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WAR SI Battle of Fri Editor of Thc Atlanta Journal: Tho following is an accouut of thc battle of I?rcderickuburg, which I cop ied from a "Southern Recorder," pub lished in Milledgeville, Ga., Decem ber 30, 18G2: Near Battle Ground at Hamilton's (Jros.siog, Dec. 14, 1862. Since the close of my letter yester day the battle has been raging fiercely and furiously along a linc of six miles, reaching from a point just about Fal mouth along the river as far down a9 Pratt's. The ball opened on our Wt with ar tillery about 'J:30a. rn, and was carried on with heavy guns until about 1:30, when tho infantry first went into ac tion on our right. Then it was that for hours the combat raged with an intensity at least equal to, if not great er, than anything that bas occurred during thc war. Your corresponde nts wcro on tho right, and ot course can speak with more accuracy in regard to thc fight ing on that wing than ou the left. Jackson sustained by A. P. Hill, bore the bruut of the battle, and no bly did they sustain themselves. The Yankees fought well, but were repeat edly driven back. At une time it was .said they had been forced back to the .extent of ono and a half miles. Our lino of battle extended along the railroad track, whilst that of tho <mr*ny was formed on the country rou< running parallel with tho river. TT. ". they have tho beuelit in case of . Long forced baok, of tho natural forti fications which tho ditching, for the purpose of drainage, on cither side of the road, will give them. It may bc asked why were they allowed this ad vantage? Tho answer must bo that tho enemy's guns from thc north side of the river commanded this position and that the position choson by our generals was for defensive operations, for superior, being all along on the ri se of gentle slopes, skirted by the woods. The troops of tho enemy on this wing were mostly old ones, being Moadc's Pennsylvania Reserves, aud Stoncman's corps, under the imme diato command of General Reynolds. The prisoners captured by our meu, some 250 in number, said that Burn side commanded in person. We have some seven Yankee com missioned officers. Tho prisoners seemed by no means dissatisfied atbe \ icg taken. The viotory was much moro im portant than was at first generally be lieved. A gentleman who spent last night at General Lee's headquarters, in forms me the generalis highly ple&sed with tho result of the battle, and says that our troops behaved, nobly and bore down the enemy at all points. I shall now attempt to supply some of the deficiencies in my last. ^hc abolition troops beaton by our right wing on yesterday, were "Fight ing Joe Hooker's," supported by Franklin's oorps, and numbered thirty .thousand men. We had fourteen 'thousand men in the fight on the right. The onemy during most of the day fought as well as they havo ever done, Jbut about four o'clock p. m. lost heart -?nd gave way on all quarters. It was then that Franklin's men wero brought into action, and wore al so repulsed. Walker's artillery, which I haye already mentioned as stationed in the open plain on our extreme-right to the east of Hamilton's . crossing, was late in the day reinforced by tho Second Howitzers. The Thomas ar . tillery and several other batteries drove " t*he enemy's batteries, posted higher up the valley, from all their positions -and 8hatte",d Lia columns of infantry with an enfilading fire. The enemy's batteries at this point wcro strongly posted behind a road crossly the val i ley, and fired through gaps out in a ? brush fenoe. Behind tho same fence the Yankee sharpshooters kept up an incessant ... ..rmd.dendly fire on our batteries. The ' enemy was not dislodged from this jposition until we opened on them at two hundred yards distance with grape and canister. Having routed these ..chatteries, our artillery opened on otb -v era more distant. After his infantry - badmen repulsed the enemy's artil ... loryvc eased. ?ring. During the en gagement our aitiNery io xthe valley buffered greatly frota- shell <fcnd sharp ???looters. Their gun carnage R aid ?caissons were literally peppered wi tlx. .?anie nails, and the number of horses filled is almost incredible, t (?The Purcell battery occupied an ex posed position on a hill opposite the . ..^erny's o enter. Their loss, whichjwe r>-j^ve?'Below, exceeds that of any arti! t- Secy<courpany we have yet heard from. \ .That eomo idea of tho extent of the -artillery fighting may be formed, I Fwill state that nearly all of tho bat teries engaged on the right fired two hundred rounds to tho gun. ' WRIES. Bdoricksburg. ' A Georgia regiment, about 3 o'clock j took a battery of eight guns, but bc' ? iog unsupported and having exhaust ed their ammunition, were forced tc relinquish it. