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I failed to mention that before the reorganization of the regiment for the war Johnson Hagood had been promoted to Brigadier General and was in command on James Island; and I also failed to say that James Hagood, a -Citadel boy of about 17½ years, and a brother of the General, had come +Citadel boy of about 17½ years, and a brother of the General, had come over to James Island and joined Company C, Capt. B. B. Kirkland, as a private. We were taken over to Charleston and encamped on the Citadel Green, preparatory to leaving for Virginia. Just after getting over to @@ -2910,362 +2877,4 @@ P. 115: "out" changed to "our" (we abandoned our quarters). 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - - - - -Title: Reminiscences of a Private - - -Author: Frank M. Mixson - - - -Release Date: December 13, 2012 [eBook #41616] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REMINISCENCES OF A PRIVATE*** - - -E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, Moti Ben-Ari, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images -generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) - - - -Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this - file which includes the original illustrations. - See 41616-h.htm or 41616-h.zip: - (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41616/41616-h/41616-h.htm) - or - (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41616/41616-h.zip) - - - Images of the original pages are available through - Internet Archive. See - http://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofp00mixs - - - - - -[Illustration: PRIVATE F. M. MIXSON, Forty-five years after the war.] - - -REMINISCENCES OF A PRIVATE - -by - -FRANK M. MIXSON - -Company "E" 1st S. C. Vols. (Hagood's) - -Jenkins' Brigade Lee's Army - 1861 1865 - - - - - - - -1910 -The State Company -Columbia, S. C. - -Copyright, 1910 -By -The State Company - - - - -DEDICATION. - - -Dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of "the Lost Cause," who should know -of the valor, trials, suffering and privations of the noblest people and -the grandest army that God ever put on this earth, so that _they too_ -can pass down to their children and their children's children a true -history of the great deeds of this glorious Southland, for the cause and -principles they loved so well and for which they suffered, bled and -died. - - THE AUTHOR. - - - - -PREFACE - - -In the summer of 1865 I first met Frank M. Mixson, the writer of these -reminiscences. He was then a boy of eighteen summers, with four years of -continuous service in the army of the Confederate States to his credit. - -In that depressing time, when the old civilization of the South had been -prostrated by the cyclone of war, when every hope seemed forever gone -from the sky of the darkened future, he was full of the steady, -unflinching courage of the Confederate Veteran, looking with unwavering -faith to the resurrection that loyalty to principle, trust in the right -and confidence in the destiny of the Anglo-Saxon would assure in the -peace of the patient coming years. - -Heroes of the Lost Cause were not then so scarce as now, and from time -to time many of the older comrades of the boy soldier told me of his -deeds of cool daring on the battle line, of mischievous life in the -winter bound camps or on the weary march. - -And so the years passed, but they did not dim the memories of those who -had touched elbows with him from Charleston to Appomattox. - -At my insistent request, he, now graying with years, wrote for -publication in my paper these reminiscences, as told by the winter -fireside to the grandchildren gathered under his roof tree in the -holiday time. As I read them, feeling their pathos, realizing their -value as giving pictures of the great conflict that no other actor in -that red drama had penned or voiced, the thought mastered me that these -memories were worthy of a larger audience than I could reach and that -from the Lakes to the Gulf, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, they -should find as equal welcome, rouse as equal interest in homes of the -victors by the stars and stripes as among the conquered ones whose flag -had been forever furled. So these reminiscences are given to the broader -world just as he wrote them with the hand that knew better the handling -of the musket than the holding of the pen. - -Not a word or a syllable have I changed, not a thought have I suggested. - -To those who read his plain, unvarnished story there will come a fuller -understanding of the spirit of the old South than the cultured -historians have written. The heart and hope of Dixie are laid bare to -sight and feeling, the courage and endurance of the legions of Lee and -Jackson, the patient, uncomplaining consecration of the women who kept -the homes and fed and clothed the thin lines that so long held back such -invincible odds. All in all, it is the best book of the many that I have -read touching the War Between the States. It gives an insight into the -life and character of the Southern soldier that must appeal to every -human heart not dead to chivalry and must win from those who were the -bitterest foes of the South and its peculiar institutions a higher -respect for and admiration of those once their enemies, but who have -cast all hate from their hearts. It is a true history. I have verified -by the testimony of as good men as breathe the air of South Carolina the -truth and accuracy of the events described. - -Faithful as a soldier in the brave young morning of his life, Private -Mixson has in the afternoon of his years rendered a noble service to the -South he loved so well and the cause he served as becomes a modern -knight. - - JOHN W. HOLMES, - Editor of _The People_. - - Barnwell, S. C., March 5, 1910. - - - - -CHAPTER I. - - -The author of these Reminiscences (F. M. Mixson) was born at Barnwell -Court House, South Carolina, on the 5th day of December, 1846. I was the -nineteenth and youngest child of Wm. J. and Sarah Ann Mixson. My father -died when I was about six years old, leaving my mother a large family to -see after. My father, Wm. J. Mixson, was recognized as one of the best -men of Barnwell District and had the reputation of being one of the most -truthful and honest and best men of the State. He was familiarly known -in the District as "Uncle Billy," and his word was always taken without -dispute. My mother, before her marriage, was Sarah Ann Johnston, from -the lower part of Barnwell District, now Hampton County. She was highly -connected with the best people of the lower section of the State. She -was a woman of great business capacity, being very energetic, fine -business ability and quite industrious. They married quite young and -raised a large family. - -Of my parents' families I know very little. My father had four -brothers--Joyce, Charles, Archie and Miles--all of whom lived in the -lower part of Barnwell District, between Johnston's Landing and -Matthews' Bluff, on the Savannah River. They all had good sized -families. Early in the 1850's they all moved to Florida with their -families and that State is now thickly populated with Mixsons and -Mixson descendants. Father also had four sisters. Aunt Experience -married Ben Brown and afterwards Fogler. Aunt Susan also married a Brown -(Josiah). Aunt Levisy married Robert Kirkland, of Buford's Bridge, and -Aunt Hanson married James Darlington, of the Cypress Chapel section. All -of these had families and were well to do in this world's goods. - -My mother had, so far as I am informed, two brothers--Uncle Joe Johnston -being the eldest. He remained in the State, his home being in the upper -part of Beaufort District, now Hampton County. He, too, was well off in -this world's goods. He at one time represented his District in the -Legislature. In those times travel was not like now. When Uncle Joe -would leave home for Columbia, the capital, he would mount one horse, -his negro boy another with the hand-bag of wearing apparel. It would -take them some three days to make the trip. Then was the time when the -State House was a small wooden building situated on the same grounds as -now. The only place the members and public had to stop and put up was at -Granby's--a high bluff on the Congaree River, about two and a half miles -from the present State House, where there was a boarding house. Uncle -Ben Johnston moved to Shreveport, La., before the war and amassed quite -a fortune. Mother had three sisters--Aunt Charlotte married Amos Smart, -Aunt Jerusha married Henry Best--both of the Allendale section--and -Aunt Elizabeth married ---- Worton, of Bainbridge, Ga. At the death of -my father, mother immediately administered on the estate and she decided -it best to take her share and have the children's portion put in the -hands of guardians; consequently, she had everything sold, including -about sixty-five negroes. This being converted into money, the guardians -of those under age were placed in charge of it for their respective -charges. - -It happened to my fortunate lot to have as my guardian the Hon. James J. -Wilson, then State Senator, and at that time a practicing attorney at -the Barnwell Bar. He, however, did not remain long in Barnwell after -taking me in charge, but returned to his plantation on the Four Mile -section of Barnwell District, near the Savannah River, which is now the -Ellenton section. I went with him and regarded that my home and was -treated as a child by both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, they having no children -of their own except a grown son of Mr. Wilson's by a former marriage. I -would occasionally go down to Barnwell to visit my mother and family, -sometimes remaining for several weeks. I was truly fortunate in falling -into the hands of these good people. Mr. Wilson was one of the best -Christian gentlemen I have ever known, and during the many years I -remained with him I never saw nor heard any word or act but that bespoke -the true Christian, honest and lovable man; and Mrs. Wilson, too, was as -kind as a mother to me, a good woman in every sense, but who spoiled me -with kindness. I cannot, even now at sixty-four years of age, forget -their parental care and kindness to me. They have long ago gone to their -reward, a place of peace and rest prepared for such as they were and so -richly deserved by them. - -The first year of Mr. Wilson's guardianship of me we spent in Barnwell. -I was then quite young, but to keep me out of mischief, I suppose, I was -sent to school in the village. This school was presided over by a Mr. H. -Melville Myers, who taught in Barnwell for many years and died there at -an advanced age. - -On going up to the plantation on the Four Mile I did nothing for some -time, but finally a new school house was built by the neighborhood--the -Bushes, Dunbars, Williams, Newmans, Wilsons, and perhaps one or two -others, and a Mr. R. H. Alfred, a Campbellite preacher, was engaged to -take us in charge. Mr. Alfred was a fine scholar and teacher, and a -perfect gentleman. This school house was built about four miles from my -home and I had to walk alone. This would seem hard these times, but then -it was not so much. This school ran for more than a year, when, for some -cause, it closed. In the meantime, my mother had sold out her belongings -in Barnwell and purchased a plantation ten miles above Barnwell, on the -Hamburg Road, and known then and now as Joyce's Branch. - -In the summer of 1860, there being no school on the Four Mile, and my -sister Sarah, now Mrs. Richmond, of Atlanta, having a school at Joyce's -Branch Church, I went down home and went to school to her; but she gave -up the school in the fall and was succeeded by Mr. McBride, an old -teacher of much note, who had taught so long that he knew every sum in -the Arithmetic by heart. At this time came the excitement of secession, -minute men, war _and the big comet_--all on us at one time. I had no -time for anything else, and attended every meeting of every kind. A -company of minute men was organized with Dr. Frederick as Commander. -This I joined, though not yet fourteen years old. We had our meetings -every Saturday at Fred Killingsworth's, near Cypress Chapel Church, for -the purpose of drill and to talk over the events that were happening and -things _we knew would_ happen in the very near future. I tell you, I was -proud of my cockade and wore it on every occasion. This company was not -formed with the idea of going into service as a company, but for the -purpose of meeting together, talk over matters and keep enthused. I am -proud to say, however, that when the call was made to enlist in -companies that every member of our Minute Men responded like patriots -and joined some command. I had then reached about fourteen years, and, -while I had been admitted a member of the Minute Men, there was no -company that was being organized that would consent to take me in, -especially as I could not get the consent of my mother and Mr. Wilson. -This, however, did not dampen my enthusiasm, for I just knew if I did -not get there on time the Yankees would "_lick_" _us in short order_, -hence, I determined to go whenever the troops were ordered out, consent -or no consent. - -About the first of the year 1860 I returned to the Four Mile. I found -that during my absence at my mother's a young physician--Dr. Martin -Bellinger--had located in that section and had taken board at our house; -and also a nephew of Mrs. Wilson's had lately come to study law under -Mr. Wilson. I made fast friends with both these gentlemen, especially -Dr. Bellinger. Mr. Steve Laffitte was the name of the law student. He -not having much to do, and I nothing, he took me in charge for -instruction, but neither of us did much. There was also staying at our -house a great big Irishman, by name John Nicholson, a true son of Erin. -It goes without saying that Nicholson and I were the very best of -friends. The war talk continued and companies were being raised. -Nicholson volunteered in a company being raised by Capt. Wm. J. Crawley. -This company was assigned to Holcombe Legion when ordered out. I do not -remember the date, but the company was ordered to report and get -together at Williston, S. C., at a certain time. I slept with Nicholson -his last night home, and next morning I arose before daylight, without -breakfast or anything to eat, with no clothing--with nothing but -enthusiasm. I headed off for Williston, a distance of twenty-seven -miles, _a-foot_. I expected, however, that the wagons containing the men -would overtake me during the morning. I had gotten perhaps as far as -three miles on my way, walking leisurely along, meditating on the life -of a soldier, the many battles I would be in, the gallant deeds I would -do, and, above all, the host of Yankees I would kill and put to flight, -when I heard the tramp of a horse's feet coming up from the rear. I -intuitively knew what it was, but, deigning to look back, I continued my -onward course. The horseman soon overtook me, and, riding by me until he -got to a pine stump on the side of the road, he rode up to it and waited -for me, and on my approach, he (Mr. Wilson) said, "Get up," which I did, -and we retraced our way for home. Not another word but "get up" was said -during the whole time. I felt that I was being badly treated, and I had -the sulks, and Mr. Wilson, in the goodness of his heart, spared me the -humility of a lecture. - -There were other companies being formed which were to form Hagood's -First South Carolina, and it was not many days before they, too, were -ordered to rendezvous at Orangeburg, S. C. I had in the meantime gone -down to my mother's; she thought the best thing for me was to be put to -the plow. This she did. I had been plowing only a few days--perhaps only -two days--when in the morning a wagon came along loaded with men on -their way to Barnwell to join Hagood there and go from there to -Orangeburg, where the famous Hagood's First South Carolina Volunteers -were organized. I did nothing less than drive my horse in a fence, jam -and load myself on that wagon. Arriving at Barnwell, Johnson Hagood met -us, and, looking us over, he spied me and said, "Frank, go back home. -Too small now; you will do later." There was nothing else for me to do -but get back again. This was some time about the first of April, 1861. -About two months after this, I could just stand it no longer, and off I -go again without saying a word to any one. I went to Charleston and over -to the Regiment and joined Company I, commanded by Capt. J. J. Brabham, -in which my brother, J. S. Mixson, was First Lieutenant. When Hagood saw -me down there he again ordered me home, and I told him I had already -joined. Besides, if he drove me away I would go somewhere else and join. -He let up, and I was happy beyond measure. The regiment at that time was -only twelve months' troops, and during the fall and winter the -reorganization for the war commenced. In the reorganization Company I -became Company C, with B. B. Kirkland as Captain. My brother, J. S., did -not re-enlist, but went to a cavalry company serving on the coast and -became Quartermaster Sergeant of the regiment. I remained with Company C -for over a year, when Ely Myrick, of Company E, and I exchanged, he -going to Company C, Capt. Kirkland, and I to Company E, Capt. Wood. -There was in Company E my eldest brother, Joyce, between whom and myself -there were seventeen children--his son, G. D. Mixson, and two Nelson -boys, who were my nephews, all of whom were several years older than I. -We were stationed on Coles Island during the winter of 1861, but after -the reorganization we were moved to James Island and remained there till -we were ordered to Virginia. Brother John and his two sons, Elliott and -Adrian, re-enlisted in Hunter's Company, Lamar's Second Artillery, and -remained in South Carolina and saw hard service on James Island. While -on James Island I would get a pass to Charleston whenever I could and -spend the day with my sister Susan, who was Sister Mary Magdeline, in -the Sisters of Mercy, and on every visit I was treated right royally by -them. I remember that before leaving for Virginia my sister placed -something around my neck, and until the string wore out and I lost it I -was never hurt, but the first fight I went into after losing this I was -wounded. - - - - -CHAPTER II. - - -I failed to mention that before the reorganization of the regiment for -the war Johnson Hagood had been promoted to Brigadier General and was in -command on James Island; and I also failed to say that James Hagood, a -Citadel boy of about 17-1/2 years, and a brother of the General, had come -over to James Island and joined Company C, Capt. B. B. Kirkland, as a -private. We were taken over to Charleston and encamped on the Citadel -Green, preparatory to leaving for Virginia. Just after getting over to -Charleston I was taken with "low country fever," and was sent up to the -hospital in Augusta, Ga. Old Dr. Ford was in charge of the hospital, -which was the old Eagle and Phoenix Hotel. I was up there about three -weeks when I heard that the regiment had left Charleston for Virginia. I -immediately went to Dr. Ford and asked for a discharge from the hospital -and transportation to Richmond, where I hoped to overtake them. He tried -to dissuade me from leaving, and offered me a permanent place under him, -but I did not go into service to hang up in hospitals, consequently, I -declined and got my discharge and transportation and took the first -train going North. I was alone--had never been out of the State, except -to Augusta--a mere kid of a boy. I can tell you, I felt mighty lonesome. -Besides, I was afraid that the regiment would get so far ahead of me -that I would not overtake them before they got to the fighting ground. I -felt that if the regiment did get in a fight without me I would forever -be disgraced, no matter the reason. Fortunately, just before reaching -Richmond I ran up on Dr. Martin Bellinger, our surgeon, who had been -looking after some sick before leaving Charleston, and who, too, had got -behind. We got to Richmond about four days after the regiment had left -for Manassas. Dr. Bellinger's horse was there, but I had to take it -a-foot and alone, except some stragglers, like myself, none of whom, -however, did I know, as they were not from our regiment. Dr. Bellinger, -in Richmond, took me to the Spotswood Hotel and gave me dinner, after -which we both left to overtake our men. It was just outside the city -when the doctor rode away from me. I felt that I was deserted by -everybody and disgraced if I let the regiment get into a fight before I -reached them. I traveled that night until about midnight, when I lay -down by the roadside and slept till sunrise. I again pulled out and kept -on the go. By this time the rations that I had slipped into my haversack -at the Spotswood were gone. I did not know how I would get something to -eat from then on. In passing by a pasture I saw four or five sheep. I -loaded my musket, took deliberate aim at one not more than twenty steps -off, fired and _missed_. I shot at this old fellow not less than five -times and gave it up in disgust. That evening, just before sundown, I -ran across a large, fat hog. I know it could not have weighed less than -three hundred pounds. I was hungry good by this time, and I was -determined to have meat. I loaded up and first fire _brought her down_. -I then skinned and cut off a ham, and going perhaps a mile further, I -stopped for the night at a spring by the roadside. The balance of the -hog I left where she fell; but as I had passed so many stragglers I know -she did not spoil, for they, like myself, were hungry. I feasted that -night on broiled ham--no salt, no bread, _but it was good_. This ham -lasted me until I overtook the wagon train, which was about six miles in -rear of the regiment, or, I may say now, the army. I overtook these -wagons in camp about twelve o'clock at night and I stopped to camp. I -was very much surprised to be awakened perhaps an hour before day by the -firing of cannon and small arms ahead. I could not remain longer. I got -up and headed for the front. Not being experienced in warfare at that -time, I had no idea that the firing on the front was exceeding three -miles at most, but when I came to travel it I found that after I had -gone at least six miles I had only reached the location of the field -hospital. Here