The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-02-03


ful GOODNESS while the battery was do
inr its deadly work upon their youth
ful ranks. When the order was given
t" charge, the encounter was soon
over, though the gunncrs stood gal
lantly to their guns until oycrpowcrrd
\ cadet mounted caisson and waved
from 1t In triumph the Virginia State
flag, the colors Of the Institute, rous-
ing wild ye!l oc triumph from, the
Conrcdcratrs.
There was then general advance
along the whole line and the battle
was won. The cadets, out Of two
hundred and twenty five, lost eight
killed and forty-six wounded. Gen.
Shipp had been struck down at a crit
ical point in the charge and to Capt.
Henry A. Wise, one Of the assistant
professors, young man not much
over 20, nephew and namcsakc of
Gen. Wise, had fallen the command of
the battalion. Capt. Wise tells how,
amid the noise and excitement, g tap
on the shoulder arrested his attcn
ton, and the news came from com
radc 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 conspicuous gallantry, cool
ness and decision. 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. Aud he relates that both the
tails of his long military coat were cut
away. In the two large pockets were
his pipe and tobacco pouch, and the
pipe was broken, but piece of it re-
naming. One Of his fingers was TEN
porarily injured, yet he could not re-
call how or when. And to his m,-
ory afterwards the action seemed to
have occupied but u few minutes.
though he knew that it had been
much longer. Of one thing at the
end, however, nc mad u vivid rcaiiza-
tlon-that was the need Of new pair
of pants, as his own were so cut and
torn. For this purpose he went over
the battlefield to find what he la,kcd
on the fallen forms Of his crstwhile
foes. lie consolcd him self for any
impicty in ''robbing the dead with
the reflection that he was taking what
was no longer of any use to the life
less wearcr. Being very tall young
fellow, it was some time before he
found man of his own height, and
then he discovered, as he attempted
the task, what difficult thing it is to
take anything off the rigid forms of
the dead. Hc called a soldier to his
assistance, who, in his turn, appro-
priated 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
bad the best pair of pants in the
whole battalion. Capt. Wise has
been for many years an houored citi-
zen of Baltimore, Md, where he is
connected with the public school
system, and has made reputation as
an accomplished educator.
Many touching and some amusing
anecdotes are told Of the boy soldiers
and their prowess. Gen. Imbodcn re-
latcs that Col. w. &. Lincoln, of tho
3lth 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
threatened TO run him through with
his bayonet. And the incident is re-
lated by Capt. Wise, of cadet who
called to Federal officer to surrender,
and the officer, who dcspised his pig
my adversary, refusing to do 40, the
boy discharged his muskct, inlicting
fatal wound. "Oh, misterr' cried the
teuder-h hearted youth, as he ran for
ward to help his dying foe, II am so
sorry I shot!" "And what fool was
l." replied the other, mot to surren-
der!'
"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,
Captain, | captured all these men my
selfl' But the Captain shrewdly
suspected that the soldiers we're on
their way to surrender themselves
when this doughty young gentleman
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