The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-04-25

/ his path drops back Il B few feot-sS,re
i lSpnftans us 8pfckpts TOT FREMONT To
l5eate2at Until Ills lippksc,i'h) )zietpfn.
/ 4 L Lee crosses the gbIckaiiOminy at.
Meadow Ridge and drives the enemy.
'It0slts common center about Crane.
Iylne Bridge and Woodbury. bridge
j The Seven Days battlc.is on. Thc8
second d9y,J nne i2T, 4 500, LOngstfeeb
/ strikes tho encmy's left and Jackson
The right flank. The battle RACES all
the afternoon. The enemy hold their
ground. Late in the evening Lee
lmnkeS the tinalcffort TO count that
days victory Ills own. The Texan
brigade under Hood are hurled like a
thunderbolt ugainst the left ccnter.
/ Colonel Micah Jenkins with his yali-
ami PnlmettOreCiment md imn other
against the extreme left. Tho loft
center is broken and shattered into
fragments. jenkins fires one y0llcy
and charges With cold steel rho
enemy Is broken, slaughtered, and the
survivors driven into the swainps or
the Chickahominy and only the
Sfcltorlng wings OF night saved us
from complete annlhllation
The writer's regiment, one or the
most magnificent regiments in the
army, IL companies, 1,l40 men, was
almost q total wreck and jenkins he Id
our beautiful banner. Col. James A.
lloyt, editor of The Greenyille
MonntAlnccr, then an oiiiccr IN Col.
Jcnkins' regiment, has told the story
correctly In the Confederate Veteran.
Leo is victor. Mcclellan is ON tie
retreat TO the James river. The siege
| OF Richmond raised. The 9th or tile
battle days, June 30th, Jenkins takes
the advance Of the battle at Frazer
EARN. beats back the enemy. Holds
i the battle ground. He has commando
cd II. il. AndcrsOn's brigade IN both
| battles. His rcgimcntal loss is severe,
! himself severely wounded. The
| Palmetto regiment alone sustaining a
loss OF BID and no prisoners reported.
/ After q march OF oyer two hundred
miles on half ratlonS, we find General
| Jenkins again on tho old battle ground
OF Bun Run, or Manassas No. Q, on
| LOngstrcct's right Portcrs' Federal
corps loft, this time nc fights Maxcy
GREGG, old enemies OF Gaines Mills.
Jenkins brigade has some desperate
lighting and again himself severely
| wounded, and brigade loss about $50.
! ltc Is ono Of the officers mentioned In
Gen. I4ongStrccts report OF this battle
| for extraordinary bravery and uncx-
ccllcd heroism.
Ills brigade, now In command OF Col
oncl Joseph Walker, OF the Palmetto
| Sharp Shooters, advances into Mary
land and goes into action In the battle
| Of South Mountain, sustaining d loss
i f,f n..ts ~, t,,,,
Antietam. Their field OF operation
was not far from Gen. Lees head
quarters, becoming desperately en-
gagged and drove the enemy at every
point, losing 20S officers and men,
| holding their battle ground and crown
| Ing their wounded jenkins With glory
and sustaining the proud record OF the
| old brigade.
| Thus Lee had beaten McClcllan's
army of the Peninsula, destroyed the
| grand army Of the man whose head
! quarters were In the saddle, and had
| fought the combined armies Of Antic-
tam 70 standstill. This Is the most
| bloody and desperate OF the ages. The
only mark Of victory To be credited to
either was their battleiiclds.
During the Gettysburg campaign
/ the gallant Jenkins, being assigned to
the department. Of North Carolina,
performing valuable service also
around Richmond, /, I'eterbnrg, and the
fBlack Water, hc very urgently re-
Enuestcd IN Ills many applications TO
the department commanders and the
authorities In Richmond to be per-
united to share tho battlcticlds of
Lees army Along With the divisions
with whom he llnd been 80 long, and
/ often In bloody conflict in defense OF
histchcrishcd rights and glorious Stars
and bars, but alas, his wish was only
granted when Lee and Grant met In
The Wilderness ON the Orange Plank
road, that fatal 9th OF May, 1851, AL
| though his cause and mine was at
war, loved him none the less. He
was noble and brave, and such as lie
! gave q worldwide glory to the Amcri-
can field cmhattlcd. Tho spirit Of
such men do not sleep with the tcnc
ment OF clay, but lives again in great
deeds. The newer generations Of the
| Southland Will have their Lees and
Jenkins, hut nowhere else on this con-
vcX world. II would bc sad Indeed
were wc only 10 find them In dusty
and time worn volumes and on cold
Imutilated stone. | is pleasing To note
the presence Of the distinguished OH
Ger Of whom my feeble pen has writ
Ken pcrsonitlcd IN young Major Micah
Jenkins, the hero Of Santiago, one
whose daring deeds have won the ap.
plnudits OF tic Western Hemisphere.
r. Il. l.acklc
46T NincwU,d Ave, Detroit, Mich.
Late lieutenant 10th Mich. Vet,
Noi. Infantry.
Postponed Again.
The Is. B. Evans case, which was to
| have been tried In Columbia last week
has been continued nntil next term of
conrt, on motion OF George tombstone,
attorney for defendant. Mr.. john
stone presented an aiiidavit setting
forth that q most important witness,
| thr tlpfrnlant,s hr0fhcr tyno ny Wat