Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-31
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Some Facts Pertaining to History that Are
Worthy of Preservation.
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some artillery firing, bat it soon
ceased. The lines were run too
close together for artillery and en-
lines Of the Foderals on the right
face OF the Angle continued nearly
Il straight line after they passed the
Angle ana thus the gap west Of the
tween the forces increased, so that
Gen. Ilarriss left was some distance
then from them in front. and SO far
from Gen. Ramseur that after we
went in his brigade was not en-
gagged.
Capt ]. +. J. Caldwell, OF the
First Regiment, wrote the history
Of the brigade, (Which is now out
Of prinD, from which | quote:
I'VE advanced at the double
quick, cheering loudly, and entered
the inner works. Whether by or
ders or tacit understanding, we
halted there, except the Twelfth
! Regiment, which was the right OF
! the brigade. That moved at once to
the outer line, and threw itself with
its wonted impctuosity into the
heart Of the battle"
TO resume:
'Thc brigade advanced upon the
works. About the time We reached
| the inner line Gen. MCGOWAN was
wounded by a mimic ball in the right
arm and forced to quit the field
| Col Brockman, senior general, was
also wounded, and Col. Joseph \.
| Brown, Of the Fourteenth Rcgi-
mcnt, assumed command then or Il
little later.
Soon the order was given TO ad-
vance to the outer line. The
Twelfth had already passed it. We
did so with cheer at a double
quick, through mud kncc-dccp, and
| getting in as best we could. Here
lay llarris's Mississippi Brigade. We
were ordered to close to the right.
we moved by the flank up the
works, under the fatally accuvat e
fire Of the enemy, and ranged our
selves along the entrcnchmcnts.
The trenches dug on the inner side
wore almost filled with water. j
Abandoned knapSackS, guns and ac-
coutremcntS were scattered all
around. I'm the rear disabled caiSsOns
stood and limbcrs OF guns. The
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SAINT fire was kept upon us. front and
flank. The enemy still held the
works on the right Of the Angle.
and fired across he travcrses. 4 X
1T was plainly a question OF BRAY
cry and endurance now. We en-
tered upon the task with all our
might. Some fired at the line lying
iii front on the edge Of the ridge
: others kept down the enemy lodged
IN the travcrses on the right, AT
places Cunfcdcratcs and Fcderals
were only separated by the works.
and the latter not few times
reached their guns over and fired
light down upon the heads Of the
former. So continued the painful.
unvarying battle for about two
hours. At the end OF that time a
rumor arose that the enemy were
dcSirouS to come in and surrender.
Coz. Brown gives the following ac-
count Of it in his Official report:
About , o'clock p. IN. the fir
ing ceased along the line. and OBJ
served thc enemy standing up in our
'front.', their colors flying and arms
pointing upward. called upon
| them to lay down their arms and
come in. An officer answered that
he was awaiting our surrender;
mat we had raised white flag
whcrcupon he had ceased firing.
replied that | commanded here, and
II any !lag was raised it was without
authority, and unless he came in
lrlng would be resumed. lie begged
conference. which was granted
ana subordinate officer advanced
near the breast works and informed
me that white flag was flying on
my right lie was Informed that
unless his commander surrendered
the firing would be continued. Ut
started back to his lines, and failins
to exhibit his flag Of truce, was sh0t
down midway between the lines
W"lch were not more than twenty
yards apart at this point. Tho
ilrinS again commenced with una
batCd fury"