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( ONF EDERATE T AxT
Baldwin County. 49th Tax District.
i LL PERSONS, residents of Baldwin county,
or doing business therein, who belong to ei
ther of the classes mentioned below, are. hereby
notified that I shall opqn my Registry Books on
the loth of August, (inst.) to register as required
bv the Confederate Tax law, passed April 24th,
Lfi;!. and to receive the specific tax and such oth
er taxes as are now due.
Those who fail to register and pay, will be charg
ed a double specilic tax, and the like^um for eve
ry thirty days of such failure.
' Office next door to Milledgeville Post Office—
open from 8 o’clock A. M., to 2, P. M., for one
week, beginning August Kith.
J. C. WHITAKER,
Tax Collector 49th District.
SUIUEUTS OF TAXATION.
Apothecaries. Bankers, Brewers, Brokers, Butch
er';. Bakers, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, Com
mission Merchants and Commission Brokers, Cat
tle Brokers, Circus, Confectioners, Dentists, Dis
tillers, Distillers of fruit t* ninety days or less,
Hotels. Inns, Taverns, Eating houses, Jugglers
and Exhibiters of Shows. Lawyers, Livery stable
keepers. Pawnbrokers, Pedlars, Physicians. Pho
tographers. Retail dealers, Retail dealers in liquor,
Surgeons, I heatres, Tobacconists, Wholesale deal
ers "Wholesale dealer in liquors.
Milledgeville, August 4, 1862 _ 34 2t
LIGHT i—j—LIGHT! LIGHT!
J UST RECEIVED, a few boxes Extra WAX
O ANI3Ij33S.
WM. II. SCOTT.
Milledgeville, August 11,1803 33 3t
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863.
NUMBER 37.
Address of the President to the Sol
diers of the Confederate States.
After more than two years of a warfare
scarcely equalled in the nutnber<-magni-
tude and fcaifnl carnage of its battles ; a
warfare in which your qoqrage and forti
tude have illustrated yonr country, and at
traded not only gratitude at home,but ad
miration abroad ; your enemies continue a
struggle in which our final triumph must
he inevitable. Unduly elated wflh their
recent successes, they imagine that tem
porary reverses can quell your spirit or
shake your determination, ari(J. they are
now gathering heavy masses for a general
invasion in the vain hope that by despe
rate effort success may at length be reached.
You know too well, my countrymen,
what they mean by success. Their malig
nant rage aims at nothing less than the
extirmination of yourselves, yonr wives
and children. They seek to destroy what
j they cannot plunder. They propose as the
spoils of victory, that your homes shall be
partitioned among the wretches whose atro
cious cruelties have stamped infamy on
their Government. They design to incito
servile insurrection and light the fires of
incendiarism whenever they reach your
your homes, and they debauch the inferi-
or race, hitherto docile and contented, by
promising indulgence of the vilest passions
as the price of treachery. Conscious of
their inability to prevail by legitimato
warfare; not daring to make peace lest
{hey should be hurled from their seats of
power, the men who now rule in Washing
ton refuse even to confer on the suf^ect of
putting an end to outrages which disgrace
our age, or listen to a suggestion for con
ducting the war according to the usages of
civilization,
Fellow-citizetis, no other alternative is
left you hut victory or subjugation, slavery
and the utter ruin of yourselves, your fam
ilies and your country. The victory is
within your reach. You need but stretch
forth your hands to grasp it. For this, arid-
all that is necessary is that those who are
called to the field hy every motivo that
can move the human heart, should prompt
ly repair to the post of duty, and stand by
their comrades now in front of the foe, and
thus so strengthen the armies of the Con
federacy as to insure success. The men
From the. Chronicle & Sentinel.
JL Complete and Interesting Account
of the Pennsylvania Campaign,
Aumy of Northern Virginia, I
August 12, 1SG3. J
M it. Editor:—In compliance with my
promise, I will now, as I have a day of
leisure, essay to give you an account of our
Pennsylvania campaign.
The, ]\Inrch.
