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REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR.
? Great 7>e?i/ of Unwritten HisSnh^iSi
ZhicAJhe p*i.y"*&**vd
\jreriu fu&tTy i)ue Them. Some
of the Truest, Noblest and Bravest
Men That Ever Faced tin
Enemy Were to be
FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES.
BY J. L. STRAIN.
Iq May '02 I find the Ilolcoml
Legion cavalry in camp at th<
Jenkin's place. This was known a
camp Spearman. Here the severa
companies were reorganized and vol
unteered for three years of the wai
We were joined by Captain Camp
bell's company from Colleton Dii
trict. They took the name of Con
pany E. in curap and line. Th
Company was kno'An as the Mar.'
Tackies, but your readers must n
% conclude that this title is intended
disparage the character of the troo
or place them in the line of in<
ficiency. It would be sacrilege of t
most unpardonable kihu u> anv...
suoh a thing. Many of them wc
the brave cannoners who stood
their gun? on Bay Point and Ililto'
Head ou the 7 th of November, 181
until the last gun was disabled
dismounted^ and retreated only fr
the overwhelming forces and resour
of the Federals.
An elder brother of mine, a mo
her of Co A. lith S. C. He
who was ou Bay Point at the ti
under that true t vne of a Soutl
soldier, Col. B. G\*V.. Duriov
in giving a description ql' this
gagement says: "The ukju f.?i
like tigers." The iinf-Lfesion
that little sentence ot fri'OTrords t
upon mo can only he eft ce 1 by
lamp of reason gojpg outf j God
bid that I slnuldf mention tin
or tread on the sacred di
a brave soldier hut to honor it.
nm*1l horses they rodo drew the
Marsh Tackies, instead of the
This command remained with 1
about two months, and did thcii
of the service well. %
When our new officers were c
the old ones retired who we;
i. .re-elected. We hated to gi
f Lieut. Mabry Thomas. For
I * always entertained the highest i
f as a gentleman, officer and s
f He was a model man. high
p honorable and brave. From h
I poorest boy in the ranks get th
attention that the richest slave
j did. -The same gentlemanly q
a ' attached to our other officer
ISt shall mention them further on
S i ^ Lieut. Thomas here severs 1
flpa vt section with the command, w
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our du'y to soy that he earned with
him the highest respect of ever}
soldier in the command?whether
oflicer or* private.
Of Lieut. J. W. Crider I remember
very little. lie was never on duty
with me, consequently I did not have
the opportunity to know as much
about him as of the other officers.
He was a christian gentleman?n
minister of the Methodist church, and
lost no opportunity to use his high
office for the advancement of Christ's
kingdom, and was, beyond doubt, the
most influential personage in the
command in that respect. Neither
he nor Lieut. Thomas were candidates
for re election. I never saw
Lieut. Crider after he left us at
Camp Shearrnun.
I havo sai.l before that Canij
Spearman was at the Jenkins farm
and mansion. Around the hou?e and
in the yard was almost all kinds oi
native and exotic plants, the frag
ranee of which perfumed the air foi
some distance around. Col. Shing
ler'a tent was inside of the yard
under tv large water-oak. The head
flU#r'M
A few wells were sunn. Tn tnc Tencampment,
over which brush arbors
were made to protect theui from the
sun. llere we spent the month o!
May and part of June, '02. Com
pany and squdron drills were kept uj
regularly, together with picket dut1
and camp guard, the latter of whicl
> was kept up by regular detail,
e Farms were neglected?the hand
9 taken off?and thousands of acres c
i uncultivated land were covered wit
n ?.1,
I- strawberries. These we wouiu
* and make into pies. The land wt
> rich and candy?not a rock was I
i- be found anywhere on it. At th
i- camp we had less annoyance fro
i? mosquitoes than formerly. We cou
ib get the sea breeze as it came up To
it gadoo Creek. We made brush arbo
to over our horses to protect them f. c
ps the sun; al o over our tents in mat
-f* places. On our street grew a lar
ho sycamore tree under which the wh<
pt company would sometimes asseinl
?fc and pass off the time. Bob Da
by used to be the champion fiiddler a
n's wrestler. Under this tree he 1
jl, pm many backs on the ground.
