THE Nl)w ? s'o U T H. i
V Vol. 1, No. 12. PORT ROYAL, S. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1862. Price Five Cents ^ 1
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ORIGINAL POETRY. '
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TO TBI MEMORY OF MAJOR-GENERAL 0. M. MITCHEL. 1
WHO DIED AT BEAUFORT. & C., OCT. 30, 186A J
by uxrr. col. o. dodolas buwkbtok.
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The lfcr?r p*u hange o'er the lend.
From swoaf and deck legooa ;
The chill tog creep* Wf the tread
And pales the rising "Saoon. d
The live oaks braid their axhing boughs 4 j t
With mossy garlands drest, c
And darkly 'gainst the starlit sky ^
The pine tree rears its crest.
The watch-fires shine upon the short *
Or near the pick et's post,
And bayonets gleam along the line
That guards our sleeping host c
But gloom hangs heavy as the night *
On every soldier's bresst, J /,
Tor a Chief in silence sleeping, / J
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For one who lies with folded arms, 1 fc,
And still, unbeating heart y j?
Who gloried in life's convict * t!
And bravely bore his part. j )
Whose busy, thinking brain bad planned 1
Great deeds for days to cotpe, I ft
Whose sword hath fallen from his hand, V !
Whose earnest lips are dumb. % t
To his high home beyond the stars,
2to battle ope'd the way ; .
Be bowed beneath the fever breath, '
Am fades the ebbin?~&*y.
Yet even ee the son goes down ! ^
In giorioue pomp arrayed, { Q
Hie latest hours proved brightest,
Hie soul was undismayed. j c
For calmly as the flowers close, ' r
He yielded up his breath ; -|-ii
AH honor to the steadfast neart ' j.
That triumphed e'en in death. t
Well might the watchers by his bed, j ^
Gase on their chief with awe, j
For e en his pallid, changing ace, *An
angel glory wore, v 4
As, pointing upward to the eky, . J
He liits hie ailing hand.
And breathes a Christian's legacy
To hie loved household bend; ^
Abreeia of fi*th and hope and joy ' r
Xfcir* nradoTic fkr than onld.?. <1
"Ban* God withall sincerity, j
In tove eaah Other bokL" g
" I've tried to live a christian life ? i
And now my oourse is ran ; f I
The oanflict of that life is o'er, \
Iti battle fought and won." \
Than deem his death ss noble
As on the battle held, J
he fell in Gospel armor j
A soldier on his shield. j *
The eyes that loved to read the stars H
Slave cloeed upon their light* ?
TO open, U oor faith fail now -1 .
Where God's own stare are bright. X jHis
upright life, his soldier fame* |
Ayejeaeaortssof the pest; j
^feharo weeds* hie vsrynaeae? c
^ Mill troops* htaat. ?
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Last Words of Gen. Mitchel.
Oar General has fal.en at his post. Our Chief
leeps beneath the sod; the rest which knows no
raking till the last trumpet call. This Depart*
nsnt has suffered a loss which cannot be repaire!.
rhe country must regard his death as a National
alamity. Science mourns an eminent scholar?
he Army a soldier?the people a patriot who lived
lot for himself but fo the Government he loved.
for will the North be less proud of their christian
oldier when she learns his dying declarations, as
re have recorded them from the lips of hie attenlant
physician and friend who can give testimony
o the triumphant natareof a final scene which am ly
realised the truth that " Death is swallowed mp
a victory* He tells us that General Mitchel
minted hit finger heavenward, and declared thai he
ad endeavored to live a Christian l\fe and finished
is course with joy. The laat words of the will,
[ictated a few hours before his departing, mingle
be spirit of a devoted christian with the fondiess
of a parent, for he admonishes his children
bus; "Serve God sncerely and each other fondly,
re the last wjrdsof your dying father."
How preci .us a leg .cy to his loved ones?more
nduring than silver or gold. How glorious a
lose to a long life spent in child-like communion
rith his God. B.
laADQUARTEBS DsPAKrvsar o THI SOOTH,
ir. Billon Head, l
SJrXEAL OXDEKS 0. 47.]
The 10th Army Corps will learn with regret of
he death of its , ommander, Major-General 0. M.
(itchki., who departed this life at 6.30 o'clock, on
lie eve.iing of the 30th of October, 1862, at Beauort,
S. C.
Major-General 0. M. Mitchel was a grad ate of
he Military Academy, West Foint'. but reired
from the Army afte.- a short period of service, .
E'il the danger of hi* c untry again called him ?.o I
ms, at the outbreak of the pr sent rebellion.!
d in the West, whe e he comiuande I i Divis.onJP
-f otr Army, as Brigadier-General of Volunt^W
te proved himself L? be a gallant and efficientlfomaander.
Brief as was h's career in the De*>at tment of he
south, yet had he, already won the esteem and
egard of all, by his energy and activity, in directng
the movements of the Corps, against the adfining
reb Is, and the fli-iunes* and tempered ju ice
vvlh which he conducted the administrative
IiiMab nf thn Daniirtnient.
He died with the c 1m fortitude of a believing
christian, and whil- we lament the death of a galant
sn.dier, and a.kind friend, let us endeavor to
imulate the virtues and soldiery qualities o: our
ate Commander.
As an appropriate tribute of respect to his memtry,
on the day following the receipt of tuis order
it every Military Post of this Department, thirteen
ninute guns will be fired, coram ncing at Me idian.
