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I8S9- ^ .1 . __ - N0,2, It VOL. XL VI. || THE SIXTH REGIMENT. j IXLKBSATION OF THEIK ANNUAL t REUNION, AUGUST 3, 1889. ^ B ! The Snrvivors of the Old Sixth Meet aiul iKewtv the Ties that Biml th em?Titf . Address of Capt. Crawford and Other , Vacts Incident to the Reunion. i/-: The Survivors of the Gtti So.ah Caro- * liiis'lleiiiui^iit, held their annual re- ( *?3 union in '.lie Court House on Friday, i There was not us large an attendance 1 ,* of the veterans preseut as was expect- j t ed, but ih ir absence can be explained , * onlhe score of weather and other I. ^uu ,UC a,iW?4aiivc n?c aid the members enthusiastic. About twenty members of the Chester division caine.down to participate in the Survivors formed in line near the post office at llo*clock, and to the inspiriting mu>ic of the Winnsboro Cornet Bind marched to the Court l./v IE ilouse, where the oration was u? uc deli vend and the bniuess meeting I held. B Gen. liratton, the President of the Association occupied the chair. The Court House was fairly filled V by Sut v vors and citizens generally when the exercises were opened with j prayer by Rev. Dr. D. E.Jordan. uen. Bratton read the following ) from Dr. G?ier: ^ Your kind and appreciated iuvi|'^~^^^^onreceivefl. I need not ta\, ^ iu ii tu-meei with the |T is stilfgreen and fresn. -V". at .Ojpir T; J to thefe.v that remain ot that noble baud by tics indissoluble. : l ' ' ' regret that an engagement for the -*v si* tart., will prevent my partici^Hg . pition In your anniversary. Hoping thu tbe meeting may be pleasant and B Bl iba \ ear after year, till the last vete* m ft fcfcrai is in his grave, this reunion may cotiinae, I* am, most truly, your?, .s^-v"^'1V regular business of the assoei;v alios was then entered upon. I The election of officers being in or 1 der V. A. Sanders Esq., arose and j j H movfi) ?!i?f '? ' k,-. iu& i uics uu suspended unci - that. Q&pi. 'Brattcn be elected by acclamation. Mr. Sanders paid a just trifcute to the General's bravery on the Rattle-field, and his strict attention to f what ever place he has been ^j^^^upou to ?>y 4iis fellow ^itiSpring Mr. Sander'* speech Mai. ^ H&ward stepped up to Gen. Brat- : Biul escorted him from thp rhair IB31ajjr then pat the- vote to the ; Bse, and all the veterans standing Bf their vote for their old General, Bo bad led thetn through many a Body contest. BGen. Bratton on taking the chair : b { ffiifiked his old comrades for this reBewed evidence of their confidence fed esteem. The General was visibly * |ffrtted in his talk and at its conclus- ^ ion was vociferously applauded and |i pneereu. Maj. wooawara moveu in t < all the old officers be re-elected which < .was carried. ' r : 1 A discussion was had about the , ^historical addresses?whether they , Should be published or kept iu asatetv vanlt. Col. Gaillard made a motion * 'that the Executive Committee com- ^ ^.-r^nence publication of the historical addresses as far as the money on hand j would permit. This was agreed to. 1 Mr. Sanders introduced a resolution ( r ihat the regiment get up an excursion to Petersburg ami other Virginia battle fields sometime between August lOih and September 1st. The resolution was passed, and Messrs. Sanders andR.E. Ellison were appointed a j committee to look after the affair- It is proposed to have this ex cur? ion it j sufficient number can be secured. , "Mr. Ellison and Mr. Sanders will make as cheap rates with railroads as possible and if they succeed in ?etting [it wp the people will be notified in 1 time to make arrangements for it. Capt. Ii. A. Crawford, the orator of ? the day, was unavoidably detained, * but on request Col. (Jaillard read his * speech. Below the address is given in * lull: } Mr. President <utd Comrade* of the Sixth > S. C. I'.: \ : On being invited to write out a \ sketch of that old command, it was v with diffidence my consent was given, h It then was conditional, as our friend > .and comrade. Major C. "Walker Mc- h Fadden. knows. The condition was. I the sketch would be sent him to read " Mini correct anv tnisfnkps mmlp I did I) not feel comi>etent to do justice to that aioble band of citizen soldiery. In his n note to me it was specified where to tl begin, but tlie ending was placed afar r ^ oft?at least forty pages of foolscap j< paper. This frightened me. for it did tl not seem possible for me to gather up I { from memory such an amount of mat- 1 ter and have it in proper shape. How- a ever, my consent had been given: so 1 '] determined to give you the best I could I from memorw with McCahe's historv v to refresh my memory. > Before taking up our move, you will g indulge me while I refer to the com- s: mand. its organization. etc. Our f r I brave and beloved Col. lJratum had ^ I' _ l>een wounded and captured by the n at Seven l'ines. The command o * il {*> 'Mi f 'oloiH'I V I initials. 1 believe. A tn??^'?v.ere his tl unvoted soldier the Lost ('ause** never v - ? had?very plain ami unasstnnimr. This <1 narrative is not claimed to be exact in ' distances, time and places?at least >< not such as described in Zenophon's b Anabi>i?:. I believe it is of the great b Grecian army. Lonystreel's Corps ; 4 ?y was moved back and camped three or ; ir ** tour miles below Richmond, our Keiri- ! tt / mem stationed on the Parby^fTS town road, where we remained for j in jr^^^onie time, with ?>ut one incident or iiovfinent, and that was when the a orp.'S moved down as far as Malvern n Iill one 5.ternoon upon report of tlie 11 i?from the river t 1IC1UV JIU\ mj; mm o that point. Late that afternoon, f vlien we reached the hill, they had t 'alien back 10 the position they had a ?ccupied after the seven days' lighting t iroilnd Richmond. Our march was i Tiiitless, as .far as the soldiers knew, c \Yc remained here near a very remark- 1 ible spring, or springs, as there were ? several in close proximitv to each t >ther. being very bold and cold until r lext day. when we were marched hack 1 to our camp. (Jen. jac-Ksous po had been sent soon after :he seven < lays' fighting up to Gordonsville to 1 meet the enemy advancing from 1 Washington, under a new man, Gen. 1 John Pope. On either the 14di or loth J af August, Gen. Longs treat's corps was moved up to Richmond and em- ' barked on cars. AVhere our position < in this move was I am unable to say ; with much accuracy. It was, perhaps, among the first ofiU^oops. AlcCabe K ? r*n says Lun^strcet and corps icn donsville on the lClh. If this l>c so. we must have left camp on the 12th or l."