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.1.A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR. w,*,!'X.. ... itic halt;lt; h**l end'd »r,i Rrrni uir’i* c * nmn• Grfphie Description ofthe Baffle of 0::e?n was in fu i retreat toward Jsekwrnvillr, In-Pood by a Participant. v r» showed nay hurts to constat of a(Wrlifn for he Tiwxs i '* *n,\1 «•''*! .lefeiopmcni, * tuA. , the si// of s d »»r.knob on that part of mvj Purir.f the Winter of 1WU, when 'h- h,**d wltm. ,he ,orf bra(, and the *calp i so verity rtf f fie weather suspended milbn-y levins. Wp limit disturbing myself about operation* in Virginia, several ex,-edition*- the p -aiti »ri of tj nlt;ri! Foo-igao’* troofi* ] a were planned for th* invasion of some of betook my* If lo ttte i**k of hunting soma* ■reii.e S irb in St »'e*. In or»*i«'ip, 'hu g to outnon of theseI combi-......... .......2 ' , f | and phi niter was abundant.Of troops was flenchedI fr« m the army of pir,irillar,v blo.slthlrsty an-N ii*hern \ .rg-nta. *nd pUced at points „ {J , *lmetl tb„ ^along the Boothefull of dead and wounded, abundant. Being in a if sanguinaryt _ ■ .. thrifty lookinenr. *■ » convenient for ‘detd n-ggrr I could find and proceeded ntration. When On. I rumao »ev»nur j delltwrntelv to n.h him of everythin* be sailed With his * xpeditiuo for the St. John • p The victim I selected had a goodriver, Fiorula, m? regiment, unattat le d to ati,i | have his knapea- k to tfua day.any brigade, waa stationed at. *vmnah,Ua Among his personal e*Ule was *bmt four As lt;id as, the he Ural 11 *et arrived at Jack* p,,u,ds of gr »und coffee, sugartd ready for iouvilie, Ha, we were burned acroas info u%, j ftdudms!erei up -u it at one* ami th*i state, where Gen,Fmoigin was hastily b#,j * p4 ,,f s earning f ff**e, ande ncentrating his small hrce along the line while I wm et j tying if, and wishing that of railroad leading from Jacksonville t° i fate w tuld just ihen throw lo my way the Fat ahasaee, the route f Seymours cod- engineer who had compelled me to work template.! march. On the 18th of rebruary t on useless forufl ations, so thatwe were msae-d a» Icike %oty. , i we might settle our little differences,Seymour wi»a repo-ted on the St Mary s ^ *» range forn appro «ched me with this . river, aboutYweive reilrs from Jacksooville, ,.I1WI(,(M1 v H| k() iW MlcU * {Wrtt ,n HK1 slowly aiivauciDg «.ong the lioe of the Lt T y Mct/aidiil ' The answer- above mentione I railroad. On the 19 h our: : forces, numbering al out 4 (JUO. moved for1 did know such a peraoo, but he was a p.rty to a little discus*! n with aome Van*I ward to Ocean Fond, about seven miles keea art uud here this afternoon,and I doubtI .... f I ,.b. I itr II r« tl... . , ,!i.»lrv waa n . ...J if his own mother would know him n I “t an v u tell me where I will find him f “iiigh* here, mv friend, right here, if you j know him. Hut in the present condition of his hlt;o«j he is in doubt about his own idenf Lake City. IP re the country ee j IcVf I Hat. covered wiUi a virgin f res? of tall * pinea Our rigid rested on Ocean Food, s really ft lak#. b*ing atsmt tweife miles in'width. Our left rested on an impassable mi ^ tm lt;m ^nt«r I motass, the space ta*twi,en the lake and thci The m* asenger was from mv friend, -{morass tK-ing exactly one milt, through j f ,. |^,u^ f wh„ hu, y w ounded am, in tard . which ran tuc triuks of the railroad rso thlt; MH nf hj§ clt;HnmaU(1lt; lbc fl.h one, far aa the topography of the country ww Georgia I fol’owed the stranger through concerned neither -ide could o 'am a parule t|je lo ,h(. IIU r 1?lgt.,j hoapitnl, vf BdvantHge, it was a level pine forest with j friend.Utile or no underbrush, stratchi g for