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WAR SI Incidents of the Terri lors Col. A. ./. McBruir As thc victorious legions of Jackson and McLaws stormed across thc fields aud through thc burning woods of Chancellorsville Sunday morning, May ?I, 1803, the flames of thc burning Chancellor house leaping high above the trees, thc waving harmers and shouting victors, tho scene was sur passingly grand and awe-inspiring. When Lieutenant A. Hailey, of thc "Yaller Hammers." called on the Yankees in front of thc Tenth Geor gia to surrender, Colonel Gostwick, of thc Twenty-seventh Connecticut sur rendered his regiment, a detachment from other regiments, in all IMO men, including oflicers; L helped to make out a roll of these prisoners. Colonel Holt sent back for my own company, which, with one other compauy had remained hack on i,ur main line of battle, turned the prisoners over to Lieutenant J. T. Key, who command ed Company K and sent them back to wards Richmond and ordered mc to double-quick my sharpshooters towards Frcdcricksburg; I preferred going with my company as there was heavy fight ing going on about Frcdcricksburg and I had had enough thc last four days to satisfy any man who did not like it better than I did, but I was in for it and wc made quick time till we reach ed Salem church, where we were brought to a sudden halt by Sedge wick's splendid fighters; they made it hot for us from then till dark. Thc Tenth started in at daylight Sunday morning with 'JIJO men and officers: at 1U o'clock that night our report stood, killed 21, wounded 1U2. Over half our number had fallen; we captured Sunday morning310: Sunday evening, 121; total, 1(54. I have not a doubt but that we kill ed and wounded as many more. The brunt of thc Gght at Salem Church was on Sommes brigade; no better fighting was ever done than by thc ??th, ?lst and 5'Jrd Georgia regiments that day ; thc Fifty-third captured the colors of the Second Rhode Island. The Tenth and Fifty-first Georgia and Wilcox's Alabamians charged and drove thc Yankees a half milo across an open field, shooting them as they ran; I never saw such slaughter; no support on right or left; General Scmmos or dered us baok to whore wo first form ed line; Sedgewick had sturdy fighters and they mowed down our mon by 'scores. M. A. Parker, color boaror of tho Fifty-third Georgia Regiment, dis* tinguished himself in every battle wo wore in, except when he was wounded; he bore,tho colors of his regiment in the very forefront at Knoxville, ho carried them to tho top of Fort San ders, where ho and J. A. Hunt, cow a prominent lawyer, had a rough and tumble fight with thc Yankees who were trying tn .capture them and their flag; Hunt and Parker got away with thc red part of tho flag, thc Yankees got the other part. Wc left many dead and wounded near thc churoh. Among thc wound ed thus left was William Hudson. When we got back to our linc of battle Capt. William Sohley Davis, of Co lumbus, Ga., at whose mother's hos pitable home in Columbus I was nursed when wounded, rode up to mo and told me that General Sommes or dered me io go back towards Chancel lorsville and bring up every straggler to be found. As Davis turned to ride away, a pieco of shell tore away one side of his face, a most frightful wound. I had to go about half a mile across an opon field, making a granual ascent. Going across this field and in thc same direotion were a number of wounded and others who had been sent on errands of some kind. As soon as we ascended far enough to bo seen above tho growth between our lines, the Y'ankccs decided to sweep that field with grape, oanistcr, bullets and shell. When they started thcro was a lively scampering. 1 heard af terwards that several of thc wounded were killed, and that many of them were forced to take a double dose uf wounds. - I never stopped to sec. I was sent i'ur stragglers, and none of the men I saw in that field seemed to be strag gling; they were hitting tho grit at a lively rate, and looked as if they woro going to get to the placo they were he: ding for. When I got nearly through the field, T overtook my unclo, Benjamin McBride, of company I, Tenth Georgia regiment, a good man and a brave soldier who had received a bad wound. He was pale and so weak from tho loss of bleod that he could scarcely walk. I assisted him to tho edge of thc field, where wo found a surgeon and a number of 88 I ;stante attending to the wounded who 1. .d found their way there. TI.Q sun was setting, and as if blushing at tho cruel, bloody work of I man lhat Sabbath, looked like a great ?lobe of fire, its crimson dame darting athwur* and light iug up with a bale [DRIES. bio Battle ot* Chaneel ville. , in Athinto thmrnnl. ful. reddish hue a great bank of clouds beneath which it was sinking. As it was growing dark, eight or ten men of j the Tenth, who had been left near the Chancellor house to bury our dead, j having finished their sad work, came j to where 1 was and together we came i across the field to where our regiment j was and found them working like i beavers digging trenches. This work was kept up nearly al! night on boin ! sides. Wc could hear the axes of the Yankees quite plain. Some artillery horses had been wounded near us their groaniugs were frightful. We could hear thc wounded calling for help. Stovall, ?Strickland, Davis and others crawled out to the front whero so many of our men had fallen. They found and brought in among others William Hudson, apparently mortally wounded. Ho finally