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

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blood has dried upon the earth, he is
ready with unparalleled cruelty to
offer new victims. Oh, what fright
full dreams must ell his brain as the
ghosts of his murdered victims whose
blackcned bodies now lie scattered by
thousands through the Wilderness
and on the heights Of Spottsylvania
rise before him. There are many
thrilling incidents which l would like
to relate, but cannot now. Grant,
after many desperate efforts, has been
foiicd, beaten and out-generalled, and
Is, after losing as many men as We
had in our army, at place he should
have reached without the loss of a
man. Oh, how much I regret the
false report about my being killed.
know if it had not reached you I W ould
have had one or two precious, dearly
treasured letters to cheer me in these
hours OF peril Longstreet's q corps has
made matchless record of heroism.
You may search the pages Of history
t-oc, the earliest ::@cs without Hnd-
ing parallel to the long continued
fierce, fatal fighting that has been
done by this corps the last twenty five
days. actually believe the Tenth
Georgia has placed hors du combat at
least four times as many Yankees as
were in our regiment when we started
at the Wilderness. My men take
deliberate aim, careful aim, as if they
were shooting at squirrels or at a
mark for prize. The fine and
thorough drilling given to this regi-
ment by MeLaws, Cumming, Semmes
and Holt, the long hard service, the
many bloody battles, and, above all,
the high character and matchless
courage Of the men make it simply
unconquerable. What an honor it is
to lead and BE loved and trusted by
such men, bus I do not lead them;
every one of them is leader
"This is Sunday; we have had some
rest; we are behind Early's corps in
reserve; they have had pretty hot
skirmishing and it low sounds as if a
regular battle wss on. They may
need us, so rmuss close. Goodbye.
God bless and protect you; will write
you again when the battle is over, i'll
am spared.
Early on the morning Of June lst
Hagood's brigade Of South Carolinians
had hot time and many Of them fell,
among others Captain Julius j. West
colt of company B, Eleventh South
Carolina, was seriously wounded.
Our esteemed fellow citiaep, Captain
w. D: Ellis Chen boy> was render
ing brave and devoted service as a
lieutenant.
The gallant Captain CHARLES G.
Kibbee took command Of the Tenth
Georgia and from then through all the
bloody battles and suffering, in sun
shine and in storm, On the march, in
the bivouac, down to Appomastox,
through all the weary marches in the
sleets and SHOWS Of winter, when the
men were ragged and hungry, his
dauntless soul eheered and ENCOURAGED
his companions. So conspicuous, in.
telligent and valorous was his service
that early in the year 1866 Generals
Kershaw, Longstreet and Lee gave
him the distinguished p1omotion from
captain to lieutenant colonel for "skill
and valor on the field," skipping the
rank Of major. His services to his
State since the war on sbe bench and
in the halls Of legislation have been no
less faithful or intelligent. Georgia
never had better or more faithful
son. Think of it, Grant with more
than two hundred thousand men; his
wagon train alone was said to be sixty
five miles long, with all the modern
appliances Of war, and the world to
draw from; Lee with less than sixty
thousand men had killed, wounded
and cdptured over sixsy-fve thousand,
and thea on June Sd, when Lees men
were in their trenches laughing, smok-
Jog, talking, and, by way Of diversion,
repelkDg assault after assault by Eve
times their number, and with loss OF
about one thousand, thirteen thousand
Fsderals killed and wounded, lay in
theis front; many actually expressed
sorrow at the bloody slaughter Of
Grants men; and then that strangest
battle scene of history when Grans
narshalled his hosts for one last
grand, overpowering assault; hun
ared thousand men Of undoubtsd eour-
age; veterans who had borne tho stars
and stripes TO the very forefront on