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WAR STORIES. The Tenth. Georgia at Zoar Church and Chancellorsville. Col. A. ./. McBride. took the place of thc in Atlituta Journal. When we T venty-fourth Georgia regiment be hind thc stone wsll at thc foot of Marycs Hill, Sunday evening, Dcccm bcr 11th, 18<>2, it was about the hard est place to hold wc had ever tried; thc stench from dead men and horses was sickening, but rapid work soon relieved us to some extent. Things wore so quiet ;.n our front that (?en- ' eral MeLuws thought best to investi gate and ordered two men of tho Tenth to go into Frcdcricksburg and see what the Yankees were doing: our loss had been so small that wc could not be lieve that thc battle was over. J. X. Beauchamp, of Company K, who now lives at Stone Mountain, and Sparks of the Yaller Hammers, two of the Tenth':! sharpshooters, crawled out across thc field between the Yankee pickets; went clear to the river; found that most of Burnsides' army had crossed, those that were left disorgan ized and badly demoralized. When Beauchamp and Sparks returned our pickets were advanced through thc town and went on duty on thc banks of thc Kappahannock. We captured a number of prisoners. In nearly every house we found dead men ; there were very few houses that had escaped thc shells; tho churches, stores, resi dences and warehouses all showed signs of the bloody struggle. I saw a dead Union soldier leaning in a corner of a closet holding his gun, his right foot on thc floor, his left knee resting on a bench, a bullet hole in his loft cheek, another in his breast; he had evidently been killed while shootiug at our men through a small opening in thc building, and so sudden had been his death that he became rigid almost in thc position ho had whilo shootiug. Thc scenes of blood and sickening odors actually mado many sick. Very soon many women and children came into Fredericksburg to look at their dismantled homes; some of them re mained and set up housekeeping. Ahout-the 20th General Burnsides started on his celebrated "mud march;" as his army struggled and toiled through and finally stuck in tho mud, our pickets told them they would come over and help pull them out if they would go homo and behave them selves, and if they ever dared to come on our side of the river again they would whip thom mighty near to death; others told them thoy would put them to plowing and learn them how to handle mules; others with sar casm no ICSB biting, that they would show thom how to sheet. About this time Fighting Joe Hooker took com mand and the army of tho Potomac went baok into camp on tho beautiful hills of tho Kappahannock; thc pick ets soon established a truco and lively trade sprang up between ilium. Leo's army was in camp along the height fronting and in sight of the Federals. The high tide of the Confederacy was during the winter of 18C2 and spring of 18G3. Military success had in spired the pooplo of tho South with unbounded confidence in their sol diers, and nearly every breast was ani mated with thc brightest hopes of our final success. The soldiers and peo ple at homo had a few weeks of rest and cheerful expectations freed in a large measure from thc grief and sor row which hung like a pall over our country during those four long gloomy years. Quiltings, com shuckings and social gatherings in thc country; theatricals, shows, etc., in thc cities, snow battles, sleighing, fishing, cte, in the camp. Tho fishing began about thc middle of March and from that time until tho end of April the sol diers of both armies of the Kappa hannock had frolic and fun and plenty of fish. We managed to koep a mod erate supply of sure enough coffeo and Hugar by swapping tobacco, and our foragers would bring in chickens, geese, biting pigs, etc. One of Gen eral Lee's aides, Capt. Bob Chilton, presented an account to General Mc Laws for a farmer who had lost sov cral hogs and said he had traced to camp of thc Tenth Georgia regiment and found where they had been slaughtered. Captain Chilton re quested General McLaws to collect thc amount of thc bill by deducting thc amount from the pay roll of thc Tenth. General McLaws said he \% ;uld aobdo so, as it would bo an arbi trary and illegal proceeding even if it was clearly proved that men of the Tenth took the hogs, which he did not believe, for from his knowledge of that regiment if they had hogs to kill thoy would kill them near the ground of some other regiment rather than furnish evidence against themselves. Dr. George Todd, a brothel' of Mrs. Vbraham Lincoln, who was surgeon of tuc Tenth, got a cask of fine -French, brandy which had reoently been brought from France by blockade run ners. He placed it in his tent, had H guarded very carefully, treated a great many of his favoriUb among the officers aud men of thc regiment, but there was a large number who were not favored with this rare treat, just fairly burning to wet their whistles with that fine old Cognac. A largo crowd of thc neglected assembled about a hundred yards in front of Dr. Todd's tent and got up one of the biggest rows ever heard in thc camp of the Tenth Georgia regiment. Mon and officers rushed to thc scene of thc tcrriblo Gght, which seemed to bo going on between about fifty men. Kvcrybody wa? excited, except about a