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war s: First Georgia Regula terloc W. H. Andrews, i After the battle of Olustie, Kla.. on February 20, 1804, General Seymorc commanding the Fc 'oral army, re treated to Jackson ville with the Con federates under the command of Gen eral Finnegan in pursuit. I was told by Citizens along the route that they went back, every man for himself, and the devil for the hindmost. At Bald win we saw several stockades they had built by digging a trench like the four walls of a bouse, then standing pine logs up all around with loopholes to shoot through. No doubt they would have been good protection from infan try, but the good Lord deliver me from being insid? of one with artil lery brought to bear on it. General Finnigan's command went into camps sis miles below Baldwin at Gamp Mil ton. The regulars were transferred from Harrison to Colquitt's brigade. On April the lir.st the regulars with two pieces of Gambol's artillery un der the command of Captain Miller marched 20 miles to a point on the St. John's River above Jacksonville and burnt the United States Steamer Maple Leaf that had been sunk by u torpedo, and deserted by the crew after takiug everything oil" but the machinery and some ma?tresse.-. An officer with a detail of men went to the boat in the batteau and fired it aud after they returned several shots were tired iuto it by the artille.y. At a l.inu house near the river we saw a 1 j-: flock of goats. Wc had left . .. .,> without anything to eat, so Cap taiu Grieves ordered two men detailed from each company to kill 10 goats for the regiment. Sergeant Hum phreys anA. Corporal J. N. Smith were detailed from company M. The wagon was ordered to wait for them, but did not on Account of a landing ou the river five miles below us, where the enemy could have cut us off. Hum phreys and Smith carried their goat S miles on a pole suspended between them, the rest of the men left theirs by the roadside. That night company M was placed on picket, and while we had plenty of goat meat, we had no bread. Sergeant Humphreys with Corporal T. J. Musgrovo struck out through the country in search of bread, which they failed to find, but secured some tine sweet potatoes. What a feast we had with roasted po tatoes and kid baked around the camphre placed ou sticks. I must pause hero long enough to pay a well deserved tribute to my gallant chum and boon companion, Sergeant William G. Humphreys, who performed more service than any one in his company, if not in his regiment. He was about five feet four inches high and weighed about 139 pounds with the appear ance of a beardless boy. Blessed with an iron constitution he was never wounded or sick a day during the war and was with the regulars in every battle they were engaged in. He wus a hero ever ready and reliable soldier, and never shirked his duty in camps or on the battlefield, but was always ready and willing to perform any and all duties required of him. He could get over more ground than any one I saw during the war and was one of the most successful foragers, if there was to be had anything to eat in the coun try, Humphreys would be 6ure to fiud it, aud the part I likad he always di vided with the writer, who would have gone hungry on many occasions if it had not been for his generous chum, who was always kind and truo twins comrades in arms. Wheu I with five other non-commissioned officers, were recommended to the secretary of war for commissions by the officers of the regiment, he offered to assist me in purchasing my sword and uniform, and 1 believe ho would have preferred seeing me with gold braid >n my col ar and a sword by my side than to have had them himself No oue but an old soldier can realize the love 1 bear my gallant old comrade who is living at Dexter, S. C. Long may he live and be blessed with peace aud plenty in his declining years. The next morning we returned to camp with Lieutenant dames IL Hullose in command of the company, l-'irst Ser geant James Copeland was the tallest man in the regulars, and by the way one o? our bravest and best soldiers. The boys talked to him like he was up among the trees. Hello, Jim, is it cold up where you are, or Jim hand mo down a chew of tobacco, all of whioh he would take in a good humor. One day while the regiment was drill ing near Colquitt's headquarters we halted to rest. A lieutenant from the Nineteenth Georgia came walking .down /.he line and halted near Cope land, who looked up and saw him. A sicaly smile overspread his face and / the t *ys done the yelling. He had ' found due man he had to look up to as the lieutenant was several inches the tallest. While at Camp Milton I Eaw several rORIES. i\s at the Battle of Wa >, S. C. u Atlanta Journal. ! men from one of Colquitt's regiments being drummed around to tbe differ ent r?giment? in the brigade with a large piece of pasteboard tacked on their backs with the words hog thief in large letters. Before they got around and while passing one of the regiments some of the boys charged the procession and tore the paste boards off, putting an end to the pro ceedings. No doubt the boys felt considerably humiliated at being thus publicly exposed, but if all had been in the procession who hzd killed or had eat of a stolen hog there would 1 not have been many left to see tbe procession go by. I have no idea the boys would have killed the hog if it had not tried to bite them, then its doom was sealed, as no soldier would submit to being bitten by a hog. We