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AI WINNSBORO, S. C., TUESAMRH1,1 'SEKLY.. ESiY MARCH-i- - P* PUBLISHED SEMI-W EKLY.WINBRSC.TUSAMRH9,9n.EALSED8. IN THE TRENVHES OF PETERSBURG. Mr. Editor: As I have been rc peatedly.requested by several o'd yete ransand their &ons to write a sketch of Hs ood's briga or the soldier's li'e in hetrenees at Peteisburg, I hae consented to comply with their request in y'bumb!e and.fecble way, hoping If you choose to publish it your many readers wli 'excuse mistakes and short eominga. Some detailed accounts. of the part borne by one brigade in ihat terrible si is indicative of the ser vice of otbers,and wbe the narrative must necessarily Ib largely personal to the command to whicb I belonged. The record of thdir devotion is that'of all who there followed the sword of Lee. Hsgeod's brigade consisted of the 11 h South Carolina, Colonel Gault; 21st South Carohna, Colonel Barnes; (I think) 25th South Carolina, Colonel Simonton, (known as the Eutaws;) 27th South Carolina, Co'onel Gaillard; and the 7th Battalion, (known as lion's Swamp Angler.) This battalion had eight companies at. one time; each comp'ny being 100 men strong. Hagood's brigade left the coaxt of Suth Carolina about May the 1st, 1864, with 4.600 strong, as fiie a command and as well squipped and efficered as ever marehed to battle. The .adorned regiments ',f the bri gade arrived In the city of Petersb erg on the nigh' of the 5th and pushed out en the R. & P. railroad, four mi' rom the city of Petersbuig te t re was heavy fightirg go' a: day, Gen. Butler having lat d d a force of 30.000 at Drewerts Boiff. runnirg up and cutting the railroad at .-Port Watthall. Owing to a broken engine the 70h Bat alion did not arrive In the city rinti 11 o'clock on the 6 b We were moved rapidly by rail up the road within one-half mile of the fight Ing. There we jumped (f the care and.double-quicked to the field jast in time to join in the victory and ate the Yankees disappearit-g ih:oogh the wooda under cover of their gunboats: Wola on tie batraemId all Tibt nightW pat,. ack to SwSI -ting his advince. They came tp a~cut the 10th, attacked our lines, and for about 45 miennes there was as hard aid bl6ody a battle for the time 's a was Jought in that csrmoalgn. The 11th was in the bottest of ihe fght and uffered heavily. The Battalion was about 400 yards across the creek in the rear, held as reserves. We were or dered to attack them on their right In making this move we had to wade Vwift Creek nearly shou'der deep, holding oar guns and accoutrements above.our- hads te keep them dry. We. erossed in a Lurry and all right. Wpburried on within a few 3 ards of them, but were e~ncealed by t1 e wods When on the eveof charging them, we were ordered back scross * the orek in go' d order. We were * not engsged but were exposed to their fire. We lost one man from Co. 13., R'ergeant John Robinson; he fell just at my left a few feet off. He was car ried back to the rt ar and died that night; ;he was a good man and a gal lant soldier. After thi- fight the enemy tell back to and ocenpitd the work~s near Drewery'd Brnff We followed them up and entrenched our b:igade just in their ftont. Nere we bad beavy skirmiehing day and t.ight up till the 16 hi W hen the fi eel blow came on t be morning of the 16:b about 6 u'tclock amidst a heavy fog, our en tire lines made a desperate asaan t on thuir works which were 'tnbbornly held for nearly t wo hours a hen tbes gave way, leaving a battery of sever il guns and the fie d co rered u ith their dead. Hetre Bagood'a men covred themselves in glort. Never did men stand up facing death more nobly than the irr ps eneaged in the ta'tle of Dr.ewery's B i f! on the 16.b o! Miay. 1864. Our loss wa' great, tat that *or the ernemy was much gre'ter. Thbe next day Busler withdrew his troops anid joined Gralnt on the northi4ide of the James river. Tte L--s of the 7.h Battalion was the greatest in this light of its history up to ihi, date. The total I do no? now re m mber. bt:t I do remember Co. II., e uimanded by thet ga-lant Capt. J. H. Bro ks, of Edge field, lest 19 killed straight out, and1 40 wounded. He himn slf was woumnded in three places, but never did leave the field till all was uoser. He bad his dead mes ca~rried to one place andi buried in one grave. Co. B., (Rion's old com pany.) kcst, 9 killed, and 20 old wounded1. J. E Harrison, J.sc'b P. . teet, Al:en Trapp, Alex B 'zzard, Isaac Perry, Lee Bagley were amning the dead. Coer Beater Barnes i b L. ertson, a torah ot just 13, fell wt~ile leadi:g the Battahron -ith his cal'rs fi ing in the briezi. Jeff Divi4 was on the field thai day at d wit ness d a * great part of the figh'. He said 'hbtt evening to