On the 24th of June, our division—Ma
jor General Ilodes’—marched from Green
castle, Penn., whero I last wrote you, to
Chamborsburg. Here we saw the old
camps of the Pennsylvania “Melish.” but
the militia had lied and we took the town.
We marched through in perfect order; not
a man allowed to leave his place in ranks;
our colors flying and our bands playing
Southern airs.
Chavibersburg, Pa.— Ids Inhabitants—The
March io other tenons.
Cliarnbersburg is a beautiful place of
some four thousand inhabitants. The doors
of the stores were all closed. Every win
dow, however, of dwellings and porticoes
and cross streets, were filled with women
and men; yos, I say men, because they
had on the habiliments of the sterner sex;
but they are not such, as dwell South of
the Potomac—or at least, I cannot yet
think that there are any such in our land
of heroes. If I thought that we had men
who would he willing to stay fit home and
see a hostile army marching through their
own territory, I should be willing to have
some of our people “sent, across tho lines.”
Our boys would ask the strong healthy fol
lows why they were not in the army fight
ing for their flag and the glorious nigger
that they love so much. The women, gen
erally, looked very sourly at us. Some,
however, told us that they sympathised
with us. We found very few who wanted
tho war to go on; that whole country
through which our army passed was com
pletely conquered.
When, at any time, our men went out
from camp to get inilk, butter, chickens, or
any thing they wanted to eat, the citizeus
would give it quickly; showing signs of
great, fear. Some of the citizens had left
their homes and gone farther North—for
now absent from (heir post would, if pres- kheir health we presume. After stopping at
ent in the field, suffice to create numerical
equality between our f orces and that of tho
invaders—and when, with any approach
to such equality, have we failed to be vie- 'we had been represented to he. I conver-
torious? I believe but few of those abseni sed with some intelligent men who said
a place a few days, the people would get
over .their fright when they had found out
that we were not savages or demons as
t < ITY TAX NOTICE.—My hooks are now open
' for the collection of the City Taxes, assessed
hv the Council for the present year. Office under
the Milledgeville Hotel.
“JAMES C. SHEA, Clerk.
Milledgeville, July 28, 1863 tf
Colton Cards, Coffee & Sole Leather.
1 / U jt PAIR WHITTMORE’S Cotton Cards,
A UU number 10.
500 lbs. COULEE.
500 lbs. SOLE LEATHER.
Just received and for sale by
J. GANS & CO-
Milledgerille, April 14, 1863 15 tf
1ST ot.ice.
OtTicE Ga. Relief & Hospital Ass.ocia’i*, l
Augusta, Ga., June23d. 1863. 5
V MESSENGER of the Georgia Relief &- Hos
pital Association will leave Atlanta on or near
tl. loth of each mouth for Mississippi, and will
take charge of all boxes and packages intended tor
the Georgia troops in that State, and will cany
them to some safe point near the army and deposit
them, and notify the owners, or deliver them to
the owners, if practicable, tree of charge. 1 lie
boxes and packages must be marked with the
names of the owners, their company and regiment,
and to the care of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association. Atlanta, Ga. The Association will
not be responsible for any box containing perish
able articles, £uch as green vegetables. Ac. Box
's and packages will be deposited at the W ayside
Home, Atlanta, Ga.
\V.‘ 11. POTTER, Gcn’l. Superint dt. -
Newspapers of this State will please copy daiij
'hirin'*' the first week oteach month, and send bRIs
Vj this office. W. if. POl 1ER. Gen 1 8up t.
July 7, 1863 27 istwem
S PECIAL NOTICE.—The undersigned haying
removed from Milledgeville, desiics and in
tends to close up his business matters of that
place as speedily as possible. All persons indebt
ed are «otitied that my notes and accounts are in
the hands of J. A Breedlove and P. H Lawler,
•who nre authorized to collect and make settle-
merits. if not arranged at an early day, settle
ments will be enforced by law.
A. C. VAIL, Agent.
August 19,1862 tf
STATE TAX—-180*3.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,?
