The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-02

anu through inc burning woods o.
charlottesville Sunday morning, MAY
3, 1868, the flames Of the burning
Chancellor house leaping high above
the trees, the waving banners ant
shouting victors, the scene was sur
passingly grand and awc-inspiring
When Lieutenant A. Bailey, of the
"Yaller Hammers. called on the
Yankees in front Of the Tenth Gcor.
gia to surrender, Colonel Bostwick, of
the Twentysevcnth Connecticut sur
rendered his regiment, detachment
from other regiments, in al $40 inen,
including officers; | helped to make
out roll Of these prisoners. Colonel
Holt sent back for my own company
which, with one other company had
remained back on tur main line Of
battle, turned the prisoners over to
Lieutenant j. Il. Key, who command
ed Company Il and sent them back to-
wards Richmond and ordered me to
doublcq quick my sharpshootcrs tow ards
Fredericksburg; preferred going with
my company as there was heavy fight
ing going on about Fredericksburg and
[ had had enough the last four days to
satisfy any man who did not like it
better than l did, but I was in for it
and we male quick time till We reach
cd Salem church, where we were
brought to Il sudden halt by Scdgc-
wick s splendid fighters; they made it
hot for us from then till dark. The
Tenth started in at daylight Sunday
morning with $50 men and officers: at
lU clock that night our report stood !,
killed 81, wounded 1O2. Over half
our number had fallen; we captured
Sunday morning $40: Sunday evening,
12i; total, 4G4.
| have not doubt but that We kill
cd and wounded as many more The
brunt of the fight at Salem Church was
on Semmcs brigade; no better fighting
was ever done than by the 30th, 51st
and 53rd Georgia regiments that day
the Fifty third captured the colors Of
the Second Rhode Island. The Tenth
and Fifty-6rst Georgia and Wilcox $
Alabamians charged and drove the
Yankees half milo across an open
field, shooting them as they ran;
never saw such slaughter; no support
on right or left; General Scmmos or
dered us back to where we first form
ed line; Sedgewick had sturdy fighters
and they moved down our mon by
scores. NJ. A. Parker, color bc carer of
the Fifty-third Georgia Regiment, dis
tingu:shed himself in every battle we
were in. except when he was wounded; !;
he bore the colors Of his regiment in
the very forefront at Knoxville, he
carried them to the top of Fort San
ders, where he and j. A. Hunt, now q
prominent lawyer, had rough and
tumble fight with the Yankees who
were trying to capture them and their
flag; Hunt and Parker got away with
the red part Of tho flag, the Yankees
got the other part.
We left many dead and wounded
near the church. Among the wound
cd thus left was William Hudson.
When we got back to our line OF battle
Capt. William Schlcy Davis, Of Co.
lumbus, Ca, at whose mothers hos
pitable home in Columbus I was
narsed when wounded, rode up to me
and told me that General Sommcs or
dered me to go back towards Chancel-
lorsville and bring up every straggler
to be found. AS Davis turned to ride
away, piece of she'll tore away one
side Of his face, most frightful
wound. had to 60 about half mile
across an open field, making granual
ascent. Going across this field and in
the same direction were q number Of
wounded and others who had been
sent on crrands Of some kind. As
soon as we ascended far enough to be
seen above the growth between oul
lines, the Yankees decided to SWEEP
that field with grape, canister, bullets
and shell. When they started there
was lively scampering. heard af
forwards that several Of the wounded
were killed, and that many of them
were forced to take double dose q
wounds.
| never stopped to see. I was sen,
Tor straggiers, and none OF the men j
saw in that field seemed to be strag
Cling; they were hitting the grit at {
lively rate, and looked as if they were
going to get to the place they
were hepding for. When I got nearly
through the Geld, overlook my uncle
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