The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 15, 1902, Page 2, Image 2
WAR Si
Battle of Chancelle
Atlanta
I come now to write of the greatest
battle fought by the Confederate army
on any battlefield. Like a newly-cre
ated sun the Confederate army had
risen from its birthplace at Sum ter,
April. I8t>l, and had wound its v ay
upward over the rugged heights of
lame, and at Chancellorsvillc, May,
ISOil, it stood at the pinnacle of its
grandeur ami felt that< luinipotcncc had
endowed it with the power to conquer
a univc rse.
There was a spirit in the heart of
each man at that time that seemed to
possess him from some unknown and
unfathomable source. The idea of de
feat never entered his mind. He f elt
that the god of battle was his sponsor
ami the whole world his heritage. This
spirit was not a delusion, hut a verita
ble force which he could not
resist, ami which, in fact, made
resistance to it impossible of concep
tion.
On entering upon this battle the
Confederate soldier did it in the prime
of his manhood as a warricr. lie was
sure of victory, mi matter what the odds
were.
On the other hand, the soldiers on
the other side seemed to be under the
the same spiritual influence which de
pressed them and they looked not for
victory, no matter how few our num
bers were.
These opposite convictions seem
strange, but they are true, as subse
quent events show.
At this battle I was a private bcI
uier, but, nevertheless, I took as much
interest in what was going on in a
campaign or in s battle as did our
commanding generals, and I formed
my plans and conclusions of how the
battlo ought to be fought and also
formed an opinion of the result of the
plan adopted.
J did not let my views conflict with
the faithful performance of my duty,
but I did not intend to fall, if fall I
must, like one blind, but as ono who
ought to know what and why things
are done in which he is a factor. I
did not intend to be any the less in
telligent and free after I volunteered
in the army than I was before I join
ed it, I did not join it to go back
ward on these lines, but as I was
fighting for freedom it was absolutely
indispensible that first I bo free my
self. I have not yet been oonvineed
that a slave, under command, ever
fought to freo anybody, or that a fio3
soldier ever fought to enslave anoth
er, or that an army of freemen were
ever commanded by a tyrant. I hold to
the axiom, or fact, that every seed
sown surely brings its own kind and no
other.
Excuse this rather lengthy prefaoe,
but I want to show an important fact
in regard to this battle. Not that I
want to blow my own horn, but unless
I deduce tho fact I have in view, an
other may not do bo, and the fact be
lost to mankind.
In a previous article on the battle at 1
Salem Churoh I related all about my I
command in its march from the
camp and of its joining Anderson's 1
division and -of how wo pushed <
Hooker's advance back to Chancellors- i
ville. 1
When wc got him baok to this place j
were right onto the whole of the Yan
kee army, exoept that under Sedge- i
wick, which was still at Fredericks- i
burg. i
We skirmnhed and made feints on 1
Hooker's lines tc keep him busy, ex- i
pecting somet'n'iig until we could give 1
him somethiug tb?*c he was not expect- <
ing. 1
Well, tip.d not been in his front 1
long before "Stonewall" came up with 1
his corps. He v? as our leading man in '
r -sing the curtain and beginuing the 1
performance. ?
Oo this occasion our division and
Anderson's was simply tho orchestra.
So Jackson and Lee had a consulta
tion as to which part of the stage
could the show be opened to interest
Mr. Hooker the most. It was deter
mined that Mr. Hooker's people, who
were away round on the right of the
arena, would enjov the opening most,
and the surprise il would spring on
Mr. Hooker would clieve him of all
doubt as to our Laving the greatest
living actor on any stage. When
Jackson came up we a!l felt that he
brought victory with him, for some
thing of an unaccountablo feeling
possessed us. The effect may be li
kened to uniting tho two poles of an
electric battery. The men wopt and
cheered over the man in spite of them
selves. They fought under him in '
spite of themselves; they defeated tho
enemy in spite of themselves; at his
name the enemy were depressed in
spue of themselves; this depression
was but for want of courage, but some
subtle power overcame their courage
i>y weakening their confidence in their
' ?afety; they were defeated before a
?UU was fired. TherO was something
DRIBS.
u\sville, May. 18 6 3.
Journal.
which wont out of the man into the
breast of every soldier, or else,
the same .spirit which was in him was
likewise deposited in our hearts by an
unseen power, so that lie was our
counterpart <?r we were his counter
part. So we knew he would succeed.