were camped in thick pine woods with the grouud strewn with dry pine burrs which would burn like paper. The o'tb Georgia challenged the 1st Georgiad'or a pine bun battle at night, which wa> accepted and the boys pro ceeded to gather up their ordnance supplies. After dark both regiments turned out and formed lines of battle, each man with a lighted burr in bis hand. Tor awhile the lire flew thick and fast, but the b'th was too strong . for the 1st. so the 1st surrendered and then joined forces with the Oth and attacked the l'Jth, which was the largest regiment in the brigade. The ltVlh turned out from the colonel down and formed in front of their camps. , The battle raged for sometime with ; the 1st and iiih trying to force the j l'.Hh back through their camps, but the l'.kh fought like demons and with one grand charge and all together, drove the 1st and Oth away from their camps. General Harrinon'a brigade was on the opposite side of the rail road and was so well pleased with the fireworks tboy challenged Colquitt's brigade to mortal combat tbe next night, which was eagerly accepted. Both sides made ample preparations during the day and when night spread her dark mantle over tbe dense pine forest both sides were ready and eager for the fray. Not wishing to take a hand, I occupied an elevated position near Colquitt's headquarters, where I had a splendid view of Harrison's camp and the ground between them. Skirmishers were thrown out .from each line and advanced, each skir misher holding a lighted burr in his band. It was not long before they were hotly engaged, first one line and then the other would be driven back, then a Hank movement would be tried and counteracted, In the meantime tbe lines of battlo slowly advanced and met about half way between the camps. First one side and then tbe other would be driveu back, then they would charge and regain their ground. It looked to me like 10,000 balls of fire were shooting through the air and was one of the grandest -displays of fireworks I ever expect to witness. After fighting for some time Colquitt's men in one grand charge swept Harri son's men beyond their camps and then slowly retired. The battle was Batten up in a spirit of friendly rival ry, but it would seem that a great mat)y men cannot enjoy anything un less some one was getting hurt. Whilo numbers had their hands and faces burned, others were injured with ligbtwood knots used in the place of burs. Harrison's nun also lost a good many ihiugs while Colquitt's men were in their camps. The uext day orders were issued against any more pine burr battles. The next thing in I camps was a camp meeting. The men built au arbor aud made seats ont of ; pine logs, and there was a hullelujah ; time of it, the boys shoute? and num ! btrs joiucd the church. The meeting j w.i> broken up by Colquitt's brigade : bei tig ordered to Savtuaab, Ga., aud the regulars to Camp Finnegan on the ! KWh of April. Colquitt's brigade was ' a splendid body of men and like most Georgians, good fighters. On the 1st of May the regulars relieved a portion of the Gth Florida near Jacksonville. While there -10 of the regulars joined the C. S. navy. When the enemy landed at Jacksonville a number of citizens tied the town, some of them near us in the country. It was not long before they were in destitute cir cumstances. The regulars divided their scanty rations with them, the soldiers being very liberal when their sympathies were aroused. While some of the boys were visit ing in tbe country a young lady was displaying her jewelry, and after tbe boys left missed one of her rings. She came to camp with her father add pointed out Private Posey, of Co. G, us the man who had stolen her ring. He was arrested and searched and the ring found on him. He was a noted thief, and tbe officers decidod to turn him over to the men to punish him as they saw proper. The boys held a council of war aud decided to drum him out of camps on a rail, which was procured and Posey placed on the shoulders of two stout men, with drums and fife playiug the rogue's march. Posey had a small stick in J his hand, to which he t fastened his handkerchief, using it for a flag. He was enjoying his ride and having all the fun by himself, so the boys held another council of war and decided to try what virtue, if any, there was in the wagon whips. Posey was carried out of camp, strapped to a log and 75 lashes administered, with the admoni tion that if he returned to camp wo would kill him; but he got back by the time we did. He was not only a ! thief but a coward, having shot off his right forcfimrer in 'Gl to get out of the army. On May 7th the regulars were ordered to .Savannah. We went by rail to Madison, and marched from there to Quitman, Ga., where we got on the cars and went to Savannah, ar riving there on the 10th, and went iuto camp near the park. There the regulars received a number of con scripts. Some were good men, others either deserted or became hospital rats. I don't mean to cast any asper sions on those who were forced into the army at that time by calling them conscripts, for the regulars who were the first Georgians at the front served the last 15 months of the war as con scripts, Congress having passed a law to that effect on the 17th of February, 1861. All males between the 9gcs of 10 and 00 years were foroed into the army. Co. M received some on crutches. The Confederacy was then tottering on its last legs, and no doubt the graveyards were resurrected in the hope of finding some