The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-21

hind bin and the, needed loct.c'
more rcinferccmcuts. Jackson cap
tur2d Harper Ferry with II 800 pris
oucrs, 20 cannon, 1000 stands Ct
small arms and large quantity Of
army stores. lie formed his line on
Hill 5 left with the exception Of a. =.
Hills division, which was left to pa
role the prisoners, but arrived in time
to take hand on the 18th. During
the evening of the 18th the Federal
forces crossed Antietam above and
attacked Jackson, but were repulsed.
AS soon as the pickets could see
each other on the morning of the 18th
fighting commenced, and soon became
a general eDgagemc Mt. Generad Lee
had 5000 men and Mcclellan 81, 600,
10000 being actively engaged and o.,
600 held in reserve. 1t was an day
fight, and the bloodicst during the
war, the Confederates losing 33 per
cent, with $, 900 lost on the field. At
night the Confederatcs held the
ground they occupied in the morning.
o. the morning Of the 18th Lee open
cd with artillery, but receiving no re-
, ply, silenccd his guns. Little Mac
had enough. AT night the army wad-
ed the Potomac, Jackson crossing at
daylight, posted his artillery near the
river, with infantry concealed in rear
J of it. General Featherstonc' division
) 3adcd the stream in line Of battle and
charged the guns, to be repulscd and
driven back across the stream under a
l deadly fire of both infantry and artil-
lery, the waters Of the historic Poto-
! mac being colored with blood. Jack.
son continued his march, the enemy
G remaining on the north bank Of the
river. This ended the Mary land cam
y paige, Lees army going into camp
: around Bunker's Hill, where it re
NAMED until November, when it re
: crossed the Blue Ridge and marched
to Fredericksburg, arriving about the
p 22nd, in time for General Burnsidcs
4 w:.h his whiskers, the new commando
t of the Army Of the Potomac in little
1 Macs boots.
3 Fredericksburg is on the south banl
Il uf The Rappahannock river, while ths
c enemy occupied the heights north o.
t the stream. The weather was bitter
t cold and no one will ever know tn,
d suffering Of our bare footed, half-cla,
2 men, but the peerless Lee with hi
t heroic legions were still doing bust
!, ness at the same old stand and ready t,
) give their friends the enemy warn
d reception. About I a. IN. on tn
u morning Of December 1lth three sig
! nal guns were fired, notifying tn
c army that the federals were buildin,
It their pontoon bridge across the rive
. opposite the city. The long roll call
|, cd the troops to. arms, and by sunris
;, Lees line Of battle was formed alon
y the ridge about one mile from the ri
y yer, with Longstreet on the left an,
e Jackson on the right. The cncm,
c shelled tho city all day, and durin
t. the night completed the bridge.
IT On the 18th troops were crosse,
d over and considerable fighting il
z Jackson's front, toying to turn Lee
It right to get possession Of the railroa,
y to Richmond. On the 18Th terribl
l. battle was fought. Another Malvern
10 Hill with che armies reversed, tn
d Blue saluting the Gray. The FEEDER
d ais were mown down like grain befor
It the scythe, while the Confederate
u held their own, night putting an en-,
u to the slaughter. On the 18th Burn
. side failed to come to time and a
" night recrossed the river. Thus end
! ed the brilliant campaign of the Arm,
'r of Northern Virginia in 1862, havin
d defeated four of the Grand Armies o
y the Potomac, establishing reputation
for fortitude and courage equal to th
Lcgions of Rome, or the Old Guard O
. Napoleon. while General Lee prove,
himself the greatest general of moder
= times.
d The armies eucamped around Fred
q ericksburg, and in the opinion of on
e Of the boys who never missed a rol
d call from winter quarters to Freder
:, icksburg, the boys had earned mucI
It needed rest.