We knew Hookcr> army was doomed
to defeat, and that we all should feel
that way is remarkable, for we knew
that there was only 411,1)01) of us to
defeat the 100,000 or more umkr
Hooker at this point. And not only
! that, we knew that when Jackson got
int ? position, that Lee's army would
then he divided into throe parts and
I looker'h into but two. Our two di
vision.-,, between Hooker and Frcdcr
iekshurg?Hooker's whole army be
tween our two divisions and .Jackson?
ami Farly down at Frederieksburg,
confronted by Scdgcwick with 25,000
men. The Confederate army in this
position without Jackson could not
have succeeded, for there was no oth
er man to supply us with the feeling,
which made us sure of success, and
thereby was success possible.
As Jackson went on his way to exe
cute his part of the program we in
creased the music for Mr. Hooker's
benefit and the enemy answered by
showers of leaden hail. The minic
balls came among us sioging as they
came,* "wherc-izzyou." Our men
would aing out, "here I am." We
never got tired, or ceased to play or
rush their lines all day. About 4
o'clock in tho afternoon, almost di
rectly in our front, we heard a few
scattering shots. General Hooker's
army was drawn up in the form of a
horse shoe. We were on one side of
the shoe and Jackson was to attack
the opposite side. Then in a minute
or less time there came a terrible
crash and roll of thousands of guns
fired all at once. Then above the roar
was heard tho rebel yell. We all felt
good and our eycB sparkled under the
magic influence. Evory second the
roar of the guns and tho yell got more
distinct and we knew by this that the
enemy was in full retreat. Tho Fed
eral cannon opened and some lines of
battle of theirs also joined in the cho
rus, but still the boys in grey are get
ting nearer and nearer. Our lines are
drawn tighter around Hooker and some
pretty hard fighting done so as to keep
the enemy from moving any troops in
our front to the assistance of Hookor's
right wing.
This yelling and terrible roar of can
non and small arms was continuous
till night oame. Then there was a
lull. The Confederate army was in a
dense thioket of pines, laurel and oth
er growth, whilo the enemy had the
clearing around tho house, where they
could use their cannon. We could
use none, but had to depend upon our
small arms. When the sunlight bad
faded away tho moon rose and not
long after this time, all of a sudden,
there was a volley of small arms from
the direction where .Jackson had been
fighting, answered in a minute by the
Federal artillery, then the added roar
of tho lines of battle of both the Fed
eral and our lines. The roar was ter
rible and the rising moon was greeted
by the red flashes from thousands of
guns.
Tho sky above t'^u Wilderness was
red like an evening sunset and about ;
is light. As we did not get xaixod up 1
in this fusilade, some of us climbed ,
what tall trees there were about us,
bo that we could overlook the scene,
but the trees did not prove tal'l
enough for that, but we did have a
bettor view of this improvised aurora '
boreoalis. I suppose in about an
hour's time the firing ceased all along
the line, and those of us not on picket
lay down and went to sleep. My
chum, George McKenzie, and myself
slept together, and late in the night
we %vcre awakened suddenly and on
raisipg up found a man lying on top
of us. We asked him who he was. He
replied that he was Frank McKoaaic,
of the Fifteenth South Carolina vol
unteers, in Anderson's division. We
got up at once, for my eh urn and the
man who had fallen on our bed were
brothers. He told us that iu a charge
that afternoon he was wounded in the
foot, and had lain in between the firing
lines until night came, and had crawl
ed and hobbled to get to our lines and
in the dark had fallen over us.
He remained with us until morning.
We dressed his foot as best wo oould.
The wound disabled him from further
service.
Morning came, and with its awaken
I ing, a rumor that Jackson had fallen
I in the night firing. This was disap
pointing news?all of us were anxious.
He was one of us. Later in the day
a staff officer came along our lines
and informed ua that he was only
wounded.
This satisfiod us, and his spirit still
abided with us. Then the order came
to charge Mr. Hooker along the line.
W'c did -? ;.r.'l drove hi- army back
into the lulls and hollow.- along the
river. 1 have already related that >>\ir
".i\:^i?<ti (Mr. haw's) was detached as
>oon as we drove the enemy past the
smouldering remains of Chancellors
ville inn, and went post haste to
Salem Church to oppose Mr. Sedge
wick.
At last, after the glory and the vic
tory, came the sad news of the death
of Jackson. The confident spirit
which we had enjoyed up to that time
left us all, and it never returnod.
The man who had prayed for us and
the cause could pray no more, und
when this came we declined, and from
Chanccllorsvillc, the zenith of its
glory (the new sun), arising over
Suinter'? smoking walls, struggled on
down the shining heights to a
final betting at Appomattox, April,
1805.
