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INTERESTING WAR STORY.
Told by Joab Edwards, of Johnsto:
S. C.
Personal reminiscences are, <
course, the most valuable material i
collectors of history and the U. D. <
are anxious to get. as many othe:
like the ones printed below as poss
ble. These were dictated at the r
quest of Mrs. O. D. Black, historia
of the Ann Buie chapter, by Joab E<
wards, of Johnston, a Confedera
veteran.
A Saloon in a Brush Heap.
At the end of the four years <
conflict the Western division of tl
Confederate army under Gen. Josep
E. Johnson, came to rest at Buffa
1 creek, near Greensboro, N. C. It w*
near this place that Gen. Cornwall
met his defeat in the Revolutionai
war. It was. at Greensboro, as we
as I remember, that the last meetir
of President Davis and Gen. Johnsc
was held. 'Twas here, until a fe
years ago, the old Quaker church i
Guilford college which Cornwall
used as a hospital for his wounde
showed the stains of blood. In
thoughtless moment this old buil<
ing was torn down and this touch (
war paint was removed?but it is n(
- ~ 1 nr/M</lc< /
forgotten, me lwuiuiicu *
James Pugh, who with 12 others wz
hanged by the British, are engrave
on marble, "The shedding of ox
blood will be as good seed sown o
good ground which shall bring fort
an hundred fold/' It is near hei
the bronze statue to the~memory <
Karanpoppuc Turner stands not on]
to tell of a mother's devotion to h*
son but to point our American wome
in the way of service to their countr;
; * j The battle oak, bitten, it is said, t
Cornwallis' horse, now stands nes
here with its 47 vigorous branche
keeping time with the growth of tt
union of States, inviting us to coi
sider it as a part of our unwritte
v history and calling forth our admini;
tration by the spread of its branche
and the power of their resistance.
In the midst of such environmen
it might well be asked how can v
explain the existence of a saloon i
N a brush heap? This explanation
all too easy to give. The Confede
acy had an enemy more powerfi
than itself, that had cast off the pr<
taction guaranteed by the Unit
States constitution to private prope
and our people were trying to hie
their personal effects on every sic
and in almost every nook and co:
ner. It seems that we were just le
m supernatural power up to Green
boro to find in the last chapter au
' on the last page of the four year
conflict the saloon in the brush hea]
' " ' ^ 1? T?
to snow tnat we were not oniy ua,
tftng against enemies of the Sout
but against the constitution of tfc
y United States as well. They tried t
reconstruct us, but did they ever r<
construct themselves? But who ai
the witnesses that proved the saloo
was in the brush heap? Well, thei
they are?Tom Wright and Ephriai
Amacker, of the Seventh South Car<
lina regiment; they found it. Thei
was a division*of it and a might
sight of speech making and such lik
following for a while.. W. A. Wa1
son even put off writing to his sweei
heart 'til another day!
|i f "Hello, Ike!"
In the winter of 1863 the eecon
regiment of South Carolina cavalr
spent some time in winter quartei
near Hamilton crossing. Outside c
picket patrol and guard duty, littl
else was done.
I do not now recall just where th
i
expression "Hello, Ike," was first ir
'
troduced, hut I do remember that i
was a general regimental term c
greeting for almost every one wh
would ride singly through the cam]
One day it chanced that Col. T. ?
Lipscomb, who was colonel of th
regiment, rode through. At th
sound of his horse's feeh some on
started the greeting "Hello, Ike" an
as usual it spread through the cam]
The colonel of course took it goo
humoredly.
At this time an application ha
been sent to the war department ast
ing for a transfer of the secon
South Carolina cavalry from Virgini
to South Carolina. A hearing froi
the application was expected almos
any day and there was great hop
that it would be granted. A sno1
had fallen just before the soundin
of tattoo. Some one in the vicinit
of Col. Lipscomb's tent shouted ou
"Three cheers for South Carolina.
Those who had refrained from gree
ing the passerby with "Hello, Ike
joined the music of cheering. Tb
band played "Dixie" and "Swe<
Home," and there was a rush to con
pany headquarters to get the nev
while tiie horses manifested the
readiness for a charge; nobody seen
- * _ t 1 x ^
60. 10 Know waai it an meant. u
rectly the regimental sutler, M
Cooper, came up with a note whic
he had been handed by some or
to be presented at company hea<
quarters. The note was opened ar
read about as follows: "The bear<
of this note is responsible for th
upstir." The same liberty taken wil
boys who used to cry "school bu
V.
