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W?irm KiM'c?j>tiuii ?ii li Til ('ul. (?corye il- J om In reading (IM* Close Calls of old veterans iu your paper, I have }><'?-t> very much interested; especially in those of (?eu. tl. li. (jordon, and my nld captain, nm Cul. L. 1' Thomas. Since these publications have brgun, several of my old oomraih - h.?ve nrg? d inc to give an account of a vciy ii': il lng adventure thal i li ul with ? he '.blue coats,"' near my I . tl?.'r's old homestead, and I tin\.. .!. i i- : i" d?i MI; yet 1 feel.sad always.when I think of thi- terrible i xperience. Ilefon In inning this narrative, let me -p uk nf sollie matters leading up I enlisted in ('ump.my A, Forty second '(jeorgia llegimont, under Cap tain L. IV Thomas, iu .March, lSli'J This company was composed almost entirely of young, strong farmers, i country boys, all known to each other, and all ready and eager for tb? Iront. Wc were soon assembled at Camp McDonald, or Big Shanty, where the regiment was organized; ll J. Hen derson being made colonel; li. F Mattox, lieutenant colonel, and W. II. Ilulsey, major. The companies were, I considered, all well officered, and I think the records, official and otherwise, will tear mc out in saying th at few if any regiments from (J for gia mad?' a better record, and the twenty two bard fought battles through which it passed, besides thc i nnumeritblc skirmishes, . will go down to history, showing bravery and en durance on the part of this command unsurpassi d hy soldiers of any army. Wc wen- very soon sent lo the | front, and engaged the enemy for tho j first tim? at Taswell, Tenn, h W,H hen- that 1 captura -1 lite first priMiner, and turned him over lo Captain Thoma-, uskiiiii him to give me a fi men th it we might try lo capture :i company that 1 believed lo be cut i IT partly in our rc ir. Ile did so, saying "be careful and don't get captured yourselves" as we moved o IT. The result was that we did capture the company and a large number of guns; 7l> I think, which wen; afterward ten dered to our company as a compliment for this special service. This episode on my part, and its success, together with other incidents of this first fight of the regiment, enthused the entire command, nnd no doubt did much to plaee our regiment in tho lead on other occasions. These eveuts are mentioned to bring us along gradually up to thc most stirring times io the history of thc regiment. This regiment has passed through many other trials and hot en gagements, and thc memorable siege of Vicksburg had passed; many of its noble number had passed over the river, and after a time it found itself confronted by a grand army of Federal troops, commanded by (Jencrai Sher man, and confronting him, our boys commanded by (1 encrai Joseph E. Johnstou. Wc were at Ilesaeea when that desperate battle was fought. At this time men who knew thc couutry roads near and around Atlanta were in great demand, and I was detailed as a special scout, having been raised io Gwinnctt Coauly and arouud At lanta. I knew the country well north and west of Atlanta, therefore I was kept on our right wing for the purposo of watching and reporting the movc nionl of the enemy, and many a thrill ing experience I bad in this perilous position; it would take a large volume to contain them all. The duties of a scout were very perilous; if caught, your life was al ways, as a rule, taken, especially so if your pass was on your person, which read as follows: "I'ass through our lines at all times, unmo lested. Signed,-, Gen eral." Therefore many risks are taken by a i-cout unknown to the common soldiers. This brings me to my story: In company with four men, viz. : Frank Martin, Db-!: Mills, Tobe Mills and Joe Russell, all of whom aro liv ing in this county now, except Martin, who is dead. I was on a scout on our right wing about twenty miles from Atlanta, and were returning to camp after making thc -ounds without any important events. When we were passing my father's house, he hailed ns. Wa drew up in a bunch near thc gate, and he came out to welcome us aud shake hands. We were sitting carelessly on our horses talking to him, and my little brother, Clarke, was seated on ton of tho gate post playing with my horse's mane. Wo had not been theres minute, when we wore fired upr . in tho rear hy a large eomptny of Federal cavalry, who were chi--.sing down upon us like a whirl wind. I spurred my horse into the middle of tho road and ordered a re treat. They were hidden from our view by the limbs of large cedar trees that grew just inside' ?of the yard. One horse passed me without a rider lis Old ?rlome in "War llC?S. .s-, .1 thalia Journal. ul t li i s tillie, and I heard my motlier scream, thinking that 1 or ?some poor fellow had beru .shot. Wc :ill <la-lied up the lune; I waft j heavily armed, having two ten inch revolvers in my heh, and a Burnside repeating rill-: -lang uve? my shoulder. Tlui three remaining hoys parsed, and ilso iii?