The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-03-22


had ifn been disturbed Twas evil
dent HAT the enemy hal not seen u.
as it MAS just before daylight, We he'd
n sectet consultation, cr,wted on our
knet3Eand mounted chr horses and
sSei.tNn an obliQue direction to camp.
H,e Na,l not gore Ear before VIC heard
fsgidEfrirG. We evaded the enemy
Af1 fsehed our brigade just IS it
vas Boiug into battle. we dsmounteA
apa5ioined them. The battle took
plasgbta cross road in II heavy tim
.ht1aa land, very little underground
brigade, about 1900, were the
|Raly troops to oppose the Corps Of
SO enemy. AS well as can rec?l-
the Hampton Legion were placed
he right Of the road upon whic',
henemy were advancing. Our
pent, the 7th, on the left, dis
a lifted, the Oath Virginia in the
ROAD mounted. The Oath Virginia
chafsed them, while We moved in a
run on other sid. Of them. Jus:
fer the 9th passed a g:aduai cnrve
in the road, the enemy turned Loose
a heavy battery, charged with gvape
aud canister, aimed low for the pur,
possgof checking the hoses. The
regiment wee nearly annihilatcd,
especially the horses, most Of them
had shcir legs broken; it was Sc.
sight to witucss the struggles Of the
poor brute. Many of the men were
pinned down by tho maimcl horses.
rheenemy were SO much superior in
numbers that they soon swung around
on both hapks, so as nearly TO sur
round us. Gen. Gary ordered us to
fall .backrslowly, and to dispute every
foot, end that We must hold them in
check until we could get reinforce
ments. He rode from end to end Of
tho line encouraging US to make
verysbu!let count, this we did most
perfectly. 1t was astonishing to see
what 8 perfect line we kept under
such o. destructive fire Of SHOT aud
shell. | The trees were riddled with
bulletsf While in the woods the
trees EFe US some protection, but
they sfk drove us out into the open
field ltahout this time to our left
Re set fsaa 'esr Z sheer'ngg ct 6rst
soon osnized it to be the reguihaff
rebel yell from the mouths of Jenkins
Old Brigade. who had come to our
assistance. They came rushing to
the front kindly telling us to ''get
out of the way and let the web foot
get at en- Gen. G. ordered us to
mount, in his emphatic way, which
We did promptly. Placed on both
sides of the "Seb. foots," with the
rnommaud forward march, and away
wo ~ent like a cyclone sweeping
ever.soSg ever: soon before US. The enemy
infantry @ and drovee" saen passed the
miles. Our loss was heavy, our tr.
lost two killed and several wound
ed The killed was privates Morgan
Leech and John Long. Wounded
John Thomas, w. NJ. Kennedy ant
MANY others. The enemy burle'
our dead in a barbecue pit. IN
wounded who fell in the hands of tn
enemy were kindly treated, thel
limbs amputated and wounds dresse
and placed in as comfortable pos
ton as possible, leaving them ant
| dynes and stimulants. John lhoma
), was wounded in the leg, appealed
1 me to help him off the field, b
placed his arm around my neck, h
/ boot filing with blood, it squirted 0
nv pants made me think | was sho
h | labored under this impression Il
Y some time. In this battle was
= mere boy named Boykin, of o
q Regiment, whose thigh was near
ie severed, amputatior, was perform
At without anasthena, he never gruntt
'. and speedily recovered. Our wour
ed, as a general thing, were ter
bly, mangled, result of grape a
canister.
Gen. Ords object was to rea
the James and form a Junct
at, with Grant. IL this was his OBJ