The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-14

5 ohn1lie Reb Gives a q aphlc a ccount Of the
Battle at I}rocll's Gross Roads.
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When got back, after about an hour,
my man was still lying there, shot
through the bowels and in the neck,
his life fast cbbing He recognized
me, and said with feeble smile,
"Wcll, you came through Safely He
died that night.
Th"r" vas house out in the field
- our left. Some Of the cncmy's
sharp shooters had taken shelter in
thi, old house and were popping away
at rs. a Jattcry on our left we're or
dcrcd to shoot hot shot into the house
anl fire it. 1t did not take many
minuto' to have that house on ire.
The enemy made three other at
timpt' to charge US again that day,
but they would give way at the first
vollry.
As the cncny's lines fell back that
morning and We wc,c following them.
saw poor color bearer who had
been shot through the lungs and was
In dying condition. He had his
colors rolled up and was lying on
them. trying TO conceal them. |
pulled them from him. He gave me
such look as | have never forgotten
and clung to them as f r as he was
able.
Al the battle commenced that morn
ing | saw a little sandy shoat 70 run
ming between the lines to the right.
After the fight saw the same shoat
coming back with his jaw broken. We
had tried to bite some soldier anG ne
had shot him.
That night after the battle we had
avery "nd thiog to happen. A. Lieut.
Wm. D4nny Of the 9Th regimen. was
on his rounds out on the picket line
with member Of his company by the
nanIe of Moody, in the darkness they
lost their bearing and got outside Of
the picket line and in making their
way back were mistaken for an enemy
an. fired into by his own men, and
both Of them were killed.
know almost everybody has heard
about soldiers plundcring the battle
field and robbing the dead. There
are times when soldier is sent on the
battlefield to gather up tho plumber,
but not to rob the dead and 80 it
was on the morning oft he 9th of May.
L with some others was detailed to
gather up guns, cartridge boxes, kuap-
sacks tSc. | will not say that we did
not look in their pockets, for VIC did.
| think it ;was against orders for any
man to carry money in his pocket in
battle, for We never found cent, and
l never saw but one watch, and Tom
Paysinger beat me to it. But we
found great many things that were
great luxuries to an old soldier, such
as sugar. coffee, tobacco. dried our
rants and fruits Of all kinds, and last
but not least vegetable cake for max.
ing vegetable soup. We also found e
great many letters and photos from
their homes. Some Of these letters
were very interesting reading.
On tho night of the 9th, after the
battle, the Yankee bands along the
line in our front began to play all of
our southern pieces, such as Sunny
South" "Bonnie Blue Flag
"Homespun Dress" and Dixie"
When they commenced on "Dixie" it
was more than Johnnie Rob could
stand; he had to yell. Our brigade
band got out their old horns and
"sasscd them back little and wound
up by playing "When This Cruel War
is Over
The next day we captured some
prisoners who said the news had been
read out to them that night that Gen.
Grant hal whipped Gen. Lee all along
the line but right there, and they
would flank him out of there the next
day. Which literally speaking took
in General Grants whole line, for he
whipped Gen. Leo nowhere-which I
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