dozen men, who thc moment thc row began, ripped open thc back of Dr. Todd's tent, took thc cask, crap i Hod it into jugs, tin pans and camp kettles previously provided, distribu ted thc jugs, etc., fairly among thc ten companies of thc Tenth and then hid the empty cask in one of the tc'"ts of thc Fifty-third regiment. When Dr. Todd discovered his loss he was in a furious passion and made tho air lurid with his maledictions against thc men who had stolen his cask. He sent for Captain Bcdwine aud thc provost guard and begau a systematic hunt for thc thieves. Many of the Tenth had by this time tested thc "spiritus vini gallici" and joined earnestly in the hunt and boldly de nounced tho malefactors. Captain Uedwinc searched faithfully through thc tents of thc Fiftieth and Fifty first Georgia regiments, and then started through tho Fifty-third, little doubting from the first that he would find thc empty cask in tho Tenth. Many of thc Tenth were unusually hilarious, and there was much cir cumstantial evidence besides the gen eral reputation of the regiment to war rant his belief; but great was his surprise, and that of everybody elso, when he found it in ono of the Fifty third's tents. A number of arrests followed, but no one was punished. Thc Tenth Georgia was doing picket duty in Frcdcrioksburg, having the very best kind of a time. Successful fishing and trafficking with the Yan kees went on evory day. Seiners on both sides, "stark naked," made rich hauls of fine fish, and had some in tensely ludicrous quarrels, t related in a formor article how some of tho Tenth who had encroached too far on the Yankees' side, when told by tho Yankees that they would turn loose their artillery on us, told the Yankees they would come over naked as they were and take every gun they had. I refer to this again because I have re cently learned that Captain G. B. Lamar, now living at or near Thomas ton, Ga., was with General MiLaws on that April day, and saw and heard all I have related. On the morning of the 2?Hh of April our season of pleasure waB suddenly and rudely ended by rapid musket fir ing not far to our right. We imme diately stood to arms. About 12 o'clock I was ordered by Colonel Holt to take command of the sharpshoot ers and go on picket at thc foot of Lee's hill, our left resting near Wal ford's mill, on Hazel Kun, our right near to and in front of Howison's house, where we remained tili about suusc', on tho 30th, when wo marched about three miles toward Chancellors ville, and wont into camp on Friday, May 1st. Sommes' brigade had a sharp fight with Sykos' regulars near /oar Church. Colonel William M. Slaughter and Lieutenant Colonel Ed ward Ball, of thc Fifty-first Georgia, wero both seriously, tho former mor tally wounded. Many others of that splendid regiment fell. The Tenth was less exposed and had few casual ties; wc were in a perfect jungle of rank vines and undergrowth, lying down. Birds and animals frightened by Sykes' men, who were keeping up a lively shooting in our direction, came close up to our lines or flow over us. Several pheasants came dose up to thc "Yaller Hammers," Sparks and' others gathered some rocks, ran after thom and got one or two of them. Tho sharpshooters of tue Tenth soon got a good position and poured a de structive enfilading fire into Sykes' men. They fell back toward Chan cellorsville. Wc pushed them hard, captured, killed and wounded a good many and made nearly all of them shed their knapsacks, overcoats, etc. Sommes' brigade made rich hauls of canned delicacies, coffee, sugar, blan kets, newspapers, guns, swords, e?c. I have before me now a letter ?ritten on paper furnished by one of Sykes' vnguiav/i. I got. hp.fiidpn. the current numbers of Frank Leslie's and Har per's Magazines. The former was in tensely pro-Southern. Some of the cartoons were fine, ono representing General Stowart returning from a raid laden down with boots of Federal brigadier generals; then Uncle Sam in deep distress because tho brigadiers were not in thc boots; another reprc j sentiii^ .Secretary Chase in the last j stages of greeiibaek dropsy. About dark we ran up ou Hooker's strongly intrenched lines al Chancel lorsville; we bivouacked on McGee's hill to thc left of thc turnpike, near Chancellorsville, close to a road lead ing down to the left to an iron furnace. Just before dark Generals Lee, Stone wall Jackson, Semines, Kershaw and McLaws all met in rear of a battery posted there. I think they allfslept near where Semmcs' brigado was lying, for just about sunrise Saturday, May 2d, Stonewall Jackson and his staff rode past us again going in tho direc tion of the furnace. The air was redolent with thc perfume of the flowers of spring-time; the birds were joyously singing; thc sunlight was brightening thc eastern hilltops that lovely May morning as thc great warrior rode away from us to bc seen by us on this earth ho moro for over and ever. The Yankees were shelli n ? thc battery near us, and desultory musket firing could be heard on our right and left; the sharpshooter*, which I had the honor to command, were deployed about 200yards in front c* our main line, our right resting on thc turnpike. I was ordered to report to General Semmes in person. I found him near the battery. He gave mc particular instructions, telling me to