The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-10-20
MORE "REMINISCENCES
OF poor CONRAD. I"
A BLOODY BATTLE NEARLY A
HALF CENTURY AGO--CAM-
2AIGNING IN VIRGINIA.


the Civil war, according 70 the num-
Der engaged. General Lee had
about 10000 men and General Nc
Clellan had about $4,000. 1t was a
drawn battle. Capt Hugh + Gar
din's battery Of light artillery Of
Sumter, s G. OF which was & men,
ber, was attached - Hoods division
of Longstreet corps for awhile. In
the morning before the fight began
we were awaiting orders on the
Boonesborough road between Antie-
tam Greek and the town Of Sharps-
burg; we were about l-2 mile from
the creek spanned by the bridge
over which General Mcclellan S force
crossed; our pickets and sharpShoot-
ers kept them back for awhile, but
were driven away by the batteries
The Yankees soon were in position
and the Union troops began to pour
across and deploy right and left,
forming long black lines. We COM
menced to shell them and the hot
work began. They soon had about
five batteries in position on the op-
posite side of the creek, and the So.-
id shot, shell and shrapnel were raj
ting about awfully. We soon had
one of our brass howitZerS disa-
bled either by one of our shells en-
ploding before it got out of the gun,
or we thought perhaps it might have
been a shell from the enemy; any
way, the gun was cut inside and We
could not get the shot down with
the rammer. Another gun had the
wheels shot from under it. About that
time shrapnel shot passed through
my left foot. l hobbled away to the
rear and stopped at field hospital
about one mile from the battle
ground. / tried to have something
done for my wound, but the surgeons
said: "Oh, we can't attend to you;
we have others who are in worse
condition who must be attended to
first did not think the battle
had been going long enough for so
many to be wounded. saw in one
pile hands, arms and legs out on the
ground in heap about the size and
shape of large sweet potato bank.
One poor fellow | saw was shot
through the neck; the ball entered
his windpipe and came out behind.
He was suffering awfully; his head
was almost double its natural size
and one could have heard him trying
to breathe fifty steps away. While
! was still sitting there one fellow
game by me and squatted down not
far from me with his back against
the tence; his right arm had just
beer, cut off by the surgeons; he
looked at the place where the arm
once was and said: well, boys, l
would not have had this done for
the world" Poor fellow, he was
very pale from loss of blood.
Well, before Our battery went in
to the fight, which took only about
one minute, for we were quite near
the main line, it happened that we
were in a garden full of fine vegeta-
bles. so | got large camp kettle
and built fire and soon had Irish
potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions and
bacon boiling in style, but before it
was ready to be eaten we were or
dered up on the hill and opened fire
on the Yankees. They came on
huzzaing bur we soon scattered them
back towards the creek and | never
knew what became Of the kettle Of
vegetables.
hobbled away from the hospital
towards the Potomac river AMI
reached there about dark, four miles
from the battlefield. Our company,s
wagons were camped at that place.
The next day could not walk at
all. Mr. Sam Muldrow, who was the