No more victories, but a series of
defensive combats, um ,uallcd in the
history of the world. (Jcrierai Lee
said the loss of Jackson was the loss
of his right arm. 1 felt there was a
spiritual loss, a loss of spiritual pow
er in the loss <>f this man who prayed,
aud we see in this the head of omnip
otent power exerted through a human
upon human.
The effect was just the opposite on
the Federal soldiers, as we see that
his death relieved them of a dread
aud made them confident of success.
.Jackson prayed for the spirit, the
light and the skill to do something,
which he intended doing, not for the
glory of himself, but for others. 'Ho
did not pray to be relieved jf some
thing, but earnestly and lovingly
prayed for the possession of some
thing, and that prayer wus answered,
and when he fell there was not anoth
er left to pray in his stead who had
tho shining intellect and the great
love for others which he had, supple
mented, as in his case, with that
spiritual power whioh governs all
things.
The man thus equipped could not be
outgeneraled, be mistaken or be de
feated.
As long as the great mind of his, all
free of self and filled only with love
and duty, prayed, the Confederate
army was invincible. When he left
us and he prayed for us no more we
became as ordinary mortals, and we*d
subject to the law of the heaviest bat
talions and the longest purse.
"Whatsoever ye (the righteous, that
is, the perfect man) ask in my name it
shall bo granted unto you." "Rex
regit." W. A. Johnson.
Co. *>., S. C. V.
Atlanta, Ga.
WARTIME CHRISTMAS.
M?nerais Hampton and Capers
Some Interesting Stories.
Tell
CoLUMitiA, S. C, Deo. 24.?Christ
mas this year will be especially happy
for General Wade Hampton, whose
home is here; for during the year just
e. 1? u there have been many manifes
tations of popular love and veneration
for the soldier-statesman.
The general is looking wall despite
his 84 years and is in excellent spirits.
He will spend the day iu the quiet
cottage on Senate street presented to
him, regardless of his protest, by
the devoted women of Soul h Caro
lina.
When your oorrespondenb called on
him there was a feverish- air ir> his
manner, which could not be explained
until something was said about hunt
ing. Then he made known his dearest
wish.
"I want to go hunting!" said he,
"and as soon as Col. Taylor com**back
from a wedding he's beomatteodiag we
will go down the country fo* a little
sport."
The old chieftain ie as ardent a
huntsman now as he over was, and do
Exposure
Tr> odd and stormy weather opens the
way to an attack >mi bronchitis. The
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symptoms of weak
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the organs of re*,
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Pierce's Golden
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will cure bronchi
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coughs, bleeding of
the iungs, and *
other conditions
-which if neglected
or tuiskillfully
I treated terminate
fatally in con
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There is no alco
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and other narcot
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"For seven year* I
-mil been troubled with
what the doctor* call
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Mr. Arthur Maule (general merchant), eX Ni lea
town, Middlesex Co., Ontario. ?A year ago, af
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I rapidly recovered from the attack and felt no
more of it that faU This season I began taking
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weather and not feel the bronchial trouble at
nil. ?.et me say to all who are suffering from
such complaints to give Dr. Pierce's Golden
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the book in cloth binding. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
spite his weakened eyesight, atfeclcd
i>y cataracts, ho rides as a?perbly
as when he led his legion in the sad
dle.
"There was never any fighting on
Christmas Day during the civil war,"
said General Hampton, when asked
for some reminiscences. "It has been
a long time ago, and I cannot remem
ber much of those Christmas times.
We of the army had other things to
occupy our attention. Hut Christmas
was one day on which there was no
fighting. The men received messages
and boxes from home, and camp life
got an inspiration on that day.
"I remember that one Christmas
the ground was covered with snow.
The men ranged themselves on sides
like school-boys, and a tremendous
buttle ensued. For a long time the
contest raged. The lines charged and
were broken, formed again and endea
vored to execute strategic movements.
Finally the sport became so exciting
and so spirited that two men had their
arms broken, and I had to go into the
light and declare a truce."
Bishop Ellison Capers, whoso home
is also here, and who rose to the rank
of brigadier-general in the civil war, has
not pleasant recollections of Christmas
in war times. When asked for some
reminiscences the head of the Protes
tant Episcopal Diocese of South Caro
lina said:
"From the earliest colonial days in
South Carolina Christmas has been
the time of family reunion and family
fellowship; especially has this been
the case in tho low country of the
State. At the old plantation homes
it was common for three and often four
generations to meet at Christmas.
But the civil war put an end to all of
this.