make thc Yankees believe we were going to charge* and drive in their pickets every time they came out, but not to expose my men more than was necessary. While he was instructing mc the Yankees got in some bloody and destructive work with their artil lery, killing and wounding several men aud horses, exploding two caissons in ten stein of us. My recollection is that thc battery was so badly crippled that Manly's battery relieved them BO they might go to rear for repairs. Gen eral Sommes told mc to hurry back to my sharpshooters, advance and pick off thc Yankee gunners who were doing such frightful executions. He went with mc, or rather, 1 went with him, for my plan was to go through the thick undergrowth, but to my dismay, and at great peril to both of us, ho walked in thc middle of tho big road iu full view of thc Yankees at thc Chancellor house, for at least 200 yards, it seemed about a milo. Grape shot were tearing up the dust and whizzing past us by thc basketful. I don't quite understand to this day how wc escaped. When wc reached the line of the sharpshooters, we loft the road, turned to the left and were completely hid from view by the dense undergrowth. Ile ordered us to ad vance cautiously till we saw the Yan kee piokets, then charge with a y-j j J and drive them in, and to give then no rost day or night until further or ders, and to see that we did just right, he went with us. Just as we started several wild turkeys flew over us, During that day and night and next morning I think we drovo in theil piokets ten or twelve times. About 12 o'clock Saturday, after one of oui sham oharges. Captain Hiram Wood of Thomson, Ga., and I were together the bullets were lacerating the bushel and vines around us, and it seemed t< me that they were coming cl soi tad closer. I told Wood the shui? shooters were after us and picked uj our oil cloth On which we had beet sitting, and moved about ten steps ti the left. He laughed at me, but ai he was rising to follow me he was sc riously wounded, a bullet pieroing hi week. Just as the litter bearers start ed to bear him to the rear, we. charge* to the front, and this time it lookei like a general fight had begun. Wof ford's brigado of sharpshooters, witl their usual reckless daring, decide? that they would run right over Hook cr's main lino. They got into such hot pince that General Wo fiord re inforced them and got up a fight tba looked like it was going to be genera and draw us all into it, but not bein in acoord with General Lee's plan and instructions to General McLawc tho latter ordered General Woftord t withdraw. About 6 o'clock that even ing wo heard long rolls of musketr away to our left; it was indistinct a first, but grew louder and carno neare as tho day declined and as the su went down tho roaring aocompanie by the frightful, piercing rebel yel was enough to appall tho stoutei heart; as darkness settlod down upo thc savage Wilderness, the ragin storm of battle grow louder, can nearer; thc rumbling musketry, tb roaring artillery, the shrieking shell thc moaning and groaning of wounde men and animais, the shouts of tl victorious Confederates eohoed ac re-echoed through tho tangled wilde ness, giving a perfect piapaaon of tl War God's terrible music. Oh, wi that was present can ever forget th Saturday night? May 2, 1863? . Thc sharpshooters had no sleep t through the night. At intervals i would fire into the Yankees. By da light wo were pouring * hoi fire in with their companies, had a bloo< fight at short range and had mai killed and wounded. About 9 o'clo the firing on our line nearly oeaae but was furious on our right. I w standing talking with J. M. Dorse now of Fayetteville, and W. B. Serie land, uCm of Luella, when we aav Yankee officer como,riding down fn tho Chancellor's house toward us. j Dorsey and Strickland both shot at j him. Ile immediately turned his : horse and rode back. No more was thought ot' it, as such au incident might occur, and doubtless did occur in many battles. lu 1898 I read tho report of Colonel Orlando H. Morris of the battle of Chancellorsville. In thc report he said: "At this moment (about U a. m), I saw Colonel Miles riding down thc road toward me, when within a few feet of me this gallant officer was wounded by one of the enemy's sharpshooters, and suddenly turning his horse, galloped baok to the breastworks. While reading this memory revived thc talk with Strick land and Dorsey and after thinking over the matter nearly a year, I wrote to General Miles and received a letter from him in which he said that he was ?atis?ied that bc was thc man. The ball came from his right and lodged in the Btrong muscles of the left log after penetrating tho hip bone. He was taken oil his horse, carried on a blan ket to Chancellor house, where he re mained until a Confederate shell set him on fire, when he was carried on a stretcher five miles to the re?r. The ball was taken out about two weeks afterwards. About the time General Miles was being taken from the burn ing house Semmes, Wofford, Kershaw, Wright and others charged upon the enemy and drove them from their works. Colonel Holt sent Lieutenant A. Bailey, of the Yaller Hammers with a flag of truce and demanded surrender of Yankees in front of the Tenth. 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