The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
, Barlow Man Reviews Incidents of
The Late Unpleasantness."
A TRIBUTE TO "TIGE" ANDERSON.
The States of Georgia Kentucky
Troops Formed the Brigade Which
General Lee Led.

near the same age and were close to.
gether during the civil war. General
Anderson was our brigade commander
and Colonel Taylor commanded one OF
his regiments, the First Kentucky.
Since the war one of them was made
chief of police of Atlanta and the 9TH
or Louisville, Ky. Taylor was next
to the last of the surviving colonies Of
that brigade. 1t was General Bartow's
old brigade, composed of the Seventh,
Eighth. Ninth and Eleventh Georgia
regiments and the First Kentucky and
a Virginia battery. The regiments
changed their colonies many times and
of the old Eighth only one Colonel
Towers, who was its fifth colonel,
now survives. None but the veterans
know how numerous were these
/changes of commanding officers.
( The records show that but one of the
Georgia regiments that went into SER
vice in 1861 and 1862 brought back
the same colonel it took out. The of
fcers of the companies were changed
oftener than the colonies. Deaths,
designations and promotions were ever
going on. Captain Twiggs' company
of the First Georgia regulars had
twelve different captains during the
service. The personnel of the privates
was also continually changing-"dis-
charged" or X. I. B. (killed in battle)-
is appended 20 more names than half
the first muster rolls, and recruiting
was constantly going on to fill up the
Giles.
But I was Illuminating about old Tige
and Tom Taylor, for after General Bar
tow was killed I was transferred to
General Anderson's staff and followed
his fortunes for nearly two years in the
Army of Northern Virginia. He was
every inch a soldier. He never ques-
toned the wisdom of an order, but
obeyed it.
"Ours not to make reply;
Ours not to reason why;
Ours but to do and die
was his motto. I do not believe he
ever experienced the emotion of fear.
We thought that sometimes he was
too daring. remember that on one
morning during the battles on the
Chickahominy he wished to make
personal reconnaissance of the posi-
ton of the enemy on its left flank, and
asked Major Aver and myself to ride
with him. There WAS q wide, open
field between the armies, probably
1000 acres, and our wing was covered
(by forest of thick woods curving
round the open space in form OF a
semi circle. We kept covered by
these woods until we had got far round
and were as near to the federal bat
teries as we dared to go. The general
said: "Well, there is no use in going
back the long way that we came. Let
us take the diameter OF this circle and
save a mile or two" ''They will see
us and open fire. said L. ''Let them
shoot" said he, they can't hit us.
We can outride their balls; come on;
follow me-.
We did follow, but we dident want
to and there was no necessity for tax
ing such peril. will never forget
that ride. The federal batteries
opened fire quickly as we flew along
the plain. The six-pounder sent their
balls over us and behind us and be-
fore us and some bounded along the
ground quite near us, but the general
only waved his hat and smiled. We
were all we'll mounted and made the
trip safely. but L never made another
reconnaissance with him. One evening
our brigade was at work on the banks
of the Rappahannock. We had made
long march and were awaiting or
ders. The boys were sitting down or
lying down upon the grass. The
enemy were massed behind the noun
4 tain range that skirted the opposite
banks of the river.
We could not see them, but we
knew they were there, Tor their bat
teries amused themselves by firing
over the mountains and dropping their
shot and shell at random over us and
hey ond us. They exploded in the air
and did but little harm. We were not
alarmed and watched them as we
would a pyrotechnic display. General
Anderson was stretched at length upon
the ground and we were not far away.
His fine horse was cropping the grass
and the general held him with long
rein that was attached to the bride
While we were chatting quietly
shell exploded directly over us and a
murderous fragment struck his horse
on top of the head and killed him in
stantly.
Our nearness to the danger stopped
all conversat on, but the loss OF his
horse aroused and excited Old Tige
beyond measure. Looking at his
horse that was dying at his feet he
used language according to his anger
and Indignation. His anathemas were
fearful. "We will pay them for that, "
he said; 81 would have given my right
arm for that horse. But we will pay them
back two for one. We have come here
to fight, and old Bob will give US
chance to get even. Blast their inter
nal batteries! All they dare to do is
mountain and shoot