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing on tho right wing will, w( think, be found to be about 1,200, though Ur. Gill, General Lee's inedi cal director, is reported to have said that that number will cover our IOBS along the whole line. All of oui wounded that I have conversed with say that our killed will bear no pro portion to our wounded, the latter be ing eight orten to one of the former. Our artillery suffered more severely than the infantry. Our loss in officers is, a? usual, very great. General Maxey Gregg wa? shot through the spine with a minnie ball and now lie?, it is thought, mortally wounded at tho home of Mr. Thomas Yerby. The enemy's loss on his left is es timated at 5,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners. I have seen about 500 of the latter, the only officer of note on tlie other side that we hear of be ing killed is General Jackson. One of his aids, Major Zentimcyer, reports the death of his chief. The battle on the left was equally as disastrous to the enemy, and much less serious to us. About 3 o'clock p. m., the enemy sallied out of Fred cricksburg and advanced against Longstreet. His Grst attack was made on a hill south of thc railroad, upon which the Washington artillery bat talion was posted behind breastworks. Between the hill and the town there is a wide, clear plain, over which the enemy had to advance. Tho Wash ington artillery reserved their fire un til the Yankees arrivod withiu two hundred and fifty yards, when they opened on thc heavy masses with grape and canister. At thc first broadside of thc sixteen guns of the battalion, hundreds of the Y'ankees went down, and at every SUCCPBS?VO discharge great furrows were plowed through their ranks. They staggered repeatedly, but were as noon rallied and brought forward. But, wheo within less than two hundred yards of tho foot of the hill on which tho battalion was post ed, being unable longer to withstand thc murderous fire that at every dis charge was decimating their ranks, they broko and fled in confusion-up wards of a thousand-thinking to es cape tho fire from which they were suffering, ran forward and jumped in to a out of the railroad, but found lit tle safety in tho movement, as tho out was swept from end to cud by a bat tery further up the road. The main body of tho enemy, however, fled pre cipitately baok toward tho town. Whilo the Washington artillery had been mobing down the center, three brigades of our infantry had been busy on the flanks and when the ene my gave way, pursued them into the town. \ During tho greater part of tho ac tion Generals Lee and Longstreet were in tho Washington artillery's breast works, and are said to have enjoyed tho sport intensely. Our whole los? on this wing amounted to five hun dred killed and wounded. The Washington artillery had twen ty-five wounded. Among our killed is General Thomas lt. Ii. Cobb. , Wo have heard no estimate of the enemy's loss in this engagement, but it amounts to many thousand. Hoping this report, will interest tho "boys who wore thc gray," and' every one else who reads it, I remain, Yours very truly, W. D. Lyles, Co. I, Twenty-Sixth, Ga. Gordon, Ga. "LEE TO THE RSARV Since the war, tho story has been repeatedly published that on tte 6th of May, 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness, Gen. Leo appeared before the Texas brigade and offered to lead it ic a oharge but the brave men told him that he must, go-to the rear for that was no place for him. The story may be true but it is certainly exag gerated for Gen. Lee was not a man to be rattled in any sueh way. We re* ! member the day and the time when the Texas brigade marched into posi tion on the battlefield. At that point on the line Hill's Corps met the ene my on the afternoon of the day before and fought into the nigh?. When the firing ceased they rested on the field, holding /the position from whioh they had driven Grant's arm v. It was understood in Hill's Corps, wheth er by order or not wo do net know, that Longstreet's men were on the field and in position and would opon the fight in the morning. It was also understood that H?U'it Corps would support tho movement of Lou?street. 