["he flag of the Union will be displayed at half
uast from that hour to sunset on ihe same day.
rod for thirty da , s the prescribed badge of mournng
will be worn by the officers ot the 10th Army
jerpe.
J. M. BRAXNAN,
Brig. Otk. Commanding.
THE POCOTALIQO EXPEDITION. ^
>fficiai Report of Brig. den. J. M. Bran nan. I
HKAPQTTtlTKBH, EXTXIOTTOIAJLT Fobcb,
U. & T&umpobt, Bin Dxtord, Oct. 24th, 1869.
JXUTENAKT-COLONEL W. P. PMMTICE.)
AjaKSTAJrr-JumrrAjrr-OoiEajLL, v
Department oj the 6uut/?, Hilun tfa+J, S. C. J
Cclosmi In accordance with in at uctionar*
afcred from Headquarters Department of the
iWUfc I ? mill QiiiuisieilofUiet^knriniMwa,
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ordered to destroy the railroad and railroad r* M
bridges on the "Charleston and Savannah line." L
A portion of the 1st Brigade, (Brsnnans') CoL k V
J. L. Okatheid, 6th Conn. Vols., Commanding. T W
effective strength, 3000 r I
A poraon of the 3d Brigade, Brigadier General 4 fl
Alfred H. Terry, commanding. M
effective strength, 1410 W w
Detachment of the 3d Regiment, R. L Vole., _ H
Col. N. W. Brown, Commanding. V%
effective strength, 300 wT
Detachment of the 48th New York 8. Vols., I
Col. Wm. Barton, Commanding. * k? W
effective strength 800 M
Detachment of the 1st Massaclrobtts Cav., |
Capt L. Richmond, Commanding. I '
effective strength, 108 I
Section of the U. 8. Artillery. Lieut 0. V. f
Hear}, Commanding. \ flfc
effective strength, AO (^
Section of the 3d U. S. Artillery, Lieut S.
Settings, Oommaading,
effective strength, 40
Detachment of the Hew York VoL Engineers,
Lieut Cot i. F. Hall, Commanding.
effective strength, 350
Total effective strength, x 4448
With this command I left Hilton Head, S. C.
on the eve ting,of the 21st of October. 18(52, and
proceeding up Broad liver, arrived oft" P..cotaligo
Creek at half (1) past four (4) A.M., with the
transport B*i Dtford a d gun-boat Paul J nts.
Colonel William Barton,48th Kegt* N. Y. S. Vols.,
60 men, Vol Engineer Corps, and 50 men 3d K.
I. Vol-.., in accordance with my orders del.vered
early that morning?proceeded direct to the Coosahatchie
river, to destroy the railroad, and railroad
bridges in that vicinity. The other .un-boats and
transports, did not all arrive until about 8 A.M.,
October 22d, 1862. I immediately effected a lan*
Hiug of my Ar illery and infant^ yvilffiYfr ~
Pojnt, on tW jfcri!tion otPo otaligo and Tllli Tiiy
rivers 1 advakced, without de ay in the direction
of Pocotaligo bridge sending back the transports
Flora and Darlington, to r'ort Royal Island, lor
the i avalry.
The 1st Brigade being in advance, with a Section
of 1st U. S. Artillery, followed by the 2d Brigade
tfith Col. Brown, commanding . ection ol 3d U. S.
Artillery aud 3 boat howitzers, which Capt. Steedpan,
commanding the Naval for:es, kindly furli
hed for this occasion, and a Detachment <Jf 45
nan. frmn th? 3d K. I Vol. Artillwrv. mirier (lanl.
torn stock of that Regiment. On advancing abuut
5J milos and debouching upon an open, rolling,
country, the rebels opened upon us with a Held
battery from a position on the pi ntation known
as " Castons." 1 immediately caused the 1st J<ri
g.de to deploy and bringiug a y Artillery to the
Irout?d ove the rebels from this position. They,
however, destroyed all small b. idge.^ in.the v icinity,
causing much delay in my advance. These with the
aid o! the Engineer corps, were reconstructed us
?e advanced, and 1 followed up the retreat f the
rebels w th all haste practicable.
1 had dvanued about 14 miles further, when
a battery again opene i on us from a position on
the plantation, called ? Franipton." The lebels
here had every advantage oi ground being ensconsed
in a wvod, with a deep swamp i i front,
passable only by a narrow causeway, ou which the
bridge had been destroyed, while, oi our side of
the swamp, ana along the entire front and flanks of
the enemy, (emending t the swamps) was an impervious
thicks., intersected by a . ieep water ditch,
and passable only by a narrow road. Into this
wood, the rebels threw a most terrific Are of grape,
snot, sn ii, canister ana musaet Dans, Killing anu
founding great numbers of my command.
Heretheamnunition for the field pieces fell short,
afid though the Infantry acted wi h great courage
-and determined n, they were twice d iven out of
woods, with great slaughter, by the overwhelming
fire of the enemy, whose missiles tore through
t A woods like bail. 1 had warmly responded to
thAflre v. ith the Sections of 1st and ,d U S. Artillery
and the boat howitzers, until finding my am.
munition aboiij to fail, and seeing t ata .y fiank
movement waMmpossiDie, 1 pressed Uie tat Brigade
forward tlr. ugh the thic et, to the verge of
the swamp, and sent the Secii of 1st U S Artillery
well aupportcd to the causeway, on the
further aide of the wood, leaving th*. 2d lirigade,
with Col Brown's command, the Section of the
8d U. 3- Artistry oed th- ttwt buvntjere. %9 a-iae '
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