?th. for I am pretty sure we were bivouaced near Gordonsville two nights and days. This is my recollection, from the fact that I had permission, while here, to visit the 17th If eminent, (to which my brother belonged) to see him. He having, on his way, come by our home. I was the more anxious to see him. 1 spent the day with friends and relatives of this regiment. However, the middle of the month is near the time when we reached Gordonsville. There were all sorts of rumors and reports about the ol?. destination. 1 will adopt McCabe's version, and say the corps moved on tike 10th, towards the liapidan River. Our march led us to the right of Orange Court IIou*c. in the direction of Raccoon ford. On this river (liapidan) near this point the corps was halted until the ?^-teinoon of the next day. At tlu> ford, vLieut. Lewis, of the cavalrv. was Lp5^j>^Qsliel 1 in a skirmish they dovnTt^mT?:Wis?well known, it. There were 2^. on the north side, which were maich L??,OU 0U1\ ri^ht- The infantrv mo\ ed o\ a road leading- a little west ot north. Our Regiment m front is .ui.v icwnecuon. >ve were nowhuiried at a very quick pace, from some cause unknown to the troops. I can not remember any incident occurring nor how far we inarched before stopping, but it was late in the night. From this point until near Rappahanoc River, my memory is very indistinct. From the time we left Richmond I was troubled with a disease then very common among the soldiers, dysentery- The surgeon had given me permission to go at will. At times the columns would get a good distance ahead of me, but I o~~ w vuivu up cycry nignt aitCl' tney halted. One night the regiment was passing through a town, Stephente&^'fUdp.M1. I. bvcamu badly mixed in passing thrv^n that night. There was a gdod deal of swearing and cursing among officers and men. The troops did not get straightened out until the next morning, when the two corps parted, until they again found themselves shoulder to shoulder on the field of the memorable Alanasses. fnwn if xi-rti rw>Ai*twl some Virginia cavalry captured an officer who had deserted early the first year from this same command. He was hung to an apple tree in an orchard near this place. I did not see him, hut some of our men did. for one of them, our chaplain, lie v. Dr. Wm. Boggs, saw him, and he told me of the circumstances, who said his feet were almost touching the ground. He had on Captain straps of the enemy, a very fine looking man with long, black whiskers. This and many other 1 digressions are noted, as our lamented : Winder instructed me, when orderly sergeant, to note, under head of : remarks, any incident occurring on the march or biviouac. During the balance of our march, I j nanaged to keep up with the coin- , nand. After passing Culpepper , I'ourt House, the corns was headed . owards the Rappahannock River. I ( annot remember the point or ford, j mi it was a point where the cavalry . >f the two armies had met. and had a { >retty hard li*rht, the Confederates j I riving' the Federals across the river. ^ Jn the highest ]>oint in this field, a ( luster of small timber and rocks. si i' 1 uu licjiixut-nL unvuaa'u. i api. . Love, our commissary. wn.< up with j' he regiment, lie gave me a part of r, lis lent, as 1 was not yet entirely well. ( Vfr?^r the regiment had halted and ^ 'aeli man or mess fixed for his night's est, my relative and dear friend. Bob ( 'agan. came to us inquiring for me ^ md found me lying in Capt. Love's ^ exit. Jle now was with his brother, <. Major James Pagan, formerly of the !, ovtli lint 7iATI* f\"f tl?r> (Ciiwmfimti tli r\-p 71AUI. VUV 11V ?T "4. 11IV * V' ? \ lllvvlllili Vi. Svans' brigade, which was but a short * Iterance away, on our right in the anic open lield. lie told me they had j icard 1 was sick and lie luul eome to > ee me: that lie hud a bottle of g<x>d ~ vhiskey, and would burn some of it. t vhich he thought would help me. We (. v ent over to his regiment and tried to 1, urn some, but it failed to burn after s everal trials, when 1 said, "Bob, you j lave been at your old trick again." v le asked me how. and I said, r Don't you remember how you, ]( iiyself, Tom Uoulware. ISili Coletan and one or two others of the less did at Blackburn's Ford on j he -Bull Bun?" It occurred to his , ecollection at once and he enjoyed the | ?lc<v If in v ronmidos will o vcn>r? " Iiese incidents and personal allusions (| will tell how we had done Major 'agan. The commissary usually had barrel or so of whiskey, and k was c ssued to the men. as you all know, t 'he aboved named were all messing 1 > ,-ith the Major. A guard was alwavs 1 .. - .1 ..j. i . . l ?'i.i li lauuncu ui in> qiiarifi*. ami \\ \\ uuui 11 et on the jrood side of them. Be- " ides. belonjfini; to the mess. \vc had u ree access at all times to this tent. v Vho suirirestcd the trick 1 cannot re- ( leinber. but we all agreed that we * wild steal out whiskey and add water, f ,*hieh we did daily until it froze in <' lie barrel. It was during: the \v*wn * rC'fiti,_and sometime-- very wet k _i *. . lioMi-tilv. bnt t' emeu luivmir tamperect this, i Sl Ic may not have watered this, hut ! 51 _>mehody else h;ul. for it would not ' ? urn worth a cent. All the same, we j ^ oth took some and 1 returned to our 1? uarters. The Major would eursv the . ! uanls and threatened to report them i NN > Col. Winder and have them pun- 1 v< hm .1 don't remember his hav- 11 These were good tii^< fterwards. About daybreak the next f <*i uoming the long roll was beat and i ai nen were hurriedly awakened from i n< heir sleep on what proved to be a ! ai also alarm. We were marched down j t? <vrr.ivil.j the river, nerhaps half a mile, i h md halted. Here we lay all d:ty in j li he open field, and the sun a.s hot. ap- <1 jarently. as it had ever shown. Late b >r about sundown we were moved li >ack and remained in the same position o is the night before, nothing occurring v o disturb our rest during the night. 