86 Hill's Corps was not in the lino of bun)? when Graut moved forward al daybreak uti r ho Gin and it was driveu ! back in groat confution except Mc . Gowan'? Brigade which liad been j formed in linc just as Graut'? move ! mcui began. We had not gor?e back ? more than a quarter of a mile when the Texas Brigade came into position on thc left of the plank road. They were as steady as the Old Guard 01 thc Tenth Legion, and every man ol Hill's Corps knew that the tide would turo and they stopped their retrograde movement and formed line right there. Every man of tho Army of Northern Virginia who survives knows that thc Texas Brigade was never so hard pressed that anybody was needed to lead it in a light. We do not Bay that this theatrical exhibition did not take place, but wc affirm that there waa ni.i necessity foi Gen. Lee to lead the Texans or ny ol Longstreet's Corps when they came upon tho field that morning or at any time during that battle. Thc battle of Spottsylvania was fought on thc 12th of May, 1804, just six days after the Wilderness, and a similar story is told about that day but this time it was not the Texans that Gen. Lee offered to lead but the Geor gians and the Virginians. Thc other day a newspaper correspondent gave a graphic description of the incident. Gen. Gordon was the great man on that occasion. He is described ae galloping around on "hisfoam-covered charger." lt is said that "with both rowels pressed to his horse's flank Gea. Gordon with one great, bound took Gen. Lue'? hor^oTraveler by the bridle, turned him around requesting Gen. Lee to go to the rear and take cate ot' himself. We heard uothing of this story till years after the war but upon investi gation wo find that it appeared just after the war in a .book styled "Lee and His Lieutenants," wri^eb by Edward A. Pollard, of RiobmWdy Va. He was a newspaper mau aud .jrat up the story in good shape. Weldon't see how it could be known thafc^'Gor don's horse was covered with foam, when it was raining in torreuts that morning. Gordon's troops must have been in groat panic if Gen. Lee thought that (Jordon himself was uot able to get them up to the scratch. If they were standing up to their duty as they usually did wo can't see why Geueral Leo thought his presence was neces sary to get them to move forward. Wo will conclude this article by narrating au incident* of that great battle. Early that morning Gen. Hancock assaulted our line at a point held by Gen. Edward Johnson aud his divis ion. He captured Johnson and his men and a lot of artillery. That par ticular part of the line was called the "Horseshoe bend" and it was neces sary for it to be retaken and held till the lino could bo rectified. Gen. Lee 8eleotod one brigade r> _i eaoh corps to do the work. Harris' Mississippi Brigade and Perriu's Alabama Bri gade went in first but Gen. Loe did not think it necessary to placo him self at their head to get them to do the important work they were called upon to perform. Harris stayed with his men. Perrin foll dead ao he rcaohed the point where he was ordered to go. At that time McGowan's Brigade was in tho front line, a mile and a quarter away, ready to hold bunk the line of the enemy which was advancing on that position. Gen. Leo rode up and ordered tho brigade out of position, filling the place vacated with other troops. Then it was made known to us that wc were to take our place in tai Bloody Angle and to hold it at all hasards. Gen. Lee sat on his horse near a largo brick kiln aa we passed by. He showed no nervous excite ment but looked with admiration upon us. He made no offer to lead us for Blows out the gas and furnishes the newspapers with a jest and an obituary notice. "Didn't know it waa loaded" may be an honest plea, but it never brought a victim back to life. Those who let a cough' run on, in ignorance of , the danger, find no escape from the con sequences when the cough develops into lung trouble. The best time to cure a cough is when it starts. Ordinarily, a few doses ol Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will cure a cough at thc beginning. But even when the cough is deep-seated, the lungs bleed and the body fa wasted by emaciation, Dr. Pierce's Golden M?dical Discovery will in ninety-eight cases out of every hundred effect a perfect and permanent cure. $3,000 FORFEIT will be paid by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. V., if they can not show the original signature of the individual volunteering the testimonial below, and also ot the writers of every testimonial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing, thus proving their genuineness. much ?Unaed bit looked roc tao bursting o? a blood-teasel or a hemorrhage at mott ant time, a:jr husband's reoorery was remarkable. Ia three day? after he began using Dr. Pierce*! Golden Medical Discovery he waa np and around, and in two nore dava he went to work. Two bott!eg cured bim." The Common Sense Medical Adviser, rood pages, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of ai one-cent stamps, to pay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. ? IL V. Pierce Buffalo. Hf.Jfi_ ho know that it WAH not necessary. Ho had Been us tried on many fields. If Gen. Leo had oiler d to lead us we would have done just as he said, for there was nothing that Gen. Lee uould require of us that we would not cheerfully have performed, even unto death.