The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-23
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
How Old Confederate
Veterans Were Re-
Ceived at Manassas.

j The Greenville Daily News las
week published a letter from M
+. A. McDavid, a survivor of th
Fourth South Carolina regiment
=: 5. A., who went to the thir,
Manassas in the hospital corn
with the First South Carolina
| He writes.
After Forty-three years I an
tentlng again on the old cam
ground. we reached our cam,
last night and had to pitch ouI
tents after, dark, so we were al
reat very tired but got a good night:
This morning Captain Beatv
Smith from Clover, York county
who was IN the Sharp Shooters
Jenkins brigade and mvself
hired a hack and took in the
points where we fought forty
Two and forty-three years ago
we first swent to the Henry
house, where the hardest FIGHT
ing was done during the first bat
maaRet al h6!s"wt hsfe wsu9p 9pqintfai qiInatfi,p are
was ~ ~wou,sd right at this house,
and wherM3ee and Barlow fell,
and wher% Gen. Bee, just before
tai tai name Sf Stonewail.' H. '''''''
From there I'VE drove to the
stone house thence to see Mrs.
Dogan/ who lives near George
town. She gave US a great deal
of information about the position
of the different commands in ac-
tion. We did this in order to To-
cate the lines of the second bat
tie. After trying in vain TO To-
cate our position, Jenkins bri-
gade, we drove to Stone bridge,
where 2 Fourth South Carolina
frs fhiHfs rrsa itSr fess3a taste .-ef. real
A. D0{,5sfvtn Of our company,
and whe2E I Winton Earle was
mortally Wounded, also where
Adjutant Wilkes was killed.
Captain Smith was not inter-
ested in the position of the first
battle, SOL yielded to him and
we drove back to the field of the
second battle, where we dismiss
ed the hack and took it afoot.
After wandering for hours we
found at last just what we want
ed, the place where Hoods bri-
gade fought the Fifth New York
Zouaves, which l witnessed from
my position. From that point
we wen9 to the very spot where
Jenkins brigade made a grand
charge and the Second Rifles sus-
tanned the greatest loss. / car
ried the colors through it all and
am alive to view the place where
so many brave men fell. / found
this printed on a large board tc
mark the spot:
Here the New York Zouaves
lost 1856 killed, 208 wounded anc
missing and never accounted for
total, 351 out of 462 taken into
action. This loss was inflicted
inside of seven minutes in resist
ing Hoods brigade, Longstreet':
charge. Largest loss on record
August 80, 1862
Captain Smith was in the Pal
metto Sharp Shooters and knew
the spot where the five brave
men were killed and of that mum
Der the three sons of Methods
preachers. ] cut two sticks clos
to the spot. | hope / will no
lose them, for | know they ar
from theIvery spot. or within
few feet of it.
i We have been out all day. Car
:, ried some hardtack for lunch
J.. and now l am writing this by tn
light of candle, and you ca
imagine how hard it is on m
eyes. We have orders to leav
here at four-thirty in the morn
ing to march to Thoroughfar
Gap, Is miles away, to attac
, the Brown army. l thought
would get out of the tramp, bu
| have orders to go with them t
assist in taking care of tn
, wounded. Being under militar
7 discipline, suppose | must g
l was very sick all day Sunda
: and when we reached camp / w;
8. in bad shape, but the boys fixe
me to bed on a nice cot and tucl
ed the cover around me like
was child. / slept well ar
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