Mim.embvim.e, Aug. 18, 1863. j
\A/TIEKEA8. the 734th and 735th sec-
VY tions of the Code, it is made the. duty of
the Comptroller General to examine and ad* to
gether the Digests of Taxable property of the
•State, returned by the various Tax Receivers and
Collectors of the State to the Comptroller Gener
al’s Office; and bv Acts, assented to, December
13th and 15th. 1862, the Governor and Comptroller
General are further authorized and required to as
sess such a rate of taxation for 1863 sis shall .raise
the net amount of one MH.UON FIVE HUNDRED
AXII FORTY-TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
dollars.
In obedience to the requirements of the Code,
the Comptroller General has footed up and added
together the Digests : and further to carry out the
requirements of the Acts of the 13th and 15th Dec.,
] 8ti2. it is . ,. .
ORDERED That the rate ot taxation shall be
SEVENTEEN cents ON T11E ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS on the property returned, and
double thafcainount on default property, that being
the per cent, necessary to raise the amount requir
ed, upon the Digests, as returned.
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
* Governor.
PETERSON TilWEATT,
Comptroller General
_^ugust 18,1863 _ _ * 33 4t
WE arc authorized to announce
'Major WM. T. W. NAPlER as
a candidate to represent the county
c, ‘ Baldwin in the Representative branch of tho
General Assembly.
31 tde
are actuated by unwillingness to serve
their country ; but that many have found
it difficult to resist the temptation of a vis
it to their homes and the loved ones from
whom they have been so long separated ;
that others have left for temporary atten
tion to their affairs with the intention of
returning, and then have shrunk from the
consequences of their violation ot tluty ; •
that others agoiti have left their post from i
mere restlessness and desire ot change, j
each quieting tho npbraidfrngs o{ his con- j
science by persuading himself that his in- j
dividual service could have no influence on j
the general result.
These and other causes, (although far
less disgraceful than the desire to avoid
danger, to escape from the sacrifices re
quired by patriotism) are, nevertheless,
grievous faults, and^ace the cause of our
beloved country, and everything we bold
dear, in imminent peril. 1 repeat that the
men who now owe duty to their country,
who have been called out and have not
yet reported for duty, or who have ab
sented themselves from their posts, are
sufficient in number to secure us victory in
the struggles now impending.
I call on you, then, my countrymen, to
hasten to your camps, in obedience to the
dictates of honor and of duty, and sum
mon those who have absented themselves
without leave, or who have remained ab
sent beyond t*be period allowed by their
furloughs, to repair without delay to then-
respective commands, and do hereby de
clare that I grant a general pardon and
amnesty to all officers and men within the
Confederacy, now absent without leave,
who shall, with the least possible delay,
I return to their proper posts of duty, but do
I excuse willbe received for any delay be
jyond twenty days after the'first pubhea-
! tion of this proclamation in Lie State in
! which the absentee may be at the date o( j
I the publication. This amnesty, and par ;
! don shall extend to all who have been ac- j
i cused, or who have been convicted and are j
i undergoing sentence for absence without •
leave, or desertion, excepting only those
who have been twice convicted of deser
tion.
Finally, I conjure you, my country-wo
men—the wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters of theOonfederacy—to use their
all-powerful influence in aid of this call to
add one crnwtting sacrifice to those which
their patriotism has so freely and constant
ly offered on their country’s altar, and to
take care that none who owe service in the
field shall be sheltered at Lome from the
disgrace of having deserted their duty to **
them families, to their country, and to
their God,
Given under my hand and the fecal of
the Confederate States, at
Richmond, this 1st day of Au
gust, in the year of our Lord,
one thousanS eighfr hundred
and sixty three.
JEFFERSON DAVIS
By the President :
J. P. Benjamin. Sec’y of State.
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Milledgeville, August 4. 1863
Exemption of Postmasters.—Gov. Mil-
ton, of Florida, lately addressed a letter to
the Secretary of War on the subject of tho
exemption of Postmasters from conscrip
tion, and received the following reply :
“In reply, I have the honor to state that
the Act of Exemption in favor ot Postmas _
ters, relieved from conscription only those
who were appointed hy the I lesident and
confirmed by the Senate. 1 he I ostmas
ters whose nomination are required to be
made to the Senate, are those whose sala
ries amount to $1,000 per annum, and none
others are exempt by law.”
that they were anxious for the war to close;
that they had no idea that the South would
ever be conquered. They were willing
to acknowledge the independence of the
South.