miles lt;)ur ^ Capemmlly in officeri. had iu every direction. | exceedingly severe, and in the morning itI AUfUt sundown on the lu:b O* o ey-: huamr n tjucstion wltcher i shou d report mour was report-d at Sandt rson, f r luty or remain in the hospital. In a(eight mile- with a force of about 8.000 ,non^nt 0| [mtriotic sc If.dental I decided t-i men. ttewire rchrfU t tnrow up en- tor dmv, and r» j lining our shatteredtrecchmeots cowing our position be ween rcgi,nM„ w „ „Hjn up ,n the Une of march I’m s. i the «ke and the morass I he w »rk, - f ,n purwan of the Federal lt;!urnn. Among .kirtr course, was d ne under the supervision of oUf w ||ndet, {. t f4ven and Bedd,• tiust ate imnation of the v, unteer-a topo-1 ,, ,,h afUjrv,Bl . k. f(, ,u thc -Crater.’-gispliical engineer. I cocfeas to imving i hey wcic stmt to Tallahassee, where wc all: imbibed a strong pre judice ftgamat thes»* en-( mt0y friends among the youttg people,gtnuers Ihey aSwa\s had the entrench- ,n M (| (,r lw,t ,ftftr-rwor«1w, wlu’c I was., mc'i’t' dug in the wrong p ace. At that , tJ. p-ug diry along ihe slug'i«»h ht.tune 1 ha-l ufcd three yeais «ip- r ci.cv in viaiy's, 1 icceived a - ’ er from t a plain ‘digging ditches and ! milling fortific uiom. v rHT,,|Jt ^ma.nii.g tin f. It wingjatragraph.“You made a great mistake rapHling for lu*y. The news was te egr-phed to Tallt* He. under the aggravating direction -fa set o* I j engineer dudes, and h id nlt; v« r yet fired, or pthn saw a gun tWd, fr- m behind ore. I ob-; J.cied on th-a .Tcas.on. and expreM-d the , jo; mion that *e w. ul I work si- night and I then msich out and ti.ht aome where else io »i coal and threw every obstacle in the w* of our tlrely 1 engineer, aud bad the ant b faction o' a now itgihi' 1 made a few b* m* of I,is . f ** lt;j a i • • miserstde and wre ch«o He threatened me with all st fta of puntshm^u', and floally did '' rep rime!) C-- i.t I Lvsi-s, co-nma ding the regiment. But as there w»s * splendid skins understanding between Co * uei Evju.s and o sleV n.) self I owed him a hltk balance m C n-- federate money his sue ess in lb*’ dir# : oc• late in tb-sb iti 1# thatfor thi were badlyrhge t * thc b* p -As you were - -rt self of the tnviti !*lac»-. 1m mg mMmet la i• track :Irs. Alston *«ent her lt;.r ! n- take y lt;u *o h**r house •»u the train I availed m»- tl on, and here I am in y-njr ^ tenderly Lurse«1 by the r. and J and h v ag img ladsea are- real t!Hi 1havehe re POs-ageplay-H. day li? f impl t«d. ai d of couree we rcamo aafeiy bebiad it an 1 aw Caro- pr t-h of t e enemv V.i-^ -w ivrs At- ut 9 m » .* reg t vto ; r h- ed to the front and mee ed about a rai.e andd theed toi is•iry cuid !SoCseen slowly rttir-ng before the enemy. Presentlv they divided to the ccuter, :-i i in ved ©ff in a e * tuk I right ad 1- ft, expoticg to our view a long Uue iioe t sktna.s i r* It cenainly an imja-sing sight. Behind the skirtnub line: were three he vy b dies of troopamaaac-d in ( ,t close order, and marching at intervals auffi* '** cient for deployment into hue j illto tearns:*; Between each masa of troop# was a bat fot tl t. rv of artillery, and on each fltnk a heavy j olden ; b°dy‘ f aivalry. Our orders were to et - an 1,1 c-j i-c t m i: - y on t beii approach and fail Afth 1 ’ bu. k slow ly on our entrenched poaitioo. Our ; jjiimi 111 whole line waa completely under cover, an-1i when the Federal skirmishers came wi bin dinus lager*- lang- weopeutd on them whtc-ut not llmoia. The su-hieime^a of the attack tbre’*e tby ivas the* Jdtly Evctiny feeton, an [*» coal re gotinto cod fusion. Our line tiros* and at th-command “about, face march*-1 a short sever: distance to the rear when General (now temp, t hrt uscure, hHd t venue.;e Jus d vt us»r cits'*Henator) Colquit reiched tne fiild, aud no a .heard hnu exclaim: “Halt your ri-giment, j L0t»tCol. Evans, the Imltle is t * t»e fought right ; evetlihere,” 1 felt a little secret sort lt;-f s»tisfac- weijnti.