?r was under this tree that Joe Le
om got spider bit; and when an over d
cos of medicine (used principally
spider and snake bites) had b
mi- given him be forgot who he was.
g'f? uskod: "Who am I, any ho
">e, Somebody said, "its Joe Lecc
icrn "No it ain't, not'much, it ain'c
?r?t, Leech." "Ned, (addressing
< ti- cook) d y >u know me?" "Yes ?
itfht was Ned's answer. "Well, wli
that it?" "Its Mas Joe." "Mas
nude who?" "Mas Joe Leeeli," Ned i
' the ."No it ain't, Ned, its Jim Stn
[for- "Don't I belong to this mess?" 4
j fair air." "Well, what's the matter
ist of rue. anyhow?" "Don't know, u
The you are d k." Poor Joe 1
title heard the end of that spider
men. After we got to Virginia, on C
as for mag eve of '62, Joe got jolly
r part and Billy Kennedy said, "I
Joe Leech has got spider bit a{
lected Jake Porter got spider bit
re not the same time Joe Leech (
vo up Camp Spearman, but we did nc
him I any fun out of him. He canv
espect near dying. At this same pla
oldier. about the same time, David C
toned, gick. lie and I had just spent i
im the at King's Point, as couriers for
e same James' battalion. We ha<
i owner comfortably quartered in a hoi
ualitica enjoyed ourselves hugely. Rei
s and I to Ctimp David took sick and
; but as Jn the worst fix I ever saw a
lis con* get up again. He was as wh
e feel it corpse, and it looked lik<
muscle in him was in a jerk. Ilis
? eyes were set in his head, and he was
the picture of death. Dr. Litle bled
him and lr* g )t better. I think he
was sent off to the hospital and afterwards
furloughcd home. lie lay a
long time before he got well. Camillas
Little died at this cauip.
Several cases of fever broke out thero J,
Wesley McKown took the fever
and lay in the hospital at Adam's
lluu for a long time. IIo was bad
off Tbeso cases were sent to tTie
hospital a j Dr. Little had not the
means for treatment in camp. The
weather was hot and cases of fever
requited large rooms well aired f?r
their treatment. For this reason
they were sent off. The Jenkin's
- house was used as a hospital for a
long time?as long as wo stayed there
in eamn.
I ? 1
It was customary for the Yankees
i to keep up an annoyance of our
r pickets and other military forces.
Every attempt to land any forces
there, while we stayed, was promptly
met and foiled. General Johnson
was now on his way to Richmond
: with McClellan's army behind him.
i The remoulding of the army was
. going on in obedience to the Coui
script plan. This gave a good
I chance for the Federals to strike an
i effective blow somewhere. Our men
i lying in the Swamps along the coast
; were exposed to malarial diseases
and our hospitals were all well filled.
The temperature rising and the
wnicr utuuujmg luuiu iiuu iuuic uiatasteful.
All this train of circum:
stances was in full operation at once.
Tho Federals who had possession of
? our coast line had a balmy, healthful
i atmosphere to breathe, and a much
I better grade of water to drink. This
f being the case, they began to send
all their surplus meu to Virginia, to
assist Geo. McClellan in his seige of
Richmond. Occasionally they would
I run out a gunboat and shfell oi?r?,
troops forcing them to retreat from
"'^ejr ^wfcYe
i tortured with these tormentors of
; human flesh. Smoke was the only
f means we had of driving them off.
We could not use fire in roach of toe
3 gunboat for the smoke by day and
/ light by night was sure to put them
\x to throwing shells at us. We did
much better at night than in the day
,s time. We got a lot of rotten wood
>f and kept the fire smothered, so that
h it could not blaze, and in this way
?r we got some peace.
l8 (To be continued.)
to ?
is Garvs Brigade on
m Williamsburg Roarl
^ uv nu. A. E. FANT.
o- ? ?
