The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-03-04
Incidents at Nashville.

ton east of the pike on an. elevated
place, where stood q large unfinished
brick house; in the yard stood a small
marble grave-stone, marked Hooper,
10 the east was a bold and beautiful
spring that gushed from a large rock
some few feet from the ground. At
this spring, by turns, the soldiers kept
a seive in constant use day and night
washing husked corn to make lye
hominy. On the march from Atlanta
to Nashville one day General Hood,
making his way to the front, while
passing the 18th Alabama, informed
the boys that he was going to the
front to lead them back into Tennes-
see, and asked if they were willing to
crate corn on their graters, there be-
ing one swinging from nearly every
shoulder haversack, made out of half
q canteen. But at this particular
spring the boys preferred to make lye
hominy to grating corn. The lye
hominy was splendid, served with the
fine pork that the Yankees neglected
to take along with them on their re-
treat from Franklin.
But these days of feast were num-
bered. In front Of this brick building
was a large barn, som 10 or Is yards
towards the enemy. A Yankee sharp
shooter had taken advantage of this
barn, from where he continually an
noyed the line by the continued death
crack of his rifle. On one occasion
Comrade Cohill, company I, 18th Ala
bama, was standing facing the enemy,
between two other soldiers, eating
sugar from the half Of a canteen, when
crack rang out the Yankees rife.
Cohill sank to the ground q dead man.
He was buried near where he fell, and
his grave enclosed in rough stone.
We had a man in the 18th Alabama,
armed with q Whitworth rife. He
swore vengeance against that Yankee.
Very early one morning Davis with
his rife gained access to this barn and
managed to get the Yankee 20 expose
himself, when Davis Whitworth rang
out and the leaden missile went true
to it's mission. That Yankee was dis
robed of all harm. Comrade Cohill's
untimely t~aking-of was avenged.
On the morning Of December g.,
1864, the pickets hat we're to do duty
that day were notified that they, dur
ing the day, would be ordered to en-
gage the enemy, and drive in their
line of pickets; to prepare themselves
for the work. A few days rest, and
feasting on this lye hominy and pork
had put the men in excellent and fine
spirits. They realized that home
and Tennessee was worth Sighting for.
After restless waiting the order came:
Fall in to the right and left, take in
~tervals; MACH"
After advancing some 100 yards
came the order double quick, marchl"
At this the rebel yell was given and
the boys went forward through open
6eld with nothing for protection. We.
came to q creek with banks the full
height Of a man. There was no timber
along its banks to indicate that there
was a creek there. Just as our line
arrived at the creek the Yankees open
ed fire. The boys tumbled in, rushed
across, aided each other TO scale the
opposed bank at this place. Near nae
two of our boys were wounded. While
in the creek they exhibited their
wounds. There are sometimes things
ocour.in q soldiers life that are smus-
ing and amid the roar Of musketry are
laughable. An instance occurred right
here.
One Of our advancing pickets saw
the wounds and the blood flowing; the
captain took hold Of him to assist him
up tho bank. The fellow cried out,
II can't, captain; captain, / can't &C
any further. I can't captain, please
, The captain threatened to bring hin
down. / interfered and We boil
showed the fellow up the !ank. Their
the captain showed me up and I pulled
. him after me. When We got to tn,
Yankee redoubts tncre was oSv soldie
man with his hend ranmed u2 to hi
: shoulders in the loose earth in from
Of the Yankee works. He had fulfill
Cd the Scripture: The last first.
! kept my aye on this fellow in tn
battles o. September 18th and 10Th
and he proved as true as steel. I thinl
that he left his only white feather il
9 that creek. withhold his name, Blu
y would be glad to hear from him.
W. Cooper, Eighteenth Alabama, il
is Atlanta Journal.