The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-05

/ the corps had suffered too much IN the
former attack; the enemy were checked.
/ but all Of the Guards who escaped with
/ their lives feil into their hands as prlso-
I ners- II was afterwards ascertained that
/ been made by a force OF three regiments.
/ half advancing at a time. and that their
! loss IN the encounter was about 20 men
I The disorder caused in their advance BY
I the pine thicket was the only thing that
rendered such a result possible. But
I without this combat, the whole division
would have been assaiied on its flank and
rear and inevitably destroyed.
AS ID was, the division, thus guarded
on its right. repulsed two attacks, and
nnally, attacking in its turn, drove the
enemy from the field, and killed and
wounded, il was said on good authority,
about 500 Of his men. having itself only
$50 engaged. But in the very moment OF
their success a courier came from Gen.
EWel announcing that he had surrendered
himself and his entire corps. So the d.
vision found itself in the same moment,
victors, yet prisoners OF war.
In this affair the loss Of the Guards was
very heaVy-amounting 10 80 killed and p
wounded of the s. engaged. and every Of
heer but one being either killed or
wounded"
The killed were buried on the field by
the enemy. The wounded were sent 10
the hospitals, and the unwOunded to
northern prisons.
Gen. McGlaShan. in a lecture delivered
at the Guards hall Dec. .. 1891. gave
graphic description OF the battle. in which
he participated with his command, close
~
of their line. Gen. McGlashan's command
fought an equally desperate fight, but
with slightly better fortune than the
Guards, as the losses were not so severe.
In letter from Maj. Basinger, read by
Gen. McGlashan in the course Of his lee
ture, the former charged that the enemy
fired on and slaughtered his wounded men
after their surrender. Capt. John X Dll-
lon, who was adjutant OF the battalion
and was wounded at the battle, furnishes
the following partial list of the killed:
llefItg vi.
ner. W II. King. Fred Upper. Eugene
Blois. W. d. Grant. @. w Smith; Sergts.
Nrnlen, W. G Bennett; Priyates A; o.
Bovine, J. W. MIDDLETON, W. H. Rice,
j. Mcintosh, b. Abbey, J. Rouse, +. L.
Gordon, John Vickers, H. Crook L. Z.
The year following the bodies of eight
cen of the Guards who fell at sailor 8
Savannah. Only seven of these could be
identified. These were buried in the pri-
vate lots, and the other eleven were in
TERED in the lot of the Guards in Laurel
Grove cemetery. The interment was at
tended by a large gathering OF the cit
izens and the ceremonies were conducted
by Bishop Elliott and other leading di-
vines Of the city.
With one exception Lieut.. Cue, every
officer present at the battle at Sailors
Creek was either killed or wounded. Maj.
Basnger and Lieuts. Dillon and Starr
We're wounded, and Capt. Rice and the
lieutenants named above were killed. capt.
George stiles was IN the camp hospllal'
Capt. Thomas h. Screven was at home
on furlough and Lieut.. p. II. Raynal wa1
on detached duty with a detachment sent
out in search of cattle for the army. This
accounts for every officer of the command.
There are only a few survivors OF that
desperate battle. Maj. Basinger command
ed the battalion with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel for several years after its
reorganization after the war and is now
living at Athens. Among those residing
here are Capt. Thomas +. Screven. Capts.
John II. Dillon and John Reilly, both OF
whom have commanded Company c or
the battalion successfully since the war;
Sergts. Malcolm Mclean and j. G. Cor
nell and Private John A. Pacetti Capt.
Z. n. Raynal, who commanded Company
for time after the war, now resides
at Thomasville and Sergt Bayard Nc
Intosh in Atlanta, being connected with
the agricultural department There are
probably others, but their names coulc
not be recalled by the veterans who were
seen yesterday.