The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-01
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one. We have come here to fight. and
old Bob will give US s. chance to get
\ even. Blast sheir internal batteries!
All they dare 70 do is to hide behind
mountain and shoot over it." we
did get even, and Old Tige was COM
iorted; for in few days the second
battle of Manassas 1as fought and a
great victory won. Forty-eight thou
sand troops under Lee utterly routed
and vanquished 80, 600 under Pope.
never think Of General Tom Tay.
ior but what. 1 think of the great bat
tie or UraiIsyille, In which he figured
and a smile comes over my memory.
The fun Of that battle lasted our boys
long time, and Major Aver at Rome
is not done laughing at it yet. Tie
valley Of Drainsyille was neutral
ground and the harvest of hay was
great The .wo armies were in winter
quarters and wanted it. Jeb Stuart
assured General Johnston that If he
would furnish the wagons and teams
and q regiment Of infantry he would
go for the hay. He said that the
owners y ere mostly Southern men and
wanted us to have it. Old Joe Was
suspicious, but consented. The fed
erals were nearer to it and had large
forse of cavalry, in their camp. Tom
Taylor was sent along with his regi-
ment and Major. Aver put in charge of
400 wagons w;:h four horse teams to
each. It was about fifteen miles to
the valley over pike road that was
generally wide enough for teams to
pass each other, but vas very narrow.
where cut through the little hills.
Many of these cuts, a, hundred yards
long, were yet more than ten feet
wide. The day and the scheme was
kept profoundly secret. One morning
about the break Of day our boys were
aroused by the unearthly rumbling
sound of 400 wagons rolling over the
pike, but that sound was nothing to
the roaring Of those wagons on their
return. That train Of wagons was
nearly four miles long, and by the
time the head Of the columngot fairly
into the valley and the major began
bossing the leading Of the foremost
teams Tom Taylor, with his men, were
resting in the suburbs and Jeb Stuart,
with 1000 cavalry, were paraded on q
hill overlooking the valley. Just
then 5000 federal cavalry came charg-
ing down finn some hiding place be-
hind the woods and for an hour or
more StIarts and Taylor had their
hands full. 1le federals had an ar
.i!!ersy ee@rsny &c help create panic
aud they were after the wagon train in
desperate determination. In the con-
fusion that followed the surprise
Stuart ordefed the wagons that were
loading hay to oonntermarch in dou-
BILE quick aud they performed that
maneuver with great alacrity until the
head Of the procession reached The
Pike AID could get 60 farther, foF tiha
body and tail of tho train biockaded
the highway for two miles back. Then
came the great stampede. s..Then
flushed the steeds from battle driven -
All along the line the alarm was given,
whips were por.ng.. teamsters bawl-
ing. Turn. men; turn and save
your teams,'' exclaimed the major.
ssThe Yankees are coming" And
they did turn, but to this day nobody
knows how. Some of tho wagoners
swore afterwards they few over aud
some crawled under and some turned
9 four-hcrse team in an eisas-foot cut.
Colonel Taylor ordered his men to
guard the wagons, but they yscoSldn't
keep up with them. Stuart's men
were in q hand to hand fght:with tie
enemies cavalry and slashed them with
swords and shot them with small
arms; but they we're outnumbered and
had 20 fight and fall back at every
charge.
1t was about the middle Of the after
noon when the roaring Of the STAN
peding tra.i reached our campground.
Old Joe Johnston heard it, for the
sound thereof was like the sound Of
many waters. He understood it at
once and ordered q whole brigade and
battery 70 double quick up the Drains
vile pike. .I told Stuart he ex-
claimed s they would trick him if he
didn't look ont. Those Tagoals in
that valley are nearly all union men
aud they got ward 10 the enemy. I'm.
afraid We have los, some of our wag-