poor devil who was playing out of the war. On the 10th of May the regulars marched to Greenwich Point, below Savannah, aud pitched our tents, where we found sarjd flies and mos quitoes world without end. On the 26th we relieved the First Georgia volunteers at Whitinarsh Island, where we remained, doing heavy picket duty until the 3d day of July, j when the regiment was ordered to Charleston, S. C. The regiment marched to Savannah and boarded a train of bos cars standing in the sun that were hot enough to fry eggs or beef stake on top, but the boys soon ventilated them by punching off the sides with their rifles. Before reach-1 ing Charleston we left the cars aud marched across the Stono River onto | John's Island, halting c little before day. The island, from what I could learn, was about three miles in width and a number of miles in length. We I must have entered the island at the south end, as there were two roads, I o' e on each side of the island. On the 4th we marched about three miles I down the road on the east side and bivouacked until the next morning. The Stono scouts captured the surgeon of the 26th New York colored troops. We were reinforced by two companies of the 32d Georgia, two companies of the Second South Carolina oavalry with two pieces of the Washington artillery, from Charleston. On the I 5th we marched "'about three miles further down th? road and encounter-1 cd three companies of the 26th New York under Major Die. The artillery opened on them, killing three and stampeding the rest. Two companies of the regulars were deployed as skir-1 mishers, one on eaoh side of the road, to keep from being ambushed, as the woods was a dense thicket of under growth, and yo?Tcould see scarcely I ten feet. Major R. A. Wayne, in command, ordered Sergeant Major j Johu T. Cheshire to carry an order to j one of the companies in advance and by some unaccountable means missed oui men and was shot down by "10.1 negroes before he was aware of their j presence. , He was shot through the body and after he fell several attempted to ruu j their bayouets through him but were I prevented by one of their white offi-1 cers. The skirmishers arrived in time J to rescue him aud the negroes fled. J While we were in hot pursuit of them ! Major Wayne received orders thnt tho j luain body of the enemy wero ad vancing on the other road and wo I would be liable to be cut off. Wc 1 made tracks back tq.thc other road J and then marched down that to meet J them. Night coming on the command was halted and companies F and M placed on picket. On the morning of the 6th the command moved forward with F M iu advance deployed as skir mishers. After going about one mile we encountered the enemy iu force on the Waterloo plantation, which I will describe to the best of my recollection. The public road ran through the plan tation from north to south, and the fields were enclosed with banks of dirt thrown up frOgTthe ditches, and one of the same kind ran through the field from east to west. F and M were halted in the field at the cross ditoh, as we could hear the enemy at the north side of the field about 700 yards distant. We did not,*have long to wait before wo hoard in the enemies' .lines, "Forward, skirmishers." We were then ordered to, "Rats, to your holes," and every man concealed him self behind the bank of dirt, which made splendid breastworks. We saw j their skirmish line ar. tb' y entered the field and it did not lake the second j look to discover that they were our colored friends, as Private John Smith said, "Nagers, begauus!" We were ordered to lie low and hold our fire until wc could see the whiten of their eyes. They advanced about 100 yards and halted as they could hear our men in the road talking and laughing. They listened awhile and then dropped in the weeds wbick were about breast bigb. We had two 5 pound pieces belong ing to the Marion battery on the right of the road which opened on theni and put them to flight. There was a large live oak where their line halted and numbers of them made for that, and it was interesting to see the shells burst beneath its branches. Some ofiicer of rank waa either killed or seriously wouodedunder it as they tried all day to carry him out but tbe shells were too hot for them. On the morn ing of the 7th wc had 350 men stretch ed over nearly one mile with four guns, two on the left and two on the right of the road, with Major R. A. Wayne in command of the island. We learned after the battle that the enemy numbered 4,500, two white and three colored regiments. About 4 in the evening three colored regiments advanced on our lines, one on the left, one on the center and tbe other on our extreme right, held by twenty of the Stono scouts. Companies F and M were ordered by tbe right flank double quick to aid the scouts, and when within two yards of them obliqued to the right, as the enemy were then charging the works. We had not left our works more than 40 yards when a minnie clipped by my bead, as I was leading tbe skirmish line. Glancing to my left beyond tbe works I saw a stout mulatto loading bis rifle. It was the work of an in stant to halt, bring my rifle to my sbouider, aim at his breast and press tbe trigger. At the flash of my rifle he jumped three feet straight up and fell in tbe weeds. I moved off still at tbe head of the company and loaded my rifle on the run. I saw. the ne groes charge over tbe works, and something else that made my blood run cold, they were bayoueting the wounded, 14 out of the 20 