The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-19

near Old Pocotaligo--not safe from
al attack of tho enemy (from that We
were safe at McPhersonville), but
safe from an attack Of fever. Bu,
we were attacked at McPhersonville
by an enemy that came very neal
putting the whole regiment to flight
An army Of feas invaded us from the
Northeast, swept through our camp,
carrying all before it and bearing
down opposition Of every kind. We
could not kill them; we coul6 not
turn them to one side. If we broke
their ranks they Immediately closed
up again, and all we could do was to
let them have their way and crawl
! over us, trample upon lis aud bite us
as much as they pleased. In about
three days. time they passed through
the camp and they troubled us no
more.
When The weather became cool
and braclng we were moved down
south or southeast Of the railroad in
to the swamp country. Wien we
were first moved there the whole
country was dry; tho bitches and
ponds for watering the rice fields
had no water in them, and person
could pass almost anywhere. When
we left, and for some time before,
the whole country was flooded, tho
bitches were full and you could only
pass from field to field by keeping
on the raised embankments made for
that purpose. We did no fighting
while on the coast, except with the
feas already mentioned, but picket
and guard duty had, Of course, to be
performed. We also did some work
raising embankments Or breastworks
preparing for an advance Of the enc.
my, but he never came while we
were there, for which we were very
thankful. One night, however, late
at night, or just before day, we were
called up and out to hasten to the
station to meet the enemy, who was
supposed to bo advancing, but he
was mot and his advance cheched
some miles below us.
One day, while on duty at Old
Pocotaligo, 1 was shown a live oak
through the body of which there was
hole as large as a mans head, and
during the fight which I havo al-
ready mentioned ono of the enemy
while looking through that hole, OBJ
serving the movements Of the Con-
federates, received bullet through
his head and he dropped at the foot
of tho tree dead. When I was there
crossed the river and looked
through the hole, but there was no
fighting going on at the Tina.
During nearly the whole time of
our six months term Of service the
health Of Company T was fairly
| good, but near the close of tho term
q fatal sickness fell upon us and
speedily carried off several. Drayton
Cureton, John Mathis, John Boozer
and one or two others, whose names
l do not now remember, wore vic
Tins. John Mathis died in less than
"a hours after he was taken. Dray.
ton Cureton died on tho way homo.
John BooZer died at homo after lin
gering long time. The disease
vas meningetis
At the expiration Of our six
months term Of service the Second
Regiment of State Troops ceased to
exist, and its members were scat.
tered to all parts Of the Confederacy
mostly to Virginia, some TO the coast
and somo remained at home. 4
went as volunteer to Company b.
Nineteenth Regiment, S. c. v,
which was then in winter quarters at
Dalton, Ga, in Con. Manigaults
brigade. Our regiment was com
manded by Col. r. p. Shaw, OF
Edgefield County. At the first gen.
eral review held on the Sunday afte,
my arrival in camp, went into line
without gun. I could have ha6
one, as there was one in tho mess
tent not used that day, but did MOI
choose to take it, as it was not mine
and mono had been assigned to me
As General Manigault passed along
the line inspecting the mon and thel