The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-12-18

Since that time, in conversation
with Mr.. w. G. Dodson, 1 learned
that on that very day Wheeler cav
airy did kill fifteen within three miles
OF Milledgeville. He was not present,
and only got it from other members Of
Wheeler's cavalry. / have siacs met
Col. j. p. Austin, late Of the Ken
tucky Confederate cavalry, who was
under Wheeler at that time. He re-
members distinctly the circumstance,
but being a.Texan, not acquainted
with the geography of the State, he
was not aware that it was so close to
Milledgeville.
At house there were gathered
some dozen or more women, white and
colored. A party Of Yankee soldiers
had made an attack upon them. Those
who could rushed ont, screaming, in
all directions. They attracted the
attention Of a squad of Wheeler's
men, who went Immediately to their
rescue, and commenced firing upon
them, killing them right and left,
some on the beds, some under beds,
somo in the house and some under the
house. Colonel Austin says only
fifteen instead of twenty-five were
killed.
Colonel Austin says that during
four years Of the Confederate war he
was in scores Of engagements with
General Morgan, General Wheeler and
General Breckinridge; that he wit
messed numbers of acts of bravery and
heroism, bat that on that day he wit.
messed the sublimest act of heroism in
a woman that it ever befell his lot. A
man came running out Of the house,
holding woman before him, SO as to
protect him from the fire of Wheeler's
men. OF course, they would not
shoot, fearing that they would kill
her. She shouted, "Shoot, shoot;
I'll suffer death that vengeance
should be wrcaked upon this Hes
sian About this time, in an adroit
manner, one Of Wheeler's men shot
the brute through the head, spat-
tering blood AND brains all over this
woman.
1t has been stated that the last act
of Governor Brown before leaving
Milledgeville was pardoning the peni-
tentiery convicts, provided they would
help Quartermaster Ira r. Foster get
of the quartermaster stores belonging
to the State. 1t is true they did help
the quartermaster general, and
through them General Foster succeed
ed in saving several hundred thousand
dollars worth Of quartermaster stores
belonging to the State. But my re-
collection Of the last act of the Gov.
ernor before leaving the town was to
pardon the oonviots, form them into
military company, making the cele.
brated burglar, DR.. Roberts, captain
commanding. The governor then
ade'sthem neat, beautiful, patri-
otto speech, referring very tenderly to
sheir pardoning, restoration to citi-
zenship and their duties as Southern
patriots. This company went to the
front and part Of them RENAME d
faithful to their duties during the
continuance Of the war, but some de-
serted.
Govcrner Brown left the city about
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with his
family, and went to his plantation in
Dooley County, on which part of the
city Of Cordele is now built. After
the war ended, some unscrupulous
correspondents paraded before the
public certain stories concerning Gov
ernor Browns carrying off largo uuan-
titles of his own personal effects and
leaving property Of the State to be de-
stroyed. l was present. Such was
not The case. These correspondents
even went SO far as to say that he
loaded car full of cabbages from his
garden. a great many unkind re-
marks were made about Joe Brown
and his cabbages. Even there were
some very cruel verses paraded
through tho prints in regard to this
matter. The fact Of the case is, Gov
ernor Browns good old mother and
her old cook, Aunt Celia, wishing 20
provide something for them 20 eat
while they we're cut camping, gather
cd only, two basketfuls Of ordinary,
old-fashioned blue-stem Georgia col
iards.
For the manv acts of kipHpeao ord