The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-06-03
aes, SO suddenly as to throwit into

ties, SO suddenly as to throwit into
confusion.
The 1st stood next to the rifles and
Its commander Immediately swung It
around at right angles with the old
line so as to buffet the enemy's ad.
vance. Again the fight ragged at arms
length, or few PAGES at most, and
the regiment stood its ground until
support reached the spot. This incl
dent of war cost the regiment five
officers and fifteen men killed and four
officers and iifty-eight men wounded
--eighty-two In all. Gen. Gregg was
killed in the gap trying to right
things, and another colonel OF the
brigade, Samuel MCGOWAN, took COM
mand, giving his name to the or
ganiYation.
The lst would have been wiped. out
at Fredericksburg but for the return Of
Its wounded to duty and the Con-
federate system OF conscription.
BY the time "Stonewall Jackson, -
who was its corps leader, was once
more on the war path the regiment
had picked up fighting strength OF
800 and started out on Sunday morn
Ing, May 3, to drive Jackson's wedge
to the heart Of Hooker's citadel at
charlottesville. 1t was not as plain
sailing as was expected, for Slckles's
Sd army corps was moving in the same
direction just ahead Of the Southern
ers and would not be hurried even to
suit Lees "Invincibles" The lst
regiment passed III splendid line over
bare knoll, at the base OF which
Sickles's men lay under cover. The
Carolinians stood it as long as man
could and then retired TO line Of
breaStworks, and the pursuers took a
turn at punishment, and then at 4
test OF speed in running away. The
lst held the ground with loss Of
twelve killed and eighty eight wound
| ed-One hundred in all, with seven
officers among the fallen.
ITS FLAG THE FIRST IN GETTYSBURG.
The Carolina brigade marched to
the fcld OF Gettysburg in July, with
well filled ranks. Gen. A. z. Hill
was their corps leader in place of the
dead but immortal Jackson. With
him they assaulted Reynolds'S corps,
In McPherson's Wood, on July ]. AS
at Gaines's Mill, battery confronted
their advance, and rained shell and
canister into the brigade, chiefly upon
the lSt regiment. The battery was
doomed. One piece was the prize OF
the lst, and they dashed forward
without halt until their banner was
| floating In the town, the first Confed-
| ora n fIafr In, Gottvch,,rr
One day later, almost to an hour,
at the other flank Of the same field,
the 63d Pennsylvania fought gallantry
to defend Round Top with a success
equal to the Carolinians in their
charge. The lst lost one officer and
nineteen men killed, six officers and
"a men woundt done hundred and
twenty in all, which was more than
oue-ilaif OF it's mem bership.
In the Wilderness battle on May :,
1864, the lSt led it brigade and di-
vision in All attack on the Confede.
rate left along the Orange turnpike,
a couple Of miles distant. Both regi-
ments suffered in the ensuing three
days, the lst with a loss OF sixteen
killed and fourteen wounded, besides
six officers killed.
THE BLOODY ANGLE.
AT SpOttSylvaDia, week later, The
lSt, reduced to handful, entered the
Bloody Angle" with it's brigade ir
the forlorn attempt to hold its assail
ants at arms length. Its commandel
and five others were wounded, the sec
ond in command killed and the ranks
lost nineteen killed and tfty-ont
wounded. AT the end Of another
week, after almost two years OF thi.
eccentric dueiling, the two regiment.
met fairly at Jericho Ford, North
Anna River, on the road to Richmond
The lst charged at the head of Nc
Gowan's brigade and ran into the bat
terry supported by the Pennsylvanians
The regiments grappled for an in
slant, the leader of the lst was killed
in the melee and twenty-five men were
lost as prisoners.
Bloody Cold IIarbor next following
both escaped, and throughout the
siege Of Petersburg their lines rar
separate again, though with proper
tiOnate losses.
Almost at the close Of the war the
brigades to which each belonged were
used as supporters to companion bri-
gades that foughtat White Oak road,
March 81, 1865, one week before A p
pomatoS The affair ended abruptly,
and neither regiment was severely en-
gagged, but the colonel Of the lst was
shot dead by a stray bullet. This was
the last death in the regiment and
the score stood 2Sl. The record of
wounded closed April , when the
major commanding and one captain
were shot down, making $50 in all
On March 81 also, the SID scored
PSI deaths and on April added | :,
making 2S2, closing its record of
wounded at the same time. So the
duellists stood, at Appomattox, $50,
against 97l, casualties on the battle
field, almost the maximum war
strength Of q regiment.
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