1) This move was caused by the enemy crom the opposite side of the river a >pening a pretty heavy fire from one t >r two batteries on Evans* Brigade, t .vhich was in front. It did not amount j > :o much, as there were verv few cas- j < ? " iI t nalties reported: none moui . orient or Brigade; Evans had a few. j ( Early the next morning we took up ! < our line of inarch, turning a little west < of north, passing through corn-field*, ' along plairution roads and through ' callpvs. the obiect clearly being to < conceal our movements. "We bivouami \ < ill^i litrgi' bodyjQf wood, iust oil'a jj country road. This night my brother i < reached us, just from home. bringing: < all ihe news from dear old South (,'aro- i lina. Besides lie brought me a splendid pair of shoes made for me by Mc( 'usken, 1 of Chester. My father had told him to j make me a good pair, which he did. j They were badly needed, as 1 was a< near barefooted as any one ought to be. Ed. Shannon and 1 were in the ? ......1,1 ),n! act of eating our supjn-i. u ^ . called supper. We both told him it j was the best we could do, butfortu-j nately lie had a small quantity left in his haversack. This, added to our ration, made us very comfortable for the nijrht. We talked until near day of tilings at home and in old ('hester. lie left us soon the next morning for his own lJegiment, which was in advance or on another road, 1 don't remember which. This day we were hurried the whole day, ami late m tue night, about midnight, we passed through some town, Salem, I think, but I am not certain, as 1 cannot remember the particular days or towns. However, it was a town. Gen. Jackson had passed through that da\ 01 the t dav before As soon as we entered sniffed the smell of winsbe. The f?n had passed tlu-ough, and his orders were to hunt and destroy all that could be found, and thev had found it j all and poured it out 'in the gutters. a ou could smell nothing else. This, ^ ou know, was his way of usin?* anv intoxicants. Our march was con| tmued until two o'clock or after. wnen we reached the Rappahannock River and crossed it. The Sixth biviouaced on a high bluff just 011 the north bank. This was called Unison's Ford, and was very rough and rugged and being very dark the men marched along half asleep. It liad been a very hard day's march and the heat was dreadful, but you heard no grumbling. As the head of the column struck the river it was slowly crossed, < the men not being able to see their < itlu ih i-U) 1 the tune was in :t lane, and men : actually leaned up against the fence 1 and fell into a sound sleep. Many I had to be called by name or punched to awaken them: you know we must have been very tired, and it is a fact I well known to myself and others, 1 when they recall tills march. Before i moving from this biviouac I will > ask your indulgence while I con- fess having skipped, as the school ' boy would say, onr march being over- < looked before reaching the point last ? described. I refer to the day we were '< piloted, as it was said, by a Yankee < spy. This point was a good distance J UiniAii'c TTmvl T mi 2 as to the place, but it was not far from ' Warrenton Springs. We had been ? hurriedly marching the whole day, > when fortunately forme, our comrade, 1 Wm. Crawford, of your town, who ( then was driver of an ambulance, took c me in his vehicle, against orders, too, 1 but there was no one in it but myself. 1 lie was passing me on the road when < [ hailed and asked if he would let me c ride. He very promptly said yes. but i ilso said it was against orders. I eon- I" :inued to ride through the day until s :he column was halted in a lane, by i ne enemy opening nre on us irom i heir position over the river. Here s his spy was caught up with by Gen. v Kvaifs. reported at the time. Their I position guve them a splendid view of v is, as the country on the north was i nuch lugher the south side. We tame a ;ery near being entrapped by this spy. t Jur wagons, ambulances, etc.., were ? nixed up with the troops. It created <1 I gOUU llUai OJ. CUIIJLUMUII. -O UnUAjJl'l'l- I id to our generals as well as the men. <J rhis man had been forging orders all t< lay from one officer to a higher one. s fhat took us to this place. The shells o :ame thick and well aimed, bursting v >11 all sides. Unfortunately for us it o vas a lane, but made of oak rails: a hese were soon scattered from both v ides, so the troops, wagons, etc.. wore c it once countermarched by tile right, c Vs the Old Sixth returned and was v )assing the ambulance I joined them <" md continued with the company from :i his time until t was wounded at f Manassas. Afterwards we understood, li >r so it was reported among the men a hat evening', that Gen. Evans, after a a onsultation with officers, had this spy tl uing to the limb of a tree right on the ide of the road. I am not certain, 1> ?nt some of our llegiment saw him n tanging. How or to what ]K>mt we p cached before camping I cannot recollect. It seems, but very dimly to me <> iow, we passed through some town. rI ml think ]>erhaps it may have been a "eft'ersonton, the place mentioned a 11 the tirst of this narrative, but i| am not certain. At all events si his was a part of the campaign being a escribi'd. a; We will now return to the noint of "! rossing tin- Kappahannock Kivcr. On ^ he north bank where, as already tated, we had halted for the night. -u t only required the officers to call a alt when all were at once on the yv round in sonic position. There was o order in this bivouac, for it is j)( cry clear in my memory that (.'apt. (j 'ousar and myself bunked under the j ( i.1 1-^.4- * .:i .lti? nine iFiaiiKi'i wi ?iu ciuui. i iir (in- r i?rent companies scattered promis- ^ uously over this high, rugged bluff*. ~] :* ? iiu-uL'nt occurred to my j ' nowledge of any consequence. lie- j i?re ('apt. Oousar and 1 got to sleep. I ^ >me men near us were punching j niong some pine brush in a few feet f)) f us. ('apt. Cousar inquired what they 1 (initio* *iikI w)w? uvti?n It f roved to 1m* some m?Mi of Company |/ ('apt. Landham. who said they j iTc hunting ' bumble nests!" It is (>J rrv common to hunt and lind a bee j w ve, but a bumble bee's nest to me i x Tlirt ('.llitilin ! -? It liiVll. X 1IV .IjMUlM \il\4. I j ,4- relish 11 ?i< disturbance, but niv /. k i ui iriosity was >o excited that I got up fi< id watched tIioni until they found the n< est by the li<rhr of a piece of candle, G ud 1 think they used their bayonets di ? diir for tlie nest. Directly they ,?