The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-02

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back, noticed a great big yankee
little bit behind. He let them get of
and leave him and then seized little
fellow Of the eth S. c. regiment, and
was running away with him, carrying
him through the woods. Lieutenant
Denny and one of his men went to his
rescue. They caught up with the yam
kee and captured him, but he would
not let his man 60 When they got
back to the line, they asked him what
he was going to do with the man, and
he said he was taking him along for
protection, he thought We would not
shoot for fear we would kill our own
man. Said he would turn him loose as
soon as he got out Of danger. The lit
tie fellow was red in the face, and
said he was putting up the best fight
he could, they had both lost their
guns in the scuffle.
AS the yankees retreated, we fol-
lowed them piece. We halted IN
ravine. where we waited while be-
fore we came back to the works,
where We stopped. A dead yankee
Iay right in front with large KNAPP
sack. One of our boys got down on
his hands and knees, reached out, and
caught the yankee by one foot and
was dragging him to himself when
his captain saw him and made him
turn loose and get back to his place.
AS he was getting in his place, ne
WHISPERED to the next man and said,
t.I'd give half Of my life to get into
that knapsack.'
As we were going on after the yam
KEGS, I saw color-bearer lying with
his colors rolled up and stuck under
him, trying to conceal them. He was
in a dying condition, but when l
tried to take his colors he chung to
them with what little strength he had
left. 7 had to take them from him,
he would not let them 60. 1t was here
that I saw the first eartrigde pistol
that 7 ever. saw. Henry Bonds, OF
Company c., picked it up on the bat
tlefeld and sent it home by his father
When we came back to the works, we
found that some yankee sharpshooter
had taken lodging in the Brock house
and were annoying our cannoneers.
General J. E. B. Stuart ordered them
to put hot shot into it, and very few
shots, they. fred the house, and as
those sharpshooters were running
from the house, we would shoot at
them. I don't think that we MT
SINGLE enc. We did not have to wait
long before the yankees reinforced
and came again, but they didn't get
nearer than 400 yards before they
broke. They rallied and tried a third
charge. but, like the other, 1t was
failure. We were under heavy she'll
inc all the time, the shells cut down
nearly every tree along our lines. 10
give you some idea how much shoot
inc we did that day-we carried Tor.
~ rounds in our cartridge box and
forty in our pockets, and some OF
them got out before the fight was
over.
AS the enemy's second line OF bat
tie advanced that morning, they toll
lowed with their artillery, and took
NO a position just in the rear on lit
tie rise in the field, and they were
tearing things up around US as long
as the lines held the ground Tor
them. We soon made it too hot Tor
their line of battle, and as they ran
back. they left two guns of this bat
terv there in the field. One man
brought up two horses, and there IN
the face of a fire from our whole line,
succeeded in hitching up to one OF
the pieces and carried it good piece
before we could shoot down his
horses. One horse was killed, and ne
nearried the piece on with one horse
9ntil it was killed and then ran ob-
liquely across the field to our right: l
think the whole of the right OF the
BRIGADE shot at that man before he
was killed.
After this the enemey seemed tc
be satisfied at this point Of the line
and rested for the balance Of the day
We we're then given time to gather uF
onr dead and wounded. The enemy
made an attempt to gather their deao
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