WAK REMI
Two Interesting Inci<
A. Hoyt, in (?rec
Mr. T. li. Lackic,of Detroit, Mich.,
has sent us thc following interesting
reminiscence of the Second Manassas,
which narrates an incident of thc bat
tle with which sonic of our readers are
already familiar:
"In thc year 1 sri."? f mr gentlemen
entered their sons ut a boarding school
at Cokesbury in South Carolina.
They had been for years intimate
friends, and were clergymen in the
Methodist Church. These boys re
mained at this school as room-mates
and classmates for two years and en
tered Wofford College, standing rela
tively lir.it, second, third and fourth
in a large class. They remained in
this institution four years and were
room-mates all tho time, graduating
relatively first, second, third and
fourth.
"They entered a law office in Spar
tariburg and studied law under thc
samo chancellor. Thc war broke out i
and they entered Jenkins' Kifle Begi- j
ment from South Carolina (Capt. dos.
Walker's company) and were mess- |
mates iu thc same company. Being
near the same height they stood to
gether as comrades in b.ttle iu this
regiment. At the sceond battle of 31a
nassas a shell from thc Federal bat
tery fell tu thc ranks of this company,
killing these four boys and no others
in the company.
"They are buried on thc battle Cold
aud sleep together in thc same grave. !
Their names arc Capers, McSwain, I
Smith and Duncan and they are thc \
sons of Bishop Capers, Bev. Dr. Mc- I
Swain, Kev. hr. Whitefield Smith and ;
Bev. Dr. Duncan, of Virginia. This
grave is marked by a granite cross en
closed with an iron fence."
The writer was in commaud of Co.
C, Palmetto Sharp Shooters, which
was ou thc right of thc regiment, and
Co. K was uext to thc right, com
manded by thc late Capt. II. II.
Thompson, a bravo soldier who died a
few years ago in Spartanburg. Tho
position ho occupied by the regiment
was in a piece of woods not far from
tho edgo, where it was halted, ordered
to Ho down, and remained under a
most terrille fire of shot and shell un
til Col. Walker gave thc command to
"chango from front to rear on twelfth
company," which would place thc
regimcut at a right angle from its first j
position in the woods. When Cos. C
and K began thc movement, it was
observed by thc writer that several
men did not risc when tho command
was givcu to change front, when he
went to thc place where the men were
lying, and-found that five young men
were killed by thc explosion of tho
shell in thc manner described. Four
of them wcro Capers, McSwain, Smith
and Duncan, who belonged to Co. K,
and tho fifth man was W. M. Koown,
of Co. C, who was raised in Anderson
County. Young Keown had a narrow
escape from death in the First Ma
nassas, where a minnie ball went
? through his hat and grazed his hair,
-and he went gallantly through all
other battles unhurt until ho was
within two hundred yards of tho spot
whero ho so narrowly run tho gauntlet
in the First Manassas. Ho was an
excellent, soldier, and remarkable for
his native wit and intelligence, al
though ho did not have tho educa
tional advantages of the other young
men who met death with him.
Mr. Lackic was a member of tho
Sixteenth Michigan, and Thc Moun
taineer printed last year an account
written by bim of thc famous encoun
ter of his regiment with thc Palmetto
Sharp Shooters at (?aines' Mill on the
27th of June, 1802. This account of
tho battle lcd to an extensive corres
pondence with Mr. Lackio by mem
bers of tho Sharp Shooters and others.
Mr. E. E. Bankin, of Arlington,
Texas, waa among tho number who
wrote to Mr. Lackic, especially with
reference to tho proposed reunion at
Louisville, whioh unfortunately did
not take place. Mr. Bankin discov
ered that two of the Sharp Shooters
lived in his town, and they were muoh
interested in the rcminiscenses of
Gaines' Mill. The names of those
two soldiers aro M. T. and A. W.
Walker, who bolongcd to Co. K, P. S.
S., and ono of them sent tho clipping
from an old newspaper which gave thc
facts reoited about the remarkable co
incidents at tho Second Manassas.
. Comrade A. W. Walker informed Mr.
Bankin that he helped to bury the
'foot boys belonging to Co. K who are
.named in the article. These addi
tional faots will prove interesting to
snany0of our readers, and we thank
Mr. Tinbin for his courtesy and kind
ness in plaoing them at our disposal.
THIN CRAY UNES OF TAR HEELS.
Jfrom tht Confederate V/cUran.
John Q . Young, of Winston, N. C.,
sends the following a???uul of ino
fight et Winchester, Ya., by Gen.
Bradley T. Johuston, of the Maryland
NISCENSES.
lents o?' thc Civil War.
nvtHv MouitUiim cr.
j !,iue. it is introduced as an incident
i in tho battle of Winchester, Va., that
j surpasses the Ninety-Third Regi
! incut's famous stand on the morning
: of Bilaklava-how (Jen. Robert D.
j .Johnston repelled repeated charges of
Yankee cavalry far outnumbering his
attenuated brigade as told by Gen.
Bradley .Johnston:
At thc battle of Balaklava occurred
an incident which Kinglike had paint
cd in woids, and thus immortalized.
