Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-10

In few days we left there
crossed the river and then proceeded
to meet Gen. Grants force at Cold Har-
Dor. The fight was going on when
we arrived, and continued five days
and nights. One night they charged
our line six times. One day they got
permission from Gen. Lee to bury their
dead. That night just after the battle
of several days, they played the tune
now known as, Just Before the Battle
Mother" where they had buried $4,000
Of their dead. History says they lost
5000 Of them in half an hour. That,
think was when they broke our line at
Colquet's brigade. They held possess
sion Of the line for a short time. Col
quet's men got reinforcements and
charged them out. There is where the
enemy lay four deep just outside our
breastworks. In a few days we were
called on to hurry up and meet Grants
men on the other side of the river at
Petersburg. There. one day l was de-
tailed as a far sharpshooter. 1t was
in June and there was no shade near
where l was and the sun was very
hot. l got hot and tired and sat down
to rest, with my back against the
breastworks. An officer came along and
told me to keep up brisk fire, which
did without getting up. l would load
my gun and put it up on the breast
hnh IN ,,1l ha tri.
That put the gun at an angle of about
450. Some more Of the boys, sharp
shooting, seeing what 1 was doing, did
the same. Hence our balls went far
in the rear of the enemy's line
A few days later, the Yankee paper
stated that the Rebels were doing more
damage in the rear than in the front.
killing and wounding some horses and
his headquarters. Another day l was
sharpshooting near the same place
The enemy was building breastworks.
was diverting myself by stepping up
and knocking the spades out Of their
hands, or the dirt off them with my
bullets. They got tired Of it, and sent
man up big oak tree to shoot me.
/ felt the wind Of the bullet pass my
head and ears three times. He had
good gun and was good shot, because
he was at a distance Of 300 yards or
more. I called five or six boys, who
were asleep, and we all fired a volley
into that tree and there was no more
sharpshooting from that tree that day.
When we first met Grant at Peters,
burg, we fell back from our first line
of works to other breastworks. was
detailed on picket, and we pickets oc-
cupied an old road running parallel to
our line, and the Yankees advancing
on the lines that we had evacuated.
and they charged them three times
before they took them. l heard the
officers cursing and abusing them as
towards, for not taking those empty
at the first charge. They
finally advanced on our position and
back again, and again we were or
dered to charge and retake our posi-
tion, which we did twice. In the Sec
ond charge down the road, Lieuts. Til
Ter and Harvey led the charge, and
Lieut.. Harvey was shot within five
steps of where I was. We were driven
back again, and again we were or
dered to advance and retake our posi-
ton. Major Rion told the boys to come
on that he would lead the charge; but
none followed but me, and when he
looked back and saw they were not
following he said, I'VE may as well
go back" So he and 1 retreated in
good order in the face Of the enemy to
the railroad cut.
G. w. Quinlen.
Cornwell r. F. D. No. l. June 8.