We remained at Cliarnbersburg until the
morning of the 2Gth. Wa then inarched
to Shippcnsburg, nine miles. This is ano
ther town of some four thousand inhabi
tants.
Carlisle—its Institutions—the Commence
ment exercises broken up.
Wc marched from Shippensbnrg to Car
lisle, the distance twenty miles, on tho
27th. (Inr cavalry—Gen. Jenken’s—had
passed through the town tho day before.
The inhabitants were expecting us* We
marched with colors streaming and hands
playing. The citizens seemed anxious to
get a glimpse at us as we went to our re
spective camps. Our division camped in
and around the town. Our brigade camp
ed within the campus of Dickerson Col
lege. feome of tho brigades were placed
in tho cantonments so lately occupied by
tho “blue coaled gentry’ who had depart
ed for Harrisburg.
Carlisle is a very handsome city of five or
six thousand inhabitants. It is famous for
its institutions of learning. Dickerson
College is a very old institution; many sol
diers who were in our corps met with those
with whom they had spent pleasant days
while at this place. This is tho Alma Ma
ter of many a Southern gentleman;*many
a noble Confederate soldier received his
tuition at old Dickerson. The college
buildings are three large stone edifices of
huge proportions.
The-commencement was just about to
come off when the grave old Dr. Johnson,
tho President, was informed that we were
coming. Two days of the examination
had already passed. _ But how perplexing
to the seniors to think that they would not
ho permitted to deliver their addresses!.
Oh, cruel Confederates. Why molest these
peaceable debonair g-utleuien?
Ero we reached the town, the exercises
closed. Students and professors left im-
"!■ promptu. We fared finely while in Car-
i lisle. Our Assistant Quartermasters were
well supplied in their departments while
here.
The Cumberland Valley—the Spoils obtain
ed—opinions of the inhabitants.
A word as to the Cumberland Valley. I
think I never saw a more beautiful coun
try in my life. From Williamsport, Md.,
to Carlisle, Pa., there is, seemingly, a con
wheat field. And such fields of
timothy and clover! I assure you it was
quite a treat to our poor hide-bound hor
ses to take a trip to the rich fields of Cum
berland Valley.
This valley is about twenty miles wide,
excellently watered and highly cultivated.
'Flie towns aro never so far apart that
when one is discovered ahead you canuot
look back and see tho last.
We got a large number of horses, cows,
sheep, wagons, harness, saddles, bridles,
boots, shoes, hats, &c. f &c.; and when I
say a “large number” I mean it.
Our Quartermasters seized sugar, coffee,
drugs, syrups and whiskey, of course, as
this belongs especially to their depart
ments. A “little calicoe” for their own
use, with a few ladies’ and baby shoes—
“essentials,” of course for the army.
But, without doubt, really army sup
plies, to the amount of millions of dollars,
were secured while our army was in Penn
sylvania. While in Carlisle we frequently
heard 'the expression, “I wish that this
war would close so that you ones pecu
liar Dutch expression, “could go home.”
Some of tho boastful and bullying Yan
kees would say to us occasionally, “not
one of Lee’s army will ever recross the Pos
tomac only as prisoners of war.”
But we will to another field;' one long to
be remembered and never forgotten.
The advance on Gettysburg—Position of the
various Divisions.
Tuesday morning, the 30th June, we
marched from Carlisle on the Baltimore
turnpike to Heidelberg. Wednesday morn
ing, July 1st, we marched out of camp at
4 o’clock, A. M. The morning was bright
and beautiful. The day, already marked
in the calendar of the Confederate States,
was to be the commencement day of the
greatest battle of the war.
