The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-15
Renaissance
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road as we hurried on after those
that were still making time towards
their intrenched encampment. Our
skirmish line followed them rapidly,
firing as we went, while our line OF
battle followed us in easy supporting
distance. In a short while our skir-
mish line reached the edge of an open
field which had been planted in sweet
potatoes and the potato beds thrown
up high, ran parallel with our line.
There was nothing then to obstruct
the view of the enemy's camp behind
their entertainments and in the camp
there was a big stir and much con-
fusion and showed that they had been
as much surprised as their picket line.
officers and men were hustling around
Ealf dressed, hurrying to load three
pieces of light artillery which had
their muzzles sticking out over the
| low embankment towards US and
about 400 yards away from US, but as
no order for us to halt had been given
| we pushed right on. We could plain
ly see the men at the lanyards. and
understand when they were given the
command to fire, and just at the right
moment the skirmishers would lie
down between the potato beds anc
hear the grapeshots pattering into
them and then quickly rising we went
forward again until the moment they
were about to fire again when we
would repeat the operation, and we
kept on at it until we were within
about 800 yards of the enemy's en-
trenchments when we heard the buglt
call to rally on the center four, anC
then to take our place in the line o.
battle. We were disappointed at tina
for the enemy was badly demoralizet
and men were running away towards
the Stone river to get under the cove
of their gunboats, and we believed
and always will, that if we had no
been halted that our skirmisher
would have gone right into the en-
emy's camp and captured those tire
pieces of artillery and a lot of pris
oners, but Gen. Beauregard's order t
Gen. Hagood was to make recon
noisance and by no means bring o.
an engagement and he had to ODE
: his superior, and so it was the Skin
rlishers took their place in the line O
battle and we all deliberately marche
away in columns of tours while tn
eremy's gunboats moved up Stono an
threw shells at us as long as the
could reach US. / do not know wha
the federals thought of our conduc
but I do know that they hurried
evacuated the island that night an
:. left large lot of sugar, coffee, ham
and other commissary stores benin
which we went in the next da.
gathered up and enjoyed very mucl
. The Edisto Rifles in this affair ha
: two men wounded. Luther Myers an
Sam Hall, the same who with myse
reached the picket line in advance {
the rest of the skirmishers. 1t wa
in this affair that | saw two of til
Germans of the band along with I
with the bayonets on sticks, but the
!, soon got guns from the dead of til
enemy when we crossed through tt
hedge fence. At this time there we
an English officer named Cockir
drilling the Edisto Rifles in the ba!
onet exercises and he went along wit
US also, and claims to have killed tv
of the enemy with his pistol. AS "
passed through the hedge row whe1
the reserve of the federal pickets hs
: been lying, I picked up two good cal
teens, as my own was empty, ar
turning one up to my mouth to drlr
water-as I supposed was bot
surprised and gratifed to find tn;
:, both canteens were full up with gee
= uine coffee sweetened and creame
sure enjoyed it that hot July da
At the same place picked them u
others of the boys got rubber coat
- army blankets, etc. l am going
stop here as / see you had to sp
my, 10 or nunohar Laurie T. IZlar