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AT CHANCE ail Ul il ill V 1?V rhree Juni rices of i > T \ ,t Mocke From The Aug "Sccie's North Carolina brigade cruek the enemy first, and did mag <ificeut fighting; then the 14th South Carolina became engaged: then the 3th ?outh Carolina. By that time Scales had driven the enemy from the tog works and enfiladed them in front, . giving uh an easy approach. After crossing the works th<- 13th and 14th jwere slightly engaged, while the 1st : South Carolina and Orr's Rifles were! iiarci pressed (12th South Carolina de- ] tailed to guard prisoners) and forced back to the log works, the loth and ? 4ih falling back also, but not hard [.pressed. Theo the lighting was | /. ?.asferred to the right. I saw Col. ] Cames Perrin, of Orr's, when be re coived bis death wound just id front - ?: the log works. Was near Col. IT&dwards, of the 13th, saw him fall. "? V/ent to him. He told me he was i?uortal)y wounded, but refused to al flewmeto make a detail to take him ? :?. Remarked that I would soon ?' aeed every man. Iu less than fifteen .?Trautes the 1st and Orr's were driven vj>cck from the log works. The 13th t-eceived the force of the attack, itti iT.-ight bc-i?g driven back on its left, >-J7ery officer of the right company b^ uog killed. Being my old company I r-ailled them and with the assistance ?cC three companies of the 1st under *Capt. Win. Uaskcll (who seeing we 'did not fall back came and joined the Kth,) enabled ub to hold the works ?-iatil the old Stonewall brigade rein 'rowed us, when the enemy fell baok to the left of the Redans. "Very soon Gen. Stuart came down r&.c lines and asked for a brigade to charge the Redans. As no brigade 'replied he was offered the two r?gl ements?13th and 14th?and the three -companies of the 1st. Stuart led the charge until we were within two hun ired yards of the works, when he left to take the Georgians in on the eno troy's flank. We did take the KedanB -and drove the enemy back to the ^Chancellor House. I saw Gen. iRooker and body guard leave the 57*rd." Of personal incidents, worthy of rtaote, I have in mind three instances of coolness, wonderfully displayed, <that memorable Sunday morning. The l?rst was by a member of my old com pany, the late John T. Ryan, of Charleston, S. C. Wo were in the Hog works, and the command had been (given to move against, the enemy who occupied the line mentioned by Col. S?unt as the Redans, and who kept cap a mofct exasperatingly peppery fire, .At the command the company, with <,he exception of John Ryan, began to -clamber over the works. Capt Cham bers spoke up and said: "Mr. Ryan the ?oommand is to move forward." "Yes -air," he replied, "just as soon as I finish c a.bing my beard." Incred ible this may seem, but there are ciow living witnesses to the faot that &e as deliberately stood there comb ag his beard, under that withering fire, as if nothing unusual was going <dtt. John Ryan was as brave and &oyal a man as the Confederate States foadin their service, but he never did believe the South would succeed. No matter how victorious our armies *7ere or how bright the prospect -seemedfor ultimate success, he nover >auoe changed his views as to what tho final result would be. I w ill remember, -during the siege of Petersburg, bis remark upon reading in a Riohmond paper that the Confederate Congress had adjonrsed: "Well, boys, the next <ttme they meet it will be in the Blue liidge Mountains." It proved to be their last meeting. He was older than 4be most of us, had traveled a great <tteal, seen much of the world, and un derstood better than many in high position the tremendous resources of ? jftte North and tho disposition of its ? jasopSo. The second instance was that of CoK Oliver E. Kdwards of the 12th SSouth Carolina regiment. Our ad vance was -net successful, and we wrere forced back to the log works, as ..Pol. Boot has stated. I will here <aoty that from the time Company L, l&ft the works in their attaok upon ttfio.onemjj until their return to them, '-^hey^wsme into collision with the > -\<gEir.eat set of men that ever pulled " s rigger against them. Instead of giy >2?gway before our dash and "Rebel yell,*' they came out of their works? rot with rush and hurrah, but with <he steady step of the drill and with ?discipline I ha-?e never seen equal ~f4&?(hey not ou / oheoked our ad ?vance but foroed us to retire before | -them. Their line of battle, appar ue at! y not more than that of a regi* rjoeat, was the best preserved under .'fire of any it has ever been my privi lege to look upon. *Tho members of \ <ay old company, who were at Chan jecl/oravillc, always spoke in terms of lite lighest praise of the splendid LLO RS VILLE. 