Genera: Beauregard while et.muienting en the troops that were e'ngaged that das , -pointing at th~e 7t h Batta i in said, thbere is as fine a r' gi ment as there was in the Conteierate service. This .fiht wound tup tbe campaign on ihs South side or tne James for several a eek P. Well, I must bal', I bsve stra~ed far Sfrom the sul;ct. I sat down to write itten ti though tbere could te voutnes - on this ut.j c-, but for fear ot wo ing your readers I must come to tb point. After the disastrous repulse at Cold Harbor in June, Grant lingered for a I few days on that front of Richmond ] uod then determined to transfer his < operations to the south si4e. Of tie 1 James, making Petersburg ASl inr- I mediate ol j -ctive. At this time Hoke's i division, ot whic'h Hagood's brigade I was a part, was or'ered to the detense of Pe'ersburg. At noon on tha .5;P 6mith's corps of the Federal army lWas I before the eastern defense ot Peters- i burg. Hagood's btigade reached the 4 citV at dark, while hurricdly beleg i marched tbrourL the city. Tte whose < town ws in an upt'at from excite- I meot aswe passed thotigh;.1he.streets < were thronged with frightened women < and children. As we mmved on a. me j one cal'ed out, "What brigade i. that ?'i Col Rinn, at the head of the Battalion, I answer, d, "Hagood's. Su-h Caro-ina 1 brigade." Down the' went on their I knees, crying, "Thank God, we are I safe now; Hagood's brigade has saved i us twice before ! On the 18 h. while quietly awaitirg for orders to chbage 'tie- heavy works of the enemy, Col. Nelson. of the 7th, was i-tand dg by -Hs g.od's side-on tWe rigbt of the lirie whien 4R1oke's- ai'd bronght the order to adyosse. The men who had been lol!ed off to follow his lead were inttnly wa chog him. sind when he*as'd'rte.edO g,' hot speaking a word,. be.drew his handker chiet from his breakt and raised it aloft. The -mensprang over the para pet with a' 5ell'and rushed. upon the enemy across the inteiv. nirng space, he moving upon the 'right of the line. W hen thc y were driven back, Ajd. bao laid down amid le oat-, aeepirg eA their fird and awaAibg .ahe Ccii g of the supporters, be moved: ereet aong the whole length of his linea..Jutas he res- hed the left, he fell .It was learned that be was killed. Thus f, It a patriot and gallant saldier. Mjar I Rion was in command of the brigade skirmishers on thit fatal day and he did his work nebly. He was wouid'd in the arm ea ly in the day, but would niot leav-- the field until tight. Our less in cffimera said m-n that day was. very heavy. If can' take 0"ei sace. to nime them. Col. Rion assumed com mand of the Batta'ion the nix airn ig. After this bloody battle G t iat down sod laid siege to Ity The Confederates fell ecu vied the works known 6.. Now, f - tua , eg e 0 loary dftails from the atros ri quired to si. in line of battle upon the bayonet, guns in band and - tlers at their post for the half h-mr after dat k. Fr-m this time till an hour be: fore day-light one-half of the men not on ctner duty were kept awake at a time in the same poition while the other half were allowed to gat.wbat sleep they could. In the buttrn of the trencn thtir arms and tceoutrc ments vere laid Lpide -bat --near at hand, and distutbed by the. iequait. passage of inspecting officers or fatigue parties blAndering..ajong in the dark over their prostrate formn. From in bar before day until after good day light all were aroused- and stood to attms fully (quipped aid prepared ta repel aseanl'. Again during the dav only one-half were allowed to lay off I their equipments at a time, and ni ije 4 were permitted day or nightWt leave their asgned places in the treceb. without special permission. The coun. pany < fficers remained at all times with their men in the trench; the field officers had thetr respective pit- some -six to ten feet in t ear 'of the general trerci, anid were permitted to ue theim except when the men were stand ing to 'trm4. The men in the trenches ' served as sharpshooters by regular de tail. Trhe constant use of the ihont: ders in shooting produced bruises and soreness 10o that they accustomed them-i selvt s to resting the rifie on the para per and firing-it .