The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

in order to prevent Tue
. demonstration in our rear.
Nav 5.-The enemy DeinS ionl'
| this morning to have entlrely usag
reared from our front. the oflsaue
proceeded at once in the wake OF -
rest of the army. En- route. tAs g
! of artillery and the ra1ue -
musketry. in the distance.
that the enemy had really effected
| q crossing at Cermana Ford IN over.
YheIming force, (Which s~ubsequeh.
lights justify US IN estimating
nearly 100000 men, OF all arms y
service and that hostilitles had &c,
tuaiIv cummcnccd.--that the carnlNa,
of blood had again set Inland tna.
the pa:s4CI4s. ia kcit@neDts go
horrors of strife. which had SOL
ti:r.u-h many months Df CIlet VI -
the tm,Son!s Of our rude inter- HoihoS'
W,r.. @gaIti IT, burst fOTtfi IN d1i ILL
demoniac fury. on reaching a point
in what is known as the WlloeiteS7
II Spt Observation-Disclosures ana o'oo"y
| gr.,lI.!. since those and the days VI
Chaucet:t rSyille,-SOme SIX HlleS he-
yond Locust Grove. (the partial scene
OF Meade's abortive Mine Run opera
ton of the preceding year, the flrst
signs of conflict began 10 meet our
gaze. Many Of our own ana
large numbers of the ana
captiNes of the enemy, were peihs
brought TO the rear, and the manSleo
dead were p~rofuSely scattered arOuhu.
The enemy, pressing forward, conf
dent Of surprise and success. had been
met and brilliantly repulsed by a +.
Hills and a portion Of EWelFs Corps.
thanks 10 the WOndrous military
| genius and intuition of our consurn-
mate leader and the oauntleSs IN
trepidity Of our gallant troops. Ihe
enemy's loss in this was
tremendous and fearful. and the VIC
tOrious first fruits of the
| were lavishly poured by Providence
into the lap Of Confederate proves.
Genera Lee is described as having
led 4 charge in person on this memo
rable day-aWakening the lntensest
ardor and enthusiasm among his
troops. OF course we arrived too
late to participate in this engagement.
In q remote part Of the field fell this
day my friend and connection, Walker
Anderson, Ordnance officer OF Cookies
Brigade, slain by a chance shot. He
lived and died q Christian gentleman.
Felix nor soluTn classitate vitae sed
etiam OppOrtunitate mOrtis.'
May 6.-We lay IN line OF battle
this day, in momentary anticipation
Of a renewal Of the conflict, but
naught but severe skirmiShing ensued
until q late hour of the evening, when
this brigade made a dash against the
position held by Burnside's 9th Corps,
driving 1t Dell NELL, to the utter aban-
donment of arms. knapsacks, blankets.
and other Spoils. In this corps were
several companies of Indians from
Michigan. (such are the heterogeneous
elements of which the Yankee armies
are composed,-embracing as many
na~tiOnalities as copyrighted III Jeru-
salem at the time of the ShOwering of
the Pentecostal fire. who left be-
hind them some Of the peculiar
trophies of their tribe. from the wa1n-
~ ha1$ To fhn hnn6nI
May 7th-Grant abandons his dead
and and retreats to his en-
trenched lines between the Wilder
ness and Stigg's Mills. nearly co-inci-
dent with the Brook road and leading
from the former TO Sp~ottsylyania G., II.
May S.-Skirmishing and Grant re-
treats toward Fredericksburg. An
derson, commanding Longstreet's
Corps. attacks the 5th Corps and Wat
terss Cavalry near S~pOttsylvania G.. II.
infiicting heavy punishment and loss;
and, later in the day, our Division
tRodes) arriving on the ground,
make a gallant charge rapidly driy-
the enemy and confirming the
general success Of the day. Our own
losses were but slight.
May 9.-Both sides empIOyea in
~intrenching and fo%rtifying lines. Con-
siderable skirmishing prevailed.
May tO.-We are attacked in orr
l~ntrenchments by the enemy. who
were ultimately repulsed with i'm
mense slaughter,-their dead strewing
the ground for acres. At one time
their heavily massed columns succeed
ed in breaking through a salient on
the right OF the position held by orr
brigade and occupied by Daniels and
Doles' Brisades. and, rushing through
the breach thus made with an i'm
petuous onset. for a few moments
poured a dreadful fire into the rear
and flank Of those x~rigades. It was
a Crisis OF dreadful suspense, and,
prevailed. The excellent practices -
our artillery, however, and the
prompt arrival of this brigade and
other troops at the point Of danger
soon turned the tide, and the briefly
jubilant foe, inflamed with NOM entar
success. and Wf1iskey. were h,1r1aa y