The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14

GOncc0t that as 4 truth, l WUtliu also
cali che year 1864 as year Of bat
tlet
Tree have given you story OF
1862, chc Of 1863 and one Of 1865.
will now give you little Of my cx-
pcrcncc of 1864 shall not give
you the entire year in one story,
neither did in the others. The
datcs ! shall use shall claim as
nearly correct as my memory has been
able TO retain them for 80 many years.
On the Bird Of May, 1864. our bri-
gadc (;ordon s) drew two days rations
with orders to prepare and be ready to
march on the morning Of the 18th.
On the 4th We did move about the
middle Of the day. We moved out on
the olo Orange Turnpike, our quarters
being near there, ut the foot Of Clark y
Mountain.
We moved some five or six miles
down this old turnpike and campcd for
tic night in large buly Of oak
woods
On the morning of the 9th we wcr,'
again put in motion on the old turn
pike. We had not gone far when he
heard heavy vollirs Of mu>kctry firing
immediately in our front,
was marching at the head OF the
column, very near to Gen Gordon
W. came to Gen. Early sitting on his
hor,., IN the road lie said To Cen
Gordon "Gcnrral, get your command
IN line and advance to the support Of
Gen islodcs. | thuk the cmcmy j.,
drivng him back.
Gen. Gordon put his brigade in line
on the right Of the old turnpike, with
bis left wing near the turnpike. lie
(Gordon) rode out in front Of us aud
Eaid "Mcn, there is danger just in
our front and some one is going to get
hurt. Now he said, "if there is IA
man here that does not want to go
with INC say so and will excuse him. ="
Just then a bomb>hcll came and
burstcG just about the centre Of our
regiment, the 26lh Ga and killed two
or three men and wounded some five
or six.
There was Il young man named
White, who was Sc 1t to MS Il, con
script. lie halIowcd to Gen. Gordon
and said. 81 am afraid, General
The General told him to fall ont !;
he fell out aud never saw him any
more. | heard that stray ball hit
Eim on the arm and shattered it so
badly it had to be cut off.
Gen. Gordon took off his hat and
led the charge. AS VIC started We
raised the Rebel sell and run those
Vanks about two miles
major Hall, Of Gen. Fairly staff,
ramc after us aud ordered us to halt.
He remarked that We had given the
Yankees particular h. Wo moved
back q short distance and reformed
our line. In falling back one of our
Fieutcnants saw Yankee lieutenant
lying stretched on the ground. He
had on nice pair Of new boots. Our
lieutenant stopped to pull them off
and as he took hold Of one aud pulled
it of the Yankee officer raised up and
said: "Hold on, am not dead" Our
officer said: "Thc devil you amt;
am'goiug to have these boots II you
are dead or not dead and took them
and left tho Yankee his old shoes.
Well, VIC all rcplcnishcd wearing
apparel. captured me nice felt
hat with fine largo plume in it, and
wore it till I lost it at the high
bridge, as mentioned in another ar
ticle.
After forming our lines we took po-
siton upon the brow of small hill,
not far from where we had started.
There was small branch with deep
banks just at the foot of the hill. In
the charge some Of our men had taken
DA'S'"~i III WIG UtHucu auu Oh course
dld not know who was In possession
OF the field. We kept up a regular
hrlng across the branch all day. Late
IN the afternoon concluded I would
slip to the branch and get some water.
did so and found those men who had
remained there in the branch all dav
thinking We We're the Yankees.
l can tell you they were il proud
set Of men when they saw NE. O. &c
Of those men thanks me now every
time he comes to this city for. as he
says, saving his life.
We remained on this line all night
and the best part of the neat day.
just 4 little before sunset we wrr,
moved off to the left and form i a
line of battle running north and so, III.
The cncmy's lines ran about east and