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First Georgia Regula
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W. H. Andrews, i
After the battle of Olustie, Kla.. on
February 20, 1804, General Seymorc
commanding the Fc 'oral army, re
treated to Jackson ville with the Con
federates under the command of Gen
eral Finnegan in pursuit. I was told
by Citizens along the route that they
went back, every man for himself, and
the devil for the hindmost. At Bald
win we saw several stockades they had
built by digging a trench like the four
walls of a bouse, then standing pine
logs up all around with loopholes to
shoot through. No doubt they would
have been good protection from infan
try, but the good Lord deliver me
from being insid? of one with artil
lery brought to bear on it. General
Finnigan's command went into camps
sis miles below Baldwin at Gamp Mil
ton. The regulars were transferred
from Harrison to Colquitt's brigade.
On April the lir.st the regulars with
two pieces of Gambol's artillery un
der the command of Captain Miller
marched 20 miles to a point on the
St. John's River above Jacksonville
and burnt the United States Steamer
Maple Leaf that had been sunk by u
torpedo, and deserted by the crew
after takiug everything oil" but the
machinery and some ma?tresse.-. An
officer with a detail of men went to
the boat in the batteau and fired it
aud after they returned several shots
were tired iuto it by the artille.y. At
a l.inu house near the river we saw a
1 j-: flock of goats. Wc had left
. .. .,> without anything to eat, so Cap
taiu Grieves ordered two men detailed
from each company to kill 10 goats
for the regiment. Sergeant Hum
phreys anA. Corporal J. N. Smith were
detailed from company M. The wagon
was ordered to wait for them, but did
not on Account of a landing ou the
river five miles below us, where the
enemy could have cut us off. Hum
phreys and Smith carried their goat S
miles on a pole suspended between
them, the rest of the men left theirs
by the roadside. That night company
M was placed on picket, and while we
had plenty of goat meat, we had no
bread. Sergeant Humphreys with
Corporal T. J. Musgrovo struck out
through the country in search of
bread, which they failed to find, but
secured some tine sweet potatoes.
What a feast we had with roasted po
tatoes and kid baked around the
camphre placed ou sticks. I must
pause hero long enough to pay a well
deserved tribute to my gallant chum
and boon companion, Sergeant William
G. Humphreys, who performed more
service than any one in his company,
if not in his regiment. He was about
five feet four inches high and weighed
about 139 pounds with the appear
ance of a beardless boy. Blessed
with an iron constitution he was never
wounded or sick a day during the war
and was with the regulars in every
battle they were engaged in. He wus
a hero ever ready and reliable soldier,
and never shirked his duty in camps
or on the battlefield, but was always
ready and willing to perform any and
all duties required of him. He could
get over more ground than any one I
saw during the war and was one of the
most successful foragers, if there was
to be had anything to eat in the coun
try, Humphreys would be 6ure to fiud
it, aud the part I likad he always di
vided with the writer, who would have
gone hungry on many occasions if it
had not been for his generous chum,
who was always kind and truo twins
comrades in arms. Wheu I with five
other non-commissioned officers, were
recommended to the secretary of war
for commissions by the officers of
the regiment, he offered to assist me
in purchasing my sword and uniform,
and 1 believe ho would have preferred
seeing me with gold braid >n my col
ar and a sword by my side than to
have had them himself No oue but
an old soldier can realize the love 1
bear my gallant old comrade who is
living at Dexter, S. C. Long may he
live and be blessed with peace aud
plenty in his declining years. The
next morning we returned to camp
with Lieutenant dames IL Hullose in
command of the company, l-'irst Ser
geant James Copeland was the tallest
man in the regulars, and by the way
one o? our bravest and best soldiers.
The boys talked to him like he was up
among the trees. Hello, Jim, is it
cold up where you are, or Jim hand
mo down a chew of tobacco, all of
whioh he would take in a good humor.
