The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-14
GORDON LED TIE CHARGES.
Life in the Confcccl:,t,. Aarny in the Sixties
"A GeorEi:, Regiment That Was the
Terror Of the ENEMY.


OF us hailed and asked what troops We
were. Our Major said, What troops
are y"n?" The one in front said IL
asked first Our Major said, That
makes no difference; what troops are
you? The niliccrin front said, "Thc
l?th New York. Our Major said
Boys, save ourselves if you can,
aud without al ,lhcr word we scatter
ed.
| tried TO make my way out the
same way had gouc in as we'll as
could tell in the darkness. After
had gone into the wood about a hun
drcd yards ran into some Yankees
making their way out aud ia a cross
direction from the one was going.
said to them, "lIcllo. Who are
you?' They said, "Who do you
want said, IL want to tind the
2Gth Georgia One of them replied,
Aud so do we
They made of towards the north
| crrpt along in the dark. woods till |
supposed | was far enough to be safe.
then mnrollcd my blanket and laid
down and slept till day did not
know where was When awokc
the next morniug ] found myself
within twenty steps of the NoIorici' /,
quarters
We ali got in line and advanced
some four or five hundred yards and
~kini>hrd all day Just lit,lc
while before sunset that evening the
ankcc. IN our front beat the long
roll and ordered their line to forward
We raised yell and hallowcd to them
t" bring some coffee and sugar, for
what we had taken from them the day
before was all gone. Some one hal
lowed out. Hello, Spivcy," and
Spivcy brought forth one Of the pecu-
liar yclls | mentioned in one Of my
other articles. | heard the Yankees
sing out There is no use in charging
those fellows, for that that d
Georgia brigade Of Gordon $, and
they never came.
We remained on the skirmi,h
line all night. I.arly the next morn
ing one of my officers asked me to 70
out and reconnoitrc the front. went
out some three hundred yards and
found the enemy had out no pickcts.
stood near the road where they we're
moving with both infantry and artl-
lery. They were quite Jolly. re-
turned and reported and we. too,
moved on down to Spottsylvania.
This was called the battle of Locus
Grove, or the beginning of the Will
derncss fight.
will now go back and have some
thing to say abou: the boys in camp
during our stay in Orange County
We were quartercd in Clark's Noun
tain for eight months. We came
from Pennsylvania through the Shen-
andoah Valley. We arrived at this
neighborhood about the 1st of Sep
temtcr, '63. We had come up the
valley and across the Blue Ridge
Mount.ins at a very moderate gait and
the boys we're all feeling good from
tho effects OF the much needed rest.
We were camped for the FIRST night
in lorgc field. Wccould look around
and see nearly the entire corps. Well,
just such time you never heard Of.
f! The boys began to mimic everything
they could think Of. Some would
bray like Jack, some neigh like a
horse, some bark like dog; some
would howl, some crow like a rooster
or cacklc like hen, some squcalcd
like hog, some sobble like gobblcr,
and some yelp like the hens some
NOW like cat, some low like COWS;
some would blate and some below.
In fact one would conclude that the
old Johnnie Rebels were still more
alive than dead.
The next day we were moved short
distance and quartercd in some woods.
do not remember these dates. Here
we remained for long time. We put
up some large bush arbors aud fixed
logs and poles for seats. Under these
We had preaching and there was suite
u revival in the camp There was
anywhere from ten to as high as sixty
baptized ut time. saw Gen. Cor
don come out from his quarters, fall
in line with his men and march to the
bush arbor, ascend the little rude
platform and hold services with his
men, shake hands with them and tell
thcw how they should do.
: tell you, we every ore loved that
man, and We love him now, for he is
one grand man. have seen him get
off his horse and put up some sore
footed soldier TO ride, and let him ride