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ter" was taken with Mr. Cooper,
cept that he was treated to s:
n, instead of water. Like treatn
was accorded to James Robin
our wagon master, who was sai(
[)f be mixed up in the matter. No
to seemed ever to find out who it
0. that shouted "three cheers for Sc
rs Carolina," but "Hello, Ike" dii
;i_ peared from our greetings witl
e_ any further notice.
Ln Pressing Corn.
d- There was a time during the 1
te Between the Sections that hui
served the Confederate soldiers n
than a gentle reminder. Hunger,
know, is said to be "notice given i
3f the capillary fires need replenishii
le It is natural law making demand
>h the food supply for the relief of n
lo It goes without saying that w
is these demands are made men usu
is sit up and take notice. After
y hatd fought battle of Bentonville
(11 C., on the 19th of March, 1865,
Lg army fell back to Smithfield, N
\n There was some scarcity of a
w rations. We remained in camp 1
it for several days, during which c
is the final reorganization or rather <
sd solidation of the army took pi
a Some'of the boys acquired a pr
1- general knowledge of the corn
>f around by frequent trips out.
Dt morning two of company D, S
)f batallion, Henry Adams and Tui
is Cooley, announced that they were
id ing out on a fcraging trip. They
ir John Witt, now of Magnolia, A
?n that they knew of a grist mill
h far away, that they were going
*e press some corn and have it gro
)f and they were not coming in u
ly night as the moon would be shir
?r brightly. Jobn knew these t
in were as good as their word, so
y. in the evening he came around
>y way and asked if l wouia noi
ir to have some fun. Inquiring v
s, was up and being told, I rea
ie agreed. As soon as it was d
i- enough to conceal our guns as
in passed through guard lines we
s- up a quick time march towards
3S mill. We soon came to where
road turned from the main r
ts down to the mill. Here we arra
re ourselves for the interception,
in was a fine forest. John statione
is little below the forks of the r
r- and I went some 50 yards furt
il towards the mill. I was to let
> boys pass and John was to halt th
id We did not wait long before 1
r- came up the road in silence, e
le with a sack of meal, and they
le made a negro boy bring a sack a
r- As they passed me I fell in bel
id them and as they came near Johr
s- stepped in front of them, brinj
Ld his gun to armsport. With a
s' and a kind of nasal song in his vc
p, he shouted, "Halt!" The boys st
t- ed to about face when I brought
h gun to ready and also in a tone
ie commanding authority said "Ha
;o Before we had time to give any
2- ther orders the three sacks of n
e were lying in the road before us
n the figures were surveying land w
e out regard to compass or chain. T1
il being a lank place in our ration qi
? ? ? i
> ters we appreciatea tne meai
e making the circle \as did they,
,y reached camp in time to see tl
:e come in. Of course we had a I01
I- questions to ask them about the d;
t- outing, and some very definite qi
tions about the mill and the c
they were going to press. They v
d such good boys! The kindi
y which the people had sh<wvn tl
s during the day, they said, kept tl
>f from pressing the corn. John ar
e had to convince them that we i
them throw down the sacks and
e through the weeds, and we also
i- to divide the meal with them bei
it they could enjoy a hearty lauglf.
>f Xo More Cold Feet,
o During the winter of 1863 I ser
as relief for my father in Compan
Second regiment of South Carol
e cavalry. I was then 16 years <
e At the time of the occurrence of
e following incident we were cam
d near Orange court house, Va. See
had reported that the Eightee
d Pennsylvania regiment of cavj
was in easy range of capture. G
d Wade Hampton ordered a detail
c- 50 well mounted men from each r<
d ment in Gen. P. M. B. Young's
a. gade to attempt to capture it. T
a were camped at a cross road n
it Germana ford on the Rappahann
>e river. We left our camp about
w o'clock in the morning. The m
S bers of Company I in the detachm*
y as I now recall them, were Gus Wb
t, Thos. Crafton, Lawrence Harris, >
Griffis and myself. / It was a c
t- drizzly day. Just/ before night
>" reached a body of woods near
le river at Ely's ford, which is some
it tance below Germana. We t
1- shelter in these woods under st
<7s orders to keep quiet, build no fi
ir nor unroll our blankets. The clc
i- passed away and the air was c
i- Shortly after midnight we were
r. dered to go forward. The river
:h flushed by the rain, causing the
ie ter to reach well up on the sa<
3- skirts. In crossing my horse b
id dered, forcing me to drop my fee
sr the water and my boots caugh
is good supply of cold water. Soon
th ter crossing we halted and waited
t- the approach of day. My feet \
\
ex- so cold it did not seem possible foi
now me to keep quiet till day. But this
lent was the order. At length the mornson,
ing light began to show, and the orI
to der, "Form fours" came quietlj
one down the line. (But my feet wert
was so cold!) Then "Forward" (stil
>uth cold). Then the order, "Drav
sap- sabre," accompanied by a statement
lout that "we are going to have a handto-hand
fight." Then came the order
"Intierce-point, charge!" which was
iVar responded to with that famous yel
lger known as the rebel yell. Xhe cold10re
ness of my feet disappeared as w*
v0ll rushed upon the panic stricken Eighthat
teenth Pennslyvania camp. Gen
1g>" Hampton was at the head of the deI
on tachment. He dispatched the detai
nen. from the First and Second South
hen Carolina cavalry down the road toally
ward Germana ford to capture 2
the squad of Yankees stationed there
N. We had not gone far before they mei
the us, and finding that we had come foi
C. them, they took to the woods. Rermy
peated efforts proved that my gur
iere would not fire, it having gotten wel
lays the day before. I resolved to try tc
2on- capture a Yankee pistol. Spotting
ace. the man I wanted I put forth my besl
etty efforts to get him, but as my horse
itry was of pony build, Nick Griffis beal
One to him and got his pistol, an ?
