and oaths could be plainly
heard in their mad scramble to get
across. It seems as if pandemonium
had broken loose; but this was as
nothing to the yells and screams that
arose when Kemper opened on them
with shell and canister. From our
standpoint it was grand, indeed, this
finale of glorious victory over this
boasted army that were to rout and
capture the last one Of us Rebs. 1t
was now deep dusk and the fash from
Kemper's guns was beautiful to see as
the fame leaped from their brazen
throats for twenty yards, and the
laundering report reverberated over
the hills and valleys, signalling to our
troops the great victory and the point
to which we had pursued them.
FIRST IN AND LAST OUT.
The God of Battle never meted out
more exact justice than when he de-
creed that Kershaw's troops who re-
ceived their first fire at Fairfax,
should deliver the last volleys at Cub
Run. The fruit of this pursuit to
Cub Run, insisted upon by Kershaw,
was the killing Of many, the capture
Of prisoners, with several pieces of ar
tillery, among which was that tremen
dous piece Of field ordinance "a
pounder-which was named "Long
Tom" This was the very gentleman
that opened on us at Bull Run on the
morning Of the 17th in such a loud and
threatening tone, and it was but fitting
that these very troops, whom he tried
to bully on that occasion, should now
silence his voice as prisoner.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
The skirmishers were now ordered
in, and the column faced about and
marched back three miles to the bat
tle6eld and, to use a hackneyed ex.
preston, ought to say we bivouacked
upon the field, but we were just too
exhausted to put up bivouacs that
night, and when we broke ranks each
one of us just turned to a dead Yam
kee 1--WE didn't have to hunt them)
and pulled from his knapsack a fine
blanket, in which we rolled ourselves
lot prOGeCt1OQ IrOm COlu rdlu tudt
fell that night and all the next day.
aENERALsHIp DISPLAYED ON THE
FIELD.
I have thus sketched, however fee
bly,, the conspicuous part taken by the
chivalrous Kershaw in conducting the
retreat from Fairfax and protecting
the rear of the same with his regiment
from every flank movement and as
sault attempted, and his heroic con-
duct and consummate skill in the
handling OF his command on the bat
| tleGelds of Bull Run and Manassas.
While only Colonel, it is true, yet
his order at Bull Run ''to protect his
front" furnished him with the oppor-
tunity of displaying that skill in
stream in such a position that their
murderous fire, in connection with the
unmasking of his formidable breast
works right across their line of ad-
vance, turned McDowell's assaulting
columns from DIitchell's to Black
burns Ford. And again his orders
on entering the field at Manassas was
to "march to the firing of the guns