- too.se horse. 1 hogan ?lis charging my revolvers at the charging foe, and they slowed up somewhat. Wc kept this up for half ?i mil?', when ifiy horse was shot ami fell. In the I fall I caught on m . feet, unslung my riffe, and .<..<- taking deliberate aim at i the near? -t man, when my horse rose j tohi> feel with a stagger, und my ! r i i_* 11 ? foot having become ill some i my>leri?)US way entangled in thc liai ter r< in, caused me to fall before 1 could extricate myself, and I was sur rounded by thc enemy before 1 could regain my feet. One man dismounted and bhoved a pistol on mc, and asked if I surrendered, and L said "of course I will." After a little T extricated myself from tho halter rein and rose to my feet. 1 had been sick for some time, und had a chill that morning, and had fever on mu at this time. This little "yank," who was an offi cer, ordered me to hand him my pis tols. I then unbuckled the belt and handed it over to him; he gave ita sling with one hand and tried to catch and fasten it; made several attempts, but failed each time. All this time thc other hand hold a r?'V??lver pointed st.night at my head, and I noticed that it was empty. Ile excitedly and suddenly gave orders to the others tu pursue the fleeing hoys, who were scampering away through an old li eli!. About the same time he lowered his pistol hand lo catch and fuste.i the lu i:. The moment that I had awaited uni- awful interest came. 1 felt thu my lit'?- was ia this movement id' his, .md willi ali :lu- strength I could com mand, I struck him with my right hand just below the chin, hoping to break his neck, and kicked him with one foot, at the same time'keeping up with him. 1 landed him at least fif teen feet away iu a dense briar patch, and dashed over his prostrate form through thc briers into thc thicket, in two seconds time. I was complete ly hidden from ihe balance of thc Federal cavalry when I struck this follow, and he squalled out: "Mur der! Help!" I don't know, but I im agino those who were mounted were too much rattled and completely taken by surprise to shout promptly; any way I run some distance in thc brush before they began to shoot; then there was u regular fusilado and the leaves cut by thc bullets fell all around and about me. They also charged their horses through the woods, shouting and shouting: "Haiti" all tho time But I hud made safe my escapo so far without a scratch, and proposed going on. After runuiug several hundred yards, I stopped aud listened at their confusion. I had on a very heavy and large set of spurs that mado lots of noise, sol slipped them off, also tak ing from my pants pocket alargo lot of cartridges, and then I went on to the road aud crossed and stopped to rest. They came through to thc road hud dled up together, consulted for a few minutes, and then abandoued thc chase to my great relief. I then'at once retraced my steps to where I hoped tD fiud either a gun or pistol, left iu tho excitement of thc fight, but they were all gone, as well as my horse and coat. I'then went around to an old mill and asked Mr. Hopkins, who was ita keeper, to run over to my father's house and find out what had happen ed. lie did so, and returned in a short time bringing me the sad news of my little brother's death. Ile had been shot through the head and killed instantly, while running from tho gate to thc house, :>.nd it was this that caused my mother to scream at the beginuing of thc attack. I was never so grieved in all my life. I sat down on thc steps and cried like a child sorrow and thoughts of revenge surg ing through my mind, and before get ting up from my scat I had made up my mind what to do, and what follow ed is unwritten history, and will al ways bo. This little brother was about eleven years of age, a bright manly little fellow and his loss to our family, and especially to my dear mother, was heart-rending-never bc forgotten. Thc "yanks" told my father that they had caught me, and would stretoh my muk. Ho did not know, until Hopkins told him, that I had made ray escape. A CLOSE CALL. Atlanta Journal : As I am of the Confederate soldiers and a constant reader of your valuable paper, I will write a