One day while the regiment was drill
ing near Colquitt's headquarters we
halted to rest. A lieutenant from the
Nineteenth Georgia came walking
.down /.he line and halted near Cope
land, who looked up and saw him. A
sicaly smile overspread his face and
/ the t *ys done the yelling. He had
' found due man he had to look up to as
the lieutenant was several inches the
tallest.
While at Camp Milton I Eaw several
rORIES.
i\s at the Battle of Wa
>, S. C.
u Atlanta Journal.
! men from one of Colquitt's regiments
being drummed around to tbe differ
ent r?giment? in the brigade with a
large piece of pasteboard tacked on
their backs with the words hog thief
in large letters. Before they got
around and while passing one of the
regiments some of the boys charged
the procession and tore the paste
boards off, putting an end to the pro
ceedings. No doubt the boys felt
considerably humiliated at being thus
publicly exposed, but if all had been
in the procession who hzd killed or
had eat of a stolen hog there would
1 not have been many left to see tbe
procession go by. I have no idea the
boys would have killed the hog if it
had not tried to bite them, then its
doom was sealed, as no soldier would
submit to being bitten by a hog.
We were camped in thick pine
woods with the grouud strewn with
dry pine burrs which would burn like
paper.
The o'tb Georgia challenged the 1st
Georgiad'or a pine bun battle at night,
which wa> accepted and the boys pro
ceeded to gather up their ordnance
supplies. After dark both regiments
turned out and formed lines of battle,
each man with a lighted burr in bis
hand. Tor awhile the lire flew thick
and fast, but the b'th was too strong
. for the 1st. so the 1st surrendered and
then joined forces with the Oth and
attacked the l'Jth, which was the
largest regiment in the brigade. The
ltVlh turned out from the colonel down
and formed in front of their camps.
, The battle raged for sometime with
; the 1st and iiih trying to force the
j l'.Hh back through their camps, but
the l'.kh fought like demons and with
one grand charge and all together,
drove the 1st and Oth away from their
camps. General Harrinon'a brigade
was on the opposite side of the rail
road and was so well pleased with the
fireworks tboy challenged Colquitt's
brigade to mortal combat tbe next
night, which was eagerly accepted.
Both sides made ample preparations
during the day and when night spread
her dark mantle over tbe dense pine
forest both sides were ready and eager
for the fray. Not wishing to take a
hand, I occupied an elevated position
near Colquitt's headquarters, where I
had a splendid view of Harrison's
camp and the ground between them.
Skirmishers were thrown out .from
each line and advanced, each skir
misher holding a lighted burr in his
band. It was not long before they
were hotly engaged, first one line and
then the other would be driven back,
then a Hank movement would be tried
and counteracted, In the meantime
tbe lines of battlo slowly advanced
and met about half way between the
camps. First one side and then tbe
other would be driveu back, then they
would charge and regain their ground.
It looked to me like 10,000 balls of
fire were shooting through the air and
was one of the grandest -displays of
fireworks I ever expect to witness.
After fighting for some time Colquitt's
men in one grand charge swept Harri
son's men beyond their camps and
then slowly retired. The battle was
Batten up in a spirit of friendly rival
ry, but it would seem that a great
mat)y men cannot enjoy anything un
less some one was getting hurt. Whilo
numbers had their hands and faces
burned, others were injured with
ligbtwood knots used in the place of
burs. Harrison's nun also lost a good
many ihiugs while Colquitt's men
were in their camps. The uext day
orders were issued against any more
pine burr battles. The next thing in
I camps was a camp meeting. The men
built au arbor aud made seats ont of
; pine logs, and there was a hullelujah
; time of it, the boys shoute? and num
! btrs joiucd the church. The meeting
j w.i> broken up by Colquitt's brigade
: bei tig ordered to Savtuaab, Ga., aud
the regulars to Camp Finnegan on the
! KWh of April. Colquitt's brigade was
' a splendid body of men and like most
Georgians, good fighters. On the 1st
of May the regulars relieved a portion
of the Gth Florida near Jacksonville.
