The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-01

the house still shows hundreds of bull
let holes. The home is now owned by
Mr.. Roe. He showed us every kind
ness. Here our kodacks were put IN
use. From here We went to Salem
church. There is very little change
around Salem church. I had no trou-
Bile at all in finding the position oc-
cupied by the Sd S. C. V. on that May
day in 1863. The bueastworks are still
in existence after 48 years. Here are
some beautiful monuments to the fed
eral dead. Here we had several snap
shot pictures made. We hurried to-
wards Charlottesville. About one
mile from Charlottesville we found
a stone, marked, "The Last Bivouac of
Lee and Jackson" It was from here
that Cen. Jackson began his march
around Gen. Hookers army. 1t was
also a this place that Gen. Kershaw's S
brigade moved to the left and took
position fronting towards Chancellors-
Willie. We pushed on to Chancellors-
vile and found that there had been
very little change In 48 years: The
house was burned in the fight, but has
been rebuilt with only slight change
from the original. The rife pits are
still to be seen. The place is now
owned by Mr.. Rowley, and is Kept as
a tavern We had quite a number of
pictures taken here. After dinner we
pushed On to the Wilderness. I had
no trouble to locate the place where
I was wounded on the 9Th of May, 1864.
I also located the spot where Col. J.
D. Nance was killed: Went on back
to tine place where our field infirmary
was and had our pictures taken again.
I was On the ground and DR.. S. G.
Welch Was standing looking down On
me, as he did At years ago. We went
near the spot where Gen. Jackson was
wounded and ON the spot where he
was placed in the ambulance, took
pictures of the Brock road. Started
on Our return trip. DIR. Welch located
the spot where his field infrmary was
stationed during the Charlottesville
battle. Here We had more pictures
taken. We then returned to Chancel-
lorsville. All the party except myself
stopped here for the night, DR.. Welch
to STRAIT home the next morning, Mr..
Williams Welch to Washington and
Mr.. I. H. Hunt to Spottsylvania. I
went On to Fredericksburg and spent
the might, and returned to Washington
the next morning.
That afternoon I saw congress ad-
journ. There was very little excite
ment, but the scene was brilliant.
Wednesday morning we took the train
for Kadersville, Nd, from which we
secured conveyances to the battlefield
Of Sharpsburg. Soon after leaving
Kadersville we began to pass tablets,
showing what troops fought at the
different places. We passed near Gen.
McClellans headquarters, and pushed
for the bloody lane, and up it to the
little Stone church. On account of
the woods being cut down, was at a
loss for some time to locate the posi-
tons of KershaW's brigade in the fight,
but after little study was able to
locate the position of the brigade l
had located the positions for Col. Don,
of the United States army several
years ago. And the tablets are near
the fartherest position occupied by the
brigade. We returned through Sharps-
burg, and saw Gen. Lees headquar-
ters. At Sharpsburg' there is a ma
tional cemetery with thousands of fed
eral dead The country around Sharps-
burg is very pretty and a splendid
place for a battle. We returned to
Kadersville, ran down to Weaverton,
and got on the Canal cow path, and
walked three miles to Harper's Ferry.
There has been very little change at
Harper's Ferry in the last 49 years.
Harper's Ferry is in the joint formed
by the Potomac and Shenandoah riv-
ers with railroad and wagon bridges
to Maryland, and wagon bridges to
Virginia side. Here We met a veter-
an who fought on the London Heights,
another who was on the Bolivar
Heights, and myself who fought on
Maryland Heights When these three
points fell, Harper's Ferry was at our
mercy. We captured 12,500 prisoners