short letter giving you a little of liiy ex pi* ri ?i nco in what thc hoys call . cl..tils. " I ha<l so m?rij of them 1 li ir'JIy know which ono to re late 1 was a member of Company I>, Seventh Georgia Kegimeut, Captain C. J. Forcacre's company. I left At lanta with tho company, then only a boy ill my teens. I took par?, in nearly every engagement that our regiment was in. We opened the seven-day fight around Richmond at Garnett's farm. We lost half our men; thc High th Georgia about thc same. The two regiments opened the fight while Jackson was coming in Mc (Holland's rear. One of my close calls was at Malvern Hill, another at Sharpsburg, Md., Boonesborough Mountain, Wilderness, Fredericks* buiy, Brandy Station, Gettysburg (tiler?.' I received a dangerous wound), and many others too numerous to mention. Hut the one T will relate happened near Centreville, Ya. Our regiment was on jucket duty some live or six miles north of Centreville. By some means wc heard that there was some Yankees a mile or so in front of u.-i, and as wc wore young and mis chievous three of us decided wc would hunt them up, so wc got our guus aud accoutrements and started - Brooks, Foster and myself. We struck out, following a country road until we came to a fence. Just back in thc planta tion stood a farm house, some quarter of a mile distant. We very cautious ly advanced toward thc house and we ! met a little uegro boy as wc neared tho house, some 12 or l-l years old. We asked him if there was any Yan kees about there. He only griuned and made no reply. Wc walked around the house right into the face of a whole conipauy of F'ederal sol diers. As we turned the corner of the bouse they tired a volley at us, not moro than 3 to 15 feet from us. BrooKs knocked one of their gut . up with his hand. As be fired the ^all passed over his head. We all three tired into them. I saw several of them stagger as if to fall, but we did not stay to see how many fell. We took to our heels and I think it was tho best run of the war. They continued to fire ou us until we reached the fence -md woods which were about a quarter of a mile "rom where we started. When we reached tho picket post we found our regiment in line of battle ready for an attack. If they followed us further than the fence we never knew it. When relating this story to my wife she asked mc why they didn't kill us all. 1 told her 1 had never been able to tell why as thc balls passed over us, under us, by tho side of us and every where but far from us. Brooks was killed after that occurrence in some engagement. Jim Fo3ter still lives. He lives in Cobb County, near Ac worth, in this State, and I will stop here to say a better soldier never went into field of hatti than James Foster, of Compauy B, Seventh Regiment. Yours truly, J. T. POWELL. Rome, Ga., Feb. 13. ANDERSONVILLE PRISON. TAMPA, FLA., Feb. 16.- Dr. J. C. Pelote, now a practicing physician at Palmetto, in thia State, a few miles below this city, on tho Manatee River, tells some interesting stories cf the late civil war. Ile can tell of many close calls ho experienced, but among tho most iutercsting of his experi ences is taken from his memory of An dcrsonville-that famous prison. Ho was in charge there for a time, and tells graphically of some of the scenes enacted thore, and which were com mon enough in their way, but aro new to the present generation. In speak ing of the matter a few days ago while in this city, Dr. Pelote said: "According to the best information I can obtain, I was tho last officer to serve in tho Confcdcrato army after thc surrender. I was a surgeon loca ted at Andcrsonvillo prison when tho news of thc surrender came. The Confederate army to which I was at tached immediately proceeded to leave. Thc Federals who came from Maoon to take charge of thc prison asked me to remain until a medical man could come, as there was none with the de tachment. I agreed to do so, and was the only Confederate to remain. For two weeks or moro I served under the direction of tho Federal officer in charge, and was allowed to retain my rank of captain and was treated with thc greatest consideration. "During the time I was in attend ance at that prison,1' continued the doctor, "a peculiar thing happened. One day thc medicines gave out. Thore was not a remedy of any kind left. And, do you know, on this par ticular day there was not a single death! Never beforo in tho history of the prison before -.hat day passed when there was not a lull supply of medi cines of all kind on hand. The next day the medicine supplies arrived and the deaths