recovered, but died from other causes a few years ago in Jonesboro. When tbey brought him in they said that they had heard a child moaning just in thc edge of thc swamp next to the Yankees. They went back and found a boy, not over fifteen, whose voice was liko a child's. He was frightfully wounded and belonged to the Pennsylvania Bucktail regiment. Wc gave him water, put him on a litter and sent him back to the hospital. His clothing was literally riddled by bullets, and several had pierced his body. 1 was greatly surprised to hear a few weeks after that he had nearly recov ered. Two of the men they had brought out died that night; one of them never spoke after being laid in the rear of our trenches. Death had already clutched his heart-strings, and in u few minutes the dauntless BOUI went to its eternal home. Wc col lected as many of thc bodies of our dead comrades as wc could; wc did uot get all of them till Tuesday, as many of them wero in the enemy's line. After laying thom by the side of one who had just died, we unbuck led their cartridge belts, took oil their canteens and haversacks, thon took from their pockets suoh articles as might bu usod or treasured as memen toes-pocket knives, Bibles, photo graphs, lottors from mothers, wives, sweethearts-gave all these to a com rade who would se- 1 thom to tho lovod ones at homo, then, taking a last look at our dead companions, wo wrapped their stark forms in blankets and hid them away beneath tho blood stained soil of Salem Heights, their linked souls unsevorod by death comrades forsvftrinnrn. W? bad to bs very quiet; Sedgwick's mon were on thc alert and sont a shower of bullets in our direction if they heard a noise or saw lights. After doing all wo could for tho wounded, wo lay upon our arms the balance of that dark, chilly, cheerless Sunday night. Never did I feel so sad or lonely. I had lost so many loved companions. Company E had beon sont baok with thc prisouors. As I now remem ber, only two of that dear old compa ny were with us- Strickland, who was on picket, and William Hudson, who I was lying near me and thought to be dying. Our trenches were in the edge of a j swamp; the ground was cold and wet. I Wo really suffered with cold; we felt sure the battle would bo renewed when thu night ended; nothing to cheer our grief-laden hearts; suffering, sorrow, darkness as if wo were almost entering thc gloomy confines of the valley of shadow of death. I doubt if there was a better brigade commander io. either army than Pa?*i J. Sommes; tall, well proportioned, handsome, ruddy-complexioned, pioroing oyes, aquilino nose, his auburn hair just tinging with gray, scrupulously noat in his dress, he was a striking figuro and would command attention and re spect in any assembly. He was an humble, devoted Christian. In clos ing his report of these battles, he said: "It is meet to acknowledge thc good ness of Cod in conducting mo safely through these and similar perils." His chief of staff, Major Boswell Ellis, now living at Oakland, Ga., was not unlike him in many respects. Both had won distinction in many battles; both wore in peace gent?o as thc ?cphys blowing beneath tho violet; when roused, fearless as lions. "Tho bravest are tho tenderest." When a battle was imminent, Gen eral Semmes dressed with extraordi nary oaro, carefully polished boots, spotless linen, elegant uniform, a brillant red sash around his waist and a red turban on his head. When a fight began* he took his position ia front of hie brigade? so as to be seen by every man in it if possible Pe lides did not shine brightor in his martial array or inspire more courage ) in his followers or terror to his ene mies. AB day was broaking Monday heavy firing oould bo heard in the di rection of Frcdcricksburg. It seemed to bo in tho rear of .Sedgwick. It did not last long, but could bc heard at intervals nearly all day long, some times on our right or left, somctim?f in our rear. We were in constant ap prehension of another tight, and the noise was in so many directions that we hardly kuew where we "were at." No wonder I 'resident Lincoln wired General Butterfield as follows: "Where is Hooker? Where is Sedg wick? Where is Stoncmau?" But Monday passed without thc Tenth having any fighting. Tuesday morn ing wo detailed twenty men to help bury thc dead of both armies. There were more than a thousand whose bodies had lain on thc field since Sunday. The Tenth marched in pur suit of thc Yankees, most of whom had recrossed the river at Bank's ford before we got there. We saw a great many dead men and horses killed by Kershaw a mun, who natl prvuedeu us. It is said that some of the Yan kee prisoners took guns and joined our men in thc fight. I do not think that in all my life I ever saw a grander electrical display, heard more contin uous or louder thunder or was in a greater downpour of rain. The storm began the night before and lasted ?early all day Tuesday. The vivid lightning was blinding, not in quick brilliant flashes, but as if wc were in a great sea of livid light. The deep continuous thunder- shook tho earth and the rain poured down in torrents, rushing down from the bloody heights of Zoar church, Chancellorsville and Salem Church into the Kappahannock on to thc sea. General Leo had won ono of the most remarkable victories on record. Outnumbered two to ono his wonder ful.tactical ability had enabled him to meet and rout thc enemy in four dis tinct battles in as many days. In the annals of military achievements his generalship stands