The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-11
WAR STORIES.
The Tcnth Georgia at Loar Church and
charlottesville.
Col. 4. j. Mcbride, IN .1Hantu journal.

iiibu tuc SIOuC WHll uC LQC 1OOL OF
Marycs Hill, Sunday evening, Dcccm-
Der l4th, 1862, it was about the hard
est place to hold We had ever tried
the stencil from dead men and horses
was sickcning, but rapid work soon
relieved us to some extent. Things
were SO quiet IN our front that Gen
oTai Hichaws thought best to invcs.i-
gate and ordered two men of the Tenth
to 60 into Fredericksburg and see what
the Yankees were doing; our loss had
been 80 small that we could not be-
lievc that the battle was over. j. Y.
Beauchamp, Of Company +, who now
lives at Stone Mountain, and Sparks
of the Yallcr Hammers, two of the
Tenth's sharpshootcrs, crawled out
across the field between the Yankee
pickets; went clear to the river; found
that most Of Burnsidcs' army had
crossed, those that were left disorgan-
lied and badly dcmoralized. When
Bcauchamp and Sparks returned our
pickcts we're advanced through tue
town and went on duty on the banks
of the ltappahannock. We captured
O. number of prisoners In nearly
every house we found dead men; there
were very few houses that had escaped
the shells; the churches, stores, resi-
6cnccs and warehouses all showed
signs Of the bloody struggle. l saw
dead Union soldier leaning in corner
of closet holding his gun, his right
foot on the floor, his left knee resting
on q bench, bullet hole in his left
cheek, another in his breast; he had
evidently been killed while shooting
at our men through small opening in
the building, and SO sudden had been
his death that he became rigid almost
in the position he had whic shooting.
The scenes of blood and sickenipg
odors actually made many sick. Very
soon many women and children came
into Fredericksburg to look at their
dismantled homes; some of them re-
mained and set up housekeeping.
Abcut-the goth General Burnsides
started on his celebrated "mud
march," as his army struggled and
toiled through and finally stuck in tho
mud, our pickets told them they would
come over and help pull them out if
they would 60 home and behave them
selves, and if they ever dared to come
on our side of the river again they
would whip them mighty near to
death; others told them they would
put them to plowing and learn them
how to handle mules; others with sar-
casm no less biting, that they would
shov them how 70 sheet. About this this
time Fighting Joe Hooker took COM
mand and the army of the Potomac
went back into camp on tho beautiful
hills of tho Rappahannook; the pick
cts soon established truce and lively
trade sPssns Up between them. Lees
army was in camp along the height
fronting aud in sight OF the Federals.
The high tide Of the Confederacy was
during the winter Of 1862 and spring
of 1868. Military success had in
spired the people of tho South with
unbounded confidence in their SOL
diers, and nearly every breast was ami
mated with the brightest hopes Of our
final success. The soldiers and peo-
pie at home had fcw weeks Of rest
and cheerful expectations freed in q
large measure from the grief and sor-
row which hung like pail over our
country during those four long gloomy
years. Cuttings, corn shuckings and
social gatherings in the country;
thcatricals, shows, etc., in the cities,
snow battles, sleighing, fishing, etc.,
in the camp. The fishing began about
the middle of March and from that
time until the end of April the SOL
diers of both armies Of the Kappa
hammock had frolic and fun and plenty
Of fish. We managed to keep mod
crate supply of sure enough coffee and
sugar by swapping tobacco, and our
foragcrs would bring in chickens,
geese, biting pigs, etc. One of Gen
crai Lees aides, Capt. Bob Chiffon,
presented an account to General Me-
Laws for farmer who had lost sew
cral hogs and said he had traced to
camp of the Tenth Georgia regiment
and found where they had been
slaughtered. Captain Chiffon re-
qucsted General N1cLaws to collect
the amount of the bill by deducting
the amount from the pay roll of the
Tenth. General MoLaws said he
v ,uld nobdo SO, as it would be an arbi.
trary and illegal proceeding even if ii