-lt. R. Hemphill in Abbeville Medium. Romance of the Civil War. State Senator Benjamin .Starr has sent to Benjamin Starr Reid, of Char leston, Mo.,. a beautiful solid silver loving oup and several other silver pieces of rich design. The recipient is a baby less than a month old that has been named for the Senator, and tho latter, in acknowledging the honor conferred upon him, adds another chapter to a pretty and romantic story that had its beginning during the civil war days. Senator Starr was a member of the 2d Indiana cavalry and during a Ken tucky campaign was stricken ill with typhoid fever in camp. The regiment was near the plantation of James Wardlaw, who, though not a soldier-in the Confederate army, was in full ac cord with tLo Southern cause in tho conflict then raging. The suffering of any man, Union or Confederate, however, found sympathy in him, and upon learning of Starr's serious con dition, ho had him brought into his home, and there the Union soldier was nu-scd baok to health and strength. Tho mother ot thc babe that bears the nanio of Senator Starr is a daughter of the Wardlaws, now Mrs. Reid, of Charleston, Mo., and in thus christening her boy she has ex tended the friendship and love of the two families into another generation. -Chicago Tribune. An anti cigarette orator predicts that the cigarette will be extinotin ten years. And by that time a good many of the boys who smoko*it will be ex tinct, too, - A girl always thinks aman is im pressed with the beauty of her faoe when be turns around to ?ake another look to see how in the world she keeps her bat on. - "I am a self-made man/' said the proud individual. "Well, you aro all right except as to your head." com mented the other part of the conversa tion. "How's that?" "Tho part you talk with is out of proportion to the part you think with." To Cure a Cold in One Day' Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.' E. W. Grove's signa ture is on each box. Price 25c. The ferrying of listels. The State of July 23d commenting on Judge Gage's ruling requiring wit nesses to "put on their coats before coming into court to testify," says: x "We would for the cause of jue tico, reverse his ru]io-? and require that every witness and juror should appear in his shirt sleeves and that their hip pockets and the contents thereof should be exposed to view. We would extend the ruling to the gentlemen of the bar and are confident that if re quired to remove their coats in the presence of the judge several lawyers would be found with pistols in their pockets. Certainly, according to re ports, such would have been the result during the recent session of the crimi nal court held in Columbia." That reveals a deplorable condition of things in our State. The question is pertinent, are we a civilized people? Is the spirit of lawlessness so rife among us that it is really neceusary for a man to go "armed to the teeth" to protect his lifo against the murder ous hand of the assassin? We were under the impression that pistol-carry ing was confined to unrefined brava does among the whites and to cowardly negroes. We have always regarded carrying ooncealed weapons in time of peace as an evidence of oowardioe. A man who obeys the laws of his coun try and treats his fellowmen with proper respoot-who deals truthfully and honestly with all men, oan trans act his business affairs, discharge the duties of his office and walk tho streets or travel the highways without fear of molestation. Oar public men above all others should be law-abiding citi zens-should respect and obey the law against carrying ooncealed weapons. A lawyer who appears in a sourt room with a pistol in his hip pocket lowers the dignity of tho' legal profession -dishonors himself and brings re proach upon the bar. We cannot be lieve that the praotioo to which the. State refers prevails to any large ex tent among the members of the bar in South Carolina. The bar of our State, has always been noted for mon of con spicuous ability and manly courage. And the legal fraternity today is com posed of high-toned, honorable gentle men who love truth and justice, and uphold the maj?sty of the law-the few who go into a court room with pistols in their pockets are the excep tions, not worthy representatives of tho bar.-Southern Christian Advo cate. _. Bean the -^Thfl KM You Haw Always Bought TT AH irr* NOW FOR THE STRETCH ! Oar race forbnsiuess the pa st season ha's been moro than satisfactory to ourselves. We find ourselves fax in advance of all past records, having done the best year's business np to this time ever before in our experience. From now 'till September 1st we propose to keep rip the record, and so HERE COES. A first-class, elegant three-quarter Percale, beautiful styles, worth 6c, to go at 5c. A 40-inch Percale, newest designs, worth 10c, our price 7c. A 40-inch White Lawn, worth 6c, going at 5c. 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