0 onsp icu o \i s 13 ra ver y ?d at 1 )eath. uHta Chronicle. (fighting qualities of these men. It wan at this point in the battle that we lost the lamented Lieut. Edwin C Du B?se. Hut of Col. Edwards. The four r?giment?, 1st, Orr's, 13th and 14th? having fallen hack to the I lug works?and the enemy hearing down heavily upon them, Col. Ed { wards, who was then in command of the brigade, (Gen. MoGnwan being wounded.) realizing thai extraordinary effort must be made to bring the per sistent foe to a halt, with a presence of mind and a courage that showed him to be a man fitted for great einer gencies, gave the command: "Fire by battalions," the regiments alternating as he called out to them. Several volleys were hred in this manner, but no substantial results secured until the arrival of the old Stonewall bri gade as reinforcements, when the en emy fell back to the left of the Re dans. It was in this action that Col. Edwards received his death wound. Ouring Col. Edward's short career as a soldier I regarded him the very incarnation of courage, And I never mention his name without a feeling of ^adnc-is that he oould not have lived and displayed to tho end the example of his marvellous cool-bead ednn?? and dauntless spirit. I know of other occasions when his sterling qualities were more than ordinarily conspicuous, but this ono instance will do for this place. I am not aware of any ether time during the war where the command "lure by battalions" was given under such cir cumstances as I have rolated, that is in the midst of actual hostilities. It is so exceptional, so illustrative of Col. Edward's presenoo of mind, that no sketch of his lifo would bo com plato without it. Tho other instance of coolness was that of a mounted offi oer, whose namo and rank I have never boon able to learn, lie took bis posi tion about thirty yards to the rear of the works, and about fifty yards to the right of where my company was post ed. Amidst the furious shower of I bullets that came from tho enemy he looked on as complacently as if ho were viewing an ordinary exhibition of fireworks. We were driven back from the log works, and I did not seo him again. In narrating incidents that occur under such exciting conditions as a battle one can tell only what trans piree immediately under his own eye or within his hearing, and even he must bo careful lest his imagination give such coloring to his statement as to suggest some doubt of its correct ness. I have seen official reports that did not tell the story of a battle as it should have been told. Where is the official report, or historical ac count, that has done justice to Mo Gowan's brigade at Gettysburg, in its brilliant charge against Reynold's the first day? Who was there and heard them that oan ever forget the words of Gen. Ab ner Porrin to tho brigade? "Men," said he: "the order is to move for ward. You will go to the brow of the hill just in front of us. If you see that Heth (whose division led the at taok) does not need you, protect yourselves the best you oan under the hill. But if Heth should need you go to bis assistance at once without wait ing for orders. Don't fire your guns, give them the bayonet. If they run then see if they will outrun the bul let." And the gallant Heth did need us, and with what a rush we passed dirootly through his line, to the cry of his men of "Go in South Carolina!" right up and into the teeth of Rey nold's men, sweeping them from the face of Seminary Ridge. This obarge was so sudden and so success ful that many of the enemy could not got away and sought shelter in the College buildings. The late F. H. Reilly, of my old company, who died a few years ago in Greenville, S. C, and whose memory I shall revere while lifo lasts as one of the bravest men and best soldiers I have ever known, made a capture by himself in one of the rooms of twolve or fifteen of the "blue coats." I oan now hear the olarion voice of the fearless Mc Creary calling out for volunteers to enter the streets of Gettysburg, and the 1st regiment went with him to a man. Co). Bunt proved himself a worthy successor of the heroic Edwards. It has never been my privilege to know him personally, but. I have the pleasantest recollections of him as a gentleman, the sinoerest admiration of his bravery and the greatest respect for his ability. His handso.ue face and fine form made him a noticeable personage in tho brigade. He is still living?an honored oitizen of Greenville, S. C. His letter to nie, from which I have m ado Un a part of those reminiscences, wu? not (otended for publication, and I owe him an apology for the use I have made ?>f it. Hut euch vivid and well-written ac counts should not be withheld. They are intensely interesting to the old Holdier element, and kecji the younger generation reminded of the quality of manhood it took to discharge the duties of citizenship iu ourSouthorn country forty odd years go. * * * * / * Ou the retreat from Gettysburg the brigade was detained for several days iu tiie vicinity of Hagerstown. Md, waiting for the Potomao River to fall so that pontoons could be thrown serosa it at KalliDg Waters. The day before the night of the crossing to the Virginia side Co.