The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-03-24
earr also wounded. Ed Palmer

| aiSo WOunded. Ed Palmer
and myself's canteen bursted
We then came to a halt for q
moment, then turned to our
right, climbed up the mountain
side where the bushes were very
thick and the ground covered
with small vines, and it was then
getting dark in such a place
Some one just behind me acci-
dentally let his gun fire and It
was SO close to my head that it
burned my right ear, scorched
my hair IN a crisp, and it made
me so mad / could have taken a
battery by myself. But company
II pressed forward, ran over
some of the biggest cabbage at
the foot of the mountain that I
ever saw. Forward was the
command to the battery, but the
yankees were wise enough to
make their escape before we
reached them. We then turned
back to the road, halted, stacked
arms and lay down. Jack Farr
Charlie Giles, Ed Milwood'
Marion Fowler, Columbus Wor-
they, myself and several others
got a light and went over the
battle ground where they had
been fighting on our left all the
evening. We saw several dead
yankees, one yankee CAPTAIN as
much like j. M. Powell, of Union.
as ever saw. We all eat apples
hid Archard and found a man
Farr asked him 'son,rtree. Jack
but he would not give Jack any
satisfactory answer. But Jack
pressed him so tight he had to
tell him he was from Alabama.
Jack sent him under guard to
his command.
We then returned to onr COM
pany and some of the rest had
found some bacon and hardtack
and had kept our part until we
came back. Next morning it
was very warm. Ho, for Manas-
sas. There we were under a
heavy fire, but our company, not
having rifles at that time, was
held as reserves. But all along,
company H never faltered or
Jagged back. 1t was made up
principally from Pea Ridge, the
flower and backbone of South
Carolina. The various marches
and incidents which occurred
afterwards does not come wildly
to my mind, but during that
campaign company H went 19
days with only 7 days rations.
Twelve days they lived on green
apples and raw corn. Making
our way into Maryland we
stopped on hill, before we came
to the Potomac, and got some
rations, but we had nothing to
cook in. / sat up the most OF
the night waiting for a little old
pan to bake my bread in. When
| got my dough in the pan l was
so sleepy / fell on my back and
went to sleep with the fire be.
tween my legs, but l did not
sleep long, for both of my
breeches legs caught on fire and
burned off before / could get
them put out-we were then
about three miles from Leesburg,
on the Potomac. Next morning
some cavalry passed us going or
across the river, and the bugler
as he passed, played on his bugle
Maryland, my Maryland. That
was the first time / ever heaIC
that tune.
We then crossed the river anc
went near Frederick City ant
destroyed some railroad bridges
One morning before day we wer,
called up, went into the city, go
in there just as the town clocl
was striking five. think ever,
ward had it's own clock. w
halted in Main street for awhile
Jackson's command was passin,
and going to Harper's FERRY
After they had passed compan,
H was detailed to go to wher
they had left, on guard duty
AS they had drawn rations an,
did not have time to cook it, the,
had to leave it. 1t was abou
a mile and a half from the city