The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-24
80 o1rarr1n about the 1ankee

In the SWaIIllb. dbcoh 49,
hraag4Nworks where Hoke's DIVISION
rcd on Sunday evening, pro
c,rad MANY mimic balls. These 1nut9
n9assengars Of death had penetrateu
civ inches the rich solid pines. Many
rich pin. logs are still III THESE 1dhn90
works. Frequently you notice a p.o
i4uberance on these logs App14 ms
he axe. YOU find the mimic bail buried
deeplv in the log. These balls We're
hurled from guns in the HANDS o.
those who wore h gray.
Mr. =. d. Mccall, of BennettsTiile,
s G.. was badly wounded, just III tne
act of crossing these works, near lhe
these works for he was a junior
reserve, and in Hoke's division.
Mr.. Mccall. DIT. Groom. Of MaSton'
Major Hail. Of Red Springs, and W.
Fields, of Greensboro, were 10 nav
ACCOMPANIED me to this battle held On
this anniversary occasion. 4i5
were in this battle. l, however. ""
NOT know that | could go.
At this point. and a few feet from
the Yankee works, stands a green
nine About fifteen feet from the
ground and on the Southern side
sticks a rifle cannon ball. 1t doubtless
was shot from star battery IN ne
morning. This tree IS three-fourths
of a mile from where STAIRS battery
stood in line of battle. If the gunner
intended to fell this tree on the
Yankee works, the nOn-exploslon OF
the she'll only prevented this,
sometime before my visit an Ola
RUSTY gun barrel had been found near
these Yankee works in tho swamp
Nv journey taking me through South
Carolina, only kept me from carrying
this relic home With me. l nave a
considerable number of balls that l
have gathered IN this field
visited the erected
near the Harper house. This nonu-
ment is near, or at. the Harper GENE
terry. More than three hundred and
sixty C~onfederates are buried beneath
its base. More than two thousand
Confederates were killed in this battle
(See vol. ", Regimental Histories,
by Judge CLARKE
hi monument, however. is too far
| from the main battle field. 1t is al
right; but [ suggest that those of US
still living erect a monument on the
public road near the spot occupied by
Willis Coles old house. This would
be midway tive the hostile lines
as formed sunday morning, It would
DE on grounds over which the Yankees
charged Hoke's division on Sunday
morning. 1t would also be on
grounds over which the C~onfederates
charged in the evening.
Here after the battle, Cole built a
double log house, still standing on
the side Of the public road. IN front
of this house IS a post oak tree, the
top Of which was carried away by a
cannon shot on Sunday morning.
A few feet from this tree. twenty
years ago. Cole in planting a gate
post dug up a Yankee who had been
killed on the picket line early Sun
day morning. The find had been
made a few days before L visited the
field twenty years ago. Mr.. Cole
! ~ TTra MO + bar, ,,f@n,,~ ~,A S-n,1 ~.
soldiers coat.
This gate post is still standing.
j. Il. Foraker, Of 'Shooting-up-
Brownsville fame" was seventeen
years old. and was a courier on Slo-
Gums staff. It was he who carried to
Sherman, near Goldsboro. the dispatch
that brought LOgan's and BIair's curns
IN the back Of Hoke's division on the
night Of the 10Th CSee Century Mag
azinee.
AS above stated. we re.reated De
fore day on the morning Of the ed
Hoke's division had the post Of honor,
the rear of the army. Crossing Han
nah's creek, the division formed line
Of battle on both sides If the old
Snlthfield and B~entonville road. My
company was on the left side OF this
road, facing the creek.
walked over these works. stood
where I had stood farty-five years be-
fore | recalled Capt. I. A. Bristol,
yet living IN Morganton. His com
pany was on the right Of this old road
Some twenty years I was shown
eight or ten graves mean the bridge.
on the right Of this road. These sol
diers were killed at the bridge. The
Yankees, however, did not cross the
creek.
AS / stood on the bridge, not at mid
night. | asked these now placid waters
TO tell me their story. They seemed to
reply:
Men may come. and men may go.
But I go on forever"
On a ~headboard, twenty years ago
We're the initials Of a Tennesseean
This was one Of the graves above men
toned. No vestige of this grave, or
any other grave, now remains