Maj Gen. Johnson’s Division, which had
been near Carlisle, bad marched back
down the valley toward Cbambcrsburg. as i
Gen. Rodcs’ division had marched towards
Gettysburg. Maj. Geu. Early’s division,
which had been down as far as York, had
turned back towards Gettysburg. Thus
was our corps—Lt. Gen. Ewell’s—dispos
ed.' Gen. Rodes coming down from tho
North on the Washington turnpike, Geu.
Early moving.up from York ou the East
and Gen. Johnson giving back down the
valley.
Lt. Geu. A. P. Hill’s corps had crossed
the mountain, or a part of it at least, had,
and was moving on the west and north
west of the town. Lt. Gen. Longstreet’s
corps was on the march across the moun
tain from the valley. Thus was our army
situated that morning; rather too much
scattered.
Battle of Gettysburg—First day.
We had arrived within five or six miles
of Gettysburg, when the boom of cannon
was heard. It was not long ere cou
riers could he seen hurrying past the col
umn as we were marchiug. Wagons,
Quartermasters and cavalry were seen
haltad by the road side, or hurrying to
the rear* of the glorious “foot cavalry,” as
Jackson’s corps used to be called. The
cry is soon heard, “fight ahead men, the
cavalry, Quarteimasters doctors are going
to the rear.” The roar of cannon is more
constant. Onward we inarched with a
quick step. “Close up” runs along the line.
The lame and halt soon waut passes to go
to the rear. “Forward men,” “forward !”
General Hill has reached the van guard of
“The Army of the Potomac,” now trans
ferred to the interior of Pennsylvania, and
is driving it back towards Gettysburg.—
We hurry ou, and soon we are drawn up
in line upon the high hills north of the
town. In a few minutes, General Robt.
E. Rodes, that excellent officer . and patri
otic gentleman has his division in proper
line to advance. Lt. Gen. Ewell, “old
Dick,” as the boys call him, is riding a-
Yound to look out the proper position for
the division of his corps, and watching the
movements of the enemy. Our lines are.
formed and our artillery placed in posi
tion. Our brigade is moved forward and
occupies a position between the Washing
ton and Baltimore pikes. We are now in
an open field. The town is in full view
in front or South of us.
Here we are permitted to halt and rest
for a short time. We have been marching
very fast for at least twelve miles; the
day is exceedingly hot, hut the enemy can
be seen darkening every hill and vale iii
our front, and it is no time now to talk
about fatigue.
Let us, while wc are halted, look around
and see where wo are, and by what we
are surrounded. To our right, on a range
of high hills, we see the enemy strongly
posted. In four or live lilies, we see those
who so lately had stood upon the banks of
the Rappahanuock river and defiantly
asked us over. Now they are in the inte
rior of one of their largest States contest
iug with us the passage into one of their
towns.
Hill is now pressing the enemy hack.
Blit strong reinforcements are being sent
forward to those heights to check his ad
vance. He has driven the enemy back
some three or four miles. Geu. Iverson’s
brigade, of our division, is now put in to
assist him, He has to strike the enemy
where he is best prepared to receive the
shock. Gen. Iverson has a hard time.
The reinforcements are pushed in to meet
him, and he is forced back with groat loss.
But he shows to the eeemy that every inch'
of grohud will be hotly contested. The
enemy is advancing ou the line of our
right.
Gen. Daniels’ brigade of our division is
now moved up to check the Federal ad
vance. Gen. Daniels’ brigade of btave
North Carolina troops for the first time
come into battle array. For the first time
they are ordered forward to meet tho ene-
left, the field as far as you can see, is filled
with the armed legions of the enemy.
Down the Harrisburg pike, «Early is ad
vancing. Gen, Gordon scuds up a courier
stating that in a few minutes he will be in
line. Gem. Gordon commands a brigade
of Georgians too. Two Georgia brigades
are here thrown together, On our right
we have no support. * We are almost iso
lated. Everything is now ready for ns to
advance. The Twelfth Georgia on the
left, the Fourth Georgia on the left centre,
the Forty Fourth Georgia ou the right cen
tre, and the Tweuty-First Georgia on the
right. Our sharp shooters are detached
and thrown out in front of the line to be.
occupied by Gen. Gordon’s brigade. Gen.