rs By overwhelming numbers th
?m enemy kept pressing us back unti
iy the latter part of October, 18U4, w
ge occupied the outer fortifications whic
Die consisted of ditches badly constructe<
Die with nothing in front to obstruct tl
vis enemy. Our brigade occupied tL
nd left of the Williamsburg road, 01
ins right touching Longstreet's corp
It It was a beautiful Sabbath mornin
ech Some were playing cards, others
ose groups discussing the pending battl
for while others were engaged in divii
een service. It was an open field on
He sides for a considerab'e distam
w?" Each army w as in plain view of ea
;h." other. The enemy moved by co
Joe pany, out of our range, halted a
our fronted of u-?. It was a magnifies
>ir," sight to see their movement and i
10 is glisemng of their uniforms and ari
Joe We knew from their movement t
said, they contemplated a charge,
lin." were ordered to reserve our fire u
'Yes we could read the U. S. on t'
with j belts. Our men were calm and q
nless j with determination depicted u
? i /?mmr#?nanee-?. Determine
never mvn
bite, bold tbeir position or die in th<
hrist- tempt. In order to front their
again stood several paces apart. On
think came in double lines with a st
?ain." support in rear. It was a maf
about cent charge. So soon as they g
lid, at' a few paces 9f our line, the comi
it have fire was given, and it wasoboyed
e very coolness and precision, in faco c
ce and foe, but on they come, but sooi
>rr got that it was death to advance
i week further. At the first volley e
Major infantry their line was broken,
i been many were killed and woundc*
ise and it was difficult for them to k<
turning line. They began to waver an<
was in tate, finally broke and run ir
man to of all their officers could do. 1
ite as a time a courier came dashing
b every oar lino stating that *he onecc
captured tiio fort on the Nine Mile
roul which was to the ) [ ' of our
brigade, distance ahout one mile.
Gen. Gary was ordered to take his
brigade and drive them oat. Mo.mt
men, mount, was the emphatic c >:nluand
of (Jen. Gary and all who
knew him knows what he meant.
Our horses were near by and we
jwerc soon mouutcd. On wc rushed
, as fast as our horses could carry us.
We went as near the fort as was safe
' for our horses, dismounted, formed.
Charge, hoys! charge! exclaimed Gen.
Gary, and on we went with a rush
and a yell, driving them out of the
fort and pursuing them to the junction
of the Nine Mile and Williamsburg
roads, distance one or more
miles. The road was literally Jined
with the dead and wounded. They
were negro troop3, and no quarters
were given, at least this was the case
witli u mn i /\*M f \r nP nnr ln?vo
were actually clubbed to deatii
with the riIlea. One or more of our
company were court murtialed for
this cruelty. I c >uld give full details
but will pass it by. Gen. Gary
seemed to be unu-<u illy cross in this
engagement. We had no troops at
this fort, only a picket gu nd of the
Hampton Legion. It contained four
heavy size guns and when we reached
iLthe oneiny were tiding to train
tvin upon us but we were too quick
fo> tbeui. To retake this lort and
prevent the enemy from turning our
left flank and easily entering Richmond,
our brigade had to leave our
infantry to hold in check the overwhelming
numbers in their front.
Thev were watehino us and wore
satisfied we would d"it or die. We I
had lon?,' been together and they
knew what kind of material we were
made of. In front of oar infantry
thfe ground was covered with the
dead and the wounded. So soon as
the enemy retreated a detail was
made to bury the dead. There was
wells near by and ourbiys filled
it was U * temuivr J
were white troops. Just before the
fight began Col. Haskell was seen
approaching from the direction of
Richmond supported on either side
by one man. lie beard the firing
from the hospital, ordered a horse
and smarted to the front in spite of
all the surgeons and nurses could do
to prevent him. So soon as he was
recognized lite rebel yell was given
and extended down the line as far as
you could hear. He was finally pur-n:.
oiiit niAti t > tfo
suaded by our oiuccio _ o
back. There were some of our company
who believed in predestination,
the writer did not but wanted to us
long as the war lasted anyway. Or
nearing the fort he urged them tr
e rush in and drive the enemy out, tha
d ifthoy were predestined to be killc<
e they would be, and if not they won
h safe anywry. For this he wa
severely reprimanded by one of ih
10 party (after the fight). This wa
lC not said with any disrespect fo
ir religion, but f;r the purpose of cap
'3* turing the fort and 1 hereby savin
g- our capital, which would have oc
111 curred had we not been successful i
e? our efforts.
'Vj Lieut. Jeter was in command
11 our company. I do not recollect tl
c<:' casualties of the brigade, t-oinc tin
C1 in January, 1805, the writer wi
some others, wareireconrioitering o
n( fronr, passed along the Nine M
road where this battle was fnig
e and strange to say that the d?
iq y o f ^
. " negroes were still where they ft
skin in tact minus the eye ball.