Stono scouts were killed and wounded. It was the 26th N. Y. eolored regiment, seven companies crossed the works in line of battle and three by tbe left flank, forming two sides of a square. We faced them and the battle opened in earnest, 46 Bebels deployed as skirmishers against 1,000 colored troops with white officers. They gradually drove us baok and it was heartrendering to listen to tbe appeals of our wounded to be carried to tbe rear, but we had to leave them to their sad fate. After we had been driven back about 250 yards two companies arrived from the center, company G, of the regulars and a company from the 32d Georgia. Company G struck the flank ing column and the 32d stopped at the right of company M. They arrived on tue doaole quick and the lieuten ant in oommand ordered them to charge, but they came to a dead halt. He threatened them with his sword, but all to no purpose. Then he dash ed in front of them with his sword in one hand and his hat in tbe other and said: "Follow me, boys." Then it would have done your heart good to hear the wild rebel yell and see those boys charging to the front. The whole line then 100 strong charged at the same time and it did not take many minutes to drive them beyond tbe works. When we charged Corporal T. J. Musgrove and myself flushed a colored brother in the weeds. We tried to make him surrender, but he would not and Musgrove killed him. I saw our officers keeping our men from bayoneting the wounded, because they used the bayonets on ours. While we were charging Major Wayne arrived from the left where he had defeated the euemy and led us in tbe charge. I could hear bim above tbe report of our rifles say: "Give them hell, my regulars." Sergeant Watson, of Company F, was struck by one with his rifle and then choked dowu, but was saved by Sergeant Copeland shooting him through the body, lie bit'onc of Watson's fioger.s nearly off before be was pulled off him. The artillery defeated tbe regiments on the left and center. Captain Louis Keinen and Frank Hill were wounded aud our adjutant, H. P. Cook, had his horse killed under him. Night was made hideous by the cries of tbe wounded calling to their comrades for assistance whioh they never received. I posted pickets until 12 o'olook at night when I was relieved by Lieut. Anderson Wr. Reese, wbilo Lieut. James R. DuBose commanded the oompany. I don't think another suoh a battle was fought during the war, 350 rifles and four pieces of artillery against tbe attack of 3,000 men. All honor to Major Wayne and his gallant command. A braver heart never boat in the breast of man than ' that of Major R; A. Wayne of the regulars. On the morning of the 8th the ene my got their artillery in position on the right of the road and shelled our position for several hours, wounding several men and horses. At night we were re-enforced by the 28th Georgia battalion, 32d and 47th Georgia regi ments, about 1,500 men all told, with General Robertson in command. Be fore day on the 9th our troops were in line of battle, the regulars and 32d Georgia on the right and the 28th and 47th Georgia on the left of the road. Skirmishers were advanced on the enemy's works, and found cuffy at his old occupation, fast asleep. The mubic of the rifles soon had him awake and marching for the rear. Our line of battle moved forward and when ?vithin 100 yards of the works were halted. The 32d fired two or three volleys, killing some of our own men in the skirmish line, as they were shot from the roar. There was not a gun fired in the regulars, as they were never known to fire without orders. Major Wayne sent his orderly, and of the Stono scouts to the front to see where our skirmish line was. He passed the line, jumped his horse through an em brasure in the works, then returned and told Major Wayne there'was not a d-d Yankee over there. We were again ordered forward, ex pecting every minute to see the flash of the enemy's cannon, and hear the whirring sound of the grape and can nister crashing through our ranks as the regulars were moving on the posi tion occupied by them the day before, but they had fallen back to their first line, where the artillery had been car ried the night before. We lost in the attack 100 men, mostly of the 281 h and 47th. This first line was too strong to attack, so we held what we had. During the day some of the boys went back where the artillery slaugh tered theui on the 7th to see what cuffy had in his pockets, but found them empty. They were ' the colored gentlemen we met while wintering in Florida at a ball given by Generals Finnegan and Seymore at Olustie. They found out who we were aud had orders to show no quarter or ask any. The boys found cuffy pretty well sbod and pulled his shoes, which were smelling loud and long. They tried to wash it out, but the more they rubbed the worse the}' smelled, so they had to throw them away. At night our friends went on board of their transports in search of a heal thier climate and on the 10th the regu lars went to James Island, S. C. Sugar Valley, Ga. ? The more shiftless a man is the oftener he shifts from one job to another. EYES SPEAK Voir??, ~t times, of woman's happi ness or misery. The dull, sunken eye, with its dark circles ?Laost surely speaks of womanly ill-health, and its attendant suffering. With the dull eye goes usu ally the sallow, sunken cheek, the drawn mouth, the shrunken form?the whole glory of woman's beauty, marred by the effects of disease. 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