-upany h was ordered out on the skirmish line as a relief detail. The enemy's skirmish line, of which we had an unobstructed view, lay about three hundred yards from our rifle-pits and extended through . farm yard. The roofs of the build ings in the yard and other places af fording cover were all minned by their sharp-shooters. To reach our rifle pits we had t<? go over a Btretch of wheat field of about two hundred yards. Notwithstanding the enemy had the "drop on us." we succeeded in getting safely into the pits, though a very short while after we reached them the lamented Capt. .lohn W. Chambers was mortally wounded. This left the company, without a commissioned officer to command it, Lieut, (afterwards captain) Wm. Ai ken Kelly being temporarily in charge of Company F, the highest non-com missioned oflicer present was the writer, who, at the time enjoyed the distinction of being 3d corporal. !n rushing to get into tue rifle-pits 1?. H. Keilly, J. K, Osborne, Frank M. Martin aud myself landed in the same one together.' The pit was too small for the four, and fearful that one of us might get killed, I told Frank Martin to go to the one next on our left and about twenty foot distant. He got himself ready, and picking his chance made a bolt for the rifle pit. The markmauship of the ene my was accurate, and they did not permit him to mako the distance, short as it was, without giving him their attention. He had gone, per haps two-thirds of the way when there was a sound as if a bullet had struok him, aud heels over head he went into the pit. I hollowed out to him, "Frank, are you hurt?" In a moment he had hit? knapsack off his back and taking from it a red flannel shirt held it up and answered: "No, but they have killed my Bhirt as dead ash?1." A bullet had passed through his knapsack and perforated the shirt at oach of the folds. Tbis superb sol dier was wounded and captured at Spott&ylvania Court house, Virginia, and died in Washington, D. C. The enemy gavo us another exhibi tion of their good marksmanship when Jim Osborne was looking through a hole between the Chestnut rails, of whioh the rifle pit was made, and exposing the upper portion of his head, a shot broke one of the rails into two pieces right against his fore head. # ? * . * * * At the Wilderness, Wm. W. Bunoh ?game from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, also of Company L?was struok in the breast with a h pont bullet. With that dramatic effect to whiob he was given, he shouted: "Farewell boys," and fell as if dead. I stooped down and opened the front of his shirt; fortunately the bullet did not enter the body, but the flesh was very muoh contused and had an ugly appearance. Upon my telling him that the bullet had not gone in, he exclaimed: "Is that so," and springing to his feet, rushed forward at the top of his voioe, "Hurrah for that! Give it to them boys." Tho last time I heard of this noble soldier ho was leading the life of a farmer. I hope he is still living and doing well. Oooe Bunoh oame very near getting me into what bid fair to be a serious little 8orspe. We were near a place oalled "Turkey Bend" on the James River, about the middle of June, 1864, while Gen. Grant was moving his army from the line of the Chickahom iny to a new base south of the James. For some reason, that I do not now remember, my company was merged with Company H, and tho two com panies commanded by Capt. S. G. Baxnwell, of the latter. Capt. Barn well oame to me and said: "I wish you would take two or three men and see if yoa oan looate the enemy's oavalry, which is supposed to be in our front. I will follow you up with the two companies and go to your assistance in ease you should get into trouble. For my companions on this seout I so looted two of the bravest men in Capt. Barn well* s own company, Jerry Butler, now a member of the police forco in Charleston, S. C, and Benja min Rothwell, of Savannah, Ga., familiarly known through the regi ment by the nickname of "Prompt*, ly.'' Bunch asked me to exohango guns with him, saying bo wanted the load in his discharged so ho oould givo tho gun a thorough cleaning. I con-, scnted, but not until he had givon me every assurance ho could that his gun was in good condition. Leisurely, bu. alert?Jerry, "Promptly" and I , started oil down the country road j in the direction of where the enemy ) was thought to be. We passed 1 through a loDg stretch of woods? seemingly a mile or more, and then we came to an old field of about ten or twelve acres through which the ! road led. On cither side were a num ber of dead