ixth Lawrence Harris, who had lost his
ner haversack the day before, made hiir
go- divide rations. While we were aftei
told this squad the detachment from Cobl
rk., legion, Philip legion and Jeff Davis
not legion were rounding up the prison
tn ers in the camp and getting * the
) ^v und
camp outfit ready for removal. ]
ntn failed to get the pistol I went after
ling but my feet were now all right wher
)0ys I got in line for the return march,
late Tho Moon . Did It.
V
my After the battle at Honey Hill the
like Sixth battalion of the State reserves
rhat was stationed for a while at Raddily
cliffe's battery. Not far away to the
tark east of the battery was the little Seawe
brook island on which stood the magset
nificent residence of Abraham Hugue
the not. The Yankee beats were not fai
the away down Bee's creek. During the
oad day our troops patrolled the island
iyed and at night our outer line of pickets
It were posted at the head landing or
sd a the mainland. There was an innei
oad line of pickets between this line anc
:her our camp. Lieut. Kirksey, of neai
the Trenton, was in command of this
em. line. The outer line was in Charge
;hey of cavalry. The moon had passed
tach the full a few days, the weather was
had fair and an icy wind was coming
ilso. from the west almost at storm speed
lina Those of us who were not on dutj
t he had lain down in our tents to enjoj
?ing the soldier's rest and listen at the
low fierce blowing wind. Just as we wen
>ice, falling asleep, Maj. G. D. Huiet came
art- running through the camp calling
my out, "Get up, men! Get up! The Yan
i of kees are right here on us." W<
It!" grbbed our hats, shoes and coats anc
fur- put them on in a jiffy and withoui
leal guns and cartridge boxes we rushec
and into line of battle in the edge of ar
ith- old field which lay in the directior
lere of the Yankees. Maj. Robt. Merilar
wether, cool and determined, was ir
?ind charge of the line,
we The noise of the wind being greatlem
er than the noise of our movement
t of we felt sure the Yankees would not
ay's know where our line was 'til we had
les- given them a warm reception in the
orn icy wind. They were slow coming,
^ere The road over which we were looking
less for their approach ran nearly north
lem and south, and along the edge of tht
lem woods on the east while a line of
id I dog fennel fringed the west side of
saw the road. The moon had laid aside
run her scarlet robe as she rode higher
had up in the heavens and was now at1
Vv?t? orVi Ann A C
tireu. in iiyr snvwj unguiucoo. ac
the shadows of the trees wero shortened
the silver tips of moonlight beved
gan to fall on the tops of the dog
y I, fennel as it swayed back and forth
[ina in the wind. In suppressed voices
old. along the line could be heard, "Yonthe
der they are." The range was too
ped far for any guns which carried three
>uts buckshot and a ball, and hence we
nth held our fire but stood in readiness
ilry for their approach. There was plenlen.
ty of motion in their columns but
of no advance. The strangeness of this
egi- led us to the discovery that the moon,
bri- the wind and the line of dog fennel
hey were holding our attention. The
tear picket, it was soon learned, had misock
took the red rising moon for fire
11 which they supposed was being set
? VinY?n UiKriionnt hniisA nn the
tJJLU- "Ui" "o ?
ent, island. Returning to our tents we
lite, fell asleep under the same moonlight
lick which had been distorted into an eneold,
my's advance.?The State.
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