A5 was a horritl gruesome sight to I
hohl. I will here state that noth
.1 preyed upon the dead soldiers s
l,ie I .i.? ?*ann flv and a peculiar kin<
tllC V.VU
y0l! a bug very similar to what is g
to erally known as the pumpkin 1
J They could fly but preferred to en
' wc They were numerous upon the bf
^ fields. No carnivorous birds i
roR? ever seen. I've seen dogs pre
5n . " upon some oftho dead. Gen. L
ot lr! street's olHcial report of this b
nanj does our brigado great iojus
T1} 1 This is one reason why T descrit
1 This was the last "on to Richtni
1 8a* venture the enemy made on the i
*fan-v side of the Jamos until after
0^r evacuation of Petersburg. '
' k 'I Hantz's cavalry slowly and cauti
. foilowed our brigade through
mond to Maye's bridge, kecpin
. of our ?ange. Just as our la<t
i spite cro.8ej over ti10 enemy pass
Vt this 8lroet) maile no halt but fired a 1
' ?Wi at us. Hood's old Texans
ly had
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failed to cheer in whenever an oc-;
cadon oft ere 1. Col. Storrctt, of the .
4th Texas regiment of this hiigido i
told me u!t-r the war tint our charge ,
[ upon tho fort was magnificent, ami
that they, the Toxians, were .satisfied
we caul i <1 > it and t hereby save their >
ni'iK an i itnmraon i. in tins ti ?ht j
(ion. .Tonkin's bridle s'avcd their >
hundreds.
T;.is var wa^od upon tlio South
was an unjust ?u 1 c.?u eless war of
invasion and npino, of plunder and
murder, no: tor p itri .tisin nor hi^li
motives, but to n,a!if/ ambitions and 1
.
lust of piwer in tSie p-oni >tions of it
for contracts and p"o!i; by the sup- :
porters of i*. Tt.o I "nion would have >
been smashed to smith, reus and the i
IhiSC o ,ne to threads if there bad ?i -t i
been 1 it contracts i >i* sh I 1 >' olithc* t
an<l brogan shoos to preserve the one !
and to uphold the other. The sent:,
ment wouhl not hive lasted one 1
month. "Not one mm in a thousand
in the Confederat ? army bad anv
pr -per y interest in slavery. Ii.(c
every in r.i !t id a ho ne and o in ?;!?er.
The negro soldiers which we cam in
contact with were invarihly driven
l>3r the whites at the point of bayonet
were machines. ;
The great crime of the country
was their emancipation. If lot al >ne ,
thev are an affectionate, trustworthy
race. As it is, against his will, <
without his assistance, he has been i
lasv ol the survival of tnc ut-esi
forces the fight, and the consequence
I that whenever tiie colored race
black, red or yellow?has anything
the white race wants they take it, is
I working Ic lias done so m Amor
iea and in Asia. it is now uvmin
Africa. Nothing was ever do-'
VHod so cru"l as f ireing on them the j
power and the responsibility of the,'
ballot. It requires powers they
have not, it subjects them to testa
they cannot stind, and will cau-e
untold misery to th.ui m the future.
These are sonic of the consequences
' of the conquest to the black race.
' i Njws Notes From Sautne.
t
1 Oh, tell me l.ot tlie woods are fair,
5 now spi invr is on her way.
About all of the birds that, summer
li' io have an ived and are daily sinning.
e The llr-* "Old 11 !> White1' was heard
s here Sum! iv morning, and wo hope tin
,r "very c ?o?" is over.
Tlio United States Weather lluie o
' reports the spr.ng about ten days late a!
6 over the Union
l'asture grasses put up rather slow
tj and where winter feed run low?tli i
was nearly every where--was ha I ?
stock.
: teqq iiiomisiii,
(>t | Slllilli gl'UIII i:* in . ,
ic : Where nitrate of soda was used it
! veiy green. Bar. some think it to j gre
i I a risk to run to bay the stud for stna
j gtaiu, t? 1m j> iiit for out of an uncertai
ur I cotton c!op. They think best, undi
i'o ! such wcx, r.? M?h'Ot good land, prepa
(J. i well, s ?v, a-el ih-it let the land itse
j I ouil.c the gr.iui, \\ 11tori requires no mo
'' j after wot k.