went on just as they did previous to the day without mortality. This was considered a great joke on the doctors, aad even prisoners soon came to know o? it and guyed us about it. "During my. stay thora T saw an illustration which oame nearer to my idea of hell than anything I ever saw. There vere more than 30,000 prison? ers cooli neil in the great prison, aii'l naturally lliej were made upofall the elem, nts al human race. Oae day I heard a terrible noise coming '"rom tho Blockade. It was made up of shrieks, groans, whoops, yells, erics of all kinds coming from many thousands of throats in all thc keys of thc human voice. I asked thc officer of the prison what it meant. He re plied that for aome time a band of robbers, organized from among thc prisoners, had been preying among the prisoners. They would rob every man as soon as they discovered that he had anything worth taking. Some times their raids were not unaccom panied by violence, and occasionally a man would be fouud earrotcd as a re sult of the work of this band of prison outlaws. A delegation of the prison ers had laid thc matter before the runion:!mler {ind 8*kcd to be allowed to break it up. Ile told them to go ahead and catch their men, but to be sure and get the guilty ones. The entire prison was then organized into a law and order league and a number ui tuc wretches were caught and posi tively identified as the leaders of the desperadoes. "The officers asked what they want ed with thc mcu, - nd their almost unanimous verdict was to hang them. Thc commander said he would not do this, but gave tho prisoners the privi lege of being courtmartialed. This was immediately gono into on the drum head style and six of the fifteen were sentenced to death. Gibbets were at once erected aud the prisoners proceeded to hang the men without delay, "Several of tho fellows they wanted were hard to catch, and for hours in all that dense crowd of humanity suc ceeded in evading tLiir pursuers. They fought desperately before they were all taken, and some were armed with dangerous knives and used them ferociously. It was thc most thrill ing and exciting scene I ever wit nessed in all my war experiences, and, although the memory of it lingers with me, I never want to see such again.'-Atlanta ?Journal. A Cure for Wounds. The smoke of wooleti rjgs is a cure for most dangerous wounds. A lady of my acquaintance ran a machine needle through her finger. She could not bo released till the machine was takcu to pieces. Thc needle bad broken into her finger in three pieces, one of which was bent almost double. After repeated trials tho pieces were extracted by pincers, but they were very strongly imbedded. The pain reached the shoulder, and there was every danger of lockjaw. The woolen rags were put over the coals, and she held her finger over the smoke, and in a very short time all the pain was gone and it never returned, though it was some little time before the finger healed. This is but one of the many instances of such cures, some of them taking place bcvcral days from the time of thc wound. Let woolen rags be kept sacredly and always at hand for wounds. Tho smoke and stench will fill the house, perhaps, but that is a trifle when the alternative is look jaw, or eveu a long, painful sequel to a wound. Another instance was the wound made by an enraged cat, which tore tho flesh from the wrist to tho elbow, and bit through the fleshy part of the hand. One ministration of the smoke extracted all pain, which had boen frightful.-Bot, on Transcript. Rheumatism -Catarrh in the Blood. 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An Ordsr for Special Term. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Judge presiding at February, 1001, Term of said Court for Anderson County, that a Special Te? m of aald Court is necessary In order that the Grand Jury may oom pl?te important work which lt now han . ni hand OanKRBn, That a Special Term of said Court bo bf gun to be holden at Auder aon C. H., 8 C" at 10 o'clock a. m., cn Thursday, the 7th day of March, 1001, and that tbe same continue so lons aa the bundoona of said Court may require. Ordered further. That tho Clerk of aald i'ourt, at least aneen day? before thm commencement of Buoh Special Secalon, causo th? time and placa fop holding the wama to ba notified the Daily Mali, th? People*. Advocate and Anderdon Intel U gencsr for at least two weeks successive ly, aald newsp*pera rwdog published at Anderson, M. O. . W r. Bts.NET, Pr? aiding J edge, 14th February, 1901. 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