The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-14

a The f0lIo"'"6
4 , -. bloodiest cavalry battles the
" ~ ~, ever saw. TWAS given to Camp
8 no,'. W n'1o''.ntou's (Columbia) members last
n.a ..t by Capt. U. r. Brooke under the
.ss. '.'a ~ %yobservations Of q Private Sol
u''s ,:.s At the Battle of Trevillian Station
a,'. ., I'd 18th Of June, 1864, and recol-
q = lions of some Subsequent events
4 .sI.,;pe sI to the Lost Cause.
s' memory crowds and the shadows
J ,un;oous and grey file before me-"
''1 Time is always snatching something
! ,,om us; its feeting moments pass as
M a;,tlv as they come. never, never
4 a,s 10 return, as water which is gone
wv n is source runs TO it no more.
i 'g Tbe Confederate soldiers course is
q .most run out, the past time appears
& :. , shadow; SO will that which, is now
.ome when it shall be once over,
a nd no tesrs, no entrt ,ties, NO endeav-
& .,s can recall the least moment we
m s.ve already let slip unimproved;
I; therefore, it is our duty to record the
i I'll .,,laut deeds Of our brave comrades
asho fell on the bloody fields Of strife.
battling under the Confederate flag
H,bch waved so proudly over our
D .outb land for four long years. Should
q 70 fail to do this then why find fault
3v;tb those who fought us 30 hard and
so louy for not giving us justice in
avritipg up the part they took in this
annble strife.
4 Every heroic virtue grew in the
3us,ehless inspiration Of the war.
Every noble quality aouriohed in the
s,te,n and splendid discipline Of these
1unreleuting years. Courage, patience,
].eptiment, devotion, duty, unsel6sh-
3uess and deathleDs patriotism flashed
bike radiant stars across the gloom and
ads,kness Of the time. Men learned
There TO love their country better
Than themselves and 60 pledge their
aloy.lty freely with their ives. Wo-
7ueu raised in luxury forgot their sell
.si.h comforts in their solemn duties,
7.nd the white hands Of fashion swept
8the looms OF labor and fastened the
9bsndages Of blood with q self-denying
heroism that was indeed sublime.
d "When triumphs .oame, they re-
8joiced with reverent gratitude-they
3met disasters in their turn with dig
znity."
q Comrades. let me tell you tonight
cf the bloodiest cavalry fight that ever
occurred on this continent:
4 0n Wednesday, the 9th Of June,
AlS64, our scouts, Shadburne, Shoel-
bred, Scott and others, reported TO
Gsns. Hampton and Butler, on the
|Chiskahominy, that q large body OF
Federal cavalry had moved out from
behind their lines at Cold Harbor and
zzs.s crossing the Pamnnkey ct g point
Heading northward. Buffers division,
consisting Of his old South Carolina
brigade, Young s:Georgia brigade and
Rosser's Virginia brigade, halted at
aechanicsville, Eve miles from Rich
,,'nond, to draw three days rations,
%ahich consisted Of about one and one.
Shalf pounds Of hard-tack and one-half
poupd Of meat which they ate raw.
Suffers men never unsaddled their
h0rses for eight days and nights.
Gen. Hampton, es senior major gen
4 asral OF cavalry, Immediately int the
i Hsa'slslon Of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in mo-
\; Flon to join Butler who was already on
zahe direct road leading from Richmond
% Gordonsyille,
And they rode forth so glorious in ar
4 ray,
p mannerly and full OF gentle grace
Il nas every tongue would be compelled
q to say
aey wero ths noblest ofa noble race"
q Hampton rightly divining that the
& ovement Of the Federal cavalry was
fllected to the destruction Of the rail-
E59ad connection north Of Richmond,
sRod to cooperate with the Federal
Pen' Hunter, then operating agaiuSt
q Aynchburg.
& 4, % Friday evening, 10th June,
a champions column had placed itselfI
qosrely on the left flank Of the Fed.
"a! cavalry under Sheridan. Buffers
Il 7ifi'lslon occupied the extreme left and
s. {aeamped near Trevillian Station.
Pen. Fitzhugh Lee had halted and
Il #anped near Louisa Court House some
IL miles south.
early on Saturday morning, 11th
uee' our scouts having located Sheri-
sfal n = forces. at q point come three
a'le' east Of Trevilliah, dispositions
.2Fete at OnCo ,,,.In A. sxA.>t n:x