The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-25

charge, at times fighting the enemy at
ten PAGES.
Excited men often rushed ahead of
their ranks and grappled in deadly
combat; officers used their pistols and
fought man to man. In the last hours
or moments, perhaps, of the hand to
hand struggle the lst lost it's quota
for the day and came out minus -
killed and 11J wounded, total of 143
out of 238 taken into the fight. Its
commanding officer, Major Edward
McCrady, was among the wounded.
The next afternoon the 83d Penn
sylyania charged upon the railroad,
then defended by other troops, ard
lost two commanding officers, wound
ed in quick succession. and 80 men
out of 2.24.
In the Maryland campaign follow
ing End Manassas the 1st South Caro-
lima regiment shared in the bloodlcss
victory at Harper's Ferry, and later
on, the bloody 18th September, dou-
ble.quicked to Sharpsburg, just in
time to mingle their dead with the
fallen around bunker Church. The
1st lost "a men out of it's roster Of
$50.
AT FREDERICKSBURG.
At Fredericksburg, in December fol,
lowing, it again found warm corner
by one of those accidents Of battle.
Gregg's brigade occupied the second
line in front Of position charged by
Union troops. Owing to misplace.
meut there was 6 gap in the front
line, and Union charging column
burst through and struck the lst 8
companion regiment, Orr's s. e. Ri
Aes, 80 suddenly as to throw it into
confusion.
The 1st stood next to the rifles and
it's commander Immediately swung it
around at righ. 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 it's ground until
support reaohed the spot. This inoi-
dent Of Ncf cost the regiment FIVE Off
GERS and fifteen men killed and four
officers and ifty-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 command,
giving his name to the organization.
The 1st would have been wiped out
at Fredericksburg but for the return
of its wounded to duty and the Con-
federate system Of oonscription.
By the time "Stonewall Jackson"
who was it's corps leader, was once
more on the war path the regiment
had picked up fighting strength of
300 and started out on Sunday morn
ing, May 3, to drive Jaokson's wedge
to the heart Of Hooker's citadel at
Charlottesville. 1t was not as plain
sailing as was expected, for Sickles'a
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 Let
regiment passed in splendid line over
bare knoll, at the base Of which
'Siokles's men lay under cover. The
Carolinians stood it as long as man
could and then retired to limo of
breastworks, and the pursuers took q
turn at punishment, and then OF test
of speed in. running away. The 1st
held the ground with loss of twelve
killed and eighty-eight wounded-one
hundred 10 all, with seven officers
among the fallen.
ITS FLAG THE FIRST IN GETTYSBURG.
The Carolina brigade marched to
the field of Gettysburg in July, with
we'll filled ranks. Gen. A. P. 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 CON
fronted their advance, and rained she'll
and canister into the brigade, chiefly
upon the 1st regiment, The battery
was doomed. One piece was the prize
of the 1st, and they dashed forward
without halt until their banner was
floating in the town, the first Confed-
crate flag in Gettysburg.
One day later, almost to an hour, a.
the other flank of the same field, the
S3d Pennsylvania fought gallantly to
defend Round Top with a success
equal to the Carolinians in their
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