While there -10 of the regulars joined
the C. S. navy. When the enemy
landed at Jacksonville a number of
citizens tied the town, some of them
near us in the country. It was not
long before they were in destitute cir
cumstances. The regulars divided
their scanty rations with them, the
soldiers being very liberal when their
sympathies were aroused.
While some of the boys were visit
ing in tbe country a young lady was
displaying her jewelry, and after tbe
boys left missed one of her rings.
She came to camp with her father add
pointed out Private Posey, of Co. G,
us the man who had stolen her ring.
He was arrested and searched and the
ring found on him. He was a noted
thief, and tbe officers decidod to turn
him over to the men to punish him as
they saw proper. The boys held a
council of war aud decided to drum
him out of camps on a rail, which was
procured and Posey placed on the
shoulders of two stout men, with
drums and fife playiug the rogue's
march. Posey had a small stick in J
his hand, to which he t fastened his
handkerchief, using it for a flag. He
was enjoying his ride and having all
the fun by himself, so the boys held
another council of war and decided to
try what virtue, if any, there was in
the wagon whips. Posey was carried
out of camp, strapped to a log and 75
lashes administered, with the admoni
tion that if he returned to camp wo
would kill him; but he got back by
the time we did. He was not only a
! thief but a coward, having shot off his
right forcfimrer in 'Gl to get out of the
army. On May 7th the regulars were
ordered to .Savannah. We went by
rail to Madison, and marched from
there to Quitman, Ga., where we got
on the cars and went to Savannah, ar
riving there on the 10th, and went
iuto camp near the park. There the
regulars received a number of con
scripts. Some were good men, others
either deserted or became hospital
rats. I don't mean to cast any asper
sions on those who were forced into
the army at that time by calling them
conscripts, for the regulars who were
the first Georgians at the front served
the last 15 months of the war as con
scripts, Congress having passed a law
to that effect on the 17th of February,
1861. All males between the 9gcs of
10 and 00 years were foroed into the
army. Co. M received some on
crutches. The Confederacy was then
tottering on its last legs, and no doubt
the graveyards were resurrected in the
hope of finding some poor devil who
was playing out of the war.
On the 10th of May the regulars
marched to Greenwich Point, below
Savannah, aud pitched our tents,
where we found sarjd flies and mos
quitoes world without end. On the
26th we relieved the First Georgia
volunteers at Whitinarsh Island,
where we remained, doing heavy
picket duty until the 3d day of July, j
when the regiment was ordered to
Charleston, S. C. The regiment
marched to Savannah and boarded a
train of bos cars standing in the sun
that were hot enough to fry eggs or
beef stake on top, but the boys soon
ventilated them by punching off the
sides with their rifles. Before reach-1
ing Charleston we left the cars aud
marched across the Stono River onto |
John's Island, halting c little before
day. The island, from what I could
learn, was about three miles in width
and a number of miles in length. We I
must have entered the island at the
south end, as there were two roads, I
o' e on each side of the island. On
the 4th we marched about three miles I
down the road on the east side and
bivouacked until the next morning.
The Stono scouts captured the surgeon
of the 26th New York colored troops.
We were reinforced by two companies
of the 32d Georgia, two companies of
the Second South Carolina oavalry
with two pieces of the Washington
artillery, from Charleston. On the I
5th we marched "'about three miles
further down th? road and encounter-1
cd three companies of the 26th New
York under Major Die. The artillery
opened on them, killing three and
stampeding the rest. Two companies
of the regulars were deployed as skir-1
mishers, one on eaoh side of the road,
to keep from being ambushed, as the
woods was a dense thicket of under
growth, and yo?Tcould see scarcely I
ten feet. Major R. A. Wayne, in
command, ordered Sergeant Major j
Johu T. Cheshire to carry an order to j
one of the companies in advance and
by some unaccountable means missed
oui men and was shot down by "10.1
negroes before he was aware of their j
presence.