again I ran upon Dr. Bellinger, he having very little -help, and with a desire to care for me, as he saw that I was about -broken down, he ordered me to remain to assist with the wounded, who had -begun to come in. I protested, but he held firm and I was soon at work. -The duty demanded of me by Dr. Bellinger was to assist in the -examinations and amputations, and many a poor fellow did I hold while -his leg or arm was taken off. I was shocked at the number of our -regiment brought back killed and wounded. Men whom I had only a few -weeks before left in Charleston in the best of health and spirits, some -dead, others wounded. I could hardly realize such carnage. Over half of -the regiment was killed and wounded. I remained with Dr. Bellinger until -the wounded were all disposed of, when he let me go. I overtook the -regiment just after they crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Our -regiment left Charleston and went into the Manassas fight with Thos. J. -Glover, of Orangeburg, Colonel; Wm. H. Duncan, of Barnwell, -Lieutenant-Colonel; Daniel H. Livingston, of Orangeburg, Major; Wm. J. -Wood, of Steel Creek, Adjutant; Mortimer Glover, of Orangeburg, -Sergeant-Major; Captain Warren B. Flowers, of Baldoc, Quartermaster; (I -cannot recollect now who was the Commissary); Dr. Martin Bellinger, of -Four Mile, Surgeon; Dr. Wm. S. Stoney, of Allendale, Assistant Surgeon. -The Company Commanders were: Company A, Capt. Isaac Bamberg, Bamberg; -Company B, Capt. ---- Wannamaker, Orangeburg; Company C, Capt. B. B. -Kirkland, Buford's Bridge; Company D, Capt. Robt. L. Crawford, Marion; -Company E, Capt. Jno. H. Thompson, Upper Three Runs; Company F, Capt. T. -D. Gwinn, Greenville; Company G, Capt. J. G. Grimes, Bamberg; Company H, -Capt. John C. Winsmith, Spartanburg; Company I, Capt. Jas. H. Stafford, -Marion; Company K, Capt. ---- Knotts, Orangeburg. The lieutenants of -the companies I cannot recollect. Gus Hagood, of Barnwell, was color -bearer. This is about the manner our regiment was officered on reaching -Lee's army, and was assigned to Hood's Texas Brigade. We went into the -Second Manassas about fourteen hundred strong. It seemed to me that every -minute there was some poor fellow brought back. Col. Glover was killed -outright. Maj. Livingston wounded slightly; Adjutant Wood wounded; Capt. -Bamberg, of Company A, wounded; Capt. Wannamaker, Company B, wounded; -Capt. Kirkland, Company C, wounded; Capt. Crawford, Company D, wounded; -Capt. Thompson, Company E, killed; Capt. Gwinn, Company F, wounded; -Capt. Grimes, Company G, wounded; Capt. Winsmith, Company H, wounded; -Capt. Stafford, Company I, wounded; Capt. Knotts, Company K, wounded. -Besides these nearly all the lieutenants were either killed or wounded -and about one-half, at least, of the regiment. You will therefore see -that our regiment suffered very heavily. Our colors, _they say_, went -down seven times. First, Gus Hagood was shot through the body, and Dr. -Bellinger passed a silk handkerchief entirely through his body, taking -hold of each end and wiping out the blood. He got well, but was never -fit for service again. As Hagood fell with the colors, Gus Eaves, from -Bamberg, one of the color guards, rushed to them and raised them aloft. -In a few minutes his right arm was torn to splinters. Immediately they -were seized by another, and this was continued until the eighth man -bore them through. The fight continued from early morning till night, -when the army camped on the battlefield, ready to renew next morning; -but next morning the enemy had disappeared. We had been driving them all -day. Our regiment made charge after charge, and at one time during the -day in making a charge and in passing over some wounded Yankees, one -inquired, "What regiment is that?" and on being told "the First S. C. -V.," he said, "You all are the d----st fools I ever saw; you have been -whipped all day." - -Nothing being in our front next day to hinder us, we arranged--each -company--for its senior officers to command, in a great many instances, -non-commissioned officers taking command, and we went on a chase into -Maryland. Lieut.-Col. Duncan assumed command of the regiment and Maj. -Livingston, who was only slightly hurt, returned to us just as we -crossed the Potomac River. The first place I recollect after getting -into Maryland was Frederick City. As we passed through the town -everybody was out to see us; streets crammed, doors and windows full; -some cheering and waving Confederate flags; others jeering us and waving -United States flags. We went through the town in a "hurrah" and let them -know that we knew we had just given the Yankee army a good licking at -Manassas and were ready for them again. Just after crossing into -Maryland Lieut.-Col. Duncan, who was commanding our regiment since the -killing of Col. Glover at Manassas, was taken sick and went back into -an ambulance, but did not leave us entirely until we again crossed the -Potomac back into Virginia, when he got a sick furlough and went home to -Barnwell. This left the command of the regiment to Maj. Livingston. I -was then Orderly for the colonel, which required me to be at regimental -headquarters and around the regimental commander at all times and to -extend his private orders and commands. In this position I was not -required to carry a gun, and it was well for me that I was so exempted, -for I could never have made the marching had I been loaded down. Before -crossing into Maryland the entire army were ordered to leave all their -baggage, and on this trip we had nothing but a haversack, canteen and a -blanket or oil cloth, besides the accoutrements--gun, cartridge box and -scabbard. You will see from this that we were prepared for _quick -marching_. - - - - -CHAPTER III. - - -We took the turnpike from Frederick City to Hagerstown, and along the -route we passed many an orchard heavily laden with fine apples and many -corn fields with luscious roasting ears; but we were not allowed to -gather a thing and rations were short. But at every cross road we would -find a lot of ladies with tables set with something to eat and coffee -and buckets of water. It was impossible for them to feed us all, but -what they did do helped out considerably and was highly appreciated. We -passed through Hagerstown at midday and went into camp in an oak grove -some two miles beyond the town. In passing through Hagerstown all the -stores remained open and none of the citizens seemed to be in the least -uneasy. As we were going down the street we saw a corner store with the -sign "Hager's Store." Standing in the doors of this store were a _lot_ -of women and some children. Among them was a young girl some sixteen -years old, who was waving a United States flag and taunting us with "Why -don't you fight under this flag?" Some fellow in ranks remarked, -"Hagerstown, Hager's store, Hager's daughter--hurrah for Hager," and, as -was the custom, we gave them the yell. We remained in this grove outside -the town until the next day after midday, when the "long roll" called us -to "fall in." We were again marched through the town, this time in a -_double quick_, and took the turnpike for Boonesboro Gap, where we -could hear heavy musketry and cannonading going on. It was about sixteen -miles from where we were camped to the gap, and as we were needed there -badly we double quicked nearly the entire distance. Of course, we were -stopped a few minutes at intervals to rest and catch our breath. It -seems that this gap was the only way we had to get back into Virginia, -and the Yankees were trying to hold this against us. Had they succeeded -in doing this, Lee's army would be trapped, but our troops held them at -bay until Jenkins' Brigade got there about deep dusk. We found our -troops hard pressed on the side of the mountains only a few hundred -yards from the pass. We were immediately put into position and relieved -those who had been fighting all day. Our orders were to hold our -position or die. After being in position here for some little time and -holding the enemy back, an officer rode up to near where Maj. Livingston -and I were and asked for the commanding officer. I hollered out, "Here -he is." He told Maj. Livingston that the enemy were being reinforced and -would charge us very shortly, and to save the pass long enough for our -army to succeed in getting by, that we would _charge first_--that the -orders to charge had been extended on our right and all movements would -be taken up from the right. Maj. Livingston turned to me and said, -"Frank, tell Company A to move as the regiment on its right moves, and -come on down the line and tell each company commander to move as the -right moves." I had hardly got the orders extended before I heard the -command, "Company A, forward," "Company B, forward." And on down the -line. We were in for it sure, and away we went--into a blaze of musketry -which lighted us on our way. We drove them back some little distance and -held our gain long enough for the rear of our army to pass through, when -we again heard the right extending orders. This time I heard, "Company A -in retreat," "Company B in retreat," and it was not long before we were -going through the gap--_the last of the army to pass through_. We found -a relief for us when we got through, which held them back till we were -safe on our road to Sharpsburg, which we reached some time late in the -afternoon, after having been fighting nearly all night and marching -since noon the day before. On reaching Sharpsburg we were stopped in an -apple orchard (our regiment) and we fared well. We remained in this -orchard that night, all next day and night. The second morning about -sunrise the Yankees opened their artillery from the heights on us, and -it seemed as if they had placed all the cannon _in the world_ up there; -it was certainly the heaviest and most terrific artillery firing during -the entire war, and has gone down in history as such. Fortunately for us -we were in a bottom and the worst of the shells went over us, but not -all. We had a good many hurt while in this position. Our batteries were -on the hill above us and were responding all they could. About 8 o'clock -we were ordered up the hill to protect our batteries; the enemy were -charging them. We went up the hill at a double quick. Our regiment was -on the left of the brigade and we were going left in front, which put us -to the front. I was trotting by the side of Maj. Livingston amid a furor -of bursting shells. About half way up the hill Maj. Livingston called to -me, saying, "Lead on, Frank, I am wounded." I called to Capt. Knotts, -who was the senior captain present, and told him to take command of the -regiment. We got in position on the hill in rear of a plank fence and -were told not to fire a shot till ordered to do so. While lying behind -the fence the Yankees were making their charge and coming down the -opposite hill in as pretty a line as on dress parade. In front of us, -and about midway, there was a stone fence in another apple orchard. The -Yankees were making for this fence, and, as I said before, were moving -on it at a double quick and a regular dress parade line. The old captain -commanding our batteries had shot himself out of balls, and, all his -horses being killed, he ordered his men to cut off the trace chains. -With these he loaded his pieces and fired. It seemed that as the chains -reached the ranks they spread themselves out full length and cut their -way broadside through. The old captain jumped up, yelled, and ordered -another load, with about the same result. This was done several times, -and finally the column began to waver and weaken. At this point a Yankee -colonel rode to the front with drawn sword and rallied his men, who were -about to give way. Just then I said to Kite Folk, from Bamberg, a boy -like myself, but a year or two older, "Let us shoot him." I picked up a -gun lying near me and Kite and I put our guns through the fence and -fired together. The colonel fell and was carried from the field. The -enemy fell back, but very soon came again. Forty-two years after this -occurrence I was running the Hotel Aiken. I was telling of this incident -one evening when a guest of the house, who had registered as ---- -Johnson, said he knew the circumstance perfectly--that he was the major -of that regiment and when the colonel was killed, as stated, he took -command and received his promotion as lieutenant-colonel; that it was he -who led them back in the second charge. When the enemy made this second -charge we, too, made a charge, and the stone fence, spoken of before, -being about equal distance from each of us, it was a race, who and who. -We won the race, and when we fell in behind the fence the Yankees were -not more than fifteen steps away; but it was not long before they had -moved off, leaving a good crowd behind lying on the field. Could one -have been so situated on one of these hills with nothing to do but -witness the two forces making for that fence, the Yankees coming down -the hill on their side, moving in line as if on drill, determination on -their faces and a quick, steady step without a falter or a quaver--on -the other hill a lot of dirty, hungry, footsore, naked and barefoot men -lying behind that plank fence awaiting orders. Soon the order came, and -we were told to get to that stone fence. _No line for us._ Darling -Patterson, of Barnwell, was our color bearer, and he led off with our -flag waving overhead. The men followed, each one doing all he could to -get there first. We beat them to it, and when Patterson stuck his flag -staff into the ground we had the fence, and too well did they know it. -We tore loose into them, they not being more than fifteen steps distant. -They could not stand it--they broke in confusion and retired in about -the same order that we had advanced; but they were soon rallied and we -had it hot for some time. The fence, however, was a great protection to -us. - -We were well protected by our stone fence in the apple orchard, but the -enemy kept us pretty well engaged in our front, and we had no time to -look around and see how other parts of our line were doing. We had been -fighting behind this fence for perhaps two or three hours when I was -surprised on looking around to see a long Georgia captain running from -where we had come in the morning, and coming directly to me. I was then -standing up under an apple tree eating an apple. On reaching me he said, -"Where is your gun, and why are you not shooting?" I replied, "I am the -colonel's orderly." He then asked for the colonel. I told him that the -regiment was right then without any one to command it. He told me to get -them back--the entire line had fallen back to our previous -position--that we were the only ones so advanced, and to look to the -right, coming from the direction of the barn, and I would see we were -about already surrounded. I yelled out, "First South Carolina, -retreat," and I led off. The enemy were so close in our rear when we -left the fence that we had to run _around_ the _head of their column;_ -but every man succeeded in passing around them. But then we had a long, -sloping hill to go up--nothing to break the view--an open field. Away we -went, and while I was doing all I knew how in the way of running, and -when I had about covered half the distance back, I ran up on Talt Best, -from Allendale, lying flat on his back, shot through the thigh. He had -lain there for several hours, being shot down when we advanced. Talt was -holding out his arms and asked me piteously, "Frank, don't leave me here -to die." It looked like death to me to stop, but I could not resist the -appeal. I stooped down, raised him up. Just then Sid Key, from Joyce's -Branch, ran up and I asked Sid to help me get Talt off. We got him back -to our former line, where we turned him over to the litter bearers, and -we got to our positions. We had not been there over five minutes when -Sid Key was shot. We received orders to prepare to advance, and I -recollect Lieut. Jack Stansell, of Company E, waving his sword, cried -out, "Forward, Company E." After repeating this several times and -getting no response he discovered that he had but one man left -in Company E, Arthur Thompson, of Elko. He then cried, "Forward, -Thompson, go it, Thompson." Almost simultaneously a minnie ball passed -through Thompson's body and a piece of shell hit Lieut. Stansell on -the side of the knee. Both were carried off, and they were the last -men of Company E. - -After getting quieted down enough to look around I commenced to see who -we could get to take command of the regiment. I have already told you -that Capt. Knotts was placed in command when Maj. Livingston told me he -was wounded. I could not find Capt. Knotts, nor had seen him the whole -time of our advance while we were holding the stone fence. I think I may -have failed to say heretofore that Jim Hagood had been appointed -sergeant-major to fill the place of Mortimer Glover, of Orangeburg. In -looking around for a regimental commander I discovered that there was -only one commissioned officer left in the regiment. This officer was -Lieut. Sweat, of Bamberg. I told him he would have to command the -regiment, being the only officer. He refused to do so, and, after some -thought, he told me to go to Sergt.-Major Jim Hagood and tell him to -assume command. This I did, and Jim Hagood, a non-commissioned officer -and an eighteen-year-old boy, took the command. - -We held our ground the balance of the day and that night, and about -daybreak next morning we passed through Sharpsburg and recrossed the -Potomac into Virginia. While we were holding our ground on the -battlefield about midnight the cooks came up with some cooked rations. -Hagood sent me to ascertain how many men each company had left, so as to -divide equally. I recollect Company E had _not one_ and Company F only -one. So, you see, we were right badly used up. - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - - -After holding our ground and showing our enemy that we were not beaten -at Sharpsburg, we left the battlefield in broad daylight and leisurely -took our way to the Potomac and recrossed into Virginia. We stopped over -at Martinsburg and then went on, and went into camp at the Big Spring, -near Winchester, where we remained for three or four weeks. Here our -baggage came to us and it was refreshing to get into clean clothes once -more. While here a good many of our sick and slightly wounded returned -to us, among whom was Maj. Livingston, who relieved Sergt.-Major Hagood -in commanding the regiment. Nothing unusual occurred during our stay at -the Big Spring, only that it was a good country to forage in and we -usually had enough to eat and sometimes some apple jack to wash it down. -After we had been at the Big Spring for several weeks, and the army had -increased considerably, we were taken on a forced march and carried to -Culpeper Court House. Here we remained for several weeks, again getting -in more men who had recovered from wounds and sickness. - -At this place Sergt.-Major Jas. Hagood was made adjutant. While -remaining over here we had drills and dress parade every day and -rested up pretty well. One day I got a pass to go over to Culpeper -and took it up to brigade headquarters to have it countersigned. When -Adjutant-General R. M. Simms saw my name he asked me if I knew Seth -Mixson, of Barnwell, and when I said "He is my brother," Gen. Jenkins -asked where he was. I told him on the coast. Gen. Jenkins then told me -to write him. If he would accept he would have him appointed colonel of -our regiment. You can imagine I was very much elated at this and wrote -him immediately. In a short time I received a reply saying, "Tell Micah -Jenkins I am quartermaster-sergeant of a cavalry regiment on the coast -and would not give it for a major-general in Lee's army." I was -completely disgusted with the answer and never delivered it to Gen. -Jenkins. - -It was here that Col. Coward took command of the Fifth South Carolina. I -recollect how game he looked. He had the regiment formed for dress -parade. He was dressed in a brand new suit, polished high top boots, -shining spurs and bright sword. He did not weigh over one hundred and -twenty pounds, but he looked game. He had the orders read appointing him -colonel, and then he told the men that he was now their colonel and -would be respected as such; he would not tell them to go only as he led -them. When he got through his talk the Fifth knew they had a colonel, -and after-events proved it, for from then on the Fifth was one of the -best regiments in our brigade. Before leaving here Lieut.