Thc Highland Brigade, thc Forty
Second, thc Black Watch, the Cold
Stream Guards, the Grenadiers, und
1 the Ninety-Third (Sir Colin ('amp
hell's old regiment) were in position
; which threw the Ninety-Third just
alon;; thc crest of a slight ri.-e of the
ground.
Thc Russian Artillery had been an
noying, and the Ninety-Third lay
down just behind the crest, where
they wero better sheltered and con
cealed. A division of Russian horse
was moving to the left of Sir Colin's
line, and its head of column nearly
with the British, when at ince four
squadrons of Russians (four hundred
men) swung quickly out of column
and struck a gallop toward thc Eng
lish position. Instantly thc High
landers rose from the ground, and
with their tall forms and towering
black plumes looked like a linc of
giants. Thc Nineiy-Third was not in
touch with either of the other battal
ions of thc brigade, so they stood and
tonk it, and when tho Russians got
within three hundred yards of them
opened tire upon them and drove them
back. They never repeated thc
charge. This scene had been cele
brated in song and story as "Sir Colin
Campbell's Thin Red Linc." It was
witnessed by thc allied armies-Eng
lish. French, and Turkish-and sim
ply astounded the Russians, for both
sides saw it.
But I myself, with thousands of
others, saw Johnston's North Carolina
Brigade (First North Carolina Battal
ion Sharp Shooters, Fifth, Twelfth,
Twentieth, and Twenty-Third Regi
ments) do a thing on September li),
1801, which far excelled in gallantry,
in firmness, and in heroism this feat
of thc "Thin Red Line." I have
never seen a description of it in pript,
and I do uot think it was referred to
in tiie reports. I am sure Bob John
ston did not. for he was as modest as
he was handsome and brave.
In September, 18G4. Karly's army
was lying about Winchester. Wc had
been through Maryland, and terrified
Washington into fits, and had gotten
safely back into A'irginia, with thou
sands of horses, cattle, medical stores,
and hundreds of wagonloads of edibles
of every kind. I had a cavalry br;
gado of wild, Southwestern Virginian
horsemen, as bravo and as undiscip
lined as the Virginia Rangers Col.
Washington surrendered at Fort Ne
cessity, or Andrews fought Cornstalk
with at Point Pleasant. I was bivou
acked; wo had no tonts. About three
miles north of Winchester, on the
valley pike, and picketed from tho
valley piko to the Berryville pike,
running cast from Winchester, Gen.
Robert D. Johnston, of North Caro
lina, had abrigado of from eight to ten
hundred muskets on tho Borryvillo
pike, on tho top of thc ridge running
aoross tho road. My piokots w?ro a
mile in advanco of his in Asho fol
low. Sheridan, with forty-fivo thou
sand infantry and ton thousand cav
alry, lay eight to fiftcon miles beyond
our picket lines, from Berryville and
Ripon to Charleston and Ilalltown, in
Clark and Jefferson Counties, Va.
Now, every morning thc Yankee cav
alry would rush my pickets in on
Johnston's posts. Ho would stop
i them until I got up, and then I'd drive
the Yankees back and re-establish my
originnl picket posts. This doue, I
would send my command back to
camp.
I had about eight hundred mounted
men, and I'd rido up to Bob John
ston's headquarters, which was a
wagon under a tree, one camp stool,
and a frying pan sizzling with baoon,
and a pot of rye coffee and sorghum.
I'd get my breakfast. But aftor a
week of this prooecding it either bc- I
oamo monotonous >r my appetite
showed jo signs cf weakening. 1
don't know which. Ono morning I
dismounted after my usual morning
call to boots and saddle, and swung
myself very comfortably into John
ston's single and only camp stool. I
smelled the baoon and sma?u tue cof
fee, and waited. In a few momenta
the coc\ handed me a chip xor a plaie
and a tin cup of red hot cotice-so
hot I had to sot tho oup on the grata,
when Hob spoke, saying: "Bradley,
you let those Yankees do you loo bad.
You have got so soared of them that
jruu Ult I ni? tue > Di Jr mo. USS? lucy
make at you/'
"Ia that so, Rober i ?" said I.
"That's a pity, but I don't know how
to help it. I do the boat I can. How
many Yankee cavalry do you think
you arc good for?"
"Well," said he, "i've got eight
hundred muskets present for duty.
By a week's time, as thc boys get back
from thc hospital, I'll have one thou
sand. Well, with one thousand mus
kets, I think I can take care of live
thousand Yanks on horseback."
"All right," said I, "wait and see.
I hope you can."
So I got my breakfast aud went off f
mightily tickled at thc conceit of thc
Tarheel- for Sheridan's Cavalry, with
Custer, Torbett and Devons, were
about as good soldiers as ever took
horse or drew saber. We had drilled
them so that in three years wc had
taught them to ride. They were al
ways drilled enough to Gght, and they
learned thc usc of the saber from ne
cessity.
Well, things went on as usual.
