The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09

the waiting for the great wagon trains
and artillery to get in front. One
night, after wcarisome days march
ing and after VIC had all finished the
drudgcry of our camp tasks and set
tied down to rest and rcposc, our camp
was violently ovcrrun BY stamped ID
drove Of beef cattle which caused
great excitement and confusion among
us. Captain Mcbride, Of our compa-
ny, who had been commanding the
regiment, took refuge in the top Of a
convenient tree and Captain Cooglcr.
OF our company, said: "The men all
tried to follow him from force of hab-
it, they having been accustomed to
follow wherever he lcd." The coun-
try north Of the Potomac River, af.
fordcd excellent foraging, and the
idea seemed to prevail that enc Of our
chief duties, while VIC were the guests
Of that people, was the liberal nour-
ishing Of our bodies upon the good
things our hosts had provided. And
this obligation was imposed upon US
not only by our own needy condition
but more especially for the purpose of
rctaliating upon them for the whole
sale pillaging Of our country by their
soldiers. While We were passing
through Maryland, two young men of
the Columbus, ia. "Yaller Ham
mcrs,' while prowling around farm
house, found barrel Of brandy in the
cellar, and, being unable to carry it
off, they induced Jim Cooper, of our
company, who was tcamster on an
army wagon, to drive around, load it
on his wagon and carry it along for use
In cases of emergency. That evening
two regiments of US, the Tenth and
fifticth Georgia, went down the river
to Funktown to guard the approaches
to the pontoon bridge while the army
was crossing the Potomac River. The
news Of the captured brandy had
spread throughout the regiment and
soon after We stopped foragcrs went
out to all the farmhouscs in the neigh
borhood after eggs, and some time
during the night Jim Cooper's wagon
came in with the brandy. Next morn
ing We borrowed a washer woman s
tubs and paddles and made tub full
OF cggnogg, stirring it with the wood
en- paddles. 1t was free treat and
almost every one present partook free
ly and as the supply was so plentiful,
we continued to indulge until it seem
ed to me that almost everybody ex-
cept myself Was drunk. We had taken
a position behind stone fence, that
enclosed wheat field, some three or
four miles below the pontoon bridge.
While our brandy and eggnogg festiv-
tiles were still in progress we looked
across the wheat fielo and saw in the
distance line of Yankee infa ntry ap-
preaching that looked like long, blue
thread stretched across the plain, open
field, as far in either direction as we
could see. Our patriotism and brav-
cry Immediately boiled up to overflow
ing proportions and, as the enemy
approached nearer and nearer, we be-
camc altogether unmanageable and, al
though they evidently outnumbered us
at least four to one, we scramble d
over the fence, raised the rebel yell
and charged through the wheat field
furiously, some rushing to within
few steps Of tho wall on the opposite
side of the field. behind which the
Yankees had concealed themselves.
We suffered many casualties both in
killed and wounded. Among the
wounded was Adjutant Russ Strick-
land, of Fayetteville, Lieutenant Joe
Hughie, of Jonesbolo, and myself, but
unfortunately for me my wound was
not quite bad enough for me to get
furlough on. The boldness with which
that onslaught upon them was made
seemed to intimidate those Yankees
very much, for, although we held our
position all that afternoon no attempt
was made to dislodge us. That night
after all the other troops had crossed
we withdrew quietly, marched to the
bridge and crossed over into old Vir-
ginia. Although I had received
pretty severe flesh wound in the arm
at Funktown, l went to no hospital
but continued to march and camp with
my comrades of the old Tenth Georgia
Regiment.-D. 1. Walker, in Atlanta
Journal.