The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-02

w-i.e something for the newspapers.
! saw very little Of the mancuvrcs Of
the -hird battle, for I was more iutcr-
astcd in visiting the old battle field
Of July 2l, 1861. From my obscr-
,ations consider the whole thing
ta1ce-a large expenditure of money
that might have been used in better
:ausc.
From what saw Of the infantry
regiments from different States, there
was little discipline. There was more
Acursing, swearing and obscene Ian
-suagc used than ever heard before
ia the same length Of time and worst
IS all, in the presence Of the officers,
without the least rebuke o- cc2sure.
We had no profanity, or very little,
turing the sixties, cursing o. vulgar
.ity in our ranks, and never in the
Lpresence of tho officers. Our chap
s4sins neld prayer meetings and preach
ed 10 as often OF night and generally
ION the Sabbath day. I never heard
20 prayer nor o sermon during the
stae,whole time We were encamped on
rtne last occasion.
4 did not see the maneuvers OF the
shird battle-so different from the
1iFst battle! l imagine il this last
we're real war, and that Stewart and
champion would be on the flank,
swhile Longstreet would be charging
aAim from the front.
Iwent ogain to Stone Bridge, and
-eav come Texans, who had just como
out Of the old, sluggish stream Of
Rn.l Run. One had an old musket,
and another long, cone shaped shell,
rsuhioh they had fished out from whore
they had lain for sorty.three years.
'The etook OF the old gun was rotten,
but the ehell was well preserved, and
nshe brass cap on the end was intact.
The musket, suppose was thrown
ante the stream by Union soldier
-ahen he was fleeing from the Confed-
crates. The shell, perhaps found its
long rest there. From there I went
go the place where we oamped the
night before and the night after the
battle. The same old sycamore trees
are standing on tho banks of Young's
branch, and the place looks as familiar
as it did forty.three years before.
but / was alone, and sad memories
crowded my brainl I remember what
aranspired on this very spot and what
Najor Whitner said the night before
sehe battle: 'There will be Waterloo
tomorrow, and how saw in my
Imsginatior the flowing blood. l re-
snember how Yervently the Rev. w.
&c. Walters. our company chaplain,
prayed for us that ght, and also
remembered that assr all was over
aks day after the battle-that shell
ashet had been picked up and was
being examined, was oarelessly drop
tped. It exploded at the feet Of
zSeRgt. Bellotte, tore of the Foot OF
SeEgt. Fuller and wounded one or two
sSshefs.
q think my old friend, the late Col.
q. A. Hoyt, who was sergeant then,
sealled the roll. He, too, has gone and
'1iM answer ''here" up yonder. cut
. stick from this sycamore cluster,
ssroased the branch and went to the
spot Where Adjutnnt Samuel Wilkes
Wae killed, near spring where he
thsd gone to get water about the close
.aof the battle. His horse was killed
:aod also little black rat terrier that
SSad tahea up with him and followed
'Ssso in battle. I gent to the place
next day and saw the horse and dog
lying dead, very close together. The
survivors Of the old Fourth will re.
snember that Adjutant Wilkes was
supposed to have been killed about
rthe 4ime, or little after the panic
'sesk place, BY squad OF Yankees st
tahe.spring. | had ring made from
She hoof Of his horse, but cannot
recall to whom I gave it to forward
to 'hie widow, but heard she never re.
eeived it. This place also looked
Ssw natural, but considerable
growth Of cedars and other trees has
sprung'ap around the spot. The old
HdDinsun Mouse looks just as it did
1hen Col. Thomas carried the Pal
s:netto Regiment around to the rear,
Se We TeTe hotly engaged, and
where oae killed the horses and per.
haps some Of the men Of Pockets
Battery. Jim Robinson, who owned
shisSsHse, was free negro, and his
descendants oWn il and live there now.
Here is where John Cochran was