The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-28


Ter hold Richmond, Admiral
S.mues prepared to destroy those
lronclads at Drewry's
gea, which h lad cost SO much money
], cons truct, and to transfer to the
E,psemond aud the Hampton all the
dIseers and men, together with their
3,bt baggage.
3Just at midnight the signal was
k,eu. and the Richmond, the Fred
aieksburg and the Virginia, the three
g0uclads, and several smaller craft,
7so:e names now escape me, were
4sd. The Raleigh was run into and
lax in the dark about an hour before
&, {, accident, no one being drowned,
5Hsver. When we saw that the ves-
8]s we're under way to- burn sure we
3,amed away for Richmond, arriving
8 the Manchester side short time
}fore daybreak. Disbarking with all
aY effects, the two gunboats were set
= fire, and we prepared to join Gen.
De-, where he might be found. The
2dmiral spent several hours at the
:&re trying to get message to him,
n without success.
aWe stood on the south side of the
asr and saw Haxall's Mills burn to
IL ground, the Tredegar Iron Works
y Up in blaze, and NIayo's Bridge
4 on FIRE. and section by section burn
ID fall into the James River. Yam
IL troops could be seen moving up
81 down the streets Of Richmond,
occasionally fire would break out
some new place. By II o'clock it
smed as if the whole city was on
Meanwhile we were waiting to hear
# 5n Gen. Lee Realizing that if we
}yed there any longer we would be
nmed in, Admiral Semmes ordered
|eral Of his engineers to go into the
hnd house and ft up an engine, and
$ers to get together some boz cars,
by noon we steamed away for
I nyille. We passed through three
Of Yankee troops, and why they
a not bag the whole Of us has been
}onder to me ever since.
We arrived at Danville about dark
went into camp near the river.
Vas new work to US, never having
be anything Of the kind before, but
10 o'clock We were all comfortably
& we'd. Here we stayed two weeks,
&9anixlng naval brigade of swo regi-
pts, Capt. Dunnington being colonel
one and Capt. Glassell colonel Of
other. Our line and staff wore
Aheavy, remember. Out Of about
E8ec hundred all told there were at
$t sixty officers. Walter Butt was
7z1foinsed BY Admiral Semmes as ad-
shnt Of the 1st+regiment, and yYas
Fcted as adjutant Of the I'd.
Ne had not been in Danville many
b when news Of the surrender Of
s army reached us, and then Lees
erables began to pass through the
20. Then the Admiral determined
push on south aud join Gen. Joseph
a Johnston, whom we heard was
ing northward- through North
81 olina. We, therefore, broke camp
"a ## went south to point eight miles
n Greensboro, North Carolina,
pre- we heard that an armistice was
between Johnston and Sherman.
e we halted and the Admiral hunt
up Johnston. A few days later
3e the surrender.
shall never forget the scene when
# we're called to meet the grand old
|SHlral. It. was about aunset. The
ers we're assembled to hear what
81 had to say about his conference
Johnston. Stepping forward, he
=. s ID off mis- grizzly grey cap and aa-
|S=S2sad US as follows: a
Gentlemen, I have sent for you to
that I have just seen Gen. Joseph
johnston. He assured me that, If
should surrender our forces with
be would secure to us the same
@ orable terms as those given by
pt to Lee. This naval brigade has
81 yet assimilated with ) Johnston 8
r. and if any Of you have not had
tn, and ,ish to continue the
gslc, you are at liberty TO leave
camp and go to the west Of the
'lssippi and fght il out as long as
can. But, as for me, 7 have had
ffgh. I do not think anyone will
3se that / have failed to do my
up to this time, andI happen to
~. (putting his hands about hie
3at0 that there is 4 big price
9 IN my head, aud do not accept
s terms assured me by Gen. John.
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