, He was shot through the body and
after he fell several attempted to ruu j
their bayouets through him but were I
prevented by one of their white offi-1
cers. The skirmishers arrived in time J
to rescue him aud the negroes fled. J
While we were in hot pursuit of them !
Major Wayne received orders thnt tho j
luain body of the enemy wero ad
vancing on the other road and wo I
would be liable to be cut off. Wc 1
made tracks back tq.thc other road J
and then marched down that to meet J
them. Night coming on the command
was halted and companies F and M
placed on picket. On the morning of
the 6th the command moved forward
with F M iu advance deployed as skir
mishers. After going about one mile
we encountered the enemy iu force on
the Waterloo plantation, which I will
describe to the best of my recollection.
The public road ran through the plan
tation from north to south, and the
fields were enclosed with banks of dirt
thrown up frOgTthe ditches, and one
of the same kind ran through the field
from east to west. F and M were
halted in the field at the cross ditoh,
as we could hear the enemy at the
north side of the field about 700 yards
distant. We did not,*have long to
wait before wo hoard in the enemies'
.lines, "Forward, skirmishers." We
were then ordered to, "Rats, to your
holes," and every man concealed him
self behind the bank of dirt, which
made splendid breastworks. We saw
j their skirmish line ar. tb' y entered the
field and it did not lake the second
j look to discover that they were our
colored friends, as Private John Smith
said, "Nagers, begauus!" We were
ordered to lie low and hold our fire
until wc could see the whiten of their
eyes. They advanced about 100 yards
and halted as they could hear our men
in the road talking and laughing.
They listened awhile and then dropped
in the weeds wbick were about breast
bigb.
We had two 5 pound pieces belong
ing to the Marion battery on the right
of the road which opened on theni and
put them to flight. There was a large
live oak where their line halted and
numbers of them made for that, and
it was interesting to see the shells
burst beneath its branches. Some
ofiicer of rank waa either killed or
seriously wouodedunder it as they tried
all day to carry him out but tbe shells
were too hot for them. On the morn
ing of the 7th wc had 350 men stretch
ed over nearly one mile with four
guns, two on the left and two on the
right of the road, with Major R. A.
Wayne in command of the island.
We learned after the battle that the
enemy numbered 4,500, two white and
three colored regiments. About 4 in
the evening three colored regiments
advanced on our lines, one on the left,
one on the center and tbe other on our
extreme right, held by twenty of the
Stono scouts.
Companies F and M were ordered by
tbe right flank double quick to aid the
scouts, and when within two yards of
them obliqued to the right, as the
enemy were then charging the works.
We had not left our works more than
40 yards when a minnie clipped by my
bead, as I was leading tbe skirmish
line. Glancing to my left beyond tbe
works I saw a stout mulatto loading
bis rifle. It was the work of an in
stant to halt, bring my rifle to my
sbouider, aim at his breast and press
tbe trigger. At the flash of my rifle
he jumped three feet straight up and
fell in tbe weeds. I moved off still at
tbe head of the company and loaded
my rifle on the run. I saw. the ne
groes charge over tbe works, and
something else that made my blood
run cold, they were bayoueting the
wounded, 14 out of the 20 Stono
scouts were killed and wounded. It
was the 26th N. Y. eolored regiment,
seven companies crossed the works in
line of battle and three by tbe left
flank, forming two sides of a square.
We faced them and the battle opened
in earnest, 46 Bebels deployed as
skirmishers against 1,000 colored
troops with white officers. They
gradually drove us baok and it was
heartrendering to listen to tbe appeals
of our wounded to be carried to tbe
rear, but we had to leave them to their
sad fate.
After we had been driven back
about 250 yards two companies arrived
from the center, company G, of the
regulars and a company from the 32d
Georgia. Company G struck the flank
ing column and the 32d stopped at the
right of company M. They arrived
on tue doaole quick and the lieuten
ant in oommand ordered them to
charge, but they came to a dead halt.