-ss a p:istol. .Th1 ac curacy <f their fire was fr qiently synken <f by Jebtr w- iters to the northern papers, and. cur mnei, as at Wagner, became very f~r.d of it. It wvas a resief to the passive end urance which in-de up so large a part of their duty. Such severe ser vice continued day in anid day out for so long a time was trying to the last degree~ upon mnen alred, jaded by an ~c uat cam pignae. F.ar some time during Ju) I not a fiddd ficer -wsepreyent tor cittts I anid tour on' or five req'miente of the brigade were commap&I by, ileutei- ~ antP, To presetvd aniythig illpe or g atiza icti and effietsy,'Gen Hfigs-odi was compel'ed to consolidate egntupa mies temp~orarsly arid to aeign to dut y~ as commwi-sioned <ffiers L~O icommnis sionied a fficers and cram privates. In E doing this he relecied men who had' htherto been' mentiond tor good con duct in battle. Not a day passed with out more or less casualties, and fr& m the fac! that the wounds were gener ally in the head or upper part of the person, and from the enfeebled state of the g. neral health of the men, they we-re most-y fatal. Diseases of a low tie: vous ti pe carried the men to tle field infirmity and at one time there were five hundred cases In liagt o-I's alone. The regimefital surgeons w ere' there; the company surgeons were more or less sheltered as near as p 's bible to the trencher. Litter-bcarers broughut the Wounded to them, and after temporary treatm- nt they wet-e ci spatched in ambulances to the in flrmnary. Tbe variou, ponst hospita's in Petersburig and Richmond rect ived the severe case-. The foregoing narrative has g;vea s the out-line of the military events anad I nrennndings-the naked skeleton of is bstvry; but it is difficut to con ey to one who has not had a similar rperience an idea of the actual reality labor and Enfieringe of the men] P L those long hot summer months i ut relief the trenches of tersbrg.Seld'm were men ever tersburg. t-ndure as much as was ,W~led upon to4-, equi red of the 0oops who occupied he trenches of Per sburg during the no~nths of June, 'ly and August. 4 was endua ance wit ut relief, sleep eneswtoteiennt ;inactiv.ty vithout rest; consta-t f.rehenuion, -equiring ceasels3 w at. The i vou syst* m a strain jejYja STU MW"contunual. . e d till tie spirits became deesd ilmost be% ond enduranca. Dyter lar, as soon as the mists which o0' prung t-he couitry gave- way to tb lawn and un it -ight spread her wel ome mantle over the earth, the sharp hooting was incessan-, the c~nstanl atile ut stmall arms, and the spiteful isting ot bullets never ceased and rasonly dr'owned by the daily bemn )ardment from the heavy guns. N< >lace along the line could be con-idered afe; the most sheltered were penc rated by glancing bu'lots and man) evere wound4 were roc-ived in thi wav. The trenches ttemselves wer( itthy, and thongh policing was rig diy enforced, it was impossible t( ,eep down the constant accumulption. Ver Mn Abounded and diseases o1 rariou kinds showed theinsblves, Ihe d-gertive organs tecame impaired )ythe iAtians, is.ud and the manne n N'-ich ti-ev were cooked; diarri mi ind dviseit ry were universal, and he legs . and: the, - feet of the nmn swelled until they could not wea hei; shoesand the 41th of thir .per o4from the searcttf of water was tlmost unbearab!e. Bat all of thh hbv Wbrriud and stood all their suf etitg with nnfiuching conslancy and iever yei dad till disease drove the o the hospital On the 30th of Jolu it d ty light Grant sprung a mine undet he sadiant orn the Baxter road held bi Ell;ott's South Carolina brigade. Tb4 )re-ch was immediately assailed and >cpied but the enemy were unable o get beyond the erater where he wat ield at bay until the arrival of rein 'orcements expelled him and our origi ial lines were re-estabilsbd. Thi vas perhaps the most pr' minett even if the Peige but it is not within tht cope (f this sketch to go into iis de ails, Hagooda brigade being in n< ; n-nnected wi h tt. The aghtii . rh e crater was des >erate. the- e sustftains S200 cas*'a les ad ia-g a toss o1 >vkr 6,00O to +b'heem elle wiig ve rees sppeared In' a Ps )urg paper du'inkr rh' seige. Th4 rerses nisy lack smoothness but thos who were the-e will recognize thi ealidm of the picture: irty and haggstrd, Almost a blackgnar.l, roey bore him away rom the terrible fray; Trom the clash and'Ihe rattle n thedrnt rank of battle, almost dad. shot through the head. Ebey repched his gory ambulance bed, lie ambulauce jltts, 3ut the driver bott-, and away he' ilies, 3rowning the cries )f the poor private; llad to arrive at rhe hospital door where to be sure, rhe surgeon he thinks can efect s quick cure. on worn and pale, with plaintive wail, tIl alone he dies, lat nob~dy cries; Mar away the c'ar N" the dead-honsa away, Vho care' whoever shed tears )ver ragged and dirty soldiers' biers. i box of pine, isy three tee' by nine, 'bey plac d him in, kway from the din - )f battle und strife, 'hern hurried for life, Jnder the stones tn bure the brunes )t the poor soldier wh 'm nobody mont ns. n his home far away, a letter s m4 dav, 'erhapa may tell. fow th- poor so'di'r fell! hen 'ears. ah, how deep The lov d one will weep, WJhen they h ar that the hier )f him they so loved aw ke not a tear. Hasg'od's br izade served sixty-five