pine trees. When within about seventy-five yards of where the road re*entered the woods four "blue coats stepped out into the road from behind trees, and with all the delib- ' erateness of shooting deer let fly at us the contents of their rifles. I cried to the boys to get behind the old trees, and displayed commendable celerity in getting behind a big one ! myself. From these posts the boys exchanged several shots with the enemy?more than one bullet striking the trees behind which we stood. I exploded possibly a half dozen caps on the gun (Burcb's) I had, but never once did it uiochsrge. As the odds were to two one against us, a. d the chances excellent for our getting "bagged" T told the boys to get away as quickly as they could, and I don't tbiuk a greyhound could havo outrun us back to the woods. The enemy kept up their fire while wo ran, but were such poor marksmen that we came oil with no other consequences than a lively experience. They were the outposts to Kilpatrick's cavalry. My friend liasell Crouoh facetiously calls this the battle of "Turkey Bend." On returning to our com panies I told Bunch to draw the load of his gun, whioh he did, and found much to his mortification that during a rain the night before water had gone | through the nipple and saturated the charge of powder, rendering it use less. With the death of Capt. Chambers at Ilagcrstown, Md, in 1803, the last of the original four officers of Com pany L, passed away. Capt. C. D. Barksdale and Lieut. John Munro, at the necond Manassas, and Lieut. E. C. DuBose at Chanoellorsville. Of their successors, Capt, Wm. Aiken Kelly, Lieut. N. I. Hasell (both of Charles ton, S- C.,) are still living. Capt. Kelly entered the service in 18G1 as a private, but possessing qualifications that fitted him for any position, he was soon chosen second sergeant of the oompany. Beginning at Gaines Mill there was not a battle in Virginia in whioh he took part that he did not display the most splendid oourage, and show by his valor that he would worthily wear any honor that might ba conferred upon him. This is so exeggerated praise for I am sincere when I eay that, whether in the camp, on the march or on the battlefield his every aot was characterized by a thoroughness and a loyal devotion to duty aud principle that commanded the admiration and reepcct of all who appreciated true manhood. Where will you find a more striking illustra tion of what I have said than in CapJ.. Kelly's heroic aot at the battle of Hatcher's Kuo, when the Confederate lines were broken and with them all hope of Southern Independence blas ted? He seized the flagstaff of the regiment, tore from it the eolors and thrust them into the hands of the gallant Bunch for safe keeping, but who, himself becoming apprehensive of capture, buried the glorious old battle flag on the banks of the Appo mattox Biver. Chivalrous and cul tured Capt. Kelly was the peer of any man in the army. With such quali ties as I have intimated the steps from a sergeantoy to a lieutenantoy and from the lieutenantoy to the cap taiucy of the company were easy ones for him to take. Lieut. Hat ell also entered the ser vice as a private in 1861. Possessed of the highest order of both pbysioal and moral oourage and au accomplish ed gentleman he soon became bound to the members of the compan.** with "hooks of steel." It is a pleasant thing for me to reoord that whether as private, sergeant, or lieu tenant, I do not recall a single dis paraging remark I ever heard made about him. He was chosen a lieu tenant of the company in 1863, but it was not theirs to have the use of his brilliant services. They were reserv ed for another command?the match less battalion of sharpshooters of Mo Gowan's brigade. Could any better tribute be paid to Lieut. Hasell's courage, trustworthiness and eniinent j fitness for great responsibility than that be should have been selected as an officer for that picked body of fear less men? No man under the South ern banner bore himself with greater honor. None discharged the obliga tions of the true soldier more bravely, more faithfully and more intelligently j than he. j * * * # * * With the exception of the expedi I tion to Manasaas in October, and I Mead's movement to Mine Bun in November, the army of Northern Virginia engaged in no important op eration from the close of the Gettys burg campaign in July, 1863, to the opening of Grant's Overland campaign in May, 1864. During the greater part of this time it lay idly in its camps along theiioe of the Bapidan Biver. Gen. Lee issued an order granting furloughs on the basis of two to every one hundred men. In the first allotment the first regiment re ceived two, and the company officers met together at regimental headquar ters to decide how they should be disposed of. At the time Company t L, was temporarily