matchless. Tho bulletinw of Generals Hooker, Sedg wick and others, a few of which I give, aro interesting. On April 30th General Hooker in an address to his army said: "Our enemy must inglo riously fly or give us battle on our own ground, where certain dcFtruction awaits him," nnd when told that Con federate troops were moving on his right said ho hoped they were from Richmond as the greater would be his success, and ordered his troops to fill haversacks with eight days' rations, enough to last them to Richmond, as commissary wagons would bo unable to keep up with them in their rapid pursuit. "Don't burden yourself with transportation; every wagon is one too many." Said he on May 1st: "Have suspended attaok; the enemy may attack mo." May 2nd: "Every thing working well: Sickles is in the enemy's trains; Sedgwick pursuing enemy; we know the enemy is fleeing, toying to save his trains. General Sedgwick will pursue the enemy on the Bowling Green road; they cannot be but panic-stricken if yon give them B = "=T~: Vs'rttr 7.". 7". i ??l ? ' V.? i braun na -rn- -.--O-J *-v - - -- r. ?? will use Lee up. Seise the mayor of Froderioksburg; put him forward as guide under pain of death for falso in formation." May 3rd'Chief Quarter master Ingala wired President Lin coln: "I think we have had the most terrible battle ever witnessed on earth; I believe tho enemy is ;n flight now, but am not sure" t'U i1 e 3rd Hook er's chief of staff wireo; "For God's sake send u mon of brains and energy hero." Again: "The enemy in full retreat pursued by Sedgwick's menin a run." Later, 5 o dook p. rn: "Fir ing heavier. Sedgwick's men falling baok." On tho 4th: "Wo are in great trouble; do not report tO'WaBhington; tho enemy is pressing me; 1 am taking position to recross- thc river. Sedg wick. General Hooker replied: "Ex pect to advance to-morrow morning, May 5th, which will likely relieve you." Instead of advancing, General Hooker ordered Sedgwiok to recross the river and on the samo day asked permission from General Lee to send a detail to look after his wounded and bury his dead. On account of their being in our lines, General Leo de clined with regrets, and assured him that we would accord to his dead and wounded the same attention that we gave our own. After all this, and when it must havo been apparent to tho whole coun try that he had sustained about the worst defeat of tho war, General Hooker, in a congratulatory address to his army, had the temerity to say: "Tho events of the past wcok may well cause the heart of every officer and soldier of the army to swoll with pride. Wo have added new laurels to our former renown." On Thursday, May 7th, tho Tenth Georgia marched baok to its old oamp near Frcderio-dburg. More than half our comrades who had left the crap with ns eight days bofore did not an swer to roll call. They were suffering in hospitals or quietly sleeping in their graves. In a day or two we went back on pioket in Frederioksburg. Thc Yankees seemed to be usu ni ibo way we had been treating them the past week and their pickets would fire at oura. We of course returned it; this was kept up for several days and there were a great many oasnalties be fore a truce was mutually agreed on. Even then otoh seemed to distrust the other and wo lost about a month of tho pleasure we might have had trad ing, fishing, etc., and that, too, in the best patt of the season. When not on picket we drilled a good deal, pre paring for the campaign soon to begin, in which tho Union and the Confeder acy grappled in u death struggle at Gettysburg. Horse's Gold Riled Teeth. With eleven of her teoth filled with gold and silver, Anna, the $4,000 sad dle mare of Mrs. Jefferson Seligman, of New York, can now eat her oats and hay without suffering from tooth ache. Horse dentistry is not absolutely new, but Dr. Theodore M. Henderson, who performed ?ho deutai work on Mrs. Seligman's mare, claims that it is the first time so many teeth in one animal have ever been successfully ulled. For three weeks Anna had refused her food. From a sleek look ing, well groomed animal she became lean and hungry looking. "She's off her feed," declared the hostler, but this even thc unitiatod knew. Mr. Seligman sent for Dr. Hender son last week to find out what was the matter with his wife's mare. She is a very handsome animal and has taken first prizes at Madison Square horse shows. Neither Mr. Seligman nor any of the veterinarians around the Long Branch hotel, where the Selig mans are staying could correctly diag nose the trouble. Dr. Henderson found that eleven of the marc's teeth, five upper incisors and six lower ones were unsound. "Tho mare never had sweetmeats of any kind," said Mr. Seligman, so Dr. Henderson asserts. Thc doctor could not account for thc decay in the teeth aud says it is most unusual. With a big box of cocaine, a wheel and thc buzzing drills, hammers, punches and other instruments, Dr. Henderson started to fill the marc's teeth. "She apparently likes it,'' declared Dr. Henderson yesterday. "She was not made unconscious. All feeling about the nerves was deadened by the use of cocaine." The mare's feet were not roiwd and with a halter about her hoad she stood perfectly still during the operation. "That didn't hurt," the favorite phase of dentists working on human teeth, was not used once by Dr. Hen derson during the whole operation. "Whoa," and a pat on the nose was all that was necessary to keep the ani mal still. 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