<: anded ine a small cup shaped cell it lied and told me to taste it. which I D id and found it contained delicious a< " strony honev. The n Ill >UI ? X IViA U?.x? ndj as they said, was a very poor ne. They soon left, but I cannot say ri whether to sleep or continue their a Hint. We had a quiet sleep until day o >reak, when "the drum beating began,. jJ> nd before sun up, we were a^no?S! lie train]). This day our Brigade too?- ,e he front, passing Evans' briga*leJj|?tT liort from our camp 011 a high hill to- ?? ?ur right, standing apparently in line^ I hough not certain as lo this, -j&s c Japt. Ed. Mills and a good malqgfr )thers had relatives and friends in the?\a Jld Sixth, Ed. any myself talkedfia';? ;hort time. My brother, he said?hac? a lot gotten up with his commai>dra| 3ur march this day was uninterrupted ^ w.^iin,.ti,4n until late in^theyS " lll\ iftcriioon. when Cant, "vniter. gjfSBBI "oilegcTrJium oaftfe up witlTthe lieadof-p >ur Regiment. wliioli was in front, and 1 iMarched with me for some time. To- i wards night lie said lie would hurry on 1 to try to overtake his regiment, the 12th. 1 They belonged to (ien. Jackson's corps. < Before sundown lie came tearing back and a good many others with him. 1 badly frightened and out of wind. ; His report was that in the next town. 1 I think it was White Plains, Gen. : > staff and his couriers came very near l>ein<r cajHured by some Yankee cavalry dashing into town. However tliey did not succeed in capturing our "old war horse." as Gen. Lee dubbed him. but he and hi.s people had to run back faster than they had been advancing. They turned all foot tramps, in a hurry too. It. was right amusing to hear Miller and others tell it. AVe told them to fall in with the 'Old Bloody Sixth.** as we had been dubbed the first year of the war, and were known ever afterward by this sobriquet, that we would pro tect them. They laughed at trie idea: but the coast was clear pretty soon and Miller and others with him bid us o-ood-bye^and ^ nevei- sw^Jife again.' LoRgetreet's_ corps parget through, this town that-night not vcrv late, though, as the crimen* I lam^^^^fe^sti-eets, especially| tongues you 1 riev^r heardT^ Thcvs showed us they were friends indeed:cheering us in every way possible. Ladies came down on the street and' matched beside the soldiers,. talkin" with all their might, aud some who remained in their piazzas waved their" handkerchiefs and cheered us with their smiles. It dirl m?no4- L good. Although tired and jaded dotrnr by inarching, this treatment seemed-to ? put new life in our soldiers and iiiadcC them take a different step, We neveri* had more respect nor heartier welcome's shown us. . ' ' R Our march was continued ^or somea^ Jistance^ how four t cannot tell- > .3^.1!.i < tffi ^ the"road tfietVr iivJHld be hfcud on the 1 left something like breaking down corn. 1 It ]>roved to" be a corn-lield full of 1 men. There was noise enough to j liave been made by horses. The men ' ivere suffering from hunger, and the 1 roasted corn served as a good sub- 1 ?titute for rations temporarily. So t Shannon and myself concluded that I i should go and do as others, but I * jould find none. It was black dark J ind men would run up against one t mother and none would answer if i TUJ.- ?'?!/ ?? *? w.,-v / JUU^UUllCU. JL 111 o tl.-> ili\ VAptnt'IHT, V It being contrary to orders, men were ^ ifraid of exposing themselves. It t ivas very amusing to talk about it i lfterwards. I did not recognize a i angle man. nor do I think any one I cnew me. Shannon and 1 had to lay .t lown on our blanket and cover with f )il cloth to keep oft'the dew. for in the ( norniugit appeared as though there t lad been a slight shower. One inci- s lent occurred here that could not be 'Villained. Th<> bond of the foluvmi f narched oft', leaving half of the Old f >ixth and all the rear of column t landing in the road. (.'apt. Sholt a vas then acting Major, and he dis- t overed some how that lie was left, t o lie ordered forward and very soon c ve came up with the balance of the f Sediment. After standing some time t vc were ordered to biviouac for the r ii?rht where we were and to keep our ? .mis near us. Every man then hunted t he "softest bed" indiscriminately, n Shannon and I dropped our blanket t; im> u uii uir jjia? ami nu\i;i ami v urned in. One carried a blanket, the o ther an oil cloth. We had nothing e o cat. but being so tired we both slept s< oundly. Early the next morning, as a ur empty stomachs forced us up, a /e found ourselves, in a large, C pen field of clover and some rtilicial grass nearly waist high. It "v\ ras a beautiful sight, as far as you tl ould see. The most of the corps d ouid not be seen, but as soon as it n ras light enough straggling parties ? ould be seen in different directions, w pparently loaded with &muitluug. A 1i?w 1>\* ?mJ wc saw tlicv ^ ;ut round another cornliehl. I made C nother effort to get some corn, but d iter walking a short distance 1 round ^ lie field, apparently about teir acres, c< tripped clean, with the exception, tl crhaps, of one or two very small s< ubbins. 1 went back badly disap- si ointed and reported to Ed. li This picture is not exaggerated or n verdrawn. It is a notorious fact, c: "lie troops had been marching days s< ad nights without rations. Half ripe ft pples and green corn were the substi- rc ites, and many a one may date his S( ickness, some their death, to this diet c; nd marching through as hot weather n: > we then had. This morning it be- di unc known that Capt. Love would ai :sue rations of beef and hard tack. C 'his word came to me soon after my u; .'turn from the corn-field; so I weut tc nmediately to lind Love and know if c( it-h was the case, and perhaps get si hat would kiil hunger for a short me. After linding him he told me 01 [* had not enough for breakfast, but tl. ivided with me. which was put to pi uiling a once. About 10 or 11 o'clock ft itions were issued, a full one. too. bi [en hardly washed the meat before n< lacing it in the camp kettles; then it ('3 a> wry trying 011 the appetite to ! d< ait for it to cook. There beinjr .so j hi ttle wood near many eat their beef I "w *ry rare that morning. To add more : di ? our discomfort. orders came while j bi any were still eating to move to- | Id arils the mountain. Thoroughfare; bs ap was the objective point, through ' th hich Jackson had passed before the j op lemy had occupied il. They lio^^U <>rt> in tlii< nnss with >i iciwhI V * V ... ?..? ?? ?V?I H ^VV\l 11U11JUH I ' troops, how many we aid not ki^fl I iie enemy lunl found out that wefl vided. and it was their intentiH rliff&in detail, as they hoped: hut1 will he shown further on. 11 eif^e had heen with our corps i j inr tho whole of this march, per-! >li*idirectir every movenient. as i "derepGrtad Uiat Gen. 1). ]{. Jones* a was moved to the front and i towards this pass. "When a eajiiough thev opened on his troops > Am' Oni* lull*- ! 