The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-17
80 the editor Of The State:

Duckctt, I wrote (wholly from memo
ry} brief history Of the old flag Of
the Third regiment of kershaw 5 old
brigade, which was read on Memorial
day. This description was in essen
1ial matters correct said among
other things: "At the battle Of Chick
aulaUra Gen. kcrshaw rode up to
S4rirc Lamb, as we always called
him. and said: Sergeant, give me
that flag, proposing to lead the
charge, for which our lines were form
inE, TO which the Squire answered
NO, you can, get this flag, general
po:n: OF, where you want it to 90, I'll
ia it, but you can't get this flag,
general Grand old Kershaw pointed
10 Il tree thousand yards in front
Nov rgcant, straight toward that
&rcc Then | briefly described the
terrific assault on Snodgrass Hill
4 short time after Memorial day,
Iy03, learned that some members Of
the Third battalion, who had, sup
pose, never known or had forgotten
.of the episode between Gen. kcrshaw
:znd lamb, were disposed to dscrcdit
wuy statement and to confound it with
u similar incident on the same day at
fdc same hour with Gen. kcrshaw
aud G Colorbcarcr Evins Of the battalion.
2'his led to some correspondence be-
tw.,sc. myself and State Treasurer j en-
&ings, who was gallant soldier Of the
ava, .alioa and commanded company
"a that field. From this correspon-
.ience ! found that he, Mr.. Jennings,
had never known Of the I<"r.haw-
3oan.b incident, as had never heard
rof tLc incident with the gallant Evins,
or had forgotten it, if had known of
1t. We both found also that there
syas no conflict between us.
Tie story Of how Lamb had refused
TO give up the flag on that famous
Gcid had been known by our boys as
aart Of the unwritten history Of old
Tcmpany G, Uaurens Briars) of the
Third regiment for these 40 years.
Sergeant Lamb was one of our com
9any Although ! had written wholly
Hu N memory, knew l was correct in
essential particulars, but hearing of
ghe disposition Of some persons to mix
EeUp with the Kershaw- Evins incident,
U asked Squire Lamb the first time
q raet him Che was present when my
+article was read in the Court House
Memorial day. to give me the particu-
liars of kershaw's coming to him at
Nhickamauga. He says: "IIc didn't
ride, he walked, up to me and said,
Sergeant, let me have the flag 1
ssaia, No, you can't get the flag; tell
Gne where you want it to GO; I'll take
at there. I pointed to the battalion
aod said, There, general, is the trou-
ate, meaning that the battalion was
losing its direction, or causing the
erigade to lose its direction, where
e1pon kershaw pointing to the wooded
heights Of Snodgrass Hill, now to be
u1ade famous for u thousand years by
dhis heroic assault and the perhaps no
Eess heroic defence by Thomas, said:
Sergeant, select q tree or an object
ssfraight to the front and march d.
rectly to it, and hurryiug to Color
Gsearer Evins think that he got hold
saf his 1ag."
This is borne out by Mr.. Jennings
who says that Kcrshaw did get hold
ezf the battalion flag, 1t must not be
Gangottcn that all this was the work Of
* very few minutes in long sight less
Glue than it takes TO write it, and
wkie every man in the brigade was
gushing toward the front and under
Ere. and was all done by Gen. Ker-
SHAW 60 reotify his alignment to
change somewhat the direction of his
march, and while crossing that large
opening at the farther side of which
we received the first deadly volley of
u,usketry, and in crossing which we
ssEer afterward said that We had exc
suited Kershaw's order changing the
direction of tho march as if we had
6een on an ordinary parade.
Nine survivors Of Company G..
sBrisrse, were together here on last
"Wednesday, Goth, when I brought up
she question on purpose to learn their
Eecoilection ,of the occurrences at
Shicaamauga. Several of the number
Hpho gere there, remember the Ker-
ahawLamb incident, among the num-
Ihe- A. Y. Thompson, man of splen.
'aId memory; Judge Barksdale of
Gouisiana, :frst sergeant of the COM
uapy,.a,sailant soldier who lost an arm