The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-04-16
NO. SO.

MOUNTAINEER, then all officer in Col.
jenkins regiment, has told the story
correctly in the Confederate Veteran.
Ice Is victor. Mcclellan is on the
re reat to the James river. The siege
OF Richmond raised. The 9TH of the
ba tie days, June Both, jenkins takes
the advance of the battle at Frazier
Farm. Beats back the enemy. Holds
the battle ground. He has commanded
| Il. III. Anderson's brigade in both bat
Ties. His regimental loss is severe, HIM
self severely wounded. The Palmetto
regiment alone sustaining loss of 375
auu no prisoners reported. After a
march of over two hundred miles on
half rations, we find General jenkins
again on the old battle ground of Bull
Run, or Manassas No. 2, on Long
streets right. Porters' Federal corps
left, this time he fights Maxcy Gregg,
Old enemies Of Gaines Mills. Jenkins
brigade has some desperate fighting
and again himself severely wounded,
and brigade loss about 45O. He is one
OF the officers mentioned i'll Gen.
Longstreet's report of this battle for
extraordinary bravery and unexcel-
led heroisln.
His brigade, now In command of
Colonel Joseph Walker, of the Pal
metto Sharp Shooters, advances into
Maryland and goes into action in the
battle of South Mountain, sustaining
a loss OF 20, then back to Sharps.urg,
or Antletam. Their field of operation
was not far from Gen. Lees head
quarters, becoming desperately en-
gagged and drove the enemy at every
point, losing POS officers and men,
holding their hatlle ground and crown
ing their wounded jenkins with glory
and sustaining the proud record of the
old brigade.
Thus Lee had beaten McClelan's
army Off the Peninsula, destroyed the
grand army of the man whose head
quarters were in the saddle, and had
fought the combined armies of Antie-
tam to standstill. This is the most
bloody and desperate of the ages.
The only mark of victory to be
credited to-. either was their battle
fields.
During the Gettysburg campaign
the gallant jenkins, being assigned TO
the department of North Carolina,
performing valuable service also
around Richmond, Peterburg, and the
Black Water, he very urgently re-
quested in his many applications to
the department commander and the
authorities in Richmond to be per-
mitted to share the battleheds of
Lees army along with the divisions
with whom he had been so long, and
often in bloody conflict in defense of
his cherished 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, 1864.
Although his cause and mine WAS at
war, loved him none the less. He
was noble and brave, aud such as he
gave worldwide glvty 20 The Amen-
can field embattled. The s,a.it OF
such men do not sleep with the tene-
ment of clay, but liv again in great
deeds. The newer :, ncr.tiCn, of the
Southland will have their Lees and
jenkins, but nowhere I, OF this con-
veX world. 1t would he sad indeed
were we only to linu ,hem in dusty
and time-worn vo!umes aud on cold
mutilated stone. 1t Is pleas ing to note
the presence of the distinguished officer
of whom my feeble pea Las written
pcrsonilied in young Maior Micah Jen-
kins, the hero OF Slnua- f, one whose
daring deeds have won l..1 applaudits
of the Western Hemisphere.
II. IL. LACKIE,
467 Vinewood Ave, Detroit, Mich.
Late lieutenant 10th Mich. Vet.
Vol. Infantry.