1 . VU? , ecjp.as support, but before we were 'I eefgL it was discovered further to i urjft bat there were two crossings i Vnjhki the mountain eould be < i~0gj.; So a part of our corps, AVil- < Hood, with their commands. ] ret sent through these gaps. Thel.> ?"soon discovered the flank move : ( OThey fell back before our troops J :i Ojget into position to do them any ! iaj Jones had a slight skirmish 1 ^ul a few casualties we were ) f jr brigade was not engaged. so ; iifrlie nion of the gallant old Sixth \ adcie to finish their half-cooked t As soon as Jones found the 1 ify!*011. his division was marched 1 vv nalted and bivouaeed on the ? li.side. in the position the enemy . l&Occupied during their stay. Our t jnie was moved up and bivouaeed < >ile south .side partlv up the slope. ; Mad a good quiet .sleep until about ' tl^Jireak of day. when we were for another hot and heavy | .il'vcu trip. Through this gap a railroad a* a wagon road passed. and wr jJh! through the pass on the railrttrack. There about the renin- of tfc&jintain was a mill or some kind oflctory. Perhaps it was a grain it but* dou't know for certain. It 3$ on the right of the railroad near tltrack. We passed over a short tie pretty high. Below on the f" id and on the track of the railcould be seen dead soldiers in showing our men had done some ejition. and they were certainly T?-n rfViolifd idea oii. ?h muuh v &ral Jones' position and found division stirring around apparently for breakfast. Our brigade g?d right on. And very soon Ave the report of heavy guns iu our J?. As the day advanced and we 3kffettin<r nearer the firing we began tfflear small arms. Now tnc men 2? moving at :i rapid pace, compilers urging us .still further until ^tetuallv were at double quick at tap. Then we would slack upj a ;litO catch wind, and the tiring gettutgavier and more distinct showed *a3>n and his men were at it heavy. bccitement incident to going into f\e urged our men through the heat qjL&st, which was almost suffocating m? nil nion so that fnu UU.1I, muvu V. >uld have written names 011 i)acks with your linger; yet no ling or straggling. The men talking and speculating on the Near (ien. Jones' bivouac an y was standing 011 the side of the ral^r tongue just rattling. As we she seemed much excti$?telliug the men we would have the-ppgest^ very sure. Il^vever hefcequel proved^pat neither she noi Pttv were true prophets. This dread M 1,A." pace was kept up until we reacjuei Wjiesville, and here or near by, w( f ?*e lialted a short time and rested heion'i remember how long. Thei in' march was began and continued if til near Groveton, as was leamei lefcn-wards by nie. We now Jialtet he.r some old, apparently houses, 01 ice side of a small branch with a sprin? :hajr, where tlie men had a rest and : vajnce to quench their thirst. Thi: ~ x?1 1-"' inon. but VOI ;uip a irvmjj ??i? vn w?v ...?. itfild not hear a murmur. Men re u'^ned close up throughout tlie avJioI t ji'ch, apparently eager for the fray hcjwas remarked by all who wer ia< re that their spirits did not seem t lx r with the heavy and long marcl he :tween ten and twelve miles.) wit ec sun's heat and dust, it did nc < m that men could hold up. re )ur Regiment had been all day i ^oivii r>f our bri<rad< l,Wll UU 1111= I1IU1V1I hcfl I am not sure if not the front c corps. At all events, we wci o ler passing this branch. \\"e file h(*he right along a road leading froi ;f 1 pike we had been on, at the ed< large body of wooded land: ho oBl cannot say. We kept niovii 9j?e rig!it until we struck the rai at an embankment. Jlere tl '-'fll'-j was halted, the right resting ij^Kcmbankinent. We had be( 'u^Hiing by fours and remained "^ formation. Directly on our le ]j^Vwcre then standing) were se< "Wur two pieces of artillery. a]>]>:i t.- r.. 4i?. -which w 1}M Almost instantly u shell explod " parentIy at the height of our head ?Hy way myself and right tile r'Hinpany F felt the wind very d eMctly, and thwe men of Company - -f.ill TVitliin or less til "j^KFC SCUM i" ciijec feet of us. They w?o McF; Kitchen and (Julp. Cuip ^ c^Btally w >u ..x'd and lie died 1 mSBt night: the other two serioti "^Smiled. but who arc yet living1 n [>^^L>pr* ?l?ni)"- well- Before unotJ <' & could be sent, the commander G^Bmpany A ordered hi* men to di wliicli they did. not rcquirin ^^B:ond order from him. The ot ^^namanders of the companies m; uK same request. The men ] B? rcely gotten down when anot lBk11 passed in apparently the s:i cH|e over us and struck "the groi tiwii stores from us with flUV/iV lAAtW. oding. But this prompt on e others of that grand old K t may have now been absent fi call. Companies had not ] ed company distances, w] ed the men, as it were, to >?<] in this condition it' :truction must have occurred f illery as well directed as dently had been. Fortunately tliis piece or two were not alio l>"inn fur if ^^ 1 CIO US ?lll\ J11V/JV IMIUM ? >^Hptured immediately after this sec HThcsc were the only casual tie: ^Hr Regiment that evening. all it "f^ftught were wounded by the s ''HK'i'e of shell. The whole of CI BHR'ehead was taken oil", leaving Hiins exposed. Kitchen had ' Kk- nearly knocked out uf p MMlging him to lose one eye. Me I^H|was struck in the fleshy pa ^^^^ lcft shoulder. He and Kit He disabled for a good while. H: some time our Regiment were eounter-marrhed fl left or about face, and in k towards the place where \v< p pike. We inarched out int en ground on a high and a itinctly marked ridge, where for the balance of the n time in the night 1 caiffriot t it must have been pretty ]at< wined a short time when day l lext morning. Hunger arousal u< i >retty soon. orders wore issued the . light before directing soldiers t <? ] Ieep on their arms when they halted, j riving us pretty clearly an idea off; vhat the morning would bring, yet ! j nen slept soundly, at least those near < vherc Shannon and 1 were lying, i>oon after sunrise next morning the j; liiMMw- <ii-i'!isIon:ilK'. l IICKUO iH-an ... ^ , riicy had iliirinir ihc nhrht diur small j' >its. U) protect themselves as mu<-h.