The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-02

NiA! ~, ~ tW'0 bEitliiH ttf 'ililny
al zen pA~~. Excited men often
%rleNa'i ai.tad af lllcir rank. aud CRAP
pied in lcall, combat, officer, used
their pistols. and fought man for man.
In the last hours. or npu.cnts. per
hap>. 'f Tie hand 10 hama .elc the
I~t lost IL quota for the day ! came
out minus twenty four killed nd ll3
wounded, Il total Of IL, out OF 25.}
! taken int the fight. It's commanding
officer dict. Col. Edward McCraIy)
was among the wounded. Cant. G. u.
Harksdalc, John &. McLrmore, LIEUT..
John Munro were killed. Capt. VI. T..
Parker. Licnt. Thomas McCraiy. Geo.
i. CoDeion and Zach Smith. adj
/ infant. were Wounded. The st af-
tclncpn the M Frnasylvaria charged
upon til" yaMilieli rri. then dcfrnlcl
By psArrt atels. and lo-. lwp com
a.in4iae ,iie'f. 4nlc,i ia iuick
-t...t 81. atl n:iai: r., rhlruo it
%. 2-l.
ia tlir N.syiiu. Observation-Disclosures
sec.nl Ea' .:ln III. >outi. t.ynliri-
an, lrr' i4iin i.eoii.~ ,%i,tDr.y at
l"lA,uar. f,fsy. .,,i hirr 90 he
h%I,oi. igth oi :|*,pirub,r .,.l-
pti, h,d :p Nhfl.sam i.si in timc t.,
m;n.io iheir t.! win III, Fallen
around M tuAt,. CAlrrl. Il. list
'osi thisiy ;oIr m'n,.i r. it, foster
Of les iial "nr iiadfi and fifty
1T l'rc.irrirN bug, in December
following. j, n-ain found u warm cor
ncr h. one Of those accident, Of bat
Tie tl'al d" not LESSEN the sting of bull
lets c"cn if they win no victories.
Grcggs brigade occupied the second
line in front Of i position charged by
! mon troops. Owing to a misplace
mcnt there was Il gap in the front line,
and Il Union charging column burst
through and struck the lists compan-
on regiment, Orr's South Carolina
Rifles, so suddenly as to throw it into
confusion. The ist stood next 10 the
Rifles, and It's commander N.icut. Col.
McCrady) Immediately swung it
around at right angles with tho old
line SO as to buffet the cncmy's adj
vance Again the fight RACED at arm s
length. or Il few PAGES at most. and
the regiment stood It's ground until
support reached the spot. The affair
cost one officer Capt. T. III. iylcs,
and Fifteen men killed and four Off
GERS Capt. T. =. Aston, Lieut..
James Armstrong, ". /. DELPHI and
Thomas McCrady) and %Gfty-cight men
wounded cighty-two in all.
Gregg was killed in the gal, trying
to right things, aud another colonel Of
the brigade, Samuel McGowan, took
i command, giving his name to the or
ganization. (This is Il mistake. Col.
ID. II. Hamilton. Of the lst, succeeded
the command of tho brigade upon
Gen. s:fegg's fail. which occurred Just
before the brunt Of the battle fell on
let. Col. Mcfiowan's promotion took
/ place after.-Ed. n. and CO. The lst
would have been wiped out at Fred.
cr%icksburg but for the return of its
wounded to duty, and the shrcwd Con-
fedcratc system Of conscripting into
old organizations.
| BY the time ~"Stonewall' Jackson.
who was its corps leader while he
lived, was nee more on the warrath
to double up the Union army, the reg
imcnt had picked up atighting strength
of 800, and started on Sunday morn
ing, May ;, to drive old ''Stoncwalrs''
wedge home to tho heart Of Houkcr's
camp at Chanccl,ors house. Tt was
not as plain sailing as was expected,
for Sicklcs' Sd Union corps was NOV
ing in the same direction just ahead
Of the "Johnmcs,' and wouldn't be
hurried eve to suit lee '~'inyinci-
blcs. The las regiment passed in
splendid line over the bare knoll. at
the base of which Sickles' men lay
under cover. Yhc Carolinians stood
it so long az man could and then re-
tired to a line Of hrcastworks. They
made a stand at the brcastworks, and
the pursucrs took a turf at punish
mcnt and then at running away.
The LIST lost twelve killed and
eighty eight wounded, one hundred in
all, Will, seven officers among the
fallen.
Pie Carolina brigade marched to
the field Of gettysburg in July with
wcll-iillcd ranks. Gen. \. y. Hill
was their corps leader in place Of the
dead 'Stoncwall.' With him they
assaulted Reynolds corps. in Bic pher-
sons Woods, on July l.. AS at