-Col. Duncan -was promoted to colonel and Maj. Livingston to lieutenant-colonel. After -some three weeks' stay here we were hurried over to Fredericksburg, -reaching there in time to meet Hooker's advance. Upon reaching -Fredericksburg our brigade was held in reserve for a time--in fact, for -the entire day. About sundown we were moved up and relieved some troops -that had been engaged, and we fought then nearly all night and the next -day, until Hooker fell back across the river, leaving us in possession -of the battlefield. After the enemy had recrossed the river we were -taken to woods just off of the field, where we remained in position, -ready for an attack at any moment, should they make an advance. We did -not move back to these woods till about dark, consequently, during the -afternoon we and the enemy were very near together, with the -Rappahannock River only between us, but no fighting going on. Just -before sundown the Yankee band came down to the river bank and commenced -to play. Very soon our bands were on the bank on our side. The Yankee -band would play the popular airs of theirs amid much yelling and -cheering; our bands would do the same with the same result. Towards the -wind-up the Yankee band struck up "Yankee Doodle." Cheers were immense. -When they stopped our band struck up "Dixie," and everything went wild. -When they finished this, both bands, with one accord and simultaneously, -struck up "Home, Sweet Home." There was not a sound from anywhere until -the tune was finished and it then seemed as if everybody had gone crazy. -I never saw anything to compare with it. Both sides were cheering, -jumping up and throwing up hats and doing everything which tended to -show enthusiasm. This lasted for at least a half hour. I do believe that -had we not had the river between us that the two armies would have gone -together and settled the war right there and then. I saw old -weather-beaten men, naked, barefooted, hungry, dirty and worn out, with -tears streaming down their cheeks; men who were not afraid to leave -their homes, their wives, their families, their _all_; but men with -hearts, who could not restrain the tears when it was so vividly brought -to them. Their hearts were touched then, but they were yet men who were -willing to do or die. - -As before said, the army was taken back to the shelter of the woods, off -the field of carnage, for the night. Company E of our regiment was left -on the river bank to watch the movement of the enemy. I was left with -them to carry any message to the colonel during the night, should the -emergency arise. Some time, about two o'clock, there was considerable -commotion in the camp of the enemy. Capt. Wood ordered me to report to -the colonel that he thought they were preparing to make an advance. It -was nearly a mile back to our line, raining and dark. I had to go across -this battlefield alone, but there was no escape. I took a direct course. -There was no woods on my way. You nor no one can imagine how trying it -was. One second I would stumble over a dead man or horse, next would -step on some poor wounded fellow, who would either curse me or beg -piteously for water or help; next run on a wounded horse and run the -risk of being kicked to death. _It was fearful_; but after a time I -reached the woods and delivered my message. The colonel instructed me to -return and keep him informed. I told him, and begged him not to send me -back before daylight--_I could not go_; it was _too much for me_. He -took pity on me and allowed me to remain till daylight. I do believe -that had he insisted on my returning that night that I would have died -before making the trip. - -There was no advance made by the enemy, but they moved off and went into -winter quarters. This was the winter of 1862, and our first in Virginia; -besides, it was a remarkably cold winter. They gave us little A tents, -allowing six to a tent. We cut down trees and built up a pole house -about three feet high, and pitched our tent on top of this, and when we -had completed a chimney and had daubed the cracks with clay we had a -very comfortable residence. Our great trouble was getting in wood; but -we would take turn about to get in a day's supply. We fared very well, -taking everything into consideration. There was a very heavy snow storm; -snow fell about waist deep over the whole country. One morning a few men -commenced to snow ball. These were added to until the whole army was -engaged. Brigadier-generals took command of their brigades; colonels of -their regiments; captains of their companies. It was a regular planned -battle and was fought all day. Sometimes one would take the camp of -another and plunder it of blankets, rations, cooking utensils and -whatever else there was. It was the biggest snow ball fight on record. I -did not engage in the fight, but took a hand in plundering a camp -whenever we got into one. I had rations for several days after this -affair--rations taken from the fellows' dinner out of their camps. - -While here this winter we had a good many changes. Col. Duncan resigned -and F. W. Kilpatrick, of Pendleton, was made colonel. Capt. Knotts, of -Company K, resigned, and Jim Hagood was made captain of his company. S. -B. Clowney, of Fairfield, was made adjutant. O. D. Wilson, of Allendale, -was made sergeant-major, and other changes in company officers which I -do not recall, except that P. H. Wood, of Steel Creek, was made captain -of Company E. We remained in winter quarters until the severe winter was -over, and when we had recruited so that our regiment and brigade had -gotten to be quite respectable in size. When we broke winter quarters we -were carried down on the Blackwater River, in the neighborhood of -Suffolk. I think Jenkins' Brigade was the only force carried down. - -Our brigade was pretty badly scattered down here and had to cover a big -space. The regiments were camped some four miles apart. After remaining -here on the Blackwater for some little time the brigade was -consolidated, and we were moved down to Suffolk. Here we were in daily -communication with the enemy and our picket lines were only a short -distance apart. While here we were one day asked for volunteers to go -down and charge the gun boats. The volunteers were soon procured, but we -wondered how infantry could charge gun boats. However, we went, and when -we got in good range they opened on us with shells about the size of -flour barrel heads. We did not make much out of charging gun boats. We -had several engagements with the enemy while in this section, holding -back any advance they prepared to make and guarding Richmond from this -direction. While here the Chancellorsville fight came off and it was -here that we heard of the killing of Stonewall Jackson. The -Chancellorsville fight was the only fight of any note that we had missed -since we reached Virginia. - -We remained down in this country until the spring had advanced and -summer was about on us, when we were taken up to Petersburg and camped -outside of the town and did police duty in the town. We were given new -uniforms while here and fixed up in pretty good shape. Again we were -fortunate, for while we were remaining here Lee made his advance into -Pennsylvania and the great battle of Gettysburg was fought and we lost. -Just after this battle when Lee saw Jenkins he said to him, "Jenkins, if -I had had your brigade at Gettysburg I would have won." This was high -praise, but then we deserved it and it did not detract from any that -were there. It was not long before we heard that Longstreet's corps was -to go West and we got orders to pack up and move. We were loaded on -freight trains in and on top of freight boxes at Petersburg, our brigade -being the last of Longstreet's corps to leave. - - - - -CHAPTER V. - - -Jenkins' Brigade had been at Petersburg for some time after coming up -from around Suffolk on the Blackwater and elsewhere down in that -section, when we received orders to prepare to load and ship for the -West with the balance of Longstreet's corps. Our brigade, however, was -the last to be loaded and shipped, and we finally went to the depot and -were loaded on freight boxes, inside and outside, the top being as much -crowded as the inside. The trains those days did not make as good time -as today, and, while I do not recollect how slowly we did run, I do -recollect that when our regiment (the First South Carolina Volunteers) -reached Bamberg and found the little town all lit up with bonfires and -tables spread and the whole country--men, women and children--with -baskets of cold chicken, rice pilau, biscuits, hams, boiled eggs, fried -ham, salads and everything else that women can get up in a country of -plenty, awaiting us and greeting us (the regiment) as if we were all -their brothers; it made us feel good; and then Col. Kilpatrick, who was -in charge of this train, held it for about an hour to give us time to do -justice to what was tendered us. - -Here it was that many an old fellow met his people for the first time -since he had left them; even some here met their wives and children for -the first time, and here I met one of my sisters who was visiting in -the neighborhood. I had not seen any of them since I first went. You may -talk of courage and a sense of duty, but when a man pulls up at a -station at 1 o'clock at night, finds there his wife and children whom he -has not seen for two years, and after about one hour to see them, to be -caressed by them, to be allowed to talk with them, then to be hauled off -on a freight car--perhaps the only place for him on top--_that is -manhood_. But this occurred in Bamberg, not in one case only, but in -many--_they were men in those days_. - -We passed through Denmark (then Graham's Turn Out), Lees, Blackville, -Elko, Williston and White Pond. At each place some member of the -regiment had loving friends and families, but no stop-over was allowed, -and these old soldiers passed by their homes, outwardly showing -cheerfulness, but one could discover their eyes were dim. We stopped -over a couple of hours in Augusta, where we were transferred to the -Georgia Road. We arrived in Atlanta early next morning and thence direct -on to Chattanooga. It was right cold riding in and on top of freight -boxes, so after leaving Atlanta we gathered some sand while the train -was stopped and put it on the floor of the car, and on top, too, and -that evening between sundown and dark we passed through Marietta with -fires in and on top, cooking supper. We even spread down our beds on top -of these trains and went regularly to bed. We reached the nearest -station to Chickamauga that was in our possession, and were immediately -unloaded and ordered in a double quick for the battlefield. The fight -had been going on since early the day before and Longstreet's corps had -reached there to be in time, with the exception of our brigade. There -was hard fighting at Chickamauga, and the battle was won when our -brigade got in at a double quick. The enemy were already on the run, and -we, being fresh, there was a regular stampede. Had Bragg let Longstreet -alone we would have run the last one into the Tennessee River, but Bragg -held us up and gave them time to "catch their breath" and stop at -Chattanooga and at the base of Lookout Mountain. Here we remained for -the most of the fall and here we had the hardest service of the entire -war. The rainy season came on--cold, sleet and snow--and the creeks in -our rear got so swollen that we were cut off from our supplies. We had a -tough time getting something to eat. So scarce were rations that some -men in our regiment tore down barns catching rats, which they would boil -and put in "drop dumplings" and did have good stews. Finally Col. -Kilpatrick had a detail of axmen to fell trees, out of which he had a -large raft made, and sent a detail across the expanse of water and -brought us in meal, bacon, salt and whatever there was. Ours was the -only regiment so fortunate. - -While here we one afternoon received orders to prepare for a -recognizance. Our brigade was taken across the base of Lookout Mountain -and about dark crossed Chattanooga Creek, into Wahatchie Valley, where a -heavy supply train had been discovered earlier in the day. Our object -was to capture this train and bring the supplies in. After crossing -Chattanooga Creek on a bridge, the only way this creek could be crossed, -we were thrown into line of battle. Hampton Legion, Col. Gary, on the -extreme right, Sixth South Carolina next, Fifth next, First next, Second -next, with Palmetto Sharpshooters on extreme left. Capt. James Hagood's -company, Company K, of Orangeburg, was deployed as skirmishers in front -of our regiment. I was orderly for the colonel. We commenced the advance -through these woods--underbrush, hills, hollows and holes--and kept as -quiet as we could. But then we made considerable fuss. After advancing -this way for perhaps two or three miles, Hagood's skirmishers struck -them in front of us. At the same time the Fifth and Sixth and the Legion -struck them. It was so that the Legion got right into the train before -being discovered, and they went to turning loose the mules and raising -Cain in general. In front of the Fifth, First, Second and Sharpshooters -there were no wagons. We had struck them but a few moments when they -were ready to receive us, and lo and behold, we were in front of -Hooker's army corps--one of the best corps of fighters in the entire -Yankee army. - -Here we were in a mess. Jenkins' Brigade, composed of not more than one -thousand men, confronting and attacking the strongest and best army -corps in the Yankee service. In our advance we were so placed that the -left of the First Regiment was resting on the railroad, the right of -the Second resting on the same, the railroad between us. We advanced -till our regiment got out of the woods and into a field. Fighting along -the entire line was intense and heavy; we had advanced as far as we -could and had lain down, continuing the heavy fighting. After being here -under one of the heaviest firing I ever saw for perhaps an hour, men -being killed and wounded every second, I was lying down alongside Col. -Kilpatrick, who was on his knees making observations--a minnie ball -struck the colonel, killing him instantly, passing through his heart. At -the very moment this occurred I heard someone call Lieut. Clowney, and -he, leaving me, responded to the call. Then I saw Col. Bratton, who was -that night commanding the brigade (Gen. Jenkins acting major-general) -sitting on his old gray horse, smoking his old meerschaum pipe. He said, -"Clowney, where is Kilpatrick?" Clowney informed him that he was just -then killed. Col. Bratton said, "Get him off the field. We are going to -fall back," and then said, "I want a man to carry some orders for me." -Lieut. Clowney called out, "Come here, Mixson." I went up to Col. -Bratton and took hold of his horse's mane; he looked down at me and -said, "My little man, all the staff are either killed or wounded. I want -some orders extended. Can you do it?" I replied, "I can try, colonel." -He answered, "That is all that any of us can do. You are very small, but -I can trust you. You must run across the railroad and tell Col. Bowen, -of the Second, that we are falling back. The Legion, Sixth and Fifth -are now moving; your regiment will fall in behind the Fifth, and the -Second will fall in behind the First; and you hear that heavy firing -away over yonder? That is the Sharpshooters. Find Col. Walker and tell -him we are all gone--to pull off and get back on our trail and save -himself the best he can. _Go, my little man._" - -I went up on the side of the railroad embankment; stopping a moment or -two until a shell had passed--they were making the railroad every half -minute--between shells I ran across and down the embankment and right -into the arms of Col. Bowen. Just then one of those shells bursted and -knocked sand over us and knocked us both down. I delivered my orders to -him and started across the open field to find Col. Walker with the -Sharpshooters. (You must not forget that all this was under a galling -fire of musketry from 10,000 guns). I got up pretty close and stopped -behind a persimmon tree; it being dark and raining, I could not see whom -I was approaching--it might be Yankees--but I stopped and called out. - -"What regiment is that?" and was told Palmetto Sharpshooters. Still, to -make safe, I inquired, "Who is your colonel?" and was told Col. Walker. -Then I ventured up and found Col. Walker, to whom I delivered the -message. He made me tell him why I was carrying orders for Col. Bratton, -and he was then satisfied that the orders were straight. On delivering -these orders, and not realizing the length of time I had been at it, I -ran back from whence I had come. I missed the Second Regiment, but took -no notice of that; ran up and across the railroad embankment and down -the other side. I ran into a spring about waist deep. On pulling out of -this I discovered that the regiment had gone. There being no more -shelling on the railroad I took down it in the direction I knew was -right. I had not gone more than two hundred yards when I ran up with two -men. I asked who they were, and upon their giving me the number of a -Yankee regiment I ordered them to surrender, which they did, throwing -down their guns. _I had none._ I then relieved them of their haversacks, -knives and whatever else they had, and then it was found out that the -Yankees had advanced and we were in their rear. But with my two -prisoners I continued down the railroad. We had not gone far when we -were hailed from the side of the road, "Who's there?" I answered, "First -South Carolina Volunteers," when a volley was fired into us. I rolled -down the embankment on the opposite side and made tracks, then turned -across toward where I had been to hunt the Sharpshooters. What became of -my prisoners I never knew. - -I finally got on the trail of the Sharpshooters, and when I struck -Chattanooga Creek I found the brigade had recrossed and there were some -of Company E at the bridge. They had cut the bridge away from the bank -and had it on fire; this to prevent the Yankees from following us, as -the creek was impassable except at the bridge. I was here again in a -quandary. About ten or twelve feet of the bridge gone, the balance on -fire. Darling Sprawls, of Williston, came to the end on fire and told me -to take a running jump and he would try to catch me. I did so, and, as -luck would have it, he caught me and pulled me in. This got me back -within our lines and saved me from becoming a prisoner. - - - - -CHAPTER VI. - - -Our brigade, or the remnant of it, reached our quarters some time after -sunrise, and then it was that we commenced to realize the loss that we -had sustained during the night in the Wahatchie Valley. We had lost in -killed, wounded and missing over one-half of our number, and when we got -back to quarters we looked "mighty scarce" and few. I don't recollect -who among the officers of our regiment were killed besides Col. -Kilpatrick, but it seemed as if all the regiment were _gone_. Only a few -left to tell the tale. - -One of my nephews, G. D. Mixson, was missing. We did not know whether -killed, wounded or captured, and many other poor fellows left behind. -Col. Bratton, having no one left on his staff, sent for Jim Diamond, of -Company E, and took him on as orderly for several days. Capt. Grimes, of -Company G, Bamberg, being the senior officer, took command of the -regiment, which left Lieut. Sweat in command of Company G. We did -nothing after this escapade for some time but rest up and recruit. The -winter was coming on now in earnest and cold weather and rains were upon -us. One cold night I was short of cover, and I had to have some more -somehow, so I went out during the dark hours. It was not long before I -ran upon a nest of four old "Rebs" sleeping soundly, warm and snug. I -cautiously crept up and found that the top blanket was a heavy army -blanket, large and thick; I determined to have that blanket. So, waiting -a little time, quietly took the corners of the blanket at the feet, made -a good strong pull, and darted into the dark, off and away, before they -could realize their loss. _And the blanket was mine._ Many a night after -that did that same blanket keep me warm. - -Another of my nephews, B. F. Nelson, was lost to us here. He was taken -sick and sent off to Newnan, Ga., to the hospital, where he died. - -One night after dark our regiment was ordered to fall in, and we were -carried across Peavine Creek to feel the enemy. We had to cross this -creek on a fallen tree which reached from bank to bank. The banks being -some eight feet above the water, and the water being deep, we literally -"cooned" it over. We did not go far before we ran on the Yanks and met a -warm reception. We certainly _felt them_. We remained "feeling" them for -over an hour and then retired, recrossing the creek at the same place in -the same manner we had crossed. In this fight we had several killed and -quite a number wounded. Among the killed was Lieut. Sweat, commanding -Company G, of Bamberg, a good man and a brave officer. How they ever got -him back across that creek I have never known, but he was brought back. -This was the last of any happenings with and around Chattanooga. It was -not long after this before we got orders to move, and we felt that we -were to make our way back to Virginia. It seemed to us that we were -going back home and it brought a good feeling over every man in the -corps. The evening before we broke camp the band played "Take Me Back to -Old Virginia," and Longstreet's Corps bade farewell to Bragg's Army and -the West in prolonged cheers. - -On leaving our camps next morning we marched a distance of eight miles -to Tyner's Station, where we were loaded in freight boxes. Upon reaching -the Valley of the Sweetwater we stopped about a week and got a plenty to -eat, when we crossed the Tennessee River at Loudon. The weather had -gotten cold, and we had a time crossing this river. This was done on a -bridge made as follows: - -We had a lot of boats made and these boats were secured to a chain -stretched across the river and planks laid from boat to boat. It was not -a very safe passage way, but we passed over without any mishaps. Capt. -Foster, of the Palmetto Sharpshooters, was in command of the detail to -put in this bridge. It was so cold that the ice would cover the chain -from end to end and the men suffered much from cold while at this work. - -Capt. Foster was from Union, S. C., and is still alive and quite -wealthy, and is one of the best business men today in Union. For the -next few days we had running fights with the enemy, _they doing the -running_. Just before reaching Campbell Station we captured a train of -eighty wagons well loaded with supplies, which they had left in their -hurry. This came in mighty well, but there was not any clothing or -shoes, the things we most needed just then, for we were both naked and -barefooted. We expected a big fight around Campbell Station, but somehow -they got away after some heavy skirmishing. While following the enemy -very closely and keeping them in the continued "go-along" here we caught -them one morning while they were cooking breakfast and rushed into them. -They took to their heels and we got the breakfast. As we dashed into -them I ran upon a fine mare tied to an oak limb with a halter. I -captured her, and, taking her by the halter, continued the charge, she -trotting along making the charge with me. - -In a very short while Dr. J. S. Stoney, of Allendale, our assistant -surgeon, dashed up to me and asked me for the mare. I had no use for her -and made him a present of her, and he sent her home by Tom, his negro -boy. She is the mother and grandmother of the famous four-mile racers -which had such a reputation for speed and distance, owned by Dr. Stoney. - -Our next place to hold up was around Knoxville, where we had some hard -service and hard fighting. We invested Knoxville on all sides and had -two days' fighting, driving the enemy back into their entrenchments, and -on the morning of the third day we made the attack on Fort Sanders. The -attack was made about sunrise, one of the coldest mornings I think I -ever felt. We