The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-19

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Tennessee, or could hold the enemy
at bay a month or two, the same
result would follow" Mr.. Mason
also wrote from London, and said
that, Eat the time of the. enemy's
capture of New Orleans, our recog-
milton was on the eve of accomplish
ment." Couple these assurances on
the Ole hand with the infamous mill
tary rule of Beast" Butler in New
Orleans-his execution of William
b. Mumford, for pullirg down the
U. s. flag, and the PRONUNCIATION of
that notorious "order 28,' on the
other, and you can nave a correct
idea of the fcver heat to which this
succession of events had worked up
our army. Indignation knew no
bounds. Cool men discussed these
matters excitedly. Speculation ran
high. The, black flag Was proposed
as the best colors under which to
carry on the war. If our women
were to be insulted and their rights
{ f not persons) outraged, our citi-
zens shot down in cold blood, or
hung for being merely 'rebels,
then we were ready for a game of
cit f'r tat" But that high sense
of honor and humanity that mark. d
the liue of our leading officers and
more intelligent soldiery, soon placed
this Indignation ON the list of impro-
prieties, in which all seemed to
acquisce. But never throughout the
war were these outrages forgotten or
forgiven. Yet am proud to say
tnat only those who were personally
responsible for such base injustice
and unprecedented warfare, were
the objects of the righteous indigua-
tions of our troops. That this same
feeling was carried in the heart and
become powerful incentive in the
bosom Of every Intelligent soldier
who met Mcclellan at "Seven Pines"
and in the "seven days before Rich
mond," none will dare to dispute.
Elated with their success, or smart
ing under their defeat on June 1st,
1862, the Federals on the 3rd of
June made demonstration against
Kings Point. with their navy, and
met with the same success as hereto
fore. Our cavalry we're promptly
on the ground and under their fire
for a considerable time. This was
the first time in which the whole com.
mand was mounted and under fire at
the same time. The infantry pickets
were driven in and everything indi-
Gated for time that fight would
come off. The boats threw shells
high up in the air and when they
would burst the fragments would fall
all around in the marsh, zip, zip
Major James was on the ground with
his battalion of infantry Salvo's
battery of light artillery was at Toog-
ado bridge, with the Holcomb Legion
Infantry, under command of Col.
Stevens.
Our commanders seems to have
conceived the idea that the Frderals
would make feint at Kings. Point,
and while We were engaged there
throw their main force across the
Edisto river and secure a position on
the mainland at some other place,
and thus be enabled to operate against
the Charleston and Savannah rail
road at the most accessible point.
Subsequent, as we'll as prior events,
went long way to prove the cor
rectness of this theory. Troops had
been moved to Virginia since April,
and by this time our ranks we're
thinned and it would have been doubt.
full whether the railroad would have
been protected had 5000 well drilled
Federal troops taken it in hand to
capture it. The nature of the country
and the position of the road would
make such an undertaking with
smaller force impractiosb!e on tic
the part Of the Federals. We stayed
there q month and seventeen days
after that and were not disturbed by
any more demonstrations on theil
part, except little picket skirmish, =,
ing, which amounted to nothing but
a break in the monotony ofcamp life
The water was hot, the roads dry
and dusty, the water covered with a
green scum, the frog ponds drying uE
and filling the atmosphere with 9