The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-22

rpected 1t as uo - "'e W eo %
= '.uad y to go?" said /, in a mannes
,..u him out, for talks on the wal
.ow in order and about ell that
.,rle will listen to.
XIV IVES. had to co. said he, with
e,h;pg of sneer in his tone.
~ had to jine under the last con
lint act, which took us from sixteen
.;rty | have never seen what
~ there was in taking such old
= M s,ts bu. they did, and I was q most
sw;llur victim. They mixed me up
IN the fellows who had been there
4, Il tbe way through and TO say that
's 'g||=shsse fellows presumed on their length
|8| service is putting it mild. They
s,e entirely too funny to suit me.
Shsv seemed to derive the greatest
Sl,,sure in laughing at me at times
|Iheu nothing but the severest seri-
jrsoess perched upon my fevered
NV. | am satisfied that one fellow
~ nut ME in pit with tried to get
81, killed just that he might laugh at
: kicks as l expired. Every time I
81 /. laid down good he found some
,euse TO make me set up and let
zz&su 81 pop at me agaYh, and then he
5ouId laugh at every fool thing and
h nearer they came to killing me
he louder he would laugh. One
Sine when ! raised my head little
81 #3bo high yankee ball went zip
through the crown Of my hat. The
0ol took it as great fun and rolled
|pd roared in greatest glee. I never
i lst have been able to see anything
unny about war"
Browns right; the old soldiers did
fes. raw recruits with to much hilar-
y, and especially did they take de-
z3sht in guying the "melish.
"a 'Come out of chat billed shirtr'
Come out of that hat-I know you
he there for I see your legs!"
81 Such foolishness as this was sure to
teet the old melish whenever he hap
s9sued about them. But these screams
fd not disturb the ones taken in the
4 El4 call, for the most Of them were
Deaf even to the cannons roar, much
sss the voice Of man. | knew one
bmpany Of this old militia that was
jundred and FIVE strong, aud in all
hese los men there we're only 106
1 yes. just one man Of their number
3,d two good eyes, and the drill SER
yssnt had to go close up TO each one
"Fall in when he wanted
hem to form line. ''Fall inl fall
spr and it took quite a while to get
hem in line, and then if you didn't
5aud they would ait down and heve TO
8ase help to get up if any speed was
s3equired in the matter. / laugh
8ale myself, now, when I think Of
Hhat old Georgia melish and of Joe
Browns pixies, and yet I know it
sRhOuld be no laughing matter. for it
represented the great stress for SOL
Pliers and indicated the desperation Of
8yhe leaders to sustain the Confederate
Pause Joe Browns pixies we're good
8of nothing but to show how little we
j32new Of what war really was. aud so
lis now. The young generation will
earn Of things they never dreamed,
and there can be no harm iu telling of
3hlngs which may in degree prepare
3aen for whatever may come as q
consequence of war.
Just before old Sherman swung
a'ound to Jonesboro,~ the people
88sened to know that there was trouble
2,brewing, and the big roads weTo Hiii-
b With refugees getting. out Of the
4fay. Refugeeing is part of war and
Z very sad part. These refugees had
geen moving on in front Of Sherman
from away in Tennessee and the most
& them was in a bad condition; in
aaet the most of them were in distressi
Pa had tc live as best they could
rom the charity Of the few who yet
3sualned at their homes along the
a'aos. My folks, nor Brown folks
30old never find it in their hearts to
i iufa away these poor refugees, as long
i there was crust of bread to divide
2..a place to stick one Of them on bad
j3'snts out Of the weather.
ihe night before Sherman swung
4 S'0und IT was raining and as dark as
Esypt. We had took the refugees in
|'l' |. there was not place for one to
gs'e' They had been piled upon the
[O0f after the beds gave out till there
ras not room 70 step about without
f'spplng on some one. Me and the
IL woman had reserved our own bed. /.