were in tatters, so far as clothing went, and a great many -barefooted, but with the accustomed endurance of the men who had -suffered from the same cause on previous occasions, we did not falter. - -In making the charge on Fort Sanders we went through frozen bogs and -over felled trees, trimmed up with the limbs sharpened and pointing -towards us. Picking our way the best we could through this barricade, we -slowly and gradually drew closer to the fort, but we struck an obstacle -which we found hard to overcome. Among these felled trees there were -barbed wires interlined about six inches apart, and some five feet high. -Having nothing to cut the wires and no way to get through we were -ordered to give up the attempt. Our loss was considerable, but not so -great as might be supposed, taking into consideration the very slow -advance we had made. We retired in good order, not beaten, but just -failed, because there was no earthly way to do more. We were then taken -hurriedly to Rodgersville, a distance of some fifty miles, where we -expected to go into winter quarters, but remained here only a few days. -While here Capt. Jim Hagood, of Company K, was made colonel; Capt. B. B. -Kirkland, Company C, of Buford's Bridge, lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. -Grimes, of Company G, of Bamberg, major. You see from this that Jim -Hagood, who had joined Capt. Kirkland's Company, had risen from -private--over his captain and the other senior officers of the regiment. -Col. Hagood was only nineteen years old when he was appointed colonel. -After being at Rodgersville only a few days we were carried on a forced -march to McBean Station, where the enemy had nearly succeeded in -getting in our rear. We again put them on the run and the army then -headed for Morristown, where they went into winter quarters. Our -brigade, however, was sent out at Rodgersville on a foraging expedition -to report to the army at Morristown. We were on this expedition for -nearly two weeks, having all the wagons of Longstreet's Corps to fill -up. We had quite a good time while on this detached service, so far as -eating was concerned. While the officers were doing their work in a big -way, we fellows were doing ours in a much smaller way; and many a -chicken, turkey, goose, pig, went into our private haversacks. - -Jim Diamond, of Barnwell, was at that time a wagon driver. One night he -told me to come with him next morning, that we could take a mule apiece -and put in a good day; that he had seen some nice geese about four miles -off and we would try for them. I went next morning and we jumped on a -mule apiece, I bareback. Jim headed the way to where he knew the geese -were. He was prepared himself, and before reaching the place he -instructed me to follow and ask no questions. On riding up to the farm -house, the old lady of the house came out to talk to us. We tried to get -something to eat from her, but she wanted _money_. This country was -nearly all Unionist and bushwhackers. Having no money, we failed to -outtalk her, and, as the geese were out on the front, we decided to -start. Jim had a fishing line, and as we rode by the geese he baited his -hook with a grain of corn and threw it down near an old gander, who -immediately gobbled it up. Jim tightened on his line and found he had -him hooked. We started off then in a slow trot, and as Jim commenced to -pull the gander commenced to pull too. Jim held his hold and the old -fellow came flopping behind with his wings outstretched, looking as if -he was showing fight. The balance of the drove fell in behind the old -gander, and away we went. The old woman looked on in utter amazement and -cried out to us, "Don't run; he can't hurt you," but running right then -was our idea, and, after getting them all down the road in a kind of a -bottom, I held the line and Jim jumped down and with a stick killed six -of as fine, fat geese as were ever raised. After visiting a place or two -where we _did_ manage to get some meal and flour and salt, talking the -people out of it, we concluded to get back--had enough for one day. We -were right good with our supply, giving the men in the company four of -the geese. The other two we cooked and invited Col. Hagood, Col. -Kirkland, Dr. Bellinger and Capt. Wood to take supper with us. We had a -big supper about 1 o'clock at night, but the lateness of the hour did -not interfere with any one's appetite. - -As soon as we got our wagon train all loaded we headed out for -Morristown to take things into the then hungry army, and right glad were -they to see us and our train all laden down. This was just before -Christmas, and we had enough to put us up a good Christmas dinner, after -adding to it in private foraging parties. On Christmas Eve a couple of -our company went out and on returning some time during the night they -brought in a bee hive wrapped up in a blanket. Next morning they knocked -off the head and took out the honey. At that time the bees were cold and -not much trouble, but towards the middle of the day, the sun shining -brightly, they warmed up, and there was a mess. The bees took the camp -and many a fellow got a good stinging. - -It was announced here at our winter quarters that all those who had not -been home should have a chance for a furlough--so many men to one -furlough. Our regiment was entitled to only one, and there were but -three who had not been home; there were myself, who had no family at -home; Hughes, from Bamberg, who had a wife and children whom he had not -seen since he left them in May, 1861, and one other in the same fix as -Hughes. I never saw people so excited over the drawing as the other two. -As for myself, I did not care much. Hughes was the most anxious man I -ever saw. The papers were put in a hat, one marked "furlough," the other -two blank. Hughes drew first--got a blank. The other fellow drew; he, -too, got a blank, leaving the paper marked "furlough" in the hat for me. -These two good old soldiers actually cried. They could fight, march -naked and barefoot, do without something to eat--all without a murmur. -But being so near to getting a furlough and then to miss, it was too -much. _I could not stand it._ So I told them to put two papers in the -hat, one blank and one "furlough;" I would give my privilege away. This -was done and these two prepared to draw. By this time everybody was -excited over the event and a big crowd had gathered to see the result. -As Hughes had drawn first before, it was decided that the other fellow -should do so this time. He put his hand forward to go into the hat. His -hand was shaking and he was excited to death. Hughes, poor fellow, stood -looking on. He was a pitiful sight. He could hardly stand up--his legs -were shaking. Despair was depicted on his face. The hand already forward -went down into the hat and slowly out it came. I believe both men had -their eyes shut. Some one read, "furlough." _Hughes had again lost._ It -was pitiful to see him, but the other fellow was happy. It was strange -that Hughes never did get home till after the surrender. - - - - -CHAPTER VII. - - -We are now in winter quarters near Morristown in the coldest country and -the wettest country I ever saw. Fortunately, we have tents plenty, wood -abundant and a good country to get something to eat. It is too cold and -wet to drill, therefore, we have nothing to do but rest up, patch our -old clothes as best we can, and our barefoot boys resort to the method -of tying up their feet in pieces of blankets, making a kind of moccasin. -Were we properly clothed and shod we would be comparatively comfortable. -This East Tennessee country is a fine country for hogs, cattle, eggs, -chickens, flour, meal, bee-gums and maple syrup. We are certainly on the -go, hunting and finding some of all these things, but as I am one of -those who are totally without a covering to my feet and my breeches are -too far gone to even take a patch, I cannot get out much. But Jim -Diamond is as good as ever hunting up these things, and our mess has a -plenty to eat. He even sometimes comes in with a little applejack, and -then we have a "jollification" sure enough. Col. Hagood and Capt. Wood -have about joined our mess for good. They having a negro boy cook, each -one generally goes out with Jim, while the other remains and cooks, and -the colonel and captain have some money--we have none. We could not very -well refuse to take them in with us. - -We had not been here more than three weeks when we heard some fighting -going on down on Strawberry Plains, thirteen miles off. Our cavalry had -run up on a lot of moving Yankee infantry and had attacked them. We were -called out and formed line of march. This was bitter cold weather and -this was a hard march on us, especially those of us who were barefoot, -among whom I was one. We barefoot fellows wrapped up our feet the best -we could and fell in with the balance. The woods were full of water from -the rains and were so hard frozen that the ice did not break with the -weight of the horses. We hurriedly arrived near the fighting, and, just -on the edge of the plain in which the fight was going on, and in a thick -woods, all the barefoot men were ordered to fall out and make fires. It -was only a short way to the firing, and, instead of "falling out," I had -an eye for the future. We went into the open fields in a double quick -line of battle. The enemy fell back as we advanced. We had not gone more -than a couple of hundred yards before we ran over some dead Yankees. -Here was my opportunity, and I embraced it. The first one I got to I -stopped, pulled off his pants, shoes and stockings, got right into them, -there and then. The shoes were new and fit perfectly; the stockings were -good wool and came up to my knees, and the pants were all right, except -a little too long, but I rolled them up about as they are worn these -days and they, too, were a fit. I felt _grand_. The fight was soon over, -with no casualties on our side. We then started for our return trip and -I felt very sorry for those poor barefoot devils who took the -opportunity of stopping at a fire rather than go a little further and -have the chance of "rigging out" in a good outfit. They had to take it -back as they had come. - -A few days after this a lady came into our camp and asked Col. Hagood -for a guard to protect her place, saying she would feed us and sleep us. -I was sent in charge of the detail. Along with me was Jimmie Brabham, a -son of Maj. J. J. Brabham, of Buford's Bridge. Maj. Brabham was, after -the war, Clerk of the Court of Barnwell County for a good many years and -was the first captain of Company C while around Charleston and the -islands the first year of the war. We were sent out (Jim Brabham and -myself) with the lady, who took us to her home about four miles from our -camp. We were all afoot. When we got to her home we discovered that we -were outside of our lines, about equi-distant between our lines and the -Yankee lines, perhaps a mile from each. When I discovered this I -determined to go back and give up the scheme, but the lady told me that -she was Mrs. McDonald, the wife of a Yankee major, who was encamped not -more than three miles off. It was he who sent her for a guard, and he -told her to pledge our protection from the Yankees. Jim and I concluded -to stay, and Mrs. McDonald assigned us to a nice, warm room, good -feather bed with plenty of warm covering. We remained here with her and -her two children, a boy of about thirteen years and a girl, named -Becky, about sixteen years, for thirty-eight days. - -Mrs. McDonald was very kind to us. We had the biggest kind of oak fires -in the sitting room all day, and the fires would be there through the -entire night. We would go to bed usually at about ten o'clock. Only -about two nights in the week Mrs. McDonald would say, "Go to bed earlier -tonight, boys, the major is coming." He used to come home about two -nights a week, but we never got to see him, nor did we care to see him. -Mrs. McDonald was a good cook, along with everything else, and she -surely did feed us well on the best--principally sausages and big -hominy. Jim and I would go up on the side of the mountains with the -little boy, his mule and slide, and help haul wood which was already -cut. On one occasion Mrs. McDonald asked me to go to mill for her; the -meal was out. She had the corn shelled, and told me the mill was inside -the Yankee lines, but the major had told the picket on duty at the mill -not to molest me. Well, I decided that as they had been true to us in -everything else, when they could have taken us any night, that there was -no danger. So Jim helped me to get about three bushels of corn up on the -mule, gave me "a leg," and then, getting direction, I pulled out for the -mill. I found the mill at least two miles, or it seemed to me. As I rode -on the end of the mill dam some half dozen Yankees came out of the mill -house, all well armed. I could not but feel a little uneasy, but when I -reached the house they bid me, "Good morning, Johnny." They helped me -off and took in the sack of corn. We sat around in the sunshine and -talked till the corn was ready, when they put it up on the mule and -helped me up and bade me good-bye. - -Near Mrs. McDonald's home were several other homes, and nearly every -night we would have company in the persons of some young ladies who -would spend the evenings, sometimes remaining till eleven or twelve -o'clock. They would jump on poor Jim and me and give us the devil in a -friendly way. They seemed to like us very much. I remember they had a -song which they would sing us, something like this: - - "Some near day you will hear the Yankees say, - To old Jeff Davis, 'You had better get away, - For we will raise the Union band, - Make the Rebels understand, - To leave our land - Or submit to Abraham.'" - -They would have a jolly time with us and we equally as jolly a time with -them. To show how well the major took care of us from his people, we -would even go home with the girls all hours of the night and were never -disturbed. But this could not last forever, and the time came when we -were called in; and two days after we struck camp and started again for -Virginia. On passing through Morristown I saw Mrs. McDonald, Becky and -Tom and several of the young ladies who had been to visit us at the -McDonalds, on a street corner. They had gone to town to see us off and -bade us good-bye. They called us out of ranks and seemed real sorry to -see us go. I have often thought of the good people and wondered if the -major got through all right. I hope he did. - -We kept on the move until we reached Bristol, Tenn., when we stopped a -couple of days to rest up. After which we moved again and stopped a day -or two at Chancellorsville, and then on to Gordonsville, where we were -met by Gen. Lee and had a grand review by the grand old chieftain, who -seemed as happy to have us back as we were to get back. Gen. Lee must -have felt good in getting the welcome extended him by those who had been -lost to him so long. The men hung around him and seemed satisfied to lay -their hands on his gray horse or to touch the bridle, or the stirrup, or -the old general's leg--anything that Lee had was sacred to us fellows -who had just come back. _And the general._ He could not help from -breaking down. Here were men who had gone forward at his command, -knowing that they might never get out; here were men who had never -murmured when Lee said, "Go!" or "Come." Here were men who had suffered -privation, hunger, cold, _death itself_, whenever ordered by him. He -could not help giving way, and tears traced down his cheeks, and he felt -that we were again to do his bidding. - -We stopped over here for several days and got a good many recruits, -some sick and wounded returning to us, and some other men and boys, new -men who had never yet seen service. Among these were old men--Walton -Hair, Mathias Hair, from Elko; John William Canady, from Tinker Creek; -W. F. Kitchen, Darios Ogden and Artist Woodward, from Williston, and -Eddie Bellinger, from Barnwell, and Job Rountree, from Joyce's -Branch--all these for Company E, Eddie Bellinger being the only young -man, and he a mere youth. These new recruits, with some sick and wounded -returning, made us a right respectable company once more. We needed -another officer in our company, having only Capt. Wood and Lieut. Dick -Best, from Allendale, so we held an election for lieutenant, and J. -Marshall Hair, of Williston, was elected. - -After remaining here for perhaps two weeks, on the morning of the third -day of May we took up our line of march and on the night of the fifth of -May we stopped for the night within six miles of the Wilderness, having -tramped sixty-odd miles in the two and a half days. When we stopped for -the night we were pretty badly jaded and needed the night's rest. We had -been hearing the musketry and cannonading nearly the entire day. This -was kept up all night and we knew that we would be into the thickest of -it early next morning, and, sure enough, we were put on the move just -before day. We moved at a double quick and kept up the double quick for -the entire six miles, when we reached the Wilderness and went directly -into it. - - - - -CHAPTER VIII. - - -We struck the plank road at the Wilderness in a double quick just after -sunrise and took down it towards the battle which had been going on -furiously since just after midnight. Our regiment was on the extreme -left of our brigade, which placed us in rear when marching in columns of -four. Our company, Company E, was on the left of the regiment, this -making our company the extreme left of Jenkins' Brigade. Just in rear of -us was Bennings' Georgians, and the old general was on his gray horse in -that slow gallop at the head of his brigade. Our division (Fields' -Division) was composed now of Hood's Texas Brigade, in front, Anderson's -Georgia Brigade (Tige Anderson), Robertson's Alabama Brigade, Jenkins' -South Carolina Brigade and Bennings' Georgia Brigade (Rock Benning). The -names of Tige Anderson and Rock Benning had been given these two -brigadiers a long time back. - -Hood, Anderson and Robertson had reached the Wilderness earlier in the -morning, some two hours ahead of Jenkins and Benning, and were heavily -engaged. When we struck the plank road we were still in a double quick. -We were ordered to load at the double quick. Gen. Benning was just about -twenty feet in my rear. Very soon we commenced to meet the wounded -coming out. These wounded fellows would step one side, giving us the -right of way, and also giving words of encouragement. I noticed one old -fellow using his gun for a crutch, he being shot in the leg. As we got -to him he stepped out to one side, and, standing still as Gen. Benning -got to him, he cried out in a loud, cheerful voice, "Go it, Rock. Tige's -treed." And I guess the old fellow was telling the truth. - -Benning's brigade was filed to the left of the plank road; our brigade -was filed to the right of it with our left resting on the road. Just as -we had cleared enough to give us room the command was given, "Left -flank." This threw us in line of battle. We were ordered to halt in this -position. We had hardly stopped when Kershaw's Brigade came tilting -back, closely followed by the enemy. No one seemed to know that we were -there, when Kershaw's men discovered us by running into us. They were -happy and rallied of their own accord, and the way we did put it to -those Yankees! It would have done you good to see. We drove them easily -back, as they were so surprised, but we did not follow them up but a -short distance, when we stopped behind a kind of breastworks made from a -few old pines piled together. Here we remained till midday under a heavy -fire, and doing the same for them. During the time we were here I asked -permission of Col. Hagood to let me crawl out in front and see if I -couldn't get something off of the dead Yankees lying just away from us. -He said it was mighty risky, but if I chose to take chances and would -not go far, to go ahead. I lay flat on my belly and crawled up to the -first one, then to the second, until I had visited eight of these -fellows. I was always very careful to keep them between me and the -Yankees. I thought I had gone far enough after getting to the eighth, so -I turned back and crawled into our lines. When I got back Jim Hagood -said, "What have you got?" We were lying down, as we could not put up -our heads on account of the bullets. I unloaded my pockets, turning them -out on the ground. I had six watches, three or four knives, some rations -and a few other trinkets. Col. Hagood took his choice of the watches and -I gave Capt. Wood another. The other I sold to Sid Key, now of Beaufort, -who had some Confederate money. We were still lying here in a heavy fire -when, just after midday, Gen. Jenkins rode down the line in our rear. He -had been hit by a bullet, breaking his little finger. He was holding out -his hand, from which the blood was still trickling. He said to us, "Men -of the First, we are going to charge. Now, I want each and every one of -you to remember that you are South Carolinians. Remember your wives, -your sweethearts, your sisters at home. Remember your duty. Col. Hagood, -get your regiment ready." - -Col. Hagood, the boy colonel, called out, "First regiment, continue to -lie down, but be at attention." Only a few moments more and the voice of -Col. Hagood was heard, "First Regiment, forward." He was the first to be -up and ready to move. We crossed over our logs and then the command, -"Charge!" We made a dart, and so did the Yankees, but they darted back. -We followed them, running them into their works, where they had heavy -reinforcements. We followed them to within some one hundred yards of -these entrenchments and could go no further. Here we remained for -perhaps an hour, when we leisurely fell back to our former position. -While out there in front of the Yankee works we were subjected to the -most deadly fire. I had picked up a little oak stump about the size of -my thigh, which had rotted off even with the ground and so badly worm -eaten that I could see holes all through it. This I had stood up, -propping it with a stick. I got in behind it and soon my brother Joyce -moved up on my left and then Lieut. Hair came up on my right. I was -square in behind the stump and now I had a man on each side. I was -pretty well protected, or at least I felt so. Lieut. Hair, being