Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-10-24

IHE WAX BEYW EEN
TIE STATES
At the request of Two or three g
our old war yeterans-grand-fath
ers now-who, thirty-seven year
agone, were not much more THAI
beardless youths, and yet then gal
lantly battling for the cause o
the South, and our homes and OF
fresides; and who, on the particu
occasion to which We allude, tn
four days fight or fights arount
fredericksburg and Chancellors
vile, from the first to the fifth o.
sixth of Msy, 1863, did their full
duty in aiding Lee and Jackson il
winning one of the greatest victo
ries that was ever achieved by the
Confederate army during oul
struggle for independence. At the
request Of the said now old yeter-
ans, as above stated, we republish
from the ADVERTISER, of the 18th
May, 1863, the subjoined articles.
which we know will be read with
interest by all, and especially by
our old Confeds and their children
and grandchildren throughout
the county, viz:
From the ADVERTISER, May 18th, 1853
The Great Victory in Virginia.
Our arms, under the blessings of
Heaven, have won another glorious
victory on the soil of Virginia
again have the vandal hordes from
Ysnkeedom been signally repulsed
and driven in disgrace from the
conflict, t,-snd again have our
brave soldiers gallantly added
fresh and unfading laurels to those
I. 30 well won and worn heretofore.
But amid the shouts of victory,
and the clash of arms, comes the
vail Of dear ones wounded and
an The field of battle.
wounded are being received, and
many q heart is saddened and
many an eye moistened by 9 glance
thereat.
Below We give the casualties in
Edgefeld Companies so far as
we have been enabled to obtain
them.
sergt. ]. B. Wallace, of the 18th
s S. C. ". sends to his mother, Mrs.
Snann, the annexed list of killed
and wounded in his Company:
CASUALTIES IN COMPANY D, 141H
s. c. ".
Killed.-O. P. Walker.
Wounded.-R. 81. Broadwater,
slight, shoulder: L. P. Collum,
slight, hand; L. P. Covar, thigh
broken by a ball; Ed. Dinklns.
slight in shoulder; John Gray, in
leg, not dangerous; L. D. Hickson,
in leg, very slight; Mat Lott, in
leg, severe, flesh; Paul Mapus,
tight arm broke below elbow by a
ball, severe; Jas. Moss. in the
back by a ball, severe, ball in him
Sam Overstreet, slight, in face
by 8 piece of shell, a nero bruise
w. a. Posey, left leg, slight
T. G. strom, very bad, the bal
went in his right jaw about twe
inches from ear and lodged under
his tongue; Ira Youngblood, right
fore finger cut off; J. M. Young.
blood, right knee, a bruise by shell
Ben. Jones, in right leg, severe, tn
ball passed between the two homes
and broke off q part of the small
one; Tom. Carwile, thigh, flesh
severe but not dangerous; j. B
Wallace, arm slight.
cAUALTIEs IN CO. G. 1sT s. C. v.
We are indebted to Capt. A. T
Butler, lat s. G. ", for the dispatcl
below, giving the names of tn
wounded in his Company;
ABovE FREDERICKSBURG, May 4tt
Publish the casualties Co. G
1st S. G. ", battle above Fred
ericksburg, May Sd, 1858: Corp
J. B. Rhodes, wounded severely
missing; J. Harry slight, hip
F. 7. Johnson, slight, leg; D. "
jackson, slight, ara; u. F. Laml
slight, arm; E. J. Rhodes, Sigh
ear; P. sharpton, arm amputated
G. w. Smith, mortally;; E. {
Walker, slight, leg; j.. G. Walke
severe, thigh. A. P. BUTLER,
Cant. Co. G.. LIST s. G. V.