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

QOnC6Uo tudo DO q 'A"o0'
call the yea. 1864 as year of bat
Ties. !,
I see I have given you story OF
1862, one Of 1868 and one of 1865. l
will now give you little of my ex-
perience Of 1864. I shall not give
You the entire year in one story,
neither did I in the others. The
Oates 1 shall use I shall claim as
nearly correct as my memory has been
sble TO retain them for so many years.
On the 3rd Of May, 1864, our bri-
aade Gordon 81 drew two days rations
! ! with orders to prepare and be ready to
march on the morning Of the 9TH.
On the 4th we did move about the
middle of the day. We moved out on
/, the old Orange Turnpike, our quarters
being near there, atthe foot OF CLARK s
Mountain.
We moved some FIVE or six miles
down this old turnpike and camped for
! the night in large body of oak
woods.
On the morning of the 9Th we were
again put in motion on the old turn
pike. We had not gone far when he
heard heavy vollies of musketry firing
Immediately in our front.
/ was marching at the head of the
column, very near to Gen. Gordon.
We came to Gen. Early sitting on his
horse in the road. He said to Gen.
Gordon: General, get your command
in line and advance to the support OF
Gen. Rhodes. I think the enemy is
driving him back
Gen. Gordon put his brigade in line
on the right of the old turnpike, with
his left wing near the turnpike. He
tGordon) rode out in front of us and
said: ''Men, there is danger just in
our front and some one is going to get
hurt. Now" he said, "if there is a
man here that does not want to 60
with me say so and I willexcuse him. -
Just then bombshell came and
bursted just about the centre of our
regiment, the 26,h Ga, and killed two
or three men and wounded some FIVE
or six.
There was a young man named
White, who was selt to US as con-
script. He hallowed to Gen. Gordon
and said: ST am afraid, General. -
The General told him to fall out;
he fell out and 1 never saw him any
more. T heard that stray ball hit
Elm 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 we started we
raised the Rebel yell and run those
Yanks about two miles.
Major Hall, Of Gen. Early's staff,
came after us and ordered US to halt.
He remarked that we had given the
Yankees particular h.. We moved
. back short distance and reformed
our line. In falling back one Of our
lieutenauts saw Yankee lieutenant
Tying stretched on the ground. He
had on a nice pair Of new boots. Our
lieutenant stopped to pull them off
and as he took hold Of one and pulled
it of the Yankee officer raised up and
said: "Hold on, I am not dead. Our
officer said: 'The devil you amt; l
am'goipg to have these boots if you
are dead or not Dead" and took them
and left the Yankee his old shoes.
Well, we all replenished wearing
apparel. I captur:d me nice felt
hat with a fine large plume in it, and
I wore it till I lost it at the high
bridge, as I mentioned in another ar
ticle.
After forming our lines We took po-
sition upon the brow of a 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
shelter in the branch and of course
did not know who was in possession
Of the field. We kept up regular
firing across the branch all day. Late
in the afternoon I concluded 1 would
slip to the branch and get some water.
I did so and found those men who had
remained there in the branch all day
thinking we were the Yankees.
I can tell you they were proud
set of men when they saw ne. Ore
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 rext day.
Just a little before sunset we were
moved off to the left and sormed