on my -right, turned his head to the left to talk to me. We were all lying flat -on our bellies. As he turned to speak to me a minnie ball hit him in the -right temple, passing directly through his face and head, coming out in -the left cheek. His head fell flat to the ground. I put my hand under -his head, holding it up. The blood gushed from his temple, his eyes, his -nose, his mouth. I held him thus until the blood in a manner stopped, -then taking his handkerchief I wiped his eyes and asked him if he could -get back. He thought he could, and, on standing up, a minnie ball cut -his tobacco pouch from his coat. However, he started back, and after -running for perhaps a hundred yards I saw him almost turn a somersault. -I thought then he was a "goner," but he is yet alive, living at -Williston, and making a good, upright, intelligent citizen. - -On getting back from where we had made the charge we were soon moved to -the left. This time we were supporting a brigade in Pickett's Division, -marching in line of battle some forty yards in rear of their line of -battle. I think I have failed to mention that the entire Wilderness was -one mass of undergrowth--oaks from about the size of one's finger to the -size of one's wrist, and about as tall as a tall man's head. The section -of the woods we were now advancing into was remarkably thicker than any -we had yet encountered, and, worse still, it seemed as if every one had -a bullet through it from the hard fighting that had just gone on there, -causing these white oak runners to bend down from being top heavy. These -bullets all seemed to go through about the height of a man's waist. In -tumbling down they made almost an impassable barrier. Together with this -obstacle the dead and dying were so thick that we could not help -stepping on them. It has been said that a person could walk seven miles, -stepping from body to body, and never touch the ground. - -We were supporting the Virginians. They neared the plank road, marching -parallel thereto, the Yankees falling back. As they got very near the -road they saw a Yankee flag waving just above the bushes and just about -the road. It was natural to suppose that the enemy had halted and was -making a stand on this road. They immediately opened fire. The flag -fell, and, as there was no response, we discovered that Longstreet, -Jenkins and their staffs had ridden down this road, thinking we had -crossed. Longstreet, seeing a Yankee flag lying on the road, had ordered -one of his staff to pick it up. This he did, and, remounting, the flag -was raised above the bushes and became unfurled. The Virginians fired on -it, killing Gen. Jenkins and dangerously wounding Longstreet and some of -their staff. This was a great misfortune to us. Here fell two of our -best officers. It was a long time before Longstreet was well enough to -return to us, but he did after a while; but was ever after suffering -with his left side and shoulder. - -While we were halted here in the confusion after happening to this -misfortune, I ran upon a dead Yankee officer, finely dressed, clean and -nice looking. He had on a fine pair of high top boots, brand new, the -spurs, of course, coming with them. I immediately took them to Col. -Hagood and he found them as good a fit as if made for him. We ran the -enemy back to their entrenchments on this part of the line as we had -done in the morning on the other part. We then fell back far enough to -be out of range of their musketry, and without even taking off our -cartridge boxes--no fires--we lay down to rest and get some sleep. We -did not sleep much this night, for we were right in among the dead and -dying, and many a poor fellow, especially from the Yankee army, would -beg for water, and we did not have it to give him. Our men got some -canteens from the dead, some with a little water and some with brandy. -All this was given to the poor fellows without any regard to which side -he belonged. All we cared for was that he was a human being and a -brother, though we had fought him hard all day. - -Remaining here for the night, with only a little firing on the skirmish -line, we retired some short distance next morning; only far enough back -to get off of the ground where there were so many dead. Here we remained -all day of the seventh and that night until about four or five o'clock -on the morning of the eighth, when we were moved to our right. Grant had -started his flank movement for Richmond by trying to turn our left. We -met him on the eighth at Spottsylvania and here again we had a most -bloody battle. - - - - -CHAPTER IX. - - -On May 7th, the day after the big fight at the Wilderness, we moved back -a short distance and got off of the field, where it was strewn with the -dead and dying. Here we remained sharpshooting heavily all day; but -about dark that held up and we were comparatively quiet. We cooked our -suppers and prepared for a good night's sleep and a much needed rest, as -we had been hard at it for over forty-eight hours. It was not long after -dark before all of us were fast asleep, except those on picket. Grant, -however, had other views than to rest. He was just starting on his "On -to Richmond." As the hours grew on, the skirmishing grew less, but yet -there was commotion in the enemy's lines. Near midnight we were ordered -in line and moved off--_the whole of Lee's army_. We were moved to our -right, for Grant was moving on Richmond by the left. We met them after a -hard march, hard only because we were so broken down. At Spottsylvania, -shortly after midday, and without having time to rest or even catch our -breath, we met them--_we had to stop them_. Our brigade was thrown in -front of a lot of Pennsylvanians, who seemed to think no one had the -right to stop them from going right on to Richmond. But it did not take -us more than a couple of hours that evening to convince them this was -not the day nor time to go undisputed. In little less than two hours -they had fallen back, leaving us where we met them. The Palmetto -Sharpshooters of our brigade captured here a regiment of Pennsylvanians, -over four hundred men. We did not follow them, I suppose because we were -too tired and broken down to run when we met them, and were the same way -and could not follow. It was now almost sundown, and, after sending out -our skirmishers, we began to look around to see how the land lay; for we -expected hard fighting again after what we had at the Wilderness. - -The men, of their own accord, commenced to cut down pine trees to build -breastworks. The only tools we had for this purpose were the little hand -axes, about three inches wide, which some of the men had. These they had -carried in their belts and used them to chop wood for fires. But now -they put them to bigger use and would not hesitate to jump onto a pine -tree that would square twenty inches; and it was surprising how soon -they would have it down, cut off, trimmed up and cut off again. Then the -whole company would take it up, place it in position. We worked this way -for some hours into the night. All the while the whole skirmish line was -pretty warmly engaged. That was a great incentive to us, and we worked -until we had to quit because we were just broken down. But we had put up -some log work which would be a great protection before we did quit. We -got a very good night's sleep, and next morning, after eating what -little we had, we felt real good and ready to go to work again on our -breastworks. This we did, and while our skirmish line was fighting in -our front and the hard fight going on "at the angle" on our right, we -worked. And by afternoon we had a set of breastworks of which we were -proud. The Yankees did not attack our part of the line during the -day--only kept our pickets heavily engaged. - -Now, this night was Company E's time for picket, and before dark we were -carried out to the line, relieving the company already there. Our -company had at this time sixteen men, all told, and we had to cover the -entire front of the whole regiment. Consequently, we were not at -regulation distance apart when we deployed as skirmishers. We, however, -relieved the other company and fell in behind a rail fence. We expected -an advance at any moment. Our orders were to hold the ground as long as -we could. After dark three of us rallied together and remained so. This -made some distance from one squad to another, but it was the best we -could do. Where each three men were we "let the fence down," making a -jam, and then, getting in this, we had right good protection. There were -in one jam Eddie Bellinger, Job Rountree and myself. Well, at midnight -they advanced, and it was hot for some time. Eddie Bellinger and myself -could load our guns lying down on our backs, but Job could not do it. He -was used to hunting squirrels around Mixson's Mill Pond and Joyce's -Branch and had never had to lie down to load. He thereupon proposed to -Eddie and me that if we would do the loading he would do the shooting. -This we readily agreed to, and Job would stand up, exposing himself from -waist up. As soon as we would get a gun loaded we would pass it to him, -and he would throw the empty gun back for another loaded one. We had -three guns and worked them so fast that they got so hot we stopped -loading for fear they would not stand it. We finally drove this advance -back, after an hour's hard work. We were not disturbed any more till -morning. Just as the sun began to show itself we discovered a line of -battle advancing over the hill, where they had come a little nearer. -There was another supporting the first and then yet another supporting -the second, making an advance of three lines of battle. We knew we were -in for it now, sure, and we poor little sixteen men opened on them just -the same as if we were an army. But on they came, as if we were not -there. It reminded me of the gnat on the bull's horn. On they came, and -soon we heard Capt. Wood say, "Skirmishers, fall back, firing." We went -back, going from tree to tree. They were gaining on us, as we were -retiring slowly. The last stand we made was some seventy-five yards in -front of our breastworks. We stopped here and gave them a round or two. -We were protected by trees. My brother Joyce and myself happened to stop -in behind the same tree. We both shot off our guns and reloaded. When he -went to cap his gun he let the cap slip through his fingers, and, -instead of reaching in his cap box for another, he stooped over to pick -it up from the ground, thereby exposing a part of his person. _No -sooner exposed than hit_, and he made for the works. Just then Capt. -Wood gave command, "Skirmishers, into the works," and in we went. We -were glad, too, when we got behind them. By this time, or by the time we -had assembled as a company and taken our company's position in the -regiment, the enemy's three lines had gotten up pretty close. The front -line had advanced to within about forty yards of our works and had lain -down. The second line was some twenty yards in the rear of these, and -the third line about the same distance in rear of the second. All three -lines were now lying down. We were well protected behind the good -breastworks of logs, and the way we did give it to those Yankees would -have done your heart good to see; and they--well, they stood it like -men, but it was too much for them to go forward, and, after staying -there for perhaps an hour, they fell back; but not for long. They came -again, and about the same thing happened the second time, after they had -again remained for nearly an hour. Again they fled back, but in a short -time back they came, seemingly with more vim than ever, and at one time -it seemed that they would run over us. But we held on, and, showing no -indication of giving way, they got no further than the works, which they -did reach, but could not climb over. Here it was hot for a few moments, -but they weakened, and for the third time fell back; but this time some -two hundred yards, when they rallied. They were, however, somewhat -demoralized and Col. Hagood, noticing this, and taking advantage of it, -hollered out, "Company E, deploy as skirmishers." While we were -deploying behind the works Col. Hagood passed an order that when the -skirmishers started to advance the whole regiment must yell as we -mounted the works. Then the command was given, "Skirmishers, forward, -double quick." At this time there were not more than ten or twelve men -in the skirmish line charging three lines of battle. As we mounted the -works the regiment gave the yell. The whole of Lee's army, both to the -right and left, seemed to take it up, and on we went, _this handful_. -The Yankees must have thought our whole army was out after them, for -they broke in confusion. It was really rich to see ten or twelve men -running as many thousands. - -In making this advance I ran over a nice looking fellow who was just -dead. I happened to notice a gold ring on his finger, and as the enemy -were getting back as fast as they could, I concluded to get that ring. -So, stooping over, I pulled it off, and upon straightening up I saw a -body of Yankees at right shoulder shift and at a double quick, an -officer with drawn sword in command, coming up on our left, _now in our -rear_. I called out to Capt. Wood, "They are flanking us on the left, -captain." He stopped and looked and gave the command, "Skirmishers, in -retreat." He and I started back, and to get back we had to pass just at -the head of these Yankees. As we got at their head the officer in -command of them ordered his men to halt, and, turning his sword, -tendered it to Capt. Wood, thereby surrendering the lot. Capt. Wood -immediately cried out, "Skirmishers, halt, forward. Frank, take charge -of these men." I stepped up, gave the command, "File right, double -quick," and in no time the whole lot were in our works, thirty-six -prisoners. It seems that we had been fighting all day fresh troops from -Vermont, and the unexpected advance of our skirmish line led this entire -company to believe that they were behind our advancing columns. - -It had been raining all day, and we were as black with powder as the -negroes at home. Our hands and faces would get wet, and taking our -cartridges out and biting off the stem we would get the powder on our -hands and faces. - -It was now late in the afternoon and another company was sent to relieve -us. We had been on the skirmish line since the evening before. On -passing back to our works I stopped and foraged a little; and when I -went into our works I was literally loaded down with haversacks, -knapsacks and hats. I had six Stetson hats--new--and, on opening the -knapsacks the things which struck my fancy most were white laundered -shirts (boiled shirts). I gave a hat to Col. Hagood, Capt. Wood, Lieut. -Dick Bryan, Lieut. Dick Best, Jim Diamond, and kept one myself. The dry -goods and rations were divided out to the company. It was amusing to see -us with our faces as black as chimney sweeps with a white starched shirt -on. We got our supper all right that night and slept like logs. The -firing on the picket line did not worry us enough to keep us awake, -though at times it seemed as if they were coming again. This ended the -third day at Spottsylvania. - - - - -CHAPTER X. - - -We had a comparatively quiet night after this hard day's work and slept -pretty well, lying down in ranks behind our breastworks. The rain that -had been falling the entire day ceased during the early part of the -night. We did not make down our beds, nor even take off our -accoutrements; but then we had not done that since the night before the -Wilderness. Next morning, after we had prepared and eaten our breakfast, -the little we had, we were relieved by some other troops, and we were -taken up on the right in and about the Angle; but just as we got there -our troops had made an assault and had gained what they had lost. -Therefore, we were not actively in the engagement, though we were in it -enough to be under a heavy fire, and we had some men both killed and -wounded. I recollect that Lieut. Dick Steedly, of Company G, Bamberg, -who was commanding that company, was wounded while we were on this part -of the line, and others, too, whom I cannot recall. - -We remained on this part of the line during the day, being kept in -readiness to go to any point where we might be needed. We were kept -close up to the fighting line, and, while not being engaged, yet we were -close enough and were under a heavy fire during the entire day. We must -have remained at this position that night. Next morning the enemy -seemed to have moved down to their right--our left--and the fighting was -heavy there. We were hurried down to that part of the line. We found a -heavy fight going on, but the Georgians, whom we went to support, were -holding their own, and we were held back ready to support any part that -might give way. The Georgians finally made an assault and drove the -enemy back and followed them closely for some distance. While this was -going on we were lining quickly in rear, ready to move in any direction. - -While waiting here Eddie Bellinger and I concluded to "nose around" and -see if we could run on to anything. Rations were now scarce, and -something to eat would go good. Without saying a word to anyone except -Jim Diamond, we walked off in the direction of the front, where the -Georgians were now skirmishing. We soon reached their line and passed on -through to the front. The skirmishing had about this time ceased. We -continued to go on to the front and pass the skirmish line. The -battlefield of the days before was just ahead of us, and we knew if we -could get to where the dead were we would get something sure. Cautiously -now, for we were in advance of our pickets and knew nothing of the -whereabouts of the Yankees. But for something to eat we were taking -chances. We at last came upon the ground where the dead of several days -were lying. We had not searched but a few when heavy firing began on the -right, and we discovered the pickets from outside advancing. -Immediately there was a perfect fusilade on the picket line on the -right. We knew it would extend to where we were and catch us between the -lines. Consequently, we determined to get "away back." We started back -in a hurry, and when the Georgia picket line saw us coming back as hard -as we could run they thought the Yankees were right in behind us, and -they broke. The captain in command of the pickets soon discovered that -the enemy were not making an advance, that Eddie and I had caused the -whole confusion. He rallied his picket line, and by that time we were up -with them. The old man was mad at us and he gave us the hardest -"cussing" you ever heard; but we kept right on back and were soon with -our company. We had three or four haversacks pretty well filled, and it -was not long before Jim Diamond had a fire and had on it in tin cans -sliced bacon and rice, making a pillau. It must have smelt good, for it -was not long before Gen. Bratton and Col. Simms, his adjutant-general, -came up near where we were cooking. Then Col. Hagood, Adjt. Clowney, -Capt. Wood, all gathered near. In due course of time Jim took off his -cans, some half dozen quarts, set them around, flattened out some pine -paddles and invited up the gang. Did they come? You should have seen how -readily they accepted the invitation. Not one of them hesitated in the -least, and the best part was that there was just about enough for all. -You should have seen that crowd after the feast, getting out their -pipes, filling up and lolling back, seemingly perfectly contented. - -While upon the field of battle I came upon one poor fellow with his head -completely gone, taken off even with his shoulders, evidently by a -cannon ball. In taking his watch from his waist-band pocket, I felt a -small roll of something. On investigating I found a few greenback bills -sewed up in his waist-band. There were two tens and a five. As soon as -Sid Key knew I had them he was after a trade, and I finally sold to him -for three hundred and seventy-five Confederate. - -The fighting had now about ceased along the entire line, except -sharpshooting, which was kept up pretty regularly and rapidly enough to -keep us expecting something at any time. But as the evening wore on -nothing more serious occurred. I guess that we must have remained at -this point during the night--I cannot recollect--but I think next -morning all sharpshooting had stopped and everything on the entire line -seemed to be perfectly quiet. During the morning we were moved, and we -soon discovered that we were off again to meet Grant somewhere else, as -he failed to get through at Spottsylvania, as well as the Wilderness, -and was again moving to his left, still on his way to Richmond. - -We held up that night in the vicinity of Hanover Junction, where we -confronted the enemy. We remained here, I think, three days, with the -enemy in front and heavy skirmishing and sharpshooting going on, but no -regular engagement was had here. They made no general advance. I guess -they were about as tired and broken down as we were; and then, perhaps, -Grant was holding up here for more men, as his losses at the Wilderness -and Spottsylvania had been fearful. At any rate, we confronted him here -for the three days, and we, too, rested up. While here one evening Col. -Hagood had the regiment formed and had such orders as these read: - -"For meritorious conduct, the colonel commanding takes pleasure in -announcing the following promotions and appointments: Adjt. S. B. -Clowney, to be captain of Company ---- (I forget whether Company B or -Company K); Sergt.-Major O. D. A. Wilson, to be adjutant; Private E. W. -Bellinger, Company E, to be ensign, with rank of first lieutenant; -Private W. R. Brabham, of Company C, to be sergeant-major; Private F. M. -Mixson to be sergeant, Company E, and Private R. C. Kirkland to be -corporal of Company C. