The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-31

| tohoS auu Dca'Cr Dam creeks, with
clearing in our front extending 2O(
yards. The Yankees advanced from .
thick wood, column after column, til
the clearing was filed with them
Our sharpshootcrs, under Captain
Auyergnc D'Antignac, poured ho
and deadly fire into them. Some ar
tiilcry on our right threw few shells
into their midst and they fed in great
confusion without driving D'Antignae
and his brave men back on our main
lines. We were ravcnously hungry
most Of the time. Raw bacon and
crackers; some days single cracker
There had been scarcely two hours
rest for the past six or seven days
nor was there much for many days to
come. Our sharpshooters brought in
that night coffee, sugar and other good
things. The Tenth did not lie down
on the night of the 9th. We had
slight skirmishing on the 28th. Sat-
urday, the 10Th, was quiet. That
night We again moved to the right.
~ aayhreak firing hogan on our left.
ln our front was a house and we
could see women aud children about
the yard. Some OF the Tenth want e
tell them to come into our lines. Be-
fore reaching the house they had a
brisk skirmish, but being reinforced
they drove the Yankees, but the wo-
men declined to leave their dangerous
position They were not disturbed
any more that day 80 far as VIC knew.
There was u similar occurrence on an
other part Of the line. The Yankees
had signal station at the house Of a
Colonel Shelton. Two brave Yankee
signal officers stayed there all day
watching and signalling our move
ments. The ladies stayed in the eel
lar. The house was riddled with shot,
being hit more than so times with
shells, and both the brave officers,
Lieutenant W. IL. Neel, of the Ninety
fifth Pennsylvania, and Lieutenant
Holland were struck by shells. Gen
eral Hancock advised the ladies to
leave and offered them facilities for
leaving, but they declined, trusting
God to protect them.
The Tenth had slight skirmishing
on the 31st. Late in the evening we
moved a short distance to the right
and while posting our pickets ran into
the enemy and KEEP. up a rapid firing
for several minutes. Only one or two
men of the Tenth were slightly wound
ed, but we had a little rest. A desul-
tory firing was kept up nearly all
night. With gun and sword in hand.
hungry and without wink of sleep,
we double,q quioked just as day was
breaking on the morning of June 1,
lo64, down to the bloody ground of
Cold Harbor and went into line of
battle behind some earthworks buil4
by the Yankees in 1862. AS the gray
dawn began to break the bullets and
shells came whistling and screaming
over US. About sunrise long rolls of
musketry, roaring cannon and loud
cheering of the enemy was heard on
our left, and, we were ordered to dou-
ble-quiok in that direction. AS we
went almost on run we were greatly
exposed, being in an open field and in
full view of the enemy. The men Of
the Tenth we're falling. rapidly. ran
to the right and jumped up on some
esrthworks in order to direct our
sharpshooters how to stop the MUIR
denous fee that was being poured into
our ranks, when was stru,k and car
ried from the field by Mr.. w. r. It'd
we'll, now living in McDonough, Ca,
and others to be buried. Seeing signs
Of life they turned me over to the
surgeons and rejoined the regiment in
time to help retake portion Of our
line which had been taken Ly the
Yankees. The Tenth Georgia never
received two higher compliments than
were paid to it that day by that grand
old Virginia hero, Col. James nj.
Goggin. While the Yan'se were
cheering over the capture Of the works
a courier dashed up to him and told
him to hurry forward reinforcements,.
the Tenth had given away. He sim
ply said "That is not true; it is some
othen regiment" and on the 3rd, two
days later, when told that the line Of
the Tenth Georgia had been broken, ;.
the lion hearted general, J. B. Ker-
shaw, of South Carolina, said: "It is
false. The Tenth Georgia was the.
first to stem the tide at the Wilder
ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Po-