The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-03-15

Of pareothesi', that most of those
large plantations had regular church
buildings furnished with pulpit and
seats, communion tables and all tue
necessary outfit for public worship.
Their master cared for them in this
respect. a regular minister was
employed to preach to them The
house was very commodious one
for us undcr the circumstances, and
here We rested till morning, after
feeding our horses and dispUsing of
the ra,ions we had in our haverSacks.
Next ncr";ng we got the darkies to
cock Us hominy. potatoes, chicken,
etc and for breakfast we had real
fast. AS soon as it was known that
we had camped there the da,keys
began to flock around. and some #
the mca told them we we're Yankees
anj had come to take them north.
Aua !oid woman Of nonsense was
talking to them with fattering
promises as to what their freedom
would amount to. But they were
not to be dupel, they knew better.
AS soon as we could do so we got
off on our march for camp with lot
of vegetables, okra, onions, cabbage
and almost everything that generous
soil and climate produced. Each
pa,a a1aSs l.r What 4 fahs rs e2}ti i}ttiu VI s,".v,
We oa oau nf the civilians" had great
Ionn % horns. Dolph FAINT bcgan,
Melting like a goat, and they wouii
Da,ber around him, turn their heads
s;deways and look as if greatly sur,
rised at this strange yet natural + souh9
Dolph could make. They iollo"e"
"a for some distance, all bent OF
finding out the strange companion,
, Sometimes a William would oGc' T
: un :" stand on his hind legs and Ollie
. to- to fisht but to no purpose wnatev el e.
AZ soon as we crossed the ferry W
hrote ranks with the understanaip
!, that each man was to report 10 caln
" at 4 D. m, and as well as l no {.
:" uoco,Iect all came to time ana I
'e i. p'W ..Wess" McKown, Jim McCol'o
~ ~, and myself occupied the same tel e
- We were camped near Adams ~
-, village at what was known as Cal
ps McKissick, when the battle OF sec .,
~ sionvillo took place, June 10, lo'
:; in Just at the break of day tn that mo =, ,
sas M inc the battle began. y" ess a
va Vas msSself nv we're sleeping on the sa
,m' m na,let and jim had his bunk on
ptber side of the tent. The Doom
I'll If cannons, the rattle OF musEe's
: OF Of the shouting of the men told UNI
7 OF .nt eahlv that the battle was on II
,"'d UT its fury. "Wess" and l were J;
'u and listening at it. jim was as'
"a anu NV Ned" our cook, came -dashing
'ne,i nni the tent and called each OF u
az" name said: "Get up, get up
Ths Won VOL, hear them fighting TOW
anS n charleston now. You'll all be orc
had h out and get ready Jim was
hau ou' Ia;ninc n and said: "Ned, VIII
,bev You mean coming here tha5
the tney Don't you know that II the ne Ia u
srom smuy were up here a. Adams Kun !, l
a few. few not get out of the tent
q who enough in few minutes minutes ,an
ggo;ng, = % dashed up to the colonel ten
U'n ;pg in less time than it takes to
'nt A,e Bill Milam's bugle sounae'
- 20 nro die up." The long beat IN
: 20 came am fantry camp and for few mil
otsr u TO seemed as if rapid march
IL h a 10, fight was just ahead OF Ut
'n M tho % before we were ready to
", caiI another message was receiV
a i been our men had been attacke
- csssion- morning at daylight by lar ar
S he Of Federals at Secesslonvl
urlough. they had 1ee" ona that the
watered slderapie ioss Refore th
Pc psfm, as . Of the message was fully un
seu M u.s. as the men raised yell that '
oes WIZ l., Arst one camp theI