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By -order of the colonel commanding." - -I think I have failed to mention that Darling Patterson, who had been -our color bearer since the Second Manassas, and had been home for some -time suffering with a wound, had recovered sufficiently to return. He -had, however, applied for a transfer to Hart's Battery, but this was -refused until the Battery offered us two men for him, when the change -was accepted. But up to this place, the two men (named Morrison and -Stewart) had not reported to us, though they should have done so, and -did so a short time thereafter, I think about the time we reached -Petersburg. - -After lying around Hanover Junction for about three days, and Grant had -satisfied himself that we were there in his front, he (Grant) moved -suddenly to Cold Harbor; and we moved as suddenly, and he again found us -in his front. We went to Cold Harbor in a hurried march. As we were -going down the public road, woods on the right and a large field on the -left, we passed Keitt's South Carolina Regiment, just from the coast, -drawn up in line of battle on the side of the road, we passing just in -front of them. They were a fine body of men, the regiment bearing -thirteen hundred strong--about twice as big as our entire brigade. They -inquired of us, "What regiment are you?" and on being told the First -South Carolina, they jokingly said, "This must be only one company of -it." But, poor fellows, they soon learned how fast members could -diminish. - -We moved on down the line to our right and soon we heard the battle open -in front of Keitt; and they were in it for the first time. Many a poor -fellow who had so short a time left his home State in high spirits and -"spoiling" for a fight on this field "bit the dust," but well did they -hold their own and made several most gallant charges, not knowing what -fear was. They did nobly and held their part of the line manfully. We -went on down the line, and it was not long before we, too, were in it. -We must have run upon the Yankees quite suddenly, for, while marching -in columns of fours at a double quick, and passing into a large field -through a double gate, we "filed right," and upon getting distance -enough we left flanked, throwing us into line of battle and immediately -charged. I think this meeting was unexpected by both sides, because, as -we double quicked through the gate, the brigade band was stationed there -and was playing a lively air--perhaps "Bonnie Blue Flag." I know that -was the only time we ever went into a fight with music, and it had the -effect of putting us right into it thick and heavy before we even -realized the enemy were near. It took us but a short time to break their -lines and have them falling back. We had been resting for a few days and -felt like fresh troops. We did not follow them up, I suppose for the -reason we were acting on the defense, disputing their right to go to -Richmond and holding them back. We had no other engagement in our front. -The hard fighting here was in front of Keitt. The Yankees must have -known they were fresh from the coast and concentrated all their energies -against them. At any rate, by night all the hard fighting was over, -Grant was again repulsed, and we all remained on our respective fields. -The skirmishing and sharpshooting, however, was heavy during the night -and all next day, but no more advancing was done by the Yankees. We were -content with holding our ground. - -We remained around here for, I think, two days longer with nothing -doing. I guess after these failures to break through our lines, Grant -had decided to make a big circle and had pulled out, and Lee was holding -us till he had located him, when he could again be in his front. The -next place we met him was at Petersburg, but when he got there Lee and -his handful were _still in his front_. The "On to Richmond" was started -on the 5th of May at the Wilderness, and, with fighting every day and -every night, on the 12th of June we confronted and held them out of -Petersburg. I think that in Longstreet's History of the War, in telling -of this great march of Grant's and Lee's skillful manoeuvering which met -and foiled him in some of the greatest and biggest battles that had ever -been fought in any war, Longstreet gives Grant's army at the Wilderness -at one hundred and fifty-six thousand men, with the _world_ to draw -from; Lee at the Wilderness with only fifty-eight thousand, you might -say, regular "rag-a-muffins," in so far as something to eat, clothing, -ammunition and other supplies, and nowhere on God's green earth to draw -men, material or supplies; but yet when Lee confronted Grant at -Petersburg we were as indomitable as the first day at the Wilderness and -loved Lee more. He was certainly now the idol of his men. Longstreet -says that Grant's loss from the Wilderness to Petersburg in killed and -wounded was fifty-eight thousand men, the number Lee had in his entire -army. So, you see, on an average, each man in Lee's army had hit his -man. Besides, our losses were heavy and we confronted Grant with only a -mighty few. - - - - -CHAPTER XI. - - -It is strange that I cannot recall anything from Cold Harbor to -Petersburg. I don't recollect when we left Cold Harbor nor how fast we -were hurried, nor the distance. The first thing coming to my remembrance -is reaching Petersburg. I have consulted with Capt. Foster and several -others, privates like myself, of this place (Union, S. C.), who were -members of the Palmetto Sharpshooters, a regiment of our brigade, and, -to my surprise, they, too, are about as much in the dark as to that -period as I am. I account for it this way: We had been around Cold -Harbor for several days, the first two days of which we had hard -fighting. The balance of the time remaining there we had only some -skirmishing on the picket lines and resting up. Therefore, there were no -impressions left. Besides, we needed this rest and quiet sorely, after -the hard times we had undergone since the first morning at the -Wilderness. Some time passed, and, consequently, we took things easy, -regardless of everything. I do not remember, nor could I find out, how -we reached Petersburg. I do not think, nor can I believe, that we passed -through Richmond. If not, we must have crossed the James River on -pontoons below Richmond, but, be that as it may, we did reach -Petersburg, and none too soon. There was a heavy fight in progress. It -was then about sundown. We were thrown into line of battle and ordered -to double quick. We had gone perhaps half a mile, drawing nearer and -nearer the fighting forces, when suddenly we met our men being driven -back. I understand that these were Gen. Beauregard's troops, who had -been holding the enemy in check all day, and had just commenced to -retire, being worn out and overpowered. They immediately fell in with -us, and here we checked the advancing enemy and held our line, and upon -this line so held we built the famous Petersburg breastworks, such works -as were never built before, and which were occupied by our troops for -nine _long_, _tiresome_ and _eventful_ months. It is true that at first -these works here were only a crude affair, we not expecting to remain in -them many days; but time went on and each day saw more work done, more -facilities for moving around and for living, until we had built so that -we could get around--cook, eat, sleep, the same as on the level, and -with comparative safety, though the least exposure of the person would -guarantee a quick shot from the enemy's sharpshooters with globe-sighted -guns, and they got to be such expert marksmen that they rarely ever -missed. - -At this time our lines were some distance apart--far enough, in fact, -for us and them to keep out our pickets, and the fighting for a while -was done by the picket line, the army itself being hard at work with -pick and spade. The work was hard and heavy and those who would go into -the trenches at night would work the time while there and be relieved -by fresh troops the following night. This was done until we had good -works, and until Grant had so lengthened his line that nearly all of -Lee's army was required to face him, leaving but a handful to relieve -those who had worked the hardest, and who were also held as a kind of -reserve, ready to go to any point, should the enemy make an assault. -These held in reserve would be one day one command, the next day -another. - -Grant now had Petersburg invested and had moved his lines up so close -that we nor they had space for pickets--in fact, our videttes did not -leave our works. I don't think it could have been over two hundred yards -from our works to theirs. It might have been more and it might have been -less. It was a long time ago and I might not recall the distance -correctly; but I do recollect that it was very uncomfortably close. - -About this time the two men, Morrison and Stewart, whom were given us by -Hart's Battery in exchange for Darling Patterson, came to us. I must -take time to give a brief description of these two men. Morrison was a -great big fellow, heavy frame, about forty-five or fifty years old, -heavy gray beard, and he was a real good-hearted fellow, but the report -of a gun would scare him out of his breeches. He was certainly -constitutionally a coward, and I really think he hated it, and when not -under fire and not scared he would determine to try to not get so next -time; but his good intentions would go to the wind just as soon as the -bullets began to come. - -The other fellow, Stewart, was a medium sized, dark complexioned, -swarthy man, about thirty or thirty-five. He was a genuine coward and -would not try, nor did he care to overcome it, but would skulk on all -occasions; and, worse still, he pretended to be a preacher, and often, -in the very nick of time, old Stewart would sing out, "Let's all join in -prayer." He played this off on us for a little while, and would succeed -in being left; but, after a while, we found him out, and would break up -his little scheme, although I don't recollect his having even been -gotten into a regular "sit-to" fight. About this time we got another -recruit--one that must be mentioned in these memoirs, because I knew him -before he came, and, besides, he was known to everyone from Barnwell. -John Lambert, of Barnwell, was our other new man, and why he should have -selected our regiment for his service I could never understand, unless -it was that he had known from infancy Col. Hagood, Eddie Bellinger, Jim -Diamond, Perry Manville, the Mixson boys and Nelson boys, and perhaps -some others; and as he had to go somewhere it was just as well to go -where he knew people. Now, while John didn't love fighting, and always -said that the Lord intended him to take care of himself, and he didn't -purpose to disappoint the Lord, he was a jolly fellow and kept things -lively with his jokes and quaint sayings. But, while he was very careful -how he exposed himself, he did an act while in the trenches which the -bravest of the brave shuddered at. After a time in the trenches it had -gotten so that the least exposure was certain death. One day there came -along in the field in rear of our regiment a nice, fat shoat, about -fifty pounds, strolling as if he didn't care if corn was fifty dollars a -bushel. He strolled along till a Yankee sharpshooter concluded to cut -him down. We heard him squeal and saw the shoat keel over. Something to -eat of any kind would go well, but a fat pig, within seventy-five yards, -ready to be cleaned and cooked! John Lambert couldn't stand it, but, -jumping out of the trenches, running back with the minnie balls cutting -the dirt all around him, he succeeded in getting to that hog, grabbing -it by the hind leg, and started back in face of death itself. No one -expected him to get in, but on he came, and finally jumped in the -trench, hog and all, without even a scratch. It was one of the most -marvelous feats, besides the most daring, of anything that I recollect -happening. After this if anything was ever said to John in reference to -his being a _little scary_ he would bring up the pig incident. - -We remained in the trenches for some time before being relieved for a -night, but at last our night came, and we were taken back to rest. We -knew that Gen. Johnson Hagood's Brigade was somewhere on the line, and -late in the afternoon Jim Diamond, Eddie Bellinger and myself got -permission to go over to Hagood's brigade headquarters to see Vince -Bellinger and Willie Hagood, who were in the brigade quartermaster -department of Hagood's Brigade. We knew we would get something to eat -and get something to bring back. We found them about sundown, and Vince -and Willie told their man, Joe, a good old darkey, to commence preparing -supper, and to fix enough of it. We sat around talking for a while, when -Vince proposed that while Joe was fixing up the supper we should go -right down the street to where he knew a fellow had something to drink. -These boys were located near the town--in fact, at the head of a street. -We pulled out, and in a few minutes Vince knocked on a door on the -street. Almost instantly the door was opened, and in all five of us -went. There was a long counter on one side of the house. The old man had -no lights except a tallow candle. We stepped up near the front and Vince -called for the liquor. The old man set out a decanter with only about -four drinks--when the old fellow filled up for the fifth man to get -his--it was a half gallon decanter--then the last one of us poured his -out, leaving the decanter full, except the one drink. We took our drink, -and Vince asked how much. The old fellow said, "Ten dollars each," -making fifty dollars for the treat. Vince gave him a one hundred dollar -bill. He picked up his candle, going back to the end of the counter to -his safe for the change; but in doing this he had left the decanter -setting on the counter. I told Vince to walk back and get the change; we -would walk out. I picked up the full decanter, and as we walked out the -door Vince overtook us, and we all went out together. However, we saw -the old fellow, as he came back, hold up his light to look after his -liquor. On discovering it gone, he jumped across the counter, following -us. We were all in a dead run by this time. The old fellow was afraid to -holler for police, as he was running what we now call a "blind tiger," -but he followed us to the end of the street. When Vince picked up an old -gun, and raising it, advanced on him, the old man then broke back as -fast as he had come, leaving us with the liquor. We took another drink -all around, when Joe told us to draw up, supper was ready. Joe had given -us a good supper--hominy, fried bacon, biscuits and coffee--the best -part of which was there was enough of it. We drank no more, for Vince -and Willie asked us to carry some to Jim Hagood and Capt. Wood. They -also told Joe to get us up some rations, and he put us up about a half -of a side of bacon, about half a bushel of meal and some salt. We got -back to our command some time about midnight, and it was not long before -Jim Hagood had his boy, Crow, and Pat Wood his boy, Fred, making up a -fire, and about two o'clock we had a supper. In the meantime all the -whiskey had disappeared. We all slept late next morning, and about -eleven o'clock we had breakfast. We went back into the trenches and -remained there some time, when we were taken across the James River to -meet a demonstration being made there. - - - - -CHAPTER XII. - - -It seems that our division (Fields'), especially our brigade, was -selected and had ever been the troops to run from place to place. This I -egotistically claim was because we were good on the march, always -getting there quickly, and then, after getting there, we could be always -depended upon to meet the emergency. Hence, we were not in the trenches -so continuously as some others. We, from now on, were mostly below -Richmond, taking care of Richmond from that side, but occasionally we -would run over and take a day or two in the trenches, where we would be -again pulled out for across the James River. So, after about a week in -the trenches on this occasion, we were taken over the river, as Grant -seemed to be preparing to attack from that direction. We remained -quietly, doing nothing but keeping out our pickets for several days. For -these few days we took up regular camp duty, except drilling. At roll -call in the mornings Morrison and Stewart hardly ever answered. This got -to be such a regular thing on all occasions, even when we were called to -move, that our orderly sergeant, A. P. Manville, became so completely -disgusted (for you could see disgust depicted on his face) that it was -determined between Perry Manville, Capt. Wood and Col. Hagood that -Morrison and Stewart should be assigned to me as my company, I to see -after them exclusively, being exempt from all other duty, only go when -they had to go, and _to make them go_. This might seem an easy -assignment, but, take my word for it, it was the hardest job any poor -fellow ever had. I would be up in the mornings before time, getting them -up to be in time for roll call, and any other duties assigned them I -would be notified and had to get them out for it. But Perry Manville, -who was a brave, good fellow, would put them both on duty at the same -time, thereby saving me extra duty. He saw and appreciated the hard task -I had. After lying around here for perhaps a week or more watching and -waiting we were ordered to "fall in." Our company was at this time on -the left of the regiment, and I and my two men were on the extreme left, -which, when marching left in front, put me and mine at the head next to -the colonel. In starting out this time, when Col. Hagood rode up to his -position, he turned to me and said, "Sergt. Mixson, load your gun -immediately and take those two men in this fight or leave them dead on -the wayside." I loaded up, telling these two what to expect from me -(they had heard my orders). We started off. I kept them up pretty well, -and when we formed our line of battle on the hill overlooking Deep -Bottom I had them in ranks. We remained on this hill while our skirmish -line were holding them back in the bottom, our skirmishers retreating -slowly. Gen. Lee was dismounted near us, awaiting the time to order us -to charge. When it looked like the time had about come old Stewart got -back pretty close to Gen. Lee, and, falling on his knees, said, "Let's -all join in prayer," and he started off. He had hardly started good -before the command was given, "Get to your places." Morrison went in -ranks, but old man Stewart got louder. I called to him to get in. He got -_louder_. I could not move him by calling, so I went up to him and, -catching him by the shoulders, I pulled him back and almost had to drag -him to his position. Lee looked on seemingly amused. - -Well, we made the charge, meeting the enemy in the bottom. Here we -fought them for some time, but finally retired to our former position on -the hills. I don't think I got either Morrison or Stewart in this, but -they were on hand when we got back on the hill. The enemy did not -advance on us in our position, but fell back. We then went back and took -up our quarters where we left the day before. Grant had failed here. - -We remained here, without anything happening, doing picket duty and -putting more logs on our fortifications, for something like three weeks, -when the Yankees took another notion to go into Richmond over this -route. Our cavalry, down at the Darbytown Road, discovered them on the -move. As soon as this was reported to us our long roll routed us, and by -sunrise we were off to look into matters. We ran upon their picket line -about ten o'clock, drove them back and found them stationed behind the -works that we had built there in 1862. We immediately charged these -works, and took them with very little trouble, they giving way after a -short fight. We followed them no further than the works we captured from -them. By night we were back at our camps, not much worse off than when -we went out. We again took up our regular routine of duties and had no -more disturbance from this quarter. Everything remaining quiet over -here, we were, about the last of September or first of October, taken -back to Petersburg and again went into the trenches. We were placed -where the "blow up" afterwards took place, and while we were here our -engineers were counter-sinking shafts, endeavoring to discover where the -enemy's mine struck our fortifications. The marksmen on the Yankee side -had become very expert with both the rifle and mortars, and they were so -accurate that mortar shells would frequently fall in our trenches. For -the information of those who do not know about mortar shooting I will -explain. The mortar gun is a short cannon, say eighteen inches long, -working in a carriage on a pivot and so arranged as to be shot at any -angle, even to straight up. They had perfected themselves so that they -knew the exact elevation to give the gun and the length of the fuse to -explode it, as in many instances the cannon ball would fall in our -trenches, and, exploding, would do much harm, and causing much confusion -among us. Hence, it became necessary to keep a lookout, and when one of -their guns was fired this "lookout" would keep his eye on the ball going -up and coming over, and if it looked as if it were coming into the -trenches at a certain place we would crowd away from the place that it -seemed like hitting, thereby making room for it to fall and burst with -as little damage as we had time and room to make. - -On one occasion I was sitting with my back to the front of the trenches, -flat down on the bottom of the trenches, with my oilcloth underneath me. -I had my man Morrison as "lookout," who was kneeling down facing the -front just at my side. I heard the report of a mortar and saw Morrison -prick up his ears. Soon I saw him begin to get excited, and then he -commenced to exclaim, "It's coming, it's coming, it's coming!" Knowing -how scary he naturally was, I gave but little faith to him. His eyes, -however, looked the size of saucers, and finally he fell over, -exclaiming, "It's come," and the shell fell between my legs, my oilcloth -keeping it from burying itself deep enough to retain it. There I was, a -shell with a burning fuse, in between my legs. It was death to do -nothing, death to run, not only for me, but for others. It was -impossible to get away from the shell, and instinct told me to get the -shell away from me and us. Without having time to think even, I arose -with the shell in my hands and dumped it out of the trenches. I scarcely -had time to squat down when it bursted. Being outside, no one was hurt. -I will take occasion to say here that this was no act of bravery. It was -an inspiration that caused me to do it, and I was the worst scared -fellow you ever saw, even more scared than Morrison or Stewart at any -time. It took me a day or two