The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-17

IA ~, Aug. 3.-InOse WHO nave un-
,,,Len the narrowing ordeal Of
us ar;ns can partially appreciate the
,:,b, we have been in in the past
81 .sL Ias The quiet Of camp life, with
:. ,outine, has been interrupted and
II - have been in hurry and in rush.
y, even now has order been restored,
-, ~ daily everything gets more and
40 bomelike. This partially ex-
b .,,;ns . why have not before written
,be state, much as would have
4 rled II TO have acquainted the people at
81 Lame with our surroundings, for I
Law that there are many in Carolina
rho are interested in the regiment.
q Rut as in moving, there is no time to
81 write.
Wherever we go, we shall always
,bnk of Chickamauga most pleasant
81 r. For there it was that our regi-
m.Ot was weancd away from home and
q ,h,oun upon the world, which fortu-
u o,,ev treated US with utmost respect
A md kindness. There it was that we
q bscan to show to the world the stuff
g ,f which Carolinians are made. There
q i was we saw some of our poor fellows
II droop away and die. There it is that
sOule are now languishing upon fever
Il ID pillows. Our hearts ever turn
. fondly to Chickamauga. So rapidly
q have events passed, in Kaleidoscope
succession, that we can remember but
! few details Of our stay, but we think
a Of them with pleasure always.
Il The last day Of our stay, however,
j, somewhat of a nightmare which
4 mars and renders indistinct the rest
q Of the dream. The day had been raw
\ and showery and the ground was
4 damp. The boys hourly expected or
q ders, but not until after dinner were
i they sure of the programme to be pur-
4 sued. At clock orders were issued
i to get ready to march. Yelling while
4 they worked, the boys sprang to the
4 guy ropes and soon every tent was
4 down. The poles and pegs were placed
i securely inside and the canvas tied
j securely in roll. Then forming the
regulation roll, Of blanket, poncho and
dogtent, with knapsack, gur and cup
4 strapped around, the soldiers stacked
i arms where once were the company
1 streets. The folded tents and other
baggage we're placed in pile ready
1 for removal. Then it was that the
! announcement was made that we would
] begin the march at 2.3O a. m. The
boys never worried about where they
1 would sleep. They were either too
! tired or too animated. Those who
we're tired dropped down on their
! blankets with nothing between them
! and the sky but the leaves. Those
who we're animated over our early de.
ps!turs built bon fires snd spent III.
few remaining hours Of our stay in
talking Of those things nearest SOL
/ tier's heart. The clouds passed over
that night. That weird woodland
scene will long be remembered. Co
ing south! It thrilled every heart,
Ou: still we were loathe to leave and
took many long, lingering look at
the place where really we had lived
quite happily. The Pickering of the
bonhres against the fretted ceiling Of
foliage, the stalking shadows and the
s1oteaque grouping Of many phantoms
OF darkness rendered q weird picture.
Promptly at 2 o'clock the following
morning, while the world was still
wrapped in sweetest slumber, the
weary soldiers were awakened W the
ougler oficious "Can't get 'em up
Or reveille call. After snack of hard
tack and corned beef the companies
we're formed in line. There was con-
siderable delay in getting the baggage
started, but the second battalion
0nally left camp at $50. Not long
al'erWard the first battalion filed outs
Vor wagons ran short and others were
slndly offered by the Twelfth Mime
: sofa and Ninth Pennsylvania. The
last wagon left about 2 O'Clock. The
'0'rd battalion, under Maj. Earle,
marched away just as day was break
,ns' Capt. Sawyer's company was the
'ast to leave the field. The last pic
lure OF our camp. Desolation. Lit
us trenches surrounding square patch
g oi dry earth where once had been
~, homes. The glow Of the last few
.uOers :. OF the camp fire, refusing to
We until We had gone. The heavy
smoke hanging over the forest gloomi-
~ The clouds had drifted away and
ss We wheeled to the left down the
:. a'e1ander road we caught a glimpse
d. .