He threatened them with his sword,
but all to no purpose. Then he dash
ed in front of them with his sword in
one hand and his hat in tbe other and
said: "Follow me, boys." Then it
would have done your heart good to
hear the wild rebel yell and see those
boys charging to the front.
The whole line then 100 strong
charged at the same time and it did
not take many minutes to drive them
beyond tbe works. When we charged
Corporal T. J. Musgrove and myself
flushed a colored brother in the weeds.
We tried to make him surrender, but
he would not and Musgrove killed
him. I saw our officers keeping our
men from bayoneting the wounded,
because they used the bayonets on
ours.
While we were charging Major
Wayne arrived from the left where he
had defeated the euemy and led us in
tbe charge. I could hear bim above
tbe report of our rifles say: "Give
them hell, my regulars." Sergeant
Watson, of Company F, was struck by
one with his rifle and then choked
dowu, but was saved by Sergeant
Copeland shooting him through the
body, lie bit'onc of Watson's fioger.s
nearly off before be was pulled off
him.
The artillery defeated tbe regiments
on the left and center. Captain Louis
Keinen and Frank Hill were wounded
aud our adjutant, H. P. Cook, had his
horse killed under him.
Night was made hideous by the
cries of tbe wounded calling to their
comrades for assistance whioh they
never received. I posted pickets
until 12 o'olook at night when I was
relieved by Lieut. Anderson Wr.
Reese, wbilo Lieut. James R. DuBose
commanded the oompany. I don't
think another suoh a battle was fought
during the war, 350 rifles and four
pieces of artillery against tbe attack
of 3,000 men.
All honor to Major Wayne and his
gallant command.
A braver heart never boat in the
breast of man than ' that of Major R;
A. Wayne of the regulars.
On the morning of the 8th the ene
my got their artillery in position on
the right of the road and shelled our
position for several hours, wounding
several men and horses. At night we
were re-enforced by the 28th Georgia
battalion, 32d and 47th Georgia regi
ments, about 1,500 men all told, with
General Robertson in command. Be
fore day on the 9th our troops were in
line of battle, the regulars and 32d
Georgia on the right and the 28th and
47th Georgia on the left of the road.
Skirmishers were advanced on the
enemy's works, and found cuffy at his
old occupation, fast asleep.
The mubic of the rifles soon had
him awake and marching for the rear.
Our line of battle moved forward and
when ?vithin 100 yards of the works
were halted. The 32d fired two or
three volleys, killing some of our own
men in the skirmish line, as they were
shot from the roar.
There was not a gun fired in the
regulars, as they were never known to
fire without orders. Major Wayne
sent his orderly, and of the Stono
scouts to the front to see where our
skirmish line was. He passed the
line, jumped his horse through an em
brasure in the works, then returned
and told Major Wayne there'was not
a d-d Yankee over there.
We were again ordered forward, ex
pecting every minute to see the flash
of the enemy's cannon, and hear the
whirring sound of the grape and can
nister crashing through our ranks as
the regulars were moving on the posi
tion occupied by them the day before,
but they had fallen back to their first
line, where the artillery had been car
ried the night before. We lost in the
attack 100 men, mostly of the 281 h
and 47th. This first line was too
strong to attack, so we held what we
had.
During the day some of the boys
went back where the artillery slaugh
tered theui on the 7th to see what
cuffy had in his pockets, but found
them empty. They were ' the colored
gentlemen we met while wintering in
Florida at a ball given by Generals
Finnegan and Seymore at Olustie.
They found out who we were aud had
orders to show no quarter or ask any.
The boys found cuffy pretty well sbod
and pulled his shoes, which were
smelling loud and long. They tried
to wash it out, but the more they
rubbed the worse the}' smelled, so
they had to throw them away. At
night our friends went on board of
their transports in search of a heal
thier climate and on the 10th the regu
lars went to James Island, S. C.
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STATE AGENT,
FcopUa' Bank Buitt?ujt, ? ANDERSON 8.1