to recover from the fright I got. - -We remained in the trenches this time till about the first of November, -when Grant again began to move around on the north side of the James. -Then we were taken out and carried over, and it was well for us that it -was so, for the day after we left the mine was sprung and many, very -many, killed, and on the same ground we had been and just left. History -will tell you of this. I was not there. On the day before the mine was -sprung the Yankees on the north side of the James had charged and taken -Fort Harrison, which was being held by the militia from Virginia. And on -the morning that the mine was sprung they made an assault on Fort -Gilmore, which was three miles from Fort Harrison, and garrisoned by -veterans from Virginia. - -The assault was made to draw our forces from the trenches, hoping to get -enough away to make the springing of the mine a success, and to draw our -attention elsewhere. We left the trenches late in the afternoon, and, -passing Fort Harrison, leaving it to the right, went on to Fort Gilmore. -We marched all night, arriving near Fort Gilmore at daybreak, when we -halted and were held as a reserve. The assault was made by negro troops, -with white officers with pistols in their hands, forcing the negroes -forward on pain of death. They made a creditable charge, a good many -jumping in the ditch in front of the fort. One charge, however, -satisfied them. About ten o'clock we went in and relieved the -Virginians and remained there till after midnight, when we in turn were -relieved and went down in front of Fort Harrison, arriving there just as -day was breaking. On moving from Fort Gilmore to Fort Harrison, about -three o'clock, before day, I took the company's canteens and went to a -well we were passing and filled up. This got me some little behind, and -going down the road to overtake our command a solitary horseman overtook -me. I discovered at once it was Gen. Lee. He said, "What are you doing -behind, my little fellow?" And when I told him I had stopped at the well -just passed to fill the company's canteens he said, "Well, hurry and -catch up; they will need you by daylight." When I did get up I told the -boys we would have h---- by daylight, and told them that Gen. Lee had -told me so. - -In front of Fort Harrison we took our position in an old ditch trench -which had been thrown up there perhaps a couple of years. This was not -more than eight hundred yards in front of the fort. The Yankees had been -reinforcing all night, and when day broke they were well garrisoned, -with negro troops mostly. We remained in this position, awaiting the -signal gun, when the advance on the Fort would be made from two sides. -Tige Anderson's Georgians were to lead the charge on the front, -supported by our brigade (Bratton's). Two other brigades were to attack -the side. Capt. Wood's boy, Fred, brought in breakfast, and Capt. Wood, -Eddie Bellinger and myself sat down to eat. Capt. Wood hurried through, -leaving Eddie and me. Then it was that Eddie said to me, "Frank, I will -be killed this day. In an hour I will be a dead man." I told him if I -felt that way I would go to Dr. Martin Bellinger, brigade surgeon, and -be excused. He would not go. Just then the signal gun fired, and Tige -Anderson, with his Georgians, led off, slowly at first. We were called -to attention, and I missed Stewart. The negro boy, Fred, hearing me -asking about him, said he had passed Mr. Stewart a mile back. I turned -to Morrison and told him if he did not go this time I swear I would kill -him. I intended to keep my eye on him. We were now ordered to advance. -Anderson had started his charge, and as soon as we got straightened out, -and after crossing the old ditch, we, too, charged. Now the Yankees were -mowing Anderson down with grape and cannister, and we, being only a -short distance behind, were getting the full benefit of every fire. I -tell you, it was a grand sight to see our boy colonel. He was about the -middle of the regiment, in front of it. We were at double quick. Jim -Hagood kept his eyes on the fort, and when he saw smoke from a cannon, -he would cry, "Down, First," at the same time falling flat himself. When -the grape and cannister had passed over he was the first up, and in that -commanding voice, "Up, and forward, First." This he repeated more than -half a dozen times. Anderson had now gotten to within about forty yards -of the fort, where the firing was so fierce, furious and fatal. His men -lay down. We kept on, and just before we reached them they commenced to -holler to us to stop. Anderson was walking up and down, begging them to -forward. Then he would curse them. About now Lieut. Best, of our -company, said, "Frank, I am shot through the thigh." I told him to go -back. He said no. Only a step or two and he was shot clear through on -the right side, the ball entering about the nipple. He now turned to go -back, but just as he turned another ball hit him in the back, about an -inch below where the other ball had come out, passing clear through, -coming out where the other ball had entered. He now fell, and Sid Key, -with another man with a litter, picked him up to take him off. As they -raised him up another ball knocked off two of his toes, making four -wounds for him. I think he is still alive--was a few years ago. When -Lieut. Best fell we were passing through Anderson's Brigade. I heard -Anderson, as a last incentive to his men, say, "Georgia, you don't -intend to let South Carolina beat you." I jumped up and hollered out, -"Hurrah for South Carolina." But just as I struck the ground a ball -struck me, and an old Georgian, who was lying flat on his belly, looking -over his shoulder back at us, saw it and heard me, and said, "Oh, yes, -G---- d---- South Carolina, now." This made such an impression on me -that I have always believed that I would recognize that fellow's face -wherever I saw it again. I was fortunately hit in the hand, breaking the -knuckle of my forefinger on the left hand. I dropped my gun, and, -running back to a pine, I got in behind it to examine how badly I was -hurt, and when I discovered the bone shattered I pulled off my -accoutrements, throwing them down, so I could have a good chance for -running. Going only a short distance I heard the voice of Lieut. Col. -Ben Kirkland, and I pulled up to see what was the matter. He was -standing over an officer of our regiment, a captain, cursing him for all -kinds of coward, and told him if he did not get up and go on with his -company he would wear him out with his sword. I saw him get up, then I -lit out again. On getting back to where we had started, sitting there -alone was Morrison, who told me that when Lieut. Best was hit he left. I -went on a little back to where the field hospital was located (the field -hospital is only to receive the wounded, staunch the blood of those who -are likely to bleed to death, put them in an ambulance, sending them -back to the general hospital). While hanging around there I noticed -someone brought up on a litter, who, upon being put down, beckoned to -me. I went up to him, failing at first to recognize him; but upon close -inspection I discovered Capt. Wood. He was shot directly below his nose, -the ball passing back lodged in the back of his neck, knocking out his -teeth and lodging them in his tongue. He was terribly disfigured at that -time, but was operated on that night, they cutting out the ball from his -neck, taking his teeth out of his tongue, etc. After the war he looked -nearly as handsome as ever, and he was a handsome man. - -I went on down from the field hospital to the regiment, after they were -driven back, and it was a poor sight, indeed--only ninety-three men were -left in the entire regiment. Eddie Bellinger had fallen, leading the -regiment in about thirty yards of the fort. When the colonel ordered the -regiment to fall back he discovered his colors missing and saw them on -the ground nearer the fort than he was. He ran up there and found Eddie -dead with the colors gripped so hard that he had to pry his fingers open -with his sword to get them away. This all happened in thirty yards of -the fort, in an open field. The Yankees were so amazed at Col. Hagood's -action that they did not shoot on him while he was doing this gallant -deed. Col. Hagood then called Jim Diamond, who was not wounded, and -turned the colors over to him. He brought them out. Next day the Yankees -sent over a flag of truce, asking the name of the gallant officer who -had rescued the colors--they buried Eddie with military honors. - -I did not get my wound dressed until the day after the fight. That -evening I went back to the general hospital. Dr. Wallace Bailey, from -the Four Mile, our surgeon, glanced at it casually and told me he would -cut off the finger when he had time--the surgeons were all busy that -evening, all night and next day. Capt. Wood was operated on during the -night and looked badly next morning. Many a poor fellow lost an arm or -a leg out here. That night this hospital was cleaned up, all of us being -loaded on boats and sent to the hospital in Richmond, reaching there -some time about midnight, and were immediately unloaded into a large -kind of warehouse that had been prepared with cots, etc., for a kind of -reception hospital. Here we were seen after by the ladies, our wounds -dressed, and nourishment given us. Those who were not too badly wounded -were sent on next day to the regular hospital. I did not let Dr. Bailey -cut off my finger. _I have it yet._ - - - - -CHAPTER XIII. - - -In the hospital at Richmond I was assigned to a ward that a Dr. Wilson, -of Marion, S. C., was in charge of. This doctor seemed to take a liking -to me from the start--I guess on account of my age and size. Some three -or four days after my arrival there he told me the Examining Board would -meet next day. This Board would look over the wounded and furlough those -who would be disqualified long enough to go home, and he said he would -put me on the list to go before this Board. My hopes were high and I -could scarcely await the time with patience. But ten o'clock finally -came, and the crowd began to gather. The Board met in a large one-room -building, one door on the side, another on the end. The Board consisted -of five members, the chairman of which was an old man. Their position in -the room was in chairs towards the end, opposite the end door. They had -a clerk, who had listed all names of those were applying. This clerk had -a doorkeeper, and he would take off the list as he had them entered, -call the name to his doorkeeper, who would extend the call and admit the -man. After a long wait, my name was called and I went in fully confident -that I would get a furlough. I was called over to where the doctors were -sitting in a row, and the old doctor told me to show up. I readily did -so, and when they saw that I was wounded in the hand, he, the old -doctor, said, "Pass out." I can tell you, I was disappointed, and so was -Dr. Wilson; but he consoled me with the information that the Board would -meet again in a few days and to try them again. This I did with the same -result, only this time they did not even condescend to look at my hand. -In a few days they again met, and again I went before them. But this -time they didn't even allow me to stop, but as I walked in one door the -old doctor waved me out of the other. This I reported to Dr. Wilson. He -told me they treated me this way because so many were shooting -themselves in the hands and feet to get out of service even for a time. -After getting this information I went over to the officers' hospital and -got a certificate signed by Capt. Wood and Lieut. Best, and got Dr. -Bellinger, who came over to see how all his men were doing, to give me -one, and then Col. Hagood sent his certificate to me. In the meantime, -Dr. Wilson had told me to let my hand and arm lay so that the warm sun -could shine through the glass on it. After doing this a couple of days -my arm began to swell and turn red and the middle of my hand had become -somewhat inflamed. So now I was fixed for the next meeting. - -The day soon came, and early in the morning Dr. Wilson called me to him -and stuck a lancet in the middle of my hand, put cotton on it and -wrapped it up, telling me not get out of the board room without showing -all I had. When I was called this time, as I walked in the door, the old -doctor again waved me to the other door; but instead of obeying him I -went over to them and asked that they look at my hand. They agreed, when -I undid it and pulled off the cotton. It began to bleed. Then I pulled -up my sleeve, showing them my red, swollen arm. After seeing this they -consulted and told me they were sorry that it was so they could not -furlough me. I certainly deserved it. I then went down in my breeches -pocket and brought out those certificates, which I handed them. After -reading these the old doctor said to his clerk, "Give him thirty days." -I do believe Dr. Wilson was as much pleased as I was, and he got my -papers for me and got me off that same night, making me twenty-four -hours ahead. I left Richmond that night on a crowded train. I got a seat -with a poor fellow who had just had his leg cut off, and I helped him on -his way, getting him water, dividing my rations with him and at nearly -all the stations home the women would be at the depots with something to -eat for us wounded. I kept the old fellow in good shape up to Williston, -where I left him. - -I was so accustomed to walking that I did not even ask anyone at -Williston to send me home. It was only fourteen miles anyway, and I had -no baggage of any kind, so I did not feel that I had much before me. I -reached home in due time, and mother and my sisters all seemed mighty -glad to see me. They had heard of the Fort Harrison fight and slaughter, -and heard that we were in it; and had even heard of some of the killed -and wounded, but had heard nothing from me and had decided that "no -news is good news." Hence, they were not surprised to see me. - -After remaining home with my own people a few days I went up on the Four -Mile to see Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, _my other people_. I remained there for -about ten days when I went back home. It was not much longer now before -my thirty days' would expire and I determined to be back to my command -on time. When my sisters knew that I had been appointed a sergeant -nothing would do but that they should put the stripes on my sleeves. I -didn't care to have it done, but they put them on anyway. - -Well, the time came for me to go back, and when I got to Williston to -take the train it seemed as if I had a wagon load of boxes filled with -everything good to eat and clothes to wear. There was a box for Sid Key, -Ed. Harley, Job Rountree, Jno. Williams Canady, Darling Sprawls, Bill -Kitchins, Mathias Hair, old man Walton Hair, Frank and Jno. Green, W. W. -Woodward, Darius Ogden, and perhaps others whom I can't recall. Of -course, I had one for myself. How I ever managed to get these to the -camps I don't know, but they all did get there, and, it being not long -till Christmas, old Company E had a regular "jollification." There were -a few members of the company who did not live near me and did not get -any box by me; but, all the same, those who had divided with them, and -the entire company fared well for a while. - -I found our command still below Richmond. I walked over from Richmond -and struck the line up on the hill, and discovered that our brigade was -down towards the left. I passed on down the line. Now, there were nice -breastworks on the front, built out of logs. The quarters for the men -were some of logs, some with logs covered with tents and some with tents -only, situated in some one hundred yards in rear of the works. The space -between the works and the quarters was used for a drill ground and a -general street. Down this street I had to go. I had not gone far before -some fellow cried out, "Here goes the dominecker sergeant," and in no -time you could hear it for a mile ahead, "Here comes the dominecker -sergeant." Then it was that I cursed myself for having on those stripes. -I was not fit for duty for several weeks after getting back, but did -take charge of _my company_, however--Morrison and Stewart. - -Things about now were looking squally for our cause and a good many of -our army were getting worn out and discouraged. The reports from -Johnston's army made matters look more gloomy, and as time went on -Sherman commenced his raid, going to Savannah and then turning up and -entering South Carolina. Our men with families at home, who were being -left homeless and in a starving condition, were very much disheartened -and discouraged. Some desertions were made. I remember among the first -was a man named Mack, from Orangeburg. He had heard very distressing -news from his wife and children, and, failing to get a furlough, he -determined to go to them. He was brought back, tried by courtmartial, -convicted and sentenced to be shot. I can never forget that day. The -entire corps was turned out in a large open field and formed in a hollow -square. Twelve men from our regiment were drawn on the shooting detail. -I was the sergeant on the detail. My duty was to have these twelve men -march out twenty paces from the stake erected where the man Mack was to -be placed. When reaching this position I had the twelve men stack their -arms, then I moved them back out of sight and turned them over to Lieut. -Southern, who was in charge of them for the execution. I then went back -to the stacked arms and loaded the guns, putting blank cartridges in six -and loaded cartridges in six, and restacking them. - -Then in this square a wagon drove in. On this wagon was Mack, sitting on -his coffin. On each side of the wagon was a guard; in rear of the wagon -was the band. This procession started off at one end of the hollow -square; moving to the right, the band playing the death march. They went -all round the entire square, giving each and every man a good -opportunity of viewing it. At last they arrived at the other end of the -square, when Mack, without assistance, got off the wagon and walked to -the stake. The coffin was placed just in rear; then Mack was asked to -kneel down with his back to the stake, and he was tied to it with a plow -line. He was blindfolded. Now Lieut. Southern, with his twelve men, was -seen to enter the square at a quick step and was halted at the stacked -arms. Lieut. Southern gave the command, as follows: "Attention, detail. -Take arms. Carry arms. Ready--aim--fire!" At the report of the twelve -guns poor Mack's head fell on his chest--he was a dead man. Lieut. -Southern immediately moved his men off, so that they would see as little -of it as possible, taking them back, disbanded them to their different -commands. This ended the first and last lesson we ever got for -desertion. It was hard to see, but such had to be, else our officers, -from poor Mack's captain, his colonel, brigadier general, up to the -Christian soldier, Bob Lee, would never have allowed it. - - - - -CHAPTER XIV. - - -Some little time after this I was the sergeant on the picket line. The -enemy's line of picket was some four hundred yards off, but in fair -view. At midnight I sent William Dyches, a private from Company E, to -relieve the vidette and to remain as vidette till day began to break, -then to come back to our picket line. Just as day had fairly broken and -Dyches had not come in I took a look for him, and was surprised to see -him nearly over to the Yankees. I took a shot at him, but missed him. A -Yankee then hollered over to me, saying, "Say, Johnny, we've got one of -your small potatoes." I replied, "D----d small, but few in a hill." -Dyches had always been a very good soldier--had never shirked duty and -was ever there in a fight. He was from the section of Barnwell district, -now Aiken county, known as Cracker's Neck, near the Upper Three Runs. -Dyches did not reach home until after we all had surrendered and tramped -from Appomattox home. We never went back to the trenches after the -charge on Fort Harrison; remaining, however, below Richmond until the -night of April 1st, when we abandoned our quarters, gave up our -breastworks and took our march for Richmond. We reached Richmond after -midnight and everything was in confusion and uproar--the city was on -fire in more than one place. Soldiers on horse and on foot were going -in every direction--old men and women and children were on the streets -weeping; all that, together with the heavy firing we could hear at -Petersburg, told us that Richmond was gone--Richmond, the goal that -Grant had striven so hard for and for which he had sacrificed so many -lives, would be his at last. In passing through Richmond I lost both -Morrison and Stewart--they escaped me in the confusion. - -We went on through Richmond, giving it up to the Yankees who entered -just behind us, and just before noon we reached Petersburg. Here we -found our troops hardly pressed. We were placed in position some four or -five hundred yards below the bridge which spanned the Appomattox River, -with orders to hold the bridge, as it was the only escape our whole army -had, and to lose this we were captured. We held the advancing enemy all -the afternoon until late into the night after our army had crossed. We -were drawn off and crossed over, then, pouring oil on the bridge, set -fire to it. After seeing it in flames we took up our march as rear guard -to Lee's army on that ever-to-be-remembered six days' march, _and every -hour a fight_ to Appomattox. - -I don't know how to tell of this march. Things happened so fast and we -were pressed so hard that we were at one place for only a few minutes -and then at another. In a fight here, holding the enemy back long enough -for our troops to cross a stream, or even a narrow place in the road, -then we were gone. I know at Farmville we had a good, stiff fight, -holding the enemy back while our troops crossed the bridge, and at one -time it seemed that they would cut us off. Some of our troops waded the -creek, neck deep. After passing this place just on top of the hill we -found our quartermaster and commissary wagons deserted and afire. Just a -little further on we stopped to blow, and I made up a fire and beat up -some batter, put a flap-jack in the frying pan. Just as it was ready to -turn over we were ordered to make a quick charge. I grabbed