-i'? j Some co'fou seed and corn was plat
It j?d lief >r?* th-* last riins. But wit!
j t ubny, c ;'d sail, c > >1 m^hts, and a crt
j forimng mi the land, eotlon seed v
in^ j liav a struggle to come up, will lik
;lV0 ; l?e a thin stand, punv, then die. I)a
1 of. Dickson, the late great farmer of 0<
en- ki ti ^tid it was a great mistake to p!;
' a summer crop in the winter. Bet
' ?* wait until it g?.;s warm,
rwl. a good many farmers broke a gi
tttie part of their laud, .some broke all,
ycre eorn il"'' cotton. I know some \
broke all their upland for corn t\v
'ft yet 1 have seen some of the poorest;
>r,p>" pared land and the shabbiest plaut inj
attic seed that 1 have seen in quite awl
itice. This is planting, not fanning. We
it farmers, are prone to g.-t in too hi;
" hurry, g"t lazy, or bite oft' more than
)ru* can chew, try to plant too much, oi
torth grossly careless and just sprinkle
the work In the dust, and let the world
in e-asy for the time, then at leisure <
. plain of hard times. It is hard at
ously time, but as for me, I am going t
Rich- to work out my own salvation at f
g out inK tliis year. I ain going to be a v
man ^ott?n Grower's Association within
, self so far as planting cotton is in it
cd up I was at Union Saturday. I tri
volley see everybody and a little of everyt
nover I was there three weeks before, an
time I saw many changes since
)LSON & SON,
:ers,
>king Business in all its
\gainst Fire, Tornado,
iidents, and Issue Bonds
ils of Corporations, and
fa tors, Etc., Etc.
SPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
It looked strange to see two box cars
and a H a stnuding out in the "old Held''
where ilie latest cotton 111 11 is to be
bui t. I went in to see the Editor, had
a wry pleas mi time, as 1 always have
there. I here was not a great number
of people in town, but I saw several of
my ftiends 1 was much pleased to
lou t Homo there. He was as pleasant
and seemed .is happy as when 1 I ist saw
hit.i. lie ?s a very pleasant gentleman
to h with any tiuia. He said that if I
.voiiM vi?M' I. ii-Miart 1 would "seesomet
hiug giaud," so I am led tir believe it
is a good place to bo at, and 1 think I
inns' go up t i see the place and i>eople.
Event lung or brly is in a stir around
tiie.se pi: is It seems many are trying
Lo redeem tie en-elves from pust failures
ind are full of energy just now. They
tre so mii ;h so that news is scarce and
t is quite a ta-k to take a word or two
md try to make an ailiclc of a poor qwaltv.
or in other words, to make a liarrel
pound a bimgiiole. 1 aru in that plight
his week, which accounts for this poor
etter.
lint when* is Ik Ik? lias he no time?
?r is lie writing to Miss M ?
IIky Denver.
A GREAT NEWSPAPER BEAT.
How the Correspondent of n New
J ore I'.tjtcr Scooped the
JSnglish Dailies.
One of the host illustrations of persistency
in news gathering was that
illorded by David Graham Phillips
when lie secured an exclusive account
>f the sinking ot II. M. S. "Victoria"
by her fellow-battleship the
"Cauiperdown" in the MediterrapitmluW.
$antfree in Everyto
an English man-of-war in times
of peace, and he expected that the
London papers would have a full ac*
count, from which he could get a story
for his own paper. All they printed
however, was the bare announcement
of the disaster, and Philips then endeavored
to find a correspondent
somewhere near where the British
s<|uadron had been mmouvreing who
would furnish him with the details.
^Wo lupins* to trv." the English
" "
editors informed him. "There's no
correspondent in the vicinity, and
even if there were, he could not help
us, because the nearest cable station
is fifty miles away. Better wait till
the Foreign Office gives it to us."
Hut Philips was not willing to wait,
lie roused the cable managers to activity,
and glined their permission
; t> wire acinic operation on the Barbary
coasts, whose station was neari
est the scene of disaster, and ask him
I for news. But the operator replied
that he had none. Two days had
I now passed, and London papers
i were still without any suppliment to
the orginal brief message. New York
was quivering madly so Phillips again
'! wired the operator, and offered him
It ?100 to visit the squadron and send
i a story. But the reply came back.
'r "Send m >noy first; have none to
hire a boat The Cable managere
nient now fairly jeered at the American,
and assured him he was making
a fool of himself. "The operator
ig,1 is a foreigner,' they said. Probably
/ill he cannot read or wright English, and
ely you won't be able to make out the
vitl message if he ever does send one."
jj'jT On the third day, there being
'.?? < Phillips found a
UT bank
that would send a cable-draft
to this out-of-the-way spot and on
v,(^ the fourth day there (arrived a
ice; column story, giving an account of
pie- the '"Victoria" disaster, that was
*of remarkable for its accuracy and
"as graphic discription, even though
i -I badly spelled. When published in
> "V th correspondent's New York paper
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