The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-01

Capt Henry A. Wise, one OF the
assistant professors: a young man not
much over 20, a nephew and name
sake of Gen. Wise, had fallen the
command of the battalion. Capt.
Wise tells how, amid the noise and ex.
citement. Z; tap on the shoulder
arrested his attention, and the news
came from a comrade that their
colonel had fallen and he, as senior
officer, must take his place. The
little confusion that had arisen when
Col. Shipp was carried to the rear was
soon checked and Capt. Wise had his
command we'll in hand, showing con-
spicuous gallantry. coolneSs and de-
cision. When the battle was over
Capt. Wise had eight bullet holes in
his clothes, though he could not
remember how any Of them came
there. And he relates that both the
tails of his long military coat were
cut away In the two large pockets
we're his pipe and Tobacco pouch,
and the pipe was broken, but a piece
Of it remaining. One Of his fingers was
temporarily injured yet he could not
recall how or when.
And to his memory afterwards the
action seemed to have occupied but a
few minutes, though he knew that it
had been much longer. OF one thing
at the end, however, he had a vivid
realization was the need OF a
new pair of pats. as his own were SO
cut and torn. For this purpose he
went over the battlefield to find what
he lacked on the fallen forms OF his
crstwhilc foes. He consoled himself
for any impiety in 'robbing the dead"
with the reflection that he was taking
what was no longer of any use to the
lifeless wearer Being a very tall
Young fellow, it, was some time be-
fore he found a man Of his own height,
and then he discovered, as he at
tempted the task. what a difficult
thing it is to take anything of OF the
rigid forms Of the dead, He called
soldier to his assistance, who, in his
turn, appropriated the poor mans
shoes. The pants were carried to an
old negro washerwoman to be well
boiled and plugged" where ball had
gone through them, and then Capt.
Wise had the best pair of pants in the
battalion. Capt. Wise has been for
many years an honored citizen Of
Baltimore, Nd, where he is connected
with the public school system, and
has made a reputation as an accom-
pliShed educator.
Many touching and some amusing
anecdotes are told of the boy soldiers
and their prowess. Gen. Imboden re-
lates that Col. w. G. Lincoln, Of the
34th Massachusetts,, was very badly
wounded, and his horse having been
killed, he was caught under him. In
this helpless plight he refused to sur
render to cadet until the cadet
to run him through with
his bayonet. And the incident is re-
lated by Capt. Wise, Of cadet who
called to a Federal officer to surren-
der, and the officer, who deSpised his
pigmy adversary, refusing to do SO,
the boy discharged his musket, in
hicting a fatal wound "Ch, mister"
cried the tender-hearted youth, as be
ran forward to help his dying foe, i
am sorry shot you!!' And what a
fool was T." replied the other, not
to surrender"
a small cadet, eager to show his
valor, came excitedly forward to Capt.
Wise with about eight or ten Federal
soldiers, exclaiming in triumph: See,
captured all these men my
self: But the Captain shrewdly sus-
pected that the soldiers were on the
way to surrender themselves when
this doughty young gentleman came
up with them. Cadet Charles Carter
Randolph, a cousin Of Gen. Lee, was
the youngest boy in the battalion.
At the age Of fourteen he had entered
the Confederate service in a cavalry
company from his native county, Eau
quier. He reported to Gen. jackson
as courier before the battle Of Slaugh-
ter's Mountain, and carried orders for
him to the front. But he was so
small Gen. Jackson recommended that
he be admitted as cadet in the Mill
tary Institute. At the battle Of New
Market it is said that a Federal officer
refused to surrender to him until the
brave youth showed his readiness to
use the bayonet. He was soon after
wards desperately wounded in the
head, so that his life was deSpired of,
and it was fully a year before ne was
able to return to the institute. He
is now clergyman in the diocese OF
his near relative, Bishop Alfred Ma
gill Randolph, Of Southern Virginia.
Among the cadets who were in the
battle was the young son of the Con-
federate Secretary of War, Mr.. Sed-
don. The story is told OF Cadet Sed.
don that he was small Of stature and
so delicate that one Of bis fathers
servants was employed to carry his
gun for him on the march. Gen.
Imboden had boy brother among
these little heroes who was knocked
down and disabled for the time by a
spent canister shot.
Among the cadets who gave up
their lives at New Market, Cabell,
Stanard, Jefferson and Wheelwright
were especially noticeable for their
nobility of character and Christian
graces. Cadet Cabell was the eldest
of two brothers who were in the bat
talon, and his unseltish care and soll-
citude for his brother, their mothers
darling, was remarked upon by his
associates. On the night before the
battle he told a comrade of his fears
for the boys safety, then went apart
and prayed for his brother, his COM
rades and himself And on the NOR
row he was taken and his brother
left. Jacquelinc Beverley Stanard