Every morning Sheridan would send a
regiment out to feel Karly-to drive
in his pickets-?so as to make sure
where he was, aud to know where to
find him; and every morning I would
ride over to the Bcrryvillc road, re
establish my lines, and get my break
fast oft of .Johnson.
liy daylight the l!>th of September,
a scared cavalryman of my own com
mand nearly rode over me, as I lay
asleep on the grass, and reported that
the Yankees were advancing with a
heavy force of infantry, artillery, and
cavalry, up the Bcrryvillc road. Karly
was up toward Stephenson's depot,
and Johnston aud I were responsible
for keeping Sheridan out of Winches
ter, and protecting the Confederate
linc of retreat ami of communication
up thc valley. lu two minutes my
command was mounted (we always
saddled up and fed an hour before
dawn) and moving at a trot across thc
open fields to the Bcrryvillc road and
to Johnston's assistance. There was
not a fence nor a house nor a bush nor
a tree to obscure thc view. Away off,
more than two miles, wc could see the
crest of thc hill covered with a cloud
of Yankee cavalry, aud in front of
them (five hundred yards in front) was
a thin gray line moving off in retreat
solidly, and with perfect coolness and
self-possession. As soon as I got to
realize what was going on I quickoned
our gait, and when within a mile broke
into a gallop. The scene was as plain
as day. A regiment of cavalry would
deploy into linc, and then their bugles
would souud thc charge and they
would swoop down on the thin gray
linc of North Carolinians. Tho in
stant thc Yankee buglo sounded North
Carolina would halt, face to the rear
rank, wait until the horses git within
ouc hundred yards, and then fire as
deliberately and coolly as if firing vol
leys on parade driii. Thu cavalry
would break and scamper back, and
North Carolina would "about face"
and continue her march in retreat aa
solemnly, stubbornly, aud with as
much disciplino and dignity as if
marching in review. Hut wo got there
just in time. Cavalry aids tho Tar
heels. Certainly half a dozen charges
had been mado at tho retreating thin
gray line, and eaoh and eve ny time the
oharging squadrons had been driven
baok, when the enemy sent their line
with a rush at the brigade of Tarheels,
and one squadron overlapped the in
fantry line, and was just passing it
when we got up. In another aiiuute
thoy would have been behind the line,
sabering the men from the rear while
they wore held by the fight in front.
But we struck a headlong strain and
went through the Yankees by the
flank of tho North Carolina, and car
ried their adversaries baok to the crest
of the hill, back through the guns of
their battery, clear back to their in
fantry lines. In a moment they ral
lied, and were oharging us in front
and on both flanks; and back wo wont
in a hurry, but the thin gray linc of
old North Carolina was safe. They
had gotten back to the rest of tho in
fantry and formed lines at right angles
to tho pike west of Winchester.
I rode up to Bob Johnston, very
"pert," as wo say in North Carolina,
and said: "Pretty closo call that, Mr.
Johnston. What do you think now of
the Yankco oavalry's fighting quali
ties ?" And tho real of the day wo
enjoyed ourselves. Wo could see
everything that was going on for miles
around. Tho oountry was entirely
open. Tho day was beautiful, clear
and bright-Scptomber 19. Thoy
I would form for a forward movement
threo linos, ono aftor another-maroh
sedately along until thoy got within
touch of our lines, they raise a hurrah
and rush in a ohargo, and in two
minutes tho Seid would be oovered
with running, flying Yankees. There
were 45,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry,
and 3,000 mounted gunmen. The
thing began at daylight and kept np
till dark, when, flanked and worn ont,
Ei Sy retreated to escape being our
This is the story of the "Thin Gray
Linc of North Carolina" asd the cav
alry ohargc, a feat of arms before
whioh that of Sir Colin Campbell's
Highlanders fadca into insignificance.
Comrade Young mentions as some
of his fellow-soldiers^.i the battlo of
Winchester Maj. R. ?. Wilson, Capt.
J. E. {?iliucf, of Winston, and Br.
i xi. A. ??sans?n, c. salem.
Arrived Just in Time.
A circus paid a flying visit to a sinai
Northo.ru town not long ago, and thc
price of admission .vas sixpence, chil
dren under 10 years of age half price.
It was Edith's tenth birthday, and
her brother Tom, agod 13, tool
her in tba afternoon to ace the show.
Arrived at tho door he put down
ninepence and asked for two front
scats.
"How old is tho little girl?" asked
thc money-taker, doubtfully.
"Well," replied MasterTom, "this ie
her tenth birthday; but she was not
born until rather late in thc after
noon." '
The money-taker accepted the
statement, and handed him thc lick
etti. But tt W?3 a close shave.
- Emmet Boyles, who lives near
Pescudalc, Mo., has fonnd in a ravine
a minc of curiosities. Among thc
things found arc a petrified cat, a pet
rified white oak log, mussel shells,
snails, cte , also, some fine flint Indian
aarowheads and line specimens of dif
ferent kinds of ore.
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1 Nature is in earnest when sbe
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Holmes.
What is civilization? I answer,
I thc power of good women.-Emerson.
A woman finds it a much easier task
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Guyard.
Foxes arc all tail, and women all
tongue.-La Fontaine.
What woman desire9 is written in
heaven.-Chaussee.
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