< jossible. the lines beinn- so near each j I )thcr. Rations were issued about 12 j j >'clock. and men immediately went to j j >re])arin<f them. "If we are killed." i < aid eue. "\ve will not die hungry." j1 )ne part of the rations was pea>. 1 ind Col. Steadmaii. ii is remem?ered. was seen eating peas with a cnife riding alony behind the lie^'iv.^.u vi. 1,*111 lioim nrilcred Tor-'. iiiriii? am i 11 mill vard oul of tin.1 way of a battery of i irtillcry teat had galloped up lo 1 Iio | ;ery spot tlio Sixth had occupied since I lie niji'lil before. ^\ < had not ii'Olie :i! miidivd yards before their .-hellsJ >eir:ui llvinjr over us. As we were ad-! .*: l'l 11 I _ ??a? i neniv's line, which was almost as J tronjr as our line of battle. This bat-j ierv continued to lire over us until we : . litered a piece of woods on higher uround- It was then run up to and | tli.toiti?'li tliis woods. We. by this time. ; were descending towards a hollow j > nreifv lar?j\) branch f win:x"i: iiuiw ?. j i>j wjiler, beyond whi?*h liie ground : for three or four hundred yards ro.-r ! to a considers <[Ie liill up the slope to- ' wards the summit. J>!ne coats a plenty were seen: supposed lo be their ; skirmish line faliinir uack. We were told we would <ret orders when to commence firing, but these Yanks j were loo tempting to our men. No orders had, up to this, been issued, but firing was begun, not general, very j sooh. General Jenkins came gallop-! ing uv and inquired who had ordered j the Jiring. It conhl not be placed on ' any one; the men did it wijqout think-1 ing, under the citement. Just here it became necessary, from the formaiiou ! of the line of the enemy, to make our ! own conform to theirs. The command I was giACn by Gen. Jenkins for the brigade to change front forward on j left regiment. 1 believe this was! i the command, as my military, what little I had, has been all lost to a great extent. Col. Steadman then ordered the old Sixth to change front forward, by wheeling to the left. Commanders of compEiiies immediately executed this order by left whooling,"Changing the line of battle diagonal to the first line. Very soon we were into it hot fire. Apparently at every step now men were shot down, some wounded. Lieutenants Shannon and Itobison of Company F, I think, were the first wounded in our Company, for I spoke to them both and inquired if they were Mounded. both answered they were. They were among the first easaulties of Company F. as has been said. Many more afterwards. Our Regiment was left of the sharps! looters. In making- this change of^mTction, especially their left companies and right of the Sixth, were ^yissedrif seemed forute deep~ -Cup ^ , tneir right. but they WJniod not r? ' hear; at any rate made no move u - the right, or it ^appeared so to n> I Cousar was getting mad and talking ) pretty rough. I being close and seeim . the condition of things, said, witli aj "i- :c 'ii/1 iuif mi iv(> <o we couk 1 Oaill. iJ. tuti vuvk ..v-t . _ I get into proper line, for his men .< 1 job them with their bayonets i Whethe.1 this had any efleet eanno i say. but after struggling for soim f minutes, we jrot into proper shape ar.< :i advanced. While in this condition, i s their batteries had been proper I; t trained on us. there is no telling; th - damage they would have done u.? c A\"e had every reason to believe tlici '. guns were, for it was all open ground e except a small clump of small timbe o just in our front, upon which we wev i. then moving, and into this we entere h pretty soon. Some two or thro >t hundred yards on our left flank av( seemingly a mass of artillery, su| n ported by a massing of infantry wit numbers of flags waving. Our lii ? tlnv ihmss of HUM >1 was noiv iiianu. v. *c We being in timber could not sec vci ill distinctly the enemy in our front ft m some time, but they Mere .-ecu prett i"e soon. There was another battel w directly on our i-iiilit llnnk tiring rig.' ig down the line doing deadly work, il- request eame to Company F from t) ie commander of Company A for Co 1 ;it pany F to change their lire on tl -*n battery, which was done. About tl in time I was was wounded through t ft ankle or near it. After notifying t >?i I moil nf batterv and of my di.? ir- bility. 1 started to the roar. 'I"! as closed Miy personal connection w cd Company F and the glorious old Six i-S for along: time. of However, before closing. I will a is- your indulgence, as 1 know yc A patienec must be almost , while 1 rel; an my experience in grettiiiir back to i id- hospital that nlgrht. L did notgfooi 'as fifty yards from where Iwaswoum tlie vchen I came to a small g'ttlley. wit sly man on the ground on the in tnd bank of Thi>- hollow, pouring w:i her on his leg1. When 1 "> iMIll l|,i ^ oi up aim >aw mi, ... op struck in tin? knee. 1 took a ga beside him and began pouring wIht on my own. 1 hud not up to ! ide time examined mine. allough bleed liad profusely, indeed my shoe was ful her blood. We had no protection fr une the balls which were Hying (hi md and lie and I were talking, when Cj out Strait came running up dircctly ler. hind us. When he saw who we w< egi- he asked me if 1 could tie a hand! wiii chief he had around his hand. I told l>re- certainly and complied with his rich quest. lie then told us we had be be get farther to the rear as our i real were falling back and the enemy roni vancing. This order, or advice in T this ed no repeating. -u> piLuu,^ * for call him, though it is no harm to wed his name, was a young Brice. I 1 was forgotten his given name. lie w: ond small man Strait left us at a ? speed. Brice left mc too, and i ? in neither of them again that night. was getting into the open lieiu, sue aiue sight,i never expected to sec. tip's seemed almost like there might hisf been half of our corps scattered. < his this Held- There were officers as lace, as men. I saw and heard some oil Fad- pleading and beseeching the men t rt of on to the front. Wheilier many chcn did or not I dont know. The hoi Ater with the branch running througl and was full of men, and I actually by men, as a shell would pass or fail i orcd dive under the water, who or w ? left from cannot say, but am afraid : o the of them were pretty near kin to very grand old Regiment, of which tli 1 ?fnlr snv T did lie 1 we wruceii. i u u.. _ ? light, a single member of the iith. My say. was virv slow after crossing for strerutt and I began ascending the ;r<>kcj towards the point we had enten K "m =aw a horseback soldier who was riding very slow too, coming pretty [near j tr.c, when he came up lie enquired of' j inc it* 1 was wounded. lie imraedi-;. itely uot down and helped me on his I' iiorse. He had a number of canteens :m his neck and said he was going for i' water. We went to the spring andil trlllncr miiiA nnrl fhnsn hp had.!. *"v* C'""0 '* ? 