Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-02-22

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ed by the matchless Lee. failed 70 at
tain TO high rank on account of his
ugly habit ofconstantly getting shot.
In Edgctleld District, NOW county,
South Carolina. lived Rev. ID. ID. Brun-
son and his sanity wife, Lucretia. both
in the glory land now. In 1861 they
had eight sons and one daughter. the
latter has joined her christian parents
in Heaven The sons are all living i'm
1907.
In 1861, four OF the Brunson boys.
who were old enough, entered the con
federNe army, and one of the others
iii q as soon as he was largo enough
:" Sh"ud IA gun. The remaining three
wore TO" small for soldiers, even at
the ei d
1t is of one of these men / wish to
write n few facts.
Capt. William Henry Brunson was
orderly sergeant Of Co. G (Greggs) LIST
South Carolina Regiment volunteers.
The writer was n private In the same
company.
The company left home, Edgefleld.
>. G, the 9th day ~ January 1861 and
reached Charleston the next day. We
saw the first gun fred ON TT. Sumpter
the 18th of April, 1861, and surrender
OF Maj. Anderson the ID. A few DAYS
later this Regiment of State troops
volunteered TO go TO Virginia, and was
the first command from any state To
reach Richmond. We marched some
time in May from Fairfax, c. II. To
GAINESVILLE and ON the return 10 Fair
fax, &. IL. skirmished with some Federal
troops mt Vienna; killed seven Yankees
without loss To our side, and then con.
tinucd TO Fairfax.
As this regiment had only enlisted
FOR six months it was disbanded i'm
July, the men joining other organized
commands OF making up new ones. A
month after Brunson was 2nd I.ieuten-
ant OF Company ID 18th s. G. Volun-
teer5, was in service on the South
Carolina Coast until 22nd OF April.
1862, when the regiment was ordered
To Virginia TO the command OF Briga-
der Gen Maxcy Gregg, Anderson's
Division at Fredericksburg.
When the Confederates rctreated from
Fredericksburg, Brunson in command
OF his company, covered the rear Of
Andersons Division. At the battle Of
Gains Mills he WAS slightly wounded
/ early in the day, but while in charge
about sun down he was shot In the
mouth, the ball passing out the back
OF his neck. Before this wound had
| healed he had one hand shattered
/ while his regiment. 18th $. c., was
charging IL rcdorbt in the battle Of
Charlottesville. In the first days fight
AT Gettysburg he was shot through
both legs He fell on n Federal captain.
who was shot through one leg. After
getting himself on the Federal officer
he said, Captain, you are bleeding
profusely, 1 have some whi5key i'm nv
canteen that / thought / might need II
badly wounded. Drink it," handing him
the canteen; the other taking the can
teen and seeing twas light said, "there
is nof,more than drink here. Have
you had any When Brunson said
he had not he for time refused TO
take IL, until be was convinced that he
would soon faint If ne did not. Two
heroes had met. They both recovered.
After Brunson was again well enough
for duty, he was assigned TO the com
mand OF the 2nd Company Of the S. C.
Battalion OF ShaTpshooters command
ed by Maj. w. S. Dunlop, McGowans
Brigade beginning with the battle OF
the Wilderness on the 4th OF May
1861, he was constantly under fire I'M
til 22nd Of June. While in command of
his battalion Of three companies, and
! opposing the advance OF the whole Of
Hancoks corps on Petersburg, he was
shot through the foot.
He received no more wounds OF i'm
portan 20 after this, but was constantly
fighting after his foot healed. At the
battle near Petersburg. known as
Jones Farm, 30th Of September and LIST
Of October. 1864, with his little com
mand charged the Jones House. cap
turing detachment of the Ist New