The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-03-24
We went and had a fine time mr.

we went and had fine time un-
I'll after noon, when we were
ordered back to the regiment
On our return back to the citv
we saw young girls standing on
porches making speeches to the
south Carolina boys and wanting
a ). Z. button. | gave aWav ali
OF mine. There l saw an old
man by the name of Forny who
said he had come 20 mile TO SEQ
the rebels. He had them pic
tured out as some wild brutes
but, behold, he found them to he
gentlemen, who asked him to eat
with them. cav
Late that evening we started
towards Hagerstown. We
marched until about one o'clock
that night before we stopped
The next morning we turned
back about half mile and took
another road, passed through a
little town where the street
forked, and right in the fork
there were some nice grapes
hanging over the sidewalk. Hix
Mllwood pulled off one bunch as
ne passed by and an old man
standing in his yard with a bee
gum hat on, cursed him for a
damn son of bitch, whereupon
ne and several more of the bows
opened his gate, walked in and
tore his vine down, got as MANY
grapes as they wanted and
walked out. The old man stood
ana looked on but never said any
riagerScowrt 1,loninn. we pot into
stopped in an open fieid9tnat
was about the 18th or 18th of
September. We stayed there
until Sunday morning, the 18th,
when we turned back and came
to South Mountain, Boonsborough
or Antedam. AS the place has
several names, | do not know the
correct one. AS we ascended
the mountain we heard firing in
front. Our chaplain began to
take all the canteens he could
manage to bring water. We boys
knew then that there was trouble
ahead. The firing got louder and
nearer. We pressed on, got to
where there was a kind of a level
with woods on both sides of the
road. We halted a few moments,
the command was given to press
forward. We rushed on until we
came to another road which
crossed the one we were in.
There company H was cut in two
parts, the right of the company
crossing the road and the left of
the company turning to the left
to prevent a flank movement,
and right there was hot place
for awhile. Maj. Bill Gist was
with us and would tell the boys
to load and let him shoot, which
he did do. Several got wounded.
Charlie Giles, Bob Lamb and
| do not know how many. When
Jack Farr crossed the road I
never saw him any more. The
yankees were flanking us and we
were ordered to retreat back, and
as we turned back the saplings
and trees were skinned up for
about 10 feet high, and James
Savage was sitting at the root of
a tree wounded. I never. saw
him any more, he died. He was
the only man I knew of who
kept a daily memorandum of each
days transactions. We got back
to a place of safety then. Next
morning we got a position at
Sharpsburg and we got news
that Jackson had captured Harp
er's Ferry with thirteen thousand
prisoners and we cheered all
along the line.
Washington, D. C.-Ex-Goy-
ernor Benton McMillin, of Ten
nessee, who has been in Wash
: ington since the Inauguration, is
an enthusiastic admirer of the
military and naval prowess of
the wiry little Japs. He has fol-
lowed every step of the land and
sea campaigns and come to the
: conclusion that the Jap is the
best soldier to be found in the
world to1au