1 I J mounted his horse and struck a lope. [ j I'his was kindness personified and ex- j ;mplilied to me, something not many I iiorse soldiers would have done. He : s appeared very young and there was j no more excitement about him appar-1 ( 2iitly than if we had mst on soujC j conuty road a thousand mile9 from nily battlefield. After bathing my " foot and ankle for some time 1 fdled s ijj_\ uiiuii i'll ami luvjjv uj.y 111^ m>\# U1 inarch :i^alu. While riding to this 1 spring we met Gen. D. R. Jones rid- 1 ing along very leisure]; alone. lie 1 called to me and said for me to tell 1 a!! these men (for there were many ( scattered about around in all direct- 1 ions.) that the enemv were directly i "' " .'i/JiUiiiJ w.ttiibl ^anrnie, ?t>n. 1 ail near the spring, many of whom said | ihcv were around there to get water. This though was not the fact. Nam- ] hers of them soon gathered up their j canteens of water and look a different ' road from where the fighting was so- ( ing on. Ail occurrences have been mentioned to show, as I linnly believe, i that had al! of the Confederate soldiers stood linnlv to their posts, Gen. Pope's army would never have reached Washington save as prisoners oi war. i have now given you as near a full statement of this campaign as my memory retains al this late day. If it adds anything to that dear old body of soldieis it will be a great comfort to mc, for, as has already been said, in this sketch a braver, nobler and more high toned band ol soldiers in any Jand is not seconed in history. The ?-T.nat ("mien" mav have had as brave soldiers and 110 doubt there were some equal to them but none were superior. After J he reading of this address on motion the thanks of the association were tendered to Capt. Crawford for his address and to the Band for the I j music furnished by them. The Survivors then adjourned to | meet again in a short time at the | Thespian Hall where dinner was "* rn' 'vf o loVOTA served, mere w?s ui wmw <* , number present at this stage of the proceedings, and he must have been a glutton indeed who was not satisfied.' Everything that the market affords was there in abundance and its quality i was all that the most fastidious could | desire. Mrs. Ferris and Mr. Arrow| smith of the Wimisboro Hotel had | this part of the Reunion in charge and ; right well did they perform their I pari, as all who were so fortunate as , to participate can testify. "With this, | the annual reunion of the Survivors 11of the Sixth closctt, after one of the ploasantest occasions m their history jf > S ICC 0X3 jaftSlLAGTZ. \ \ Mr. JuIiloW I find (Tie most conI venicnt place to locate a small silo if > under a wagon shed in rear of m> barn. Shed is 12 feet wide and 40 fee: [. long. Commencing " feet from eact 1 end of shed, I will dig a pit 4 fee f wide, 0 feet deep and :34 feet long ^ with side* and ends perpendicular anc ; | smooth. I will then take 8. 2xi2 incl r! all heart plank, and 17 feet long; tne] j are to fonn a curbing '2 feet abov< 1 pit. Cuilcl as follows: 0 i (l | Saw ends of each plank square, tak o | two plank and put the ends together cover joint with strip of plank, say !" foot wide and 3 feet long, nail o '* -i i ? | securely, being certain mac iengiu& *. 1.1 two planks nailed together is the exa< j length of pit. This will give 4 plan >v oi l'eel lonar. I will then place two ( \* j :v I these planks one upon the other, an lit | strip up and down, at intervals of sa A !:) feet apart, with any conveniei j width of plank. Then cut plank f< i ends of same material as sides, -i inch lis | longer than pit is wide. Place sid he j in position. Pat on end pieces ai 'lc! nail to sides. Then nail on stri ^ ! across top at same intervals as stri ith 1 on sides. This will prevent curb fro th! spreading-, and keep inside edge i curb and pit in a straight line. Ta j surplus dirt and bank it against pla1 itc ! on outride, and grade it oil'to genei the j level. This will complete pit. Co\ -1'1'; ? Un *<nv width straight eel * | CiUI l v/ k , .. _ w I plank, length being the same as wit car!of pit, anil joints broken shin; tor j fashion. *c'l; Material for filling' pit to be cut h 1 inch in length, and filled to the top 1 ilt j i curb and packed securely. Wei; his j will be .stone, and I think 10,< ?*| pounds ample for size of pit. You nwnnwmmit will not interf om ! = ;ckj! with using shed for wagon, as it < ).pt. j pass in and out over the pit, then ^c*1 saving1 expense of an additional si) i rc ier- s ?k.j?ct*'or btiildin^ plank cur Liitii; to hold enough surplus ensilage t re-j when it is weighted down it will tt01' j level with top of pit. Also by bank ad- dirt against curb will keep out ee(j. {surplus water and allow wagons will | pass over. In feeding will comme -i. uu no cau | at oul convenient iu suiuic, c ! fed will put stone and plank bac is a i . 1 . 1 'ood ' ^or US;C ncxt scasonsaw 1 J. W. Powei. j on <it : Deafness Can't be Cured have; over j by local application, as they cannot i well t'1'' diseased portion of the ear. Th( . ... i only one way to cure deafness, and tl i by * const itutional remedies. Deafm 0 =? caused by an inflamed, condition o c\er ; mucus lining of the Kustacman j low, When this tube gets inflamed you h; i it, rumbling sound or 1 i.Uluing saw when it is eut?