-ti at thc virificution of iny prediction to n that dude of an engineer. VYe hal ed and j faced the enemy. The skirmish line of the cbntiFederal force, as wc after wards learned, was ,, composed of the 7ih New Hampshire and; 01,0 hi, and 40tii New Y rk. They were armed with seltl ; Winchester litles, a fact wu learned right g that theu and ihtre, f r wtuu they got dowm toi shoot business they made it s warm for the 94th P‘H cJoaeuh im lo clt;*“se lLt* ruf'niCQt \° brcak lu i'tvea to m-' thr, ** lt;ir f.iiir limes In minilt#n w*» . |lay wounded and the Lieutenant Col-uel tluBy killed. j ()jj \Captain Jeukins, an old N «rth Georgia. .farmer, to'k command. I he ia- n loval jlH* him, and when they saw him seize the c -I- Thill ors, and wave his sword, they closed up in hi.0r compact liue like the v- tenuis they were. *In the meantime the Fedetal liue had dc Be it ployed and, while our s eady and orderly a fire had halted their center, their fl ink* were • m.,,. lapping around us like ite horus of a moon. \ ‘A f*-w aunutes and the tate of the regiment ; diot l w* uld he decided. It was being literally cut j the to pr.ces, but sturdy old Jenkins preferred vtill that to the risk of u disgraceful stampede if j .JU(j the order to face back was given. Just as th*- 1U h was about to melt mto a disorgan-141UI1 ized mass Colquitt's and Finnegan's brig-1 A a-tes reached the ground and deployed mtlt; Cat I line on our right ana left, cheering and yell UIOi iag in the m -st inspiriug manner. ( |oute late the of Dai ivetl terday. it im-e yes-.seuted 3tn the ruport, iatiouB le eon-nal lt»* impor-he plan i navy.was iti luapolis Is wtreThe action now became instantly general, au l tie line wug ordered forward. That eve the Federal* were astonished at the vigor A of our attack waa quite eviden', and et e’au they held their groumi with admirable stub- llj0, bornneaa. At the end of an hour we ha-l . pushed them bu k about a qiurter of a mile, 1 ,and still the Imtile raged with unremitting 4 o fury. It waa still auybody's fight. The Federal* were being hard pressed, but they were not whipped, ami all their movements J were being conducted in the in »t-perfect i ( order and wiili excellent military precision For nearly tt tee hours thisstate of things J u‘ continued, our liue slowly moving forward, HOU and the Fudenda slowly retreating, refomi \ •ing and checking us wherever it was possi-. j bie. At this li-ur, (2 p.m.) neither si le gu.had use-1 artillery. Gen. Seymour uow Qedecided to try bis. Before ua were the' lUOth and 108th I 8. colored troops. Be- j 8UIb.nd thi'tn o f artillery j Jcoming at a furious gallop. Just as i HBtain a dohinberiug for action the colored troopsbroke and stampeded in utter route, leaving j tBl unty in jtbe battery exposed to our fiie Never did cei 8':Lioo1b, j ti «n work harder to get iuto actiou than did I that company. But it was of no use. We ! realized the importance of haste, and before 1 N« 01 labor j they could g-1 into position we were in p is-' i... Garrett! ®t'8**‘on of pi^oes, four of which wefound charged with eauister, which wej hastily discharged at ihe fleeing colored N* troops. j ...While assisting toiuru one of these guus i a minie ball struck me in the hetd aud COlas pass-ecomo a
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Cumberland Daily Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Mar 09, 1886
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