my frying -pan, flap-jack and all, and went into the charge. We drove the Yankees -back, and, getting back to my fire, I finished cooking my flap-jack, and -it ate right well. - -For six days and six nights we did not stop for sleep nor for rest -longer than ten minutes, but those ten minutes were used for sleep. It -was a fight and a run the whole time. I saw men--and I did the thing -myself--go to sleep walking along. Two days before reaching Appomattox -Frank Green slipped out on the side, to see if he could get something to -eat. He got off some half mile and had succeeded in getting a half -middling of bacon from an old woman. He stuck his bayonet through this -and swung it on his shoulder and started out for us. He soon discovered -that the Yankees' cavalry were between him and us. He therefore had to -outmanoeuvre them some way. Being in any open country this was hard to -do. Two of them soon spied him and went for him; but, after an hour or -more, Frank came in _with his bacon, too_. Along about now I was again -barefoot. I had not had an opportunity to run upon any dead Yankees, as -_we were doing the running these times_. So I commenced looking around -for a pair of shoes somewhere. I soon discovered that Sid Key had a pair -of number sixes hung onto his belt. Sid wore about tens. I bartered him -for a trade. He was willing to sell, but he wanted cash. However, he let -me have them on credit, with the understanding that I would pay him -after the next fight if I got anything from a dead Yankee. We never got -into another fight _where we held the field_, consequently, I never had -a chance at a dead Yankee; and I owe Sid for those shoes yet! - -On the morning of April 9th, 1865, we were halted in a field. Firing was -going on down on the front. We had not long stopped when we noticed that -the firing on the front had ceased. We were lying down on each side of -the road. Presently we saw two men galloping up the road. On reaching us -we discovered one to be one of our general's staff officers, the other -to be a Yankee officer. Right then there was excitement. We knew -something was wrong, but what was it? Sleep and exhaustion had gone; -everybody was up, stirring around and wondering. We were held here in -this position and under this strain for over three hours, when the -report got started that _Lee had surrendered_. Very shortly after we -heard this we saw a crowd of horsemen coming up the road. We soon -recognized Gen. Lee among them. Every man got on his feet, and we -commenced yelling for Lee. The old man pulled off his hat, and, with -tears streaming down his cheeks, without a word, he rode through us. Lee -was not the only one shedding tears--old men who had wives, sons, -daughters, even grandchildren at home; middle aged men who had families -at home; younger men who had left a young wife, and young fellows like -myself--all were bowing their heads with tears; but no thought of -censure; no criticism of Gen. Lee, ever entered the minds of any of us. -We knew he had done for the best and we had more confidence in him, as -he rode through us that day, than we ever had before, and we loved him -more. We knew how humiliated he felt, and, knowing this, we were anxious -to make him feel that we recognized that he had done right, and our -confidence and love for him, instead of being shaken, had been -increased. He was certainly now more of an idol than ever before. - -That afternoon we were taken into the oak grove and put in the Bull Pen, -as we called it. This was only going into bivouac with a guard around -us, _but not a Yankee guard_. We could not have submitted to that had -that been attempted; the last one would have been knocked out during the -night. But we had our own men for our guards. We were not allowed out of -our lines, nor were any Yankees allowed to come in; but they hung around -and seemed surprised that they had such a hard time in overwhelming such -a crowd of rag-a-muffins, and so few of them. - -On being put into the Bull Pen it so happened, and we immediately -discovered, there was in our regimental lines a large barn pretty well -filled with ears of corn. We were soon scrambling for this and men could -be seen going in all directions with an armful of this corn. It looked -exactly like each man was going to feed a horse. It was well for us that -we struck this luck, for we had nothing to eat; and when there is -nothing better, parched corn goes mighty good. We now filled up on our -parched corn and by good dark everybody seemed to be asleep--the first -sleep we had for seven days and nights, since we left Richmond. We awoke -the next morning, and, after taking our breakfast (parched corn again -and water), we felt very much refreshed, after a night of sleep and -rest. We would hang around our lines, seeing anything that might take -place. During the morning Gen. Lee, accompanied by Gen. Meade and staff, -rode around. I suppose Gen. Lee was showing Gen. Meade how few men he -had surrendered him and the condition they were in. On passing by us we -began to cheer and yell. Meade turned to his color bearer, who had his -headquarters' flag rolled up, and said, "Unfurl that flag." This he did, -when an old, ragged, half-starved, worn-out Confederate soldier in our -lines cried out, "D----n you old rag. We are cheering Gen. Lee." This -old fellow, like the balance of us, was no more whipped, penned up here -in the Bull Pen, overpowered by at least ten to one, starved, naked, -broken down, than he was at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor -or the nine months in the trenches and below Richmond. We were not -whipped, and we never felt whipped; but felt like men who had done their -duty in every emergency, and now, while we were forced to give up the -struggle, it was only to overwhelming odds and resources. But we were -yet men and men, too, who were entitled to and would get the admiration -of the entire world. We knew we deserved this, and, knowing it, we held -up our heads, not ashamed to look our victors straight in the eye. _And -they, the Yankees_, acted with much consideration, and like good -soldiers, and good Americans can only act, did not show that exultation -they must have felt. While they seemed to feel proud, of course, at the -result, yet we had their sympathy and good will. - -This was April 10. We remained in our lines the entire day. To this we -did not object, as we needed the rest, and, besides, we did not care to -move around much. Again, we had a good night's sleep and parched corn -enough to eat. Early on the morning of the 11th it became known that we -were to be taken out and surrender our arms, ammunition and everything -else. We were, however, allowed to retain our side arms and blankets. -The side arms consisted of, with the officer, his sword and pistol; with -the private, his haversack, canteen and little hand axe, the axe that we -wore stuck in our belts and which had been of so much service to us in -building log breastworks at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, -Petersburg and below Richmond. We noticed in the morning, say ten -o'clock, the Yankee columns moving down to Appomattox Court House. At -noon our drums beat for us to fall in. In a short time we were again in -ranks. Lee's army was now moving down the road towards Appomattox Court -House, every man fully armed, cartridge boxes full and the men well -rested. We knew we were being taken to stack and give up those arms -which had been a part of us for four long years; but we did not lag or -skulk. Had Gen. Lee, then and there, ridden out and said, "Boys, there -are the enemy, go for them," there would have been no man to question -it; we would have broken through, no matter the odds. But we marched up -in front of them, where they were formed in line of battle, with our -heads up, showing them that a soldier knows how to die. We were stopped -and made to face them, and then, for the last time, we heard our boy -colonel, Jim Hagood, give the command, "First South Carolina, order -arms, fix bayonets, stack arms, unbuckle accoutrements, hang up -accoutrements." When this was completed we heard again his command, -"First Regiment, attention. Right face, file right, march." _The deed -was done._ Now we were truly prisoners--nothing with which to protect us -from either danger or insult. We were carried back from whence we came, -and we took up our quarters as before. We suffered no insult in any way -from any of our enemies. _No other army in the world would have been so -considerate_ of a foe that it had taken so long, so much privation, so -much sacrifice of human life, to overwhelm. Gen. Grant had acted nobly -towards Gen. Lee. His men acted considerately towards us. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: OUR BOY COLONEL.] - - JAMES R. HAGOOD, - COLONEL OF (HAGOOD'S) FIRST S. C. REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEER - INFANTRY, C. S. ARMY. - -Of him General Lee wrote as follows: "It gives me pleasure to state that -Col. J. R. Hagood, during the whole term of his connection with the Army -of Northern Virginia, was conspicuous for gallantry, efficiency and good -conduct. By his merit constantly exhibited, he rose from a private in -his regiment to its command, and showed by his actions that he was -worthy of the position." - - (Signed) R. E. LEE. - Lexington, Va., 25th March, 1868. - -J. R. Hagood volunteered as a private in the above named regiment, just -before its departure to Virginia, in the summer of 1862, under the -command of Col. Thomas Glover, who had succeeded Johnson Hagood to the -colonelcy of the regiment upon the latter's promotion to -brigadier-general. - -J. R. Hagood was promoted sergeant-major of the regiment August, 1862. -He was promoted adjutant of the regiment November 16th, 1862. He was -promoted captain of Company K January, 1863. He was promoted colonel of -the regiment on 16th of November, 1863. His commission being dated -within ten days of his nineteenth birthday, he was doubtless the -youngest colonel commanding a regiment in the Confederate Army. - -This rapid promotion came to him while serving in and forming a part of -"that incomparable infantry which bore upon its bayonets the failing -fortune of the Confederacy for four long and bloody years." He -surrendered at Appomattox, with Lee's Army, having participated in -nineteen battles in which at least 20,000 men were engaged. - - * * * * * - -That evening Col. Hagood got enough paroles for the men of his regiment, -but did not give them out. The next day, April 12, Col. Hagood, having -decided to try the scheme of keeping us together, started the tramp for -home. Early in the morning the Yankees had sent us over some beef, and -upon dividing this out each man got one-fourth of a pound. This was the -only rations we had issued to us during the time we were in the Bull -Pen; but, in justice to the enemy, I must say that they, too, had not -had anything issued them. - -I guess we had traveled so fast and furiously that their wagon could not -keep up. Here we were, six hundred miles away from home, not a cent in -our pockets, and only one-fourth of a pound of raw beef. Can a more -deplorable picture be drawn? Col. Hagood marched us off, keeping us -pretty well together till night coming on we stopped. We had traveled -about twenty miles towards home this day. After stopping for the night -Col. Hagood called on the few officers present to meet him, when he -explained that we had no money nor had we authority to confiscate -something to eat. The men now had nothing and hadn't had for over ten -days. He had thought it best to keep them together as long as possible, -and now he had gotten them some twenty miles away from the Yankee army, -he saw no other alternative but to give each man his parole and turn -him loose to get home the best he could. He was satisfied this was the -best course. All the officers present agreed with him, and that night -each orderly sergeant was given the number of paroles to be filled out, -inserting the man's name. By midnight Orderly Sergeant A. P. Manville -and myself had them all ready for Company E, and early next morning -Sergt. Manville called up the company and gave to each man his parole. -Then, with tears in our eyes, we bade each other good-bye, and took our -course for our desolated homes in old Barnwell District. - - - - -CHAPTER XV. - - -Jim Diamond and I did as we had always done--joined our fortunes--and -taking a kind of byway we soon were away from any soldiers. We -considered it so much better to leave the highways and public roads, as -on the private ways we would stand a much better chance to get something -to eat. We found this plan to work very well, and during the whole -distance and time we took to get home we never went hungry. At times we -would strike a highway for a short distance when we would run upon a lot -of fellows tramping for their homes, some of whom had to go so far as -Texas. How they ever lasted that long and held out to make such a -distance I can't conceive. - -We would generally stop at nearly every house we passed and beg for -something to eat, or for milk or buttermilk; and there being only two of -us, we were hardly ever refused, consequently, we never wanted. After so -long a time we were in the neighborhood of Danville, Va. We concluded to -go by and take in the place and see what was going on there. We reached -Danville early in the morning and found an immense crowd--it seemed that -all of us had taken in the place. Not long after we reached the city we -determined to charge a store in which there were some government goods, -and a big crowd soon gathered. It did not take long to batter down the -doors and get in. Then the scramble began. There were bacon, meal, -molasses, clothes, blankets and everything else. The way the men got the -molasses was by knocking out the head of the hogshead and dipping in -their canteens. In one instance the pressure around a hogshead was so -great that one fellow next to the barrel, being pressed so tight, was -raised off his feet; but he deliberately stepped over into the barrel, -standing up in the molasses to his waist. He filled his canteen and then -crawled out. - -Jim and I got in this raid a small piece of bacon, some meal, a couple -of army blankets and a McClelland saddle. We then went on down town to -the depot and found a train of cars standing on the track headed -southwards. The engine was fired up and every available space, inside -and outside and on top, was taken, and all that was necessary to move -off was an engineer. Just away from where this train stood was a -magazine, filled with all manner of explosive missiles. In some manner -this magazine caught and soon the explosion occurred and pieces of -shells were flying in every direction. Then those who were on the train -began to get away--some even jumping through the car windows, others -from the top. While this was at its worst a Texan jumped on the engine -and cried out, "I am an engineer; I can run it. Give me a fireman." -Immediately someone answered his call. In the meantime, as the others -jumped off, making room, Jim and I got on, and our Texas engineer pulled -out amid the confusion from the live magazine. Whether he knew much -about handling an engine or not, he did certainly let it run, stopping -for no place nor for nothing, until just before reaching Salisbury, N. -C., an axle to the tender broke. This, of course, put an end to our -ride. Deserting the train, leaving it on the track, we again pulled out -afoot. We had, however, made a good many miles, which did us much good. -In due course of time we struck the neighborhood of Charlotte, N. C., -and desired to "take in" that city, too, for we wanted to see and hear -what might be going on in the world, we having confined all our -movements to country roads and country houses. We went into Charlotte, -and, having our haversacks well filled, we were in no hurry. We loafed -around the town taking in the sights. Here again we met a large crowd of -Lee's paroled men, and here again we made a raid on some government -stores. But as we had plenty to eat we didn't take much hand in it. -However, we got a bolt of real good jeans--about all we did get. - -Jim had traded his saddle before reaching Charlotte, consequently, we -were not hampered with carrying that. We left the city before dark and -continued our course south, regardless of where we would strike next. -Sometimes we had to go some distance to get a ferry across a river, and -in one or two instances a farmer would take us over in his batteau. We -were faring right well, and, as neither of us had a wife and children -awaiting our coming, we did not push hard after leaving Charlotte. The -next town I recollect passing through was Newberry. We heard of the -assassination of President Lincoln at Charlotte. On reaching Newberry -early in the morning we were the wonder of the town. They had not heard -of the surrender of Lee nor of Lincoln's death. It seemed as if the town -turned out to see us. - -We stopped here only long enough for Jim to get a shave, the barber -doing it for nothing. We slept in a farmer's barn that night about eight -miles from Newberry. This farmer gave us supper and next morning -breakfast. And we went on our way rejoicing. Our next stop was at a -farmer's house in now Saluda County--Mr. Ready--on the Columbia and -Augusta Railroad. He was an old bachelor and made us come in his house, -giving us supper, bed and breakfast, and an early start the next -morning. Besides, he gave us directions how to get to Pine Log Bridge, -across the Edisto River. We crossed the Edisto in the afternoon and took -that big old sandy road for White Pond. Reaching that place, just before -sundown, we went on our way, and between sundown and dark we stopped at -a little log cabin, asking for something to eat and telling the lady, -Mrs. Beach, that we would sleep in the pines. This she would not consent -to, but made us walk in, prepared supper, made us down a pallet in front -of the fire. Before going to bed she told us her husband was a soldier, -too, belonging to Lamar's Second South Carolina Artillery, with -Johnston's Army. She had not heard from him since they left Charleston. -Beach did get home all right. - -Next morning she was up bright and early and gave us breakfast and -Godspeed. It was now only a few miles before we would reach the forks of -the road where Jim and I would part, he going to Barnwell and I to -Joyce's Branch, ten miles above Barnwell. The nearer we reached this -fork of the road the more serious we would become. We had eaten and -slept together for nearly three years--had shared privations together, -and in prosperity we divided with each other; and now, we were on the -verge of parting, perhaps never to see each other again. We had been -passing the burnt houses, done by Sherman in his march, and we did not -know what we might find at our homes; but we well knew there were hard -times ahead of us. At last, we arrived at the parting place, and, by -common instinct, we determined to make the parting short. Jim took the -bolt of jeans from his shoulders, where he had it slung, told me to pull -it out, and then, doubling it in the middle, cut it in two. _This was -all._ Without saying a word more, we shook hands and turned off quickly. -Jim had about twelve miles to Barnwell; I about ten to Joyce's Branch. I -reached home just as they had finished dinner. They, too, had not heard -of Lee's surrender. They hunted me up some old clothes, sent me to an -outhouse to wash and clean up, and then buried my suit of Confederate -gray, as that was the best thing to do with it. I was very much -gratified to find that Sherman's raiders had not gotten as high up as -our place. The nearest they came, however, was only one and a half miles -off towards Barnwell. I found that none of our negroes had run off, but -all were at home making a crop, and mother had a good supply of "hog and -hominy." - -There were, however, about a dozen cases of smallpox on the place, left -by some straggler, the most of which was among the negroes. I was not -afraid of it, having been well vaccinated while below Richmond, and I -did not hesitate to go right in to it and help all those who had it, -both white and black. It was but a few days before my sisters had me a -real nice suit of clothes, made from the jeans we had raided at -Charlotte and divided at the forks of the road. The first time I went to -Barnwell I saw Jim Diamond in his suit made from the other part. - -Now, the war is over, and we are again civilians. My reminiscences of a -private are at an end. There are things I should have written in these -had they occurred to me at the right time, and perhaps there are things -that might have been left out. But when I would take my seat to write I -did not know what I intended saying. It seemed to come to me by -inspiration, and I would just write as fast as pencil could go. I will -have to ask the public to be charitable in reading this. Recollect, I -went into the war a mere country boy, fourteen and a half years old, and -returned to a ruined, desolate and impoverished country at eighteen -years and six months old. - - - - - * * * * * - - - - -Transcriber's note: - -Obvious punctuation errors were corrected. - -Both "afoot" and "a-foot" appear and have not been changed. - -P. 7: "insistant" changed to "insistent" (At my insistent request). - -P. 24: "forteen" changed to "fourteen" (fourteen hundred strong). - -P. 30: "bill" changed to "hill" (About half way up the hill). - -P. 33: "Arthur Tompson" changed to "Arthur Thompson". - -P. 67: "cheerfull" changed to "cheerful" (in a loud, cheerful voice). - -P. 67: "closly" changed to "closely" (closely followed by the enemy). - -P. 67: "of" changed to "on" (I lay flat on my belly). - -P. 70: "semed" changed to "seemed" (These bullets all seemed to go -through). - -P. 79: "biled" changed to "boiled" (boiled shirts). - -P. 90: "timesome" changed to "tiresome" (nine long, tiresome and -eventful months). - -P. 115: "out" changed to "our" (we abandoned our quarters). - -P. 126: "crowled" changed to "crawled" (and then crawled out). - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REMINISCENCES OF A PRIVATE*** - - -******* This file should be named 41616.txt or 41616.zip ******* - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/1/6/1/41616 - - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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