The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-15

| picaHI VI every hOlulcr, or else,
the same spirit which was in him was
likewise deposited in our hearts by an
unseen power, so that he was our
counterpart or we were his counter
| part. So we knew he would succeed
We knew Hooker's army was doomed
to defeat, and that We all should feel
that way is remarkable, for we knew
that there was only 40, 900 of US to
defeat the lO0,00 or more under
Hooker at this point. And not only
that, we knew that when jackson got
into position, that Lee. army would
then be divided into three parts and
Hooker into but two. Our two d.
visions, between Hooker and I'rcdcr-
lcksburg lockers whole army be-
tween our two divisions and Jackson
and Early down at Frederick sbury.
confronted by Scdgcwick with 25,O0O
men. The Confederate army in this
position without jackson could not
have succeeded, for there was no 9th :
or man to supply US with the fcclin q
which made us sure Of success, and
thereby was success possible.
AS jackson went on his way to exc
cute his part of the program we in
creased the music for Mr.. Hooker s
bcncfit and the enemy answered by
showers of leaden hail The mimic
balls came among US singing as they
came,' "wherc-i -izz you Our men
would sing out, 'here I am" We
never got tired, or ceased to play or
rush their lines all day. About A
O'Clock in the afternoon, almost di-
rectly in our front, we heard few
scattering shots. General Hooker's 8
army was drawn up in the form of
horse shoe. We were on one side of
the shoe and jackson was to attack
the opposite side. Then in minute
or less time there came terrible
crash and roll of thousands of guns
fired all at once. Then above the roar
was heard the rebel yell. We all felt
good and our eyes sparkled under the
magic influence. Every second the
roar OF the guns and the yell got more
distinct aud We knew by this that the
enemy was in full retreat. The Fed
eral cannon opened and some lines of
battle of theirs also joined in the cho-
rus, but still the boys in grey are get
ting nearer and nearer. Our lines are
drawn tighter around Hooker and some
pretty hard fighting done so as to keep
the enemy from moving any troops in
our front to the assistance of Hooker 3
right wing.
This yelling and terrible roar Of can
non and small arms was continuous
till night came. Then there was a
lull. The Confederate army was in
dense thicket of pines, laurel and 9TH
er growth, while the enemy had the
clearing around the house, where they
could use their cannon. We could
use none, but had to depend upon our
small arms. When the sunlight had
faded away the moon rose and not
long after this time, all OF sudden,
there was q volley of small arms from
the direction where jackson had been
fighting, answered in minute by the
Federal artillery, then the added roar
of the lines OF battle of both the Fed
eral and our lines. The roar was ter
rible and the rising moon was greeted
by the red flashes from thousands Of
guns.
The sky above tee Wilderness was
red like an evening sunset aud about
as light. AS we did not get mixed up,
in this fusilade, come Of us climbed
what tall trees there were about US,
80 that we could overlook the scene,
but the trees did not prove tail
enough for that, but we did have
better view Of this impyevised aurora
Doreoails. suppose In about an
hours time the firing ceased all alopg
the line, and those of us not on pick et
lay down and went to sleep. My
chum, George Mckenzie, and myself
slept together, and late in the night
we we're awakened suddenly and Gil
raising up found man lying on top
of us. Weasked him who he was. He
replied that he was Frank Nc Kenzie,
Of the Fifteenth South Carolina vol
untccrs, in Anderson's division. We
got up at once, for my chum and the
man who had fallen on our bed were
brothers. He told us that in q charge
that afternoon he was wounded in the
foot, and had lain N between the firing
lines until night came, and had crawl
ed and hobbled to get to our lines and
in the dark had fallen over us.
He remained with US until morning.