The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14
now, for can clean them all npat the

now, for can clean them all npat the
first shot
Well, some time in tn" ia we made
; littlr raid over near Warr.ntnn and
arnnnd I'ri>tow This it'll. Gyh..
however. dld not amount 10 much,
thnnyh we did capture some 3 900
prisoners. The ti.htiDg was all skir.
ml-hcs aud artillery. We then re
turned 20 very n,a, the sd ne quar- crs
We had left, aud went into win'cr
, quarters. Here we began u get fur
louyhs for thirty days. We would
draw for them. Say one comp, my had
% men, there would be ~ blanks anil
one marked furlnngh TIE drawing
was very interesting aud exciting
One day about the first of April, 1861,
the Colonel ct my regiment sent an
officer to my quarters with instruc
tlons to write me up furlough. |
never was more surprised in my life.
do not know how looked, know
felt about as heavy as feather. Was
proud? The proudcst fellow you
ever saw. When the fLrlough came
back all approved the Colouel gave it
70 urc aud told me good b,c lie said
he hoped | would have good timc
His name was Col. r. N. Atkinson.
Now here was another man loved,
and believed he thought az much Of
me as any officer in his command or
private either. never asked him a
favor he did NOT grant
Well, | came home aud spent my
thirty days aud had an all around good
time. | thought the girls luUked as
pretty and as sweet in their houcspun
dresses as had ever eccu them bcfore
or since.
Would it not have been heaven =
blessing had they have kept it up
When my fnrlnugh WAS out re-
turned. | passed through this city on
the 18th Of April, 1864 wa~ caught
III IL snnw,torm at Florence, 5 G. aud
had to lay over there for two days.
All mp in Virginia the smuw wa, from
eight to twelve inches deep. In the
railroad cut, in places it Wa, four feet
| deep. They had To run snow plvws to
clear the track
While | was away Gen. Gordon
| ,,n,,,.1,,I.,I a
sharp shooters aud sent t, the 60 c.
ncls of each regiment for four of the
best men from each company. My
Colonel put me down for one Of them.
Now you will say want TO brag on
self little; we'll, why uot: it n poor
dog that will not wag his own tail.
But before you pass judgment see me
through and see where have been,
for ! was the only mau Of the 26.h
Georgia Regiment Cor l should say
boy) that was on every battle field in
which the army Of Virginia was en-
gagged
Well we organized our battalion of
sharpshootcrs and perfected ourselves
in the skirmish drill Now, am pre-
pared to say there was none better aud
will only put up two witnesses, Gen.
Gordon aud Gen. Evans. We did
more fighting and whipped more Yam
KEGS than any brigade in the Second
corps, and our strength was only 24O
! men.
Well, spring came on and we we're
ordered to the front, have already
described in the first part Of this story
But my readers, here comes in q sad
story. On this 9th Of May and at LIZ
Gus Grove sleeps some Of our best men
"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose.
Unbroken by the last Of foes
When shall me meet again?
Meet never t. sever?
When will peace wreathe her claims
Round US forever?
Our hearts will never rapose
is from ach bias. ;ha: blows
In this dark va'e Of wosa,
Never-no never"
G. +. AaEE,
Co. f, Goth Ga. Regt.