The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-02

1hcn he says further on that on the
20th and the 21st the whole army was
before us, amounting to nearly A, 900,
our losses in the three days engage
ments amounted to 224 killed and
,470 wounded, and several hundred
missing. The enemy's loss was far
greater than ours. Gen. Johnston also
states III conclusion that the moral ef-
feet on our army was greatly improved
by our success.
Gen. &. l.. Stevenson in his report,
same volume, page 1905, in speaking
OF our gallant Henderson, said: Il
forward herewith the report Of Col. r..
>. Henderson, commanding Cum
mings' brigade. OF the action of the
brigade in repulsing, in conjunction
with small body of cavalry, q vastly
superior force of the enemy in Sc
rious flank movement, the brigade had
not then reported to me, having been
detached for some time. No enco-
MUM that l can pass upon this bri-
gadc at this important juncture will
be SO expressive recognition of its
gallant behavior as the statement that
it received upon the field the
thanks and compliments of G ZEN. John
ston.
wish l could in this article speak
of other brigadcs and their COM
manders, but those who are in
tercsted in these war stories, should
refer to volume A., and they will
find many interesting reports of this
battle.
now wish to mention the closing
scenes and events around Bentonville
on March 2lst, two days after the bat
tic. We had heavy firing again all
along the line. was selected as corps
officer Of the day and refer to same
volume pages 1921 and 1892, Major
General D. II. Hills report. He
said: "Thcre was great deal of heavy
firing on our left line, but no attack
upon my command this day. My
ski-mish line, under Major Thomas,
as corps officer Of the day, was advan-
ced that afternoon in connection with
the skirmish line of Generals Wal
thall and Bate, and with small loss
drove the Yankees from theirposition
about Coles house. All the build
ings there were burned to prevent
their further use by the Yankee sharp
shooters" and thus we were bringing
matters to the close. That night
General Hill sent out an aide for me
to report to his headquarters, which I
did. He and his staff were gathered
around small FIRE partaking of their
scanty supper, of which was invited
to partake. Whether refused from
the apparent scarcity Of their rations,
or over.awed by being in the presence
of an officer SO superior in rank, do
not now remember, but I entered into
conversation with the general and his
staff officers, and was soon informed
that an order was expected from Gen
eral Johnston to move out that night,
and that by remaining for short
time the order would arrive, and that
was true. My skirmish line covering
the entire corps was gradually retired
and by 2 o'clock that morning we had
crossed Hannah's creek on our march
TO Smith6eld Station. This, perhaps,
was the last skirmish line formed on
this battlefield or any other, between
the forces of Sherman and Johnston,
and soon thereafter, when we found
ourselves oncamped around Smithfeld
Station, the reorganization and consol-
idation Of regiments and divisions of
the army took place.
Soon after the consolidation of all
the commands took place. General
Johnston had review of the army
and once moro we began to look like
soldiers. I remember how he looked
as he sat on his war horse. He seem
ed from that piercing look to give each
soldier as he passed most scrutinis-
ing look. A few days thereafter we
were moving toward Greensboro, and
on that march some interesting events
took place. Lee had surrendered be-
fore we reached this point, but we did
not know it. A few days before
reaching Greensboro, we met an old
Confederate veteran; where he came
from we did not know, but he had
somehow gotten the information that
our army in Virginia had surrendered.
His statement was disbelieved and our
general commanding ordered him under
arrest. He was turned back and ao-