The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-09-15

quickly answered: "Nothing, General,
only old man johnson has got the
cramp collie, but the medicine We re-
commended will soon fix him 1t is
useless to say hat We ate nothing
until Friday. the 18th. As above
stated the fight began at break Of day
on the 9th. llancock'S men pressed
us very hard, and a desperate fight
took place right in u camp. We
slowly fell back to IL regular line 0?
battle on the Boydton plank road.
where We fought ]stubborn}y until
black dark, as described above.
After the battle on Friday morning
| asked where John. my servant, was,
and Wyche said: II hcvcr saw I Mig
ger ruin Sc :incc was born. He pass
cd the wagon train with 9 double bar
rel shot gun, with nearly ali OF his
clothing torn off, and said he would
kill every ID Yankee that was fool
enough to catch up with him-that he
was getting mad" About three days
after the fight John got back With his
face badly scratched up and no hat
and begged nj to let him 60 home,
where he remained. lie was an affec-
tomato negro. When my brothcrwa s
killed at Travillian Station, On the
18th Of June, 1864, John wcpt like a
child. Well do | remember how my
brother and myself, when little boys,
would beg the oycrsccr not to whip
him for running away. Every time
the cotton got in the grass, John was
just as sure to run away as a wild
horse is to run when the trace breaks.
Johns first trip to Virginia was with
my father in 1862, and when he re-
turned, so full of romance was he that
all tbs negroes from the surrounding
plantations would stretch their eyes
and marvel at the wonderful tales as
told by him. After the war, I rcmcm-
Der in October, 1868, a Yankee sol
der had struggled away from the gar
rison at Edgcticld c. H., and asked
me for dinner, which ] gave him and
soon discovered that be was in liquor.
lie, wishing to return my kindness,
said he would go into the field and
straighton out the niggers, He went
alone. The first order he gave John
jumped on him and beat him unmcrci-
fully, and told him that if he ever
caught him on that place again he
would certainly kill him. The soldier
evidently thought he was in earnest
for he never returned. | asked John
why he beat him SO, and he said:
well, Marsc Nuly, | just wanted to
show these niggcrs how | used to do
them id Yankees up in Ecrginny.'
If John were here tonight how natu-
raj it would be for Kim to ask if he
was the only Niger who ran at Bur
CESS Mil. Let history answer:
In TIE FIELD, VA, Oct. 80, 1864.
Capt. Israel Il. Sealy, Assistant
.Adjutant General, Departmental |ir-
ginia and North Carolina.-Army Of
the Jamcs.-SIR: We, the under$ign-
cd officers Of the end Regiment, /.
S. Colcrcd Troons, most respectfully
and urgently solicit an order convcn-
ing 4 court of Inquiry to investigate
the action and conduct Of Col. j. 3.
Kiddoo, while commanding the rcgi-
ment during the 9th inst, and lead
ing it into action on the evening of
the sam day. FullyimbGcd with the
responsibility resting on US while TAX
.ag cur men into action, we hold it to
be due the honor and name Of thcrcg.
imcnt to which it is our pride to be-
long. as also 4 duty owing to ourselves
as men and officers and to the men
under our charge that the veil be lift
cd which enshrouds our disgraceful
rout on the 9th instant.
Signed by six Captains and one
Lieutenant of this Colorcd Regiment.
1t seems from their own report that
the Rebel Yell Gas usual had 4
moving effect on this occasion,
Comrades, did you ever fight niggers
in the war? Well, if Sol did you no.
ticc that your guns would shoot faster
and straightcr t. Il ever before? Did
you ever sec a mradc after he had
surrendered to ,gro soldiers. and, if
so, where? And did you eve take a
negro soldier prisoner, and, if so,
what did YOU do with him? | never
saw one captured nor one after he was
captured!
Gen. Sherman says "War is He'll
and We found race prejudice to be
strong there.
A gallant private soldier, who had
Won laurcls on other fields, just one
month after this memorable bloody
day, was captured and held as prison
cr of war and kept in the pens where
the private prisoners suffered. This
private soldier belonged to the Bird
Virginia Cavalry, although at one
time he was a Colonel and at another
a Brigadicr General in the c. 5. ~,
and is now engaged in dispensing JUS
ticc through u judicial quill to our
friends, the enemy, in New York.
Listen while | read letters from
Gen. {. NJ. Wilcox. c. ). A., to Gen.
Grant, /. 5. A., and from Gen. Meade
to Gen. Wilcox in reply about this
distinguished man:
HEADQUARTERS. WlLcoXs DIVISION,
November 10Th, lS64.
Licut.-Gen. L. s. Grant. Command
ing Armies of the United States. SIR:
| take the liberty Of writing to you
with reference tC IN incident that oc-
Cured between the picket lines Of the
two armies on Sunday, the 9th inst,
about , p. NJ, and after my c%xplana-
ton of the affair | trust the request
may be granted, believing that my
statement will be confirmed By the re-
ports Of the officers and mcn Of our
forces. The affair that | refer to is
the capture Of Private Roger \. l'ry-
or, 3rd Virginia Cavalry, IN the 9th
inst, by the p]ic<cts Of the troops I'M
der your command and under the fol-
lowing circumstances, Viz: ut the
time mentioned the soldier rode MP to
our picket line, and looked for 4 while
at the opposite line through his glass,
then dismountcd from his horse, and
taking from his pocket a newspaper,
waved it toward Il group Of Federal Of
~liccrS. One Of these rcSr"i led to this
with a paper in 4 similar m"aHrr, AID
the two mutually approachcy or -