The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-01

syer the river. They were pear the
,me age and we're close together dur,
l., the civil war, General Anderson
-,s our brigade commander and Col.
1nel Taylor commanded one Of his
s.siments. the First Kentucky. Since
ghe war one of them was made chief
police Of Atlanta and the other
ouisville, Ky. Taylor was next to
ahe last of the surviving colonels Of
gshat brigade, osoIosed os che Seventh,
.!9,sbth, Ninth end Eleventh Georgia .
5eeulcu.s $ and the first Kentucky and
Virginia battery. The regiments
Sbspged their colonels many times and
Il the old Eighth only one Colonel
%oHers), who was its fifth colonel,
Low survives. None bu. the veterans
q 4uow how numerous were these
ahsuges of commanding officers. The
E9e,ords show that but one of the
$eorgia regiments thar went into ser
lice in 1861 and 1862 brought back
5!he same colonel il took out. Tho
A6cers Of the companies were changed
5ftvner than the cclonels. Deaths,
sesgnations and promotions we're ever
s3oiug on. Captain Twiggs' 8 company
a the First Georgia regulars had
zelye different captains during the
ervice. The personnel Of the pri-
|stes was only continually changing
4 n discharged" or X. /. B. (killed in
3aule)-is appended to more names
ss'hau half the first muster rolls, and
recruiting was constantly going on to
I1ll up the files. .
But | was ruminating about old
4ige and Tom Taylor, for afte: Gen
|ral Barlow was killed I was trans
3erred to General Anderson,'s g staff and
Followed his fortunes for nearly two
Years in the Army Of Northern Vir-
35inia. lie was every inch soldier.
#e never questioned. the wisdom Of
b order, but obeyed it..
"Ours not to make reply;
4 Ours not to reason why;
d Ours but TO do and die"
}ls his motto. I do not believe he
arer experienced the emotion OF fear.
Ne thought that sometimes he was too
1Miug. I remember that on one
.Porniug daring the battles on the
ghickahominy he wished to make q
PERSONAL reconnaissance OF the poni--
fen Of the enemy on its left flank,
and asked Major Aver and myself, te
Rde with him. There was wide,
4pen field between the armies, pruba-
AR 1000 acres, and our wing was COW
Fed by forest Of thick woods curving
SPsad the open space in fern Of o .
Rsni,circle. We kept covered BY
sbund and wsra - - ~. 1au soS go, -,
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n A4siia c;role ond' ssaa =. III S'a.sss. :.
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! "1e. .han, ssaa.,. - a.I Spsa "a a.e' ...n sa.u
i u ~ nit US. we can outride their
2pllov, but We dideut want to and
Shsre was no necessity for taking such
}perl!. Inever will forget that ride.
}ao federal batteries opened FIRE
1s'kiy as we few along the plain.
8As siz-pounders cent their balls over
i and behind us and before us and
]'ns bounded along tho ground aaite
3ear ]: US, but the general. only waived
u hat and smiled. Wo;were all we'll
counted and made.tha trip safely, but
never made another resoanaissance
'n him. One evening our brigade
3'' at rest on tho bank Of Che Kappa