myrged with com- ( pany G, and was without any one to 1 directly represent it at the meeting, i Attention was called to this, when an t officer, whose dislike for the company t dated back to 1861 while the regiment \ was at Suffolk, Va., strenuously op- ( posed its being allowed to partici- \ pate, giving as his reason: "That its < members were noted for getting on ] the sick lis?, nr vesorting to any other ' espedient that would relieve them ] from the drudgery of camp duty; and < there was no such thing as enough of | them turning out to make a respeot- < able show on dress parade." Gapt. ( G. P. Goggans, of Company B, (the , Newberry oompany) with a magnani- ; mity as great as be was brave, spoke ] up and said: "It is true, what has , been said about Company L shirking oamp duty, but there is this muoh in their favor, they always have more | men on the battlefield than they do on dress parade." This settled the dis cussion. Company L took part and had the good fortune to draw one of the furloughs. < * # * ? * # Ilaneil W. Crough, one of t!.e few remaining stuvivors of Company L, ' now a leading businesu mau of Char leston, S. C, bore himself with great gallantry in all the,battles iu which he took part. The promptness with whioh he called out for a streiche.-, and the readiness with whioh he ren dered me assistance, though fortu- 1 nately I did not need either, the morning of the 6th of ?May in the Wil derness when I ?as struck on the leg with such force by a spent ball as to knock lue foot from under me and cause me to fall, made a very warm place for him in my heart. At the Bloody Angle he was in the traverse next on my left and close to the plaoe where the Federal soldier made tbe demand for our surrender. He performed magnificent service there. When the Confederate lines were broken on the Boydton Plank Boad, the morning of April 2, 1865, he and 1 the lamented P. H. Roilly were on the skirmish line, or the oooking detail, I do not now remember which. At any rate they were performing special duty of some kind ay ay from the com-, mand. While on this duty the position of the oompany was changed from the Boydton Plank Road to Hatcher's Run, a mile or two to the right. Ir the general rupture which followed the assault of the enemy they got out on from the oompany and could not get baok to it, without having to pass directly through the Union line of battle, a thing not to be thought of. By making i wide detour and going around the left wing of the eto ',7 hey could have escaped sod decamp )d for their homes, unmolested by riend or foe, without dishonor, to nany others had done, but their lofty lease of duty never onoe caused them .0 thick of euch a course, and tho vholo of that day found them with, -he heroic men around Petersburg, who held the euemy in oheok ul?I jen. Lee could get the fragments of his army safely within the inner lines. Their conduct entitles them to the ?ighest praise. There was displayed luring the whole war no finer exhibi tion of true metal; no more shining 3xample or fidelity to duty. Later on Lhey oame up with the remnant of the jompaay, which had retreated from rlatoher'e Bun by way of Souther tand'e Station, and remained with it until the end came at Appomattox. B. F. Brown. Carolina Volunteers, McGowan'a brigade, 1861-65. Did She Take Him. Capt. B. P. Hobson of Merrimao fame was reocntly married, and that fact, says the Troy Times, gives es pecial point to a little story whieh he t)ld in answer to a general who, in conversation, alluded to the captain as an illustration of coolness. Thia is the f tory: "The most perfect ex hibition of coolness ever made oame from a friend of mine?an old man now, but still a bachelor. This gentle man loved a beautiful widow in the summer of '96. He courted her with ardor through the months of July and August, and in September he proposed. It was a cool evening for the season and my friend and the widow sat in doors, the lights lowered, the duok faintly illuminated by a fire of birch logs. 'So,' my friend ended, 'I love you, and I ask your hand in marriage.' He rose. 'Will you,' he said, 'be mine?' The widow gazed at the flame thoughtfully. Then in a low, appeal ing voice she said: 'Don't make the aaswer immediately. Give me a little time for thought.' 'Very good,' said my friend. 'How long do you want?' 'A half hour/ murmured the widow. 'A half hour be it,' said my friend, taking up his hat. 'And in the mean while,' ho added, 'I'll just go down to Smith's and get a shave." ? Some women think that the only reason why their sex do not have beard is, that God just didn't have enough hair to go all the way round. ? A man is very foolish to insist upon his wife's doing a thing , when she would not do it if he insisted up on her not doing it. ? 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