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* * * BATTLE OF BLOODY ANGLE * * - * By M. L. Lonf, Co. G., 13th * Regt., U. C. V. * * * * * * * * * * * * * (:* * * * * Iz was the morning of t.he 12th of Mav. 1S64. We were lying in the trenkhes just left of Spottsylvania C. R., Va... wondering what woull come nex:. Wa had just witnessed a ter rible cannonade from each side. Some times it seemed that the shells would meet in the air. We were then ordered out and marehed about one mile to the left and were placed on the reserve line. Wve heard tlhe most territie( caniionad ing - our left and soon we heard vol ley nfter volley of small arms. In a very s.:iort while a courier rode up to General McGowan. pointing to the left. AT once the order of attention was giv e and we started by the left flank in double quick in the direction of the firing. After going about one mile a shell fell in our company. tearing a hole about two feet deep. but hurting no one. We soon came to where the bat tle was raging with all its fury. Very early in the morning General Grant had massed his troor, and assaulted a weak bend he had found on our line. The enemy had succeeded in captur ig General Johnston's division of 1S.000 troops and thirteen cannon and .had possession of our line of works for some distance. Now our business was to take the line back from them. At it we went, for we had no time to lose. There were only three brigades of us, Davis'Mississippians. Hayes' from Alabama, and McGowan's South Car olinians. We charged a little redoubt that had been hurriedly thrown up and. formed ourselves behind it. At once we were ordered on the first line of works. - When the writer rose up and look ed in front the whole hill was blue with the enemy. They opened on us -with all of their cannon and ours that they had captured. With grape and ,dannister and musketry, they truly made a hail storm of bullets,* but strange to say only a few of oar men fell. The shots seemed too high. When the enemy saw we were eons ing sure enough, they got on the oth er side of the works. So we lay so close for a short time that when guns were laid across the works threy could be caught and~ sometimes pulled out of the hand. After we had lain in this way- ten. or fifteen minutes we were or dered to charge the next line. Gen eral McGowan jumped on the works and waved his sword to the front. He fell back shot through the arm. Col one] Miller next got on the works and h?e fell back wounded. Colonel Shoot-a er got up next anl lie fell dead. Then our own Colonel Lester mounted the works sword in hand and the whole line of men went forward and charg ed th last line of works. General Granz had in this time received heavy reinforcements and we had to meet another storm of bullets. Here our brave boys went down fearfully. When we got into the works the same scene was enacted as before, the tuemv on one side and we on the other. The enemy held a small por tionl of the works on our right, at the bend, which enabled them to cross fire on us. we had to throw up a cross worl: to) keep the bullets off of us. While we were at :his the enemy left 'is for a while. When we looked ba.ck over the ground behi:id us it ee:tainly deserv ed the name of Bloo dy' Bend. But it did seem t.hat General Grant had de termined to .have our line. Just as soon as fresh troops could be brought five lines of men came against us. They were apparently under the in fluenee of whiskey, with it in their canteens. We Lay close and held our fire till they got within ten paces of us. Then at a given signal we poured a volley into their ranks. They stag ered, many threw down their guns and came into our lines. We could not take them,but sent t-hem back, and ~many of them fell from their own bullets. It was about 11 o'clock a. m. when we got possession of the works and the enemy charged about ever; half hour till 4 o'clock p. m. Somehow a white cloth was shown on our right and it was mistaken for a trace. A Yankee color bearer and his guard came over to us and asked if we had surrendered. He was told, "No." He asked permission to re turn, which was granted. When the and his guard weer about twenty steps in front a wanton shot was fired. then a volley and the men went down. Now charge after charge came un til after dark. We ought to have said that from the time we made the first until night there was a downpour of rain, and tile ditches became nearly fail of water mixed with blood. Just afte.r dark we became so exhausted x'e dropped off to sleep- When Thi Fare from Col From Kinards JulI ~ Good Reti and includii leaving Ath Time. Ask i, S. ETCH T. P.A Phone fl4 Col we woke we found that we had been I ling on a dead man, one perhaps hom we had been opposing in the fray. At this time we could not raise ur heads above the works or we ould be shot. So we worked little oles thro~ug.h the works and fired trough t.hen. We think we heard bullets m~ake all the different sounds that night that e ever heard. Some cackled like cikens, some bleated like lambs, thers screamed like cats and so on. About one o 'clock we got orders fr every man to take care of him slf. Shiortly after this a friend of ine proposed that we would work a or way out. We crawled down the itch two hundred yards to the woods ten rose and ran for life. The writ er fell into a hole of water up to the rmpits, waded through. pulled out ad went on. We came to a line of en in our rear. composed of Ker 'saw's Brigade who had cut a line of orks during the evening and night. o now we were prepared to evacuate te front line. We were told that camps were ar rnged for us in the rear andi that we. ould be excused from all duty for tree days. About daylight what was 'ft of our company were in and ady to cook and eat breakfast. On the morning of the second day friend and the writer went over to lok at the battlefield. As we went e met an old man and his wife going ack home. They lived right in the end of the works. We tried to keep hem from going but in vain. They ad a little meal and were going home to bake it. We gathered some stieks nd made them a little fire. The hose was, nearly torn to pieces by he shells. Their children were in he army. The men who were killed i the ditches were buried by throw ig the top of the breastworks on hem. The numberless ones who fell n the field lay very much as they had allen. Truly it was an awful sight to see. There was an oak tree, twenty--two iches in diameter, standing on the orks at the right of cur company hich was cut down by minnie balls. t fell just before night. We must say this battle was an er perience for a boy seventeen vears old s the writer was then. In Memoriam Miss Lucy Hendrir Gone to G~od, angels greet her; Gone to join the seraph band, \ho are springing now to meet her In that holy, happy land." Sabbath evening Miss Lucy Hen rix and her mother were laid side by IO TIA! ~. N. & L. and S -ee De umbia to Gary, Inch to Laurens, Inclusiv JE SDA 7th 1130 irning, Regular"[ ag Train 32, Fridi inta 12:25 P. 1 Agents, phone 01 BERGER, I F. LI' ~,S. A. L. mibia, S. C. Phone 76, mother died about one hour before the daughter. Mrs. Hendrix was a conisistent member of the Methodist ehurch and did certainly "look well to the ways of her household.'' Miss Lucy was also a member of the Methodist church and its Sabbath school. She was a young woman of much promise, and in that spirit of Christian love which all should exer ise, she was a member of East End Baptist Sabbath school where she was much appreciated. Her~ seat was sel dom vacant and her lessons carefully prepared. She was joy and strength to her teacher. The last time she was at church was just -after Easter, the Sabbath evening of Children's day. She had fever then but rallied and gave a beautiful recitation in a most cultivated way. Many were the con gratulations she received. In the enterprises of thie church Miss Lucy took a deep interest, and will be sadly missed in the/East End village. For twelve long weeks she lay with fever and measles. Sometimes we had great hopes of her .recovery, but all in vain. She and her dear mother were "Lovely in their lives and in their death were not divided.'' East E,nd Baptist Sunday School. J. D. Galaway, Supt. B. L. Dodd, Teacher. Card of Thanks. To our many friends and neighbors, who have ministered to us so faithful ly in our deep affliction, 'we extend our heartfelt thanks. During the long illness and death of our loved ones we have had not simply in words but in deeds the tangible evidences of Christian charity. In these few lines we cannot express al we feel. 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