^y closed, Deafness i result, an.l unless the inflammation Ci ' taken out and this tube restored 1 llCre i normal condition, hearing will bf some stroyed forever; nine cases out of te: that i caused by catarrh, which is nothin lis is < an inflamed condition of the mucus it see ; faces. nice We will give One Hundred Dolla 1., any case of Deafness (caused by cat . .V:) that we cannot cure by taking J ' mil j Catarrh Cuic. Send for circulars! fr< id. l< * F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo DEYOTED TO EDUCATION. II. 1>. DUKE, - Editor. JJr. Editor: You will confer a favor n* giving us the law governing the pwirtor nf art Prtra tftx for school Dur "Ti v* ^ r ? )eses by districts. We want to know ength of time of notice: in how inauv places shall notice be published; how shall non-residents of school districts )e notified: the number of managers, JtC. This seems to be the dernier resort. \s il is so highly recommended and is such an inestimable privilege the State - Ml )f South Carolina has given us of dipping our hands in our pockets a second ' " ~ A%.?4 4/v 4>VtSV A t A 1-ftA M/3 rtf .line 111 uiuct iu liusc luc siauuoiu ui ;he little schools in the country, ffe thought to try it. No one jould, however, object to this, if the money already taken from these trained pockets was equally divided )er capita oyer the State. But when jer VearSrtdolEhers r"A ?n ive do object, "We do object to the unequal apportionment of the small amount returned to each county, wmcn allows some schools to ran two and others three, four and nve months. I am glad to see that some interest is being awakened in this matter, not only in our State, but in Georgia, where the monstrous proposition has been advanced of taking a certain large rental or tax and divide it equal- ? ly between a few colleges already highly subsidized and the many common schools which yearly, on account of short terms, have to"return to ab's and ib's. It was not my intention to write anymore than to ask about the manner of assessing an extra tax; but as long as I have to Day taxes for a particular purpose, I intend, in my feeble way, to ask that a just share be brought ' back to my children. I suppose, as so many hitches hsve come in the way of a trustees' meeting, the idea is abandoned; yet in my judgment if such an association could be formed and mean business and less periphrastic pedagogism, our common schools would soon be a subject of rviM/ln in oil L. [/11UV IV Miii Above is a communication from a correspondent wanting information upon a very important matter?the "omnibus" faiit piOYlQia^ ivi cXtTU school levies passed at the last session of the General Assembly. It is greatly to be regretted that "L." did not turn his attention to it earlier, for, as will be noticed, it is now too late to get the benefit of its provisions tms year. The bill provides that upon the written request of a majority of resident freeholders of the age of twentyone years and over who return property of the value of one hundred dollars for taxation, the trustees shall call a meeting of said taxpayers at any _ time before the first .of June of each I newspaper pnhlisheci in the district ? <if liuib ia uuc) ui in*. posted ]u At ? ii?MnenimAng rtlflnPS ill Said AC&Sl lurcc wuoj^ivuvww district for two weeks before the 5 meeting. When assembled the meetr iog shall elect a chairman and secreb tary and shall have the power to levy i an extra school tax, not to exceed two t mills, and to appropriate it to snch , school purposes as a majority present i i shall see fit. *** i The foregoing from the bill referred f to answers mainly "L.'s" queries, and e has been published before. Ifc will be seen no notification of non-residents is e required, and there is no regularly ; appointed set of managers nor form1 ally conducted election. The whole u thing is simply done in a public meet>f ing of citizens designated. it The bill is "highly recommended" k by numbers of the best men in the Sjale?men who have given the subd ject of improving our schools their y most careful consideration, and whose ~L ' " onnolo/l nillv hv Jt Drams pciua^o V^UM?W? ^ their zeal for education. They have dees tided, after much thought and long es consideration, that it is the best we id can do, and "is even a privilege" to |)S go down into "our pockets" and draw forth the "shekels" that will raise the Ps standard of our common schools. m This result of their judgment and care of is seriously commended to the citizens kc ! of Fairfield as the best devised plan , ! that has, in the opinion of the writer, been presented to the people ior consideration and action?being more ??. rer practical and less chimerical than any l<ye other. "L." seems to be dissatisfied at the distribution of the school tax as now conducted. lie appears to think it goes off somewhere out of the county, alf and only a part of it gets back after ' J having gone through a process of 011 nrnmnff and lessening. Every dollar ^ . ** ?bt collected for schools in South Carolina D00 remains in the county where collected sce and bas done so for ten years. These . large sums, $150 and $200, given to C1 e individuals, do not come out of school cm funds at all, but are appropriated sbv directly by the Legislature, and in ie<f, doing so that body is following the , ." practice ot Legislatures where school legislation has passed beyond mere hat trying tampering, etc., but proceeds OB fhneo be upon pnucipies as ? Cll UA^U IW uivwv ;,no. of some science. f. Take the Winthrop Training School for example-not that the writer has ! t0 any great fondness or preference for jnce ithe would far rather see a finely ;f ?c equipped South Carolina girls' school Al u in* full and free operation more uiau one of the numerous present and proj ecied institutions under the win? of I- the State. Why its existence? Simply because of the lack of trained / and competent teachers in the State, > and in recognition of the fact that we must have better teachers before better each schools, these scholarships were estab ^eis lisbecl to turn out into the teacmng ls's is force of the State thirty-five trained ^ f tlie aud efficient teachers year]yiJ^_i^-?-,---_^ ."ube. longer a question--*"'* ^??---ff,cre~firsl, nyn i MmIm.i i .i?crr-gggs." but every thxnk, and iug man knows good teachers must s tjie come before good schools. The $150 lle, paid the successful young lady from " ^ 3 * ~ ama jUde3- Fairfield diviuea amuug ito ui?,uu..n are dred schools would be felt about as g but much as was the proverbial gnat upon sur- the bull's horn. But if it is the means of taking some crude, untrained young j* lady and making of her a skilled and jJ.nl; enthusiastic teacher, then may we say,"TH |fi| 30. well done, may the W. T. S. live 6. and prosper.