ays in the 'trenches of Petersa urg nteri' g 'h m with 2,8000 men and fflices when withdrawn on the 20:b f Anan-t to take part ir. the Weldon nad fight ti next da3' he had but 59 ffil'ers arnd 681 men present for dut;. Ve1l do I remember the morning when thbe batltaiion filed out of the rtnches of seetng Col Rion with Mrs. ion and Dr. lishan standing on be parapet, Ci 1 Ri-in beirg in the itv at the hospital, his arm tnot yet sealed aart his w ife was there with i'm tursinig him ie hearing of the riovement of the b igrade came over to -e his battalion leav- the trenches and ')give them words of cheer and comn -rr. It aas wi-h 'omne d fficn'ty that rar. Rion and Dr. Hanaban kept imn from folosving us. Col. R on e d graar esteerm for his b leved bit alion and the men hard rquially the ame for him Li:tte did he think the ext time he should see the battalion 'a a few dias, there would not be I.r 0 men in it for duty. There in trai errible battle of the 2ist of August he write received his dischare uti never saw that gallant bandlg' as a battalfou. To ar dead: Nor slall their glary be forg t WbRe time her rcird kee Or honor guards the hallow spet Whet valor proudly flee . Co. B (Lyle's Rides) 7 h Ba-talion Hagood Brigade. White Oak, -8. C., iTch 12, 1901. The merited repu tion for cagrin pileo, 4ores and sk D diseases acquired iy DeWitt's Witt a Hazel Sayve, has led to the makin of worthiess counter fetn Be suret get only DaWitt's Salve. Mca er Co. aosM)("o sPREAD THE YELLOW FEVER in , March 12.-Dr. Louis d ay ethe delegate of Nicara gas veral other Central Ameri can ntries at the recont Cuban medicsi oongress, is in Washington as the gneat of tie Nicarauguan minister, Senor Core.. Dr. Debayle Is the son In4aw of ex-Presidet t S--rasa of N ee ragna. He savs tha medical delegate. recenly assembled in Cuba were Im. presed by. the -remarkable sai' ary im provement. going on through the en terprise of the Americans, and par ticalarly by the scientific experiments being cor.ducted to learn the cause ae-d to cheek tfm progress of yellow fever. "Tn experiments e yellow fever are bist cnducted just outside of Habaisas" said be, "under conditions which make most exact resalts attain able. Cetain apartments are f.led with je!low fever ilth of all kinds, withi dgree of temperature and an amou$tof moisture exactly similar to tlbe edditions which breed yellow fever ere animals, and in some cases ' lmen, expose themselves withi" 4oo determining just how far o. aLd infec'ion can. be spread the worst possible corn dit In other apartments the best sani tions prevail, except In the c of mosiktoes. confine In jars we,! to cirotate througli the b e su experament is being made. 'M s demeefisWed be yond . bat these moquitoes, when sted with the Tellow fevee it by their bite. te in fretwo to th . rcoi there i t ii dr have lived for from thirty to fifty days, showiet that there is no danger from this cause. As a result of these American experiments the delegates to the corgress were of the opinicn that the iscertrinment' of the cause of yellow fever had gone beyond the experimen tal stage, and that it was now on ac cepted toedical fsct that a particular class of mosquitoes conveyed the di sease. I will also report to the gov ernments which I rer resented. I do not mean to say that this is absolutely the only way of communicating the disease, but it Is c'rtainly proved that it is the mest effieient cause of the spread of the disease in yellow fever loca'iuiea.- Such a conclusion is pot only of importance to Citba, but to all countries similarl r affected, as well as to the United States and other ajs cent territory likejy to be invaded by such a plague. Already the American administration has established this valuable scientific fact and has reaped gr eat practical benefit from it. Tuere are now not more than four or fie cases of yellow fever in Hahana, and at times the number Is a; low as two c ises; whi, h is an exceptionally good showing. The Americans are to be congratu lated also on the excallent sanitary conditions throughout H abans. Mod era sanitation has been carried into every house, perfre' methods of plumb. ing taking the place of def.active and dangerous old systems. The streets are kept scrupulously elea, garbage is evstematically removed and not o-ily the public but all private localities are kept in the best sanitary condition. This alone speak4 tuch for the bene ficial .ir.fience which the Americans have exerted. A. to po'itical con litions, I fnod the Cubans have a natural aspiration for self-government, al hough they are quit" willing to concede guarantees to the United States whtch will prevent foreign aggression. 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