The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-04-26


cade In which he hoped to entrap his
enemy and destroy him, but such cum
ming was as native to the Confederate
leader as to his adversary, and he did
not take the bate. In this affair
Streights right-hand man. brave
Colonel Gilbert hathaway, fell wound
ed, and expired in a few minutes, from
a carbine bullet fired by sharp
shooter, Private Joseph Martin. The
death Of Hathaway sealed the doom
of the raiders. The Federal command
CT says: "His loss to me was irrepara-
and when he fell it cast a deep gloom
and when he fell it cast deep COLON
Of despondency over his regiment
which was hard to overcome. We
remained in ambush but short time,
when the enemy, who by some means
had learned of our Whereabouts, com
menced flank movement ] then de-
cided to withdraw as silently as pos
sible."
On throughout the night struggled
this plucky remnant Of Rosecran's
picked band Of raiders. Braggs i'm
portant communication between Chat
tanooga and Atlanta looked very sasfe
now, but these men were dying game
ly. Forrest was at last sure of his
quarry, provided he could keep his
remnant from destruction by ambush.
Trom Gadsden,. by a parallel route, he
had despatched, on horseback, to go
right through to Rome, courier who
would arrive there in good time to
warn the citizens to guard or burn the
bridge, and thus stop the raiders short
Of their spoil. 1t was too great dan.
ger, with his handful Of men, to risk
a night fight, with all the advantage
On the other side. Therefore, picking
out a squadron Of his best mounted
troopers to follow on and "devil them
all night" he gave his men their first
nights rest since leaving Courtland.
FORESTS foresight in hurrying
courier to Rome was not the least i'm
portant of his brilliant moves in this
and was we'll timed. Col.
John III. Window outdid Paul Revere
in this famous ride.
Near Turkeytown, eight miles east
OF Gadsden, at nightfall Of May End,
Streight picked out 200 Of his best
mounted men Of his command and,
placing them under Captain Milton
ordered him to hurry on to-
Rome and sieze and hold the bridge un-
til he could get there with the main
column.
Captain Russell pushed on, crossed
the Chattooga river in small ferry
boat, and on the 3rd approached the
city to find the bridge Ibarlicaded and
defended by a strong company of
home guards. He concluded not to
attack, and sent word back to his
chief of the condition Of affairs. Mean
while things were going desperately
withN NStreight, without regard to Rus
sells failure, of (which as yet he was
in ignorance.
with heroic persistence he urged his
weary sleepy and worn-out cavalcadc
by starlight, and by the moon When
1t came out, as far as the Chattooga
river, where Captain Russell had
crossed. Alas! his subordinate had
not left guard to hold, the ferryboat
and some citizens, by this time, ap-
priced Of the warlike character OF the
soldiers who had used it, had spsirited
the boat away to parts undiscoverable.
Many a man would have given up in
despair at this moment, but Abel d.
Streight VS. not that sort Of a man.
Several miles distant up this stream
there was q bridge, and Moses-like, he
led his people thitherward, and verify
through a wilderness. He says: 1--WE
had to pass over an old coal-chopping
for several miles, where the timber
had been cut and hauled off for char
coal, leaving innumerab.e wagon roads
running in every direction. The COM
mand was so worn out and exhausted
that many were ASLEEP, and in spite
OF every exertion I, with the aid or
such of my officers as were able for
duty, could make, the command be-
came scattered, and separated in sew
eral squads, travelling In several diff
Serent directions and 1t was not until
near daylight that the last of the COM
mand had crossed the river"
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