"After the first battle of Manassas
opened the great drama there were no
young men left to greet their parents
and grandparents at Christmas at the
old home. Mothers, sisters and wives j
were too busy making comforts for the
soldiers in the field to enter into
the joyous festivities of the great hol
iday.
"I doubt if any family in the South
enjoyed a real Christmas reunion dur
ing the war. The Christmas of 1860
was too full of uncertainty and intense
exoitement to be enjoyed as a happy
family festival. All succeeding war
time Christmases wer? too full of sor
row for the dead- and sadness and anx
iety for the living to be days of joy
and family happiness.
"While an officer of the Confeder
ate army I never spent a Christmas at
home during the war. The Christmas
of 1861 was spent on a scout on Sea
brook's Island loeating the exaot po
sition of a Federal gunboat in the
mouth of the North Edisto river, with
a view to an attaok upon her early on
the morning of tho 26th. It was late
on the afternoon oi Christmas before
I crossed from Seebrook's to John's
Island, and I recall distinctly con
trasting my hunger of that afternoon
and my dinner to-the feasting and joy
of other days.
"Passing the ocbia of an old negro
on the plantation of Mr. Washington
Seebrook, I stopped and asked ? e old
'mammy,' who was- seated in her door
smoking her pipe; ifl she could not give
so something to- sat. She promptly
replied that she had nothing bet some
turnip soup andtoold hominy, but that
Dot 'litten for you>, Mossa, an e Crist
???BS, too." I demounted and, hand
ing the good old 'mammy* a quarter,
ate her turnip soup and the cold hom
iny with a relish- that I oan never for
jet.
"Meanwhile what of the family at
aCKLYas
CURES COM
EVANS PEAEliA
The
Chrisi
Cat
We are showing this season ax
They are the latest in style, th
monship, the lowest in price, a
We sell all styles Low Doi
See the big stock on my flo
home? The old folks were there, but
there was no merry-making. Themen
of middle age and the young men were
all in Virgiuia, or on the coast, or in
the army of the West, and the thought
of the old home was with them. From
every euch home the Christmas box
had been filled to overflowing and had
gone to the front. The arrival cf the
daily paper from Charleston was a
matter of more intense interest than
anything else, and if the news was of
approaching battle the husbands and
sons were commended to the God of
their protecting fathers with the con
fidence of a certain faith in Iiis pro
tecting providence.
"Later in the war, when the resour
ces of the South were taxed to the ut
most to maintain our men in the field,
and when from every home one or more
was missed, never again to meet at
Christmas time with those who mourn
ed them, there was a pathos in the
Christmas gathering that made it more
a quiet loviug commemoration of the
heroes of the home tfian a great festi
val of happiness and joy.
"The Christmas of 1864 in South
Carolina was a day of solemn com
memoration for the dead and anxious
prayer for the living. Little children,
light-hearted and free from care, were
happy, but their elders were contem
p'uing the destruction of their homes
and the ruin of their State. The de
vastating march of Sherman through
Georgia had prepared the people of
South Caroline to look for a like fate.
Without an adequate force to oppose
his army the Christmas that was before
them was to be a day of their bitterest
trial. Never before, por since, was
there such a Christmas in our old
State. The old homes in the low
eouutry were deserted, and the torches
that were to fire them were being light
ed by thousands of willing h<\nds."?
Baltimore S un.
? The Presidents that Ohio hua
given to the Nation have been pur
I sued by a curious and most lament
' able fatality. Of the four, only Presi
dent Hayes failed to die in office
Garfhrid and McKinley were assassi
nated, add William Henry Harrison
served but one month of his term.
Ohio men have been eleoted to five
terms-in office, but succeeded in ser
ving only nine years and one month
of the twenty years?Harrison one
month-, Gar Geld six months, Hayes
four yea?s, and Mc-Kinley four years
and sis months.
Constipation leads to liver trouble,
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Prickly Ash Bitters is a certain cure
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? A Chinese manuscript in the
Paris Library proves that anaesthe
tics for surgical purposes were used
in China* 1700' years ago. It states
thr.t When a surgeon conducted a seri
ous operation he gave a decoction to
the patient, who- after a few mo
ments became as insensible as if he
were deadv Thou, ao the case requir
ed, the surgeon performed the oper
ation?inoision or amputation?and
removed' the cause- of the- malady;
then he brought together and secured
the tissues, and applied liniments.
After a* oertain number of days the
patient recovered,, without having ex
perienced the slightest pain during
the operation.
? JUpan bas only one orphanage,
yet'in no- other Laud axe fatherless
ohildsron better cared for. Every
family oares, for the siek, destitute,
or orphans nearest to it. There is a
superstition that a childless house is
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