The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-03-20

across the ravine, the 18th Mississipp
who had been hidden from us by thei,
passing around the hill, while we haC
rushed over it, debouched also int,
the ravine, and seeing before them ;
somewhat disordered line rushing or
before them, perhaps naturally con.
Guided that we were Yankees anC
poured several whitening volleys into
our ranks. One of Capt. Carpenters
men fell in our ranks, shot in the bach
through the heart and immediately
died. A number were more or les:
severely wounded, before the II dis.
covered their mistake, when they i'm.
riediately retired from the field IN
spite of all Gen1 Jones efforts to raj.
" ihe1n to our support, an dt-s l.,f
&'m"st as soon alS) retreatad Our
Ecg. was thus left in crIticll con.
dltlon, from which nothing but the
providence of God and great GOODNESS
IN ourselves could extricate us. Find
ing himself unsupported by the re-
malnder of the Brigade; an over
powering enemy within 500 yards of
him supported by two other arms of
the service and occupying a COM
manding position, while neither of
the other Generals whose coopera-
ton had been pledged us had made
his appearance on the field, Col. Jen-
klns formed his Regiment on the side
OF the hill just below the range of
the enemy's fire, and dispatched Lieut.
}. b. Steadman of this corps back to
Jones for orders. A brief but careful
search disclosed the fact that onl
Gen. had strangely left the field with
the Mississippi Reg. without sending
any order to Col. Jenkins to direct
his movements. This fact being re-
ported to the Col. he cody and in
good order withdrew his Regiment
from the field; the enemy from some
cause or other, which at this time is
unknown to us, having refrained from
nursu'ng us. when we were thus de-
livered into their hands. In this un-
fortunate, ill managed, but to our
eeg,ment highly creditable affair, our
Regiment lost three killed and about
20 wounded while the loss of the
hsslssippians was some ten killed,
and considerable number wounded.
we. retired near d mile by the road
before we rejoined our Gen. and Mis-
Slsslppi friends and here we first
learned the signal triumph which has
blessed our arms at Stone Bridge.
On the 22nd July we buried Thos,
w. Fowler with military honors near
the Road leading from Camp Wake.
to McLane's Ford at distance of
about 1-2 mile from this point on the
left of the Road looking to the East
On the 23rd July the Brigade vas
marched to Fairfax Station and re-
manned there one night. On the oath
we returned to point equidisrant
between Manassas and Fairfax c. H.
not far from the Centreville Road and
there encamped, giving to this place
the name of Camp Pettus.
On the 9th, the 18th and 18th Mis-
slssippi were removed into another
brigade, and the 5th S. c.. was bri.
gaded with the 4th (Col. Sloan, the
9Th (Col. Wynder) and the 9th tCol
Blanding) S. C. Regiments. This
brigade still retained it's rank as 3rd
under the command of Col. D. r
Jones.
August 1st Hooker Sharpe, a pri.
vate of this company died at Char.
lottesville, Va, Hospital of typhoic
fever.
On the 18th of this month, the 3rt
Brigade was moved from Camp Pet.
, tus, 5 miles forward, to Germantown
IL miles West of Fairfax c.. H.
the 9th Reg. was encamped on the
Centreville Turnpike, and the remain.
ing Regiments of the Brigade, or
the Leesbury Road, a few hundred
yards distant.
August 18th, Jas. Parr, a private
Of this company, died in hospital al
Camp Pettus, of typhoid fever. Or
the 18th day of the same month
James M. Going died at Charlottes
vile of typhoid pneumonia, at the
house of Mr.. I. Parish.