Doles is now ready
“Forward,” and we move. “Fix bayo
nets,” and the steel immediately glistens
Over a fence and through an open piece
of wood and wo are in a beautiful field. A
line of Yankee sharp shooters are deploy
ed in front of the enemy’s lino of battle.
We iuo.ve forward over a fence, aud the
enemy immediately fired upon us. We
hear the command, “charge,” and with a
yell and a hound wc rush to meet our foe
and force him back until lie reaches the
rising ground near the town where he has
the advantage of us in position, and a bat
tery ready to deal death to everything
that comes before it. We do not halt,
however, but re-echo the yell that now
bursts from the forests on our left, where
Gordon has reached the enemy, and charge
the line and sweep the field. Soon but
few blue coats can he seen in our front, ex
cept those that lie bleeding and mangled.
We actually cleared the field. For tho
time, we thiuK our day’s work is ended ;
that we have but to pursue the flying file.
We arc now pressing forward towards
the town, the battery still playing upon
us. The cry, “by the right flank,” is
shouted. Looking on our right, just across
the turnpike upon which the right of our
regiment rests, we see floating out in the
sulpburious gale that comes sweeping down
from those heights where we were not long
since gazing, the old stars and stripes
close to ns. We were flanked. Soon, ve
ry soon, our line has changed front aud is
up to the pike.
Our regiment, the Forty-fourth Georgia,
is, as stated above, resting upon the Balti
more turnpike, the Twenty-First Georgia
is upon tho opposite side, but not up to
our line. The column of Federals has
passed by us until the flag is just opposite
tQ the right of our regiment. We are not
more than forty yards apart. Two plank
fences between us. As Soon as we open
firo upon this flanking party, the line is
halted and faced to us and a most murder
ous volley of musketry poured into out
ranks.
We reply with equal vigor. The line is
so close to ours tiiat a Federal officer,
mounted, Hiod at me with his pistol. In
stantly he is pierced wiih many ballsi and
lie and his horse fall together. Our line is
all up. At this time tfie battery ou our
flank is raking our line with grape, canis-
and shrapnel. Our front is met by a gall
ing fire of musketry. Notwithstanding
this, all along our line you see the boys
taking deliberate aim, and every shot
brings Us man. Soon the order “charge”
is given, and we leap the fence and rush
into the field where the hated foe is post
ed. The Federals give way and fly, in
wild dismay,or throw down their arms aud
yield themselves prisoners. Many, to save
themselves, lie flat down upon the ground,
as if dead until we have passed over them.
Scarcely half a dozen of all the line that
flanked us reached the town. Nearly ev
ery man was killed wounded or captured.
Was there ever such success!
We now advance on toward the hill we
left some tirno since, though not long, as
all that I have described was performed in
less time than I have been writing it. Soon
the enemy discovering our movements,
slowly hut sullenly retired toward the
towu.
But our men are exhausted, and can run
no farther. The enemy retire to the town.
Gen. Early’s troops advance from the east,
and push the beaten foe through and be
yond to the wooded hill. We marched up
to York street and are halted. Gen.
Early’s command is east and southeast of us
in line. Our line resting the left on Gen.
Early’s right, extends through Gettysburg
along York street some distance out to the
north west and west , our right resting upon
Gen. A. 1’. Hill’s left. Gen. Johnson not
yet up.
Thus we arc posted at sundown ou this
memorable day. We have met the enemy
lour or five miles out from the towu, and
nrj Nobly they advance! They drive| driven him back tQ and throl1ffll it . We
the Yankee hirelings before them. I he
enemy falls back. But they rally. Fresh
troops have moved up to their assistance.
Again they press our lino. Now comes
the tug. Volley after volley poured into
our ranks. Ono of our most gallant offi
cers, Brig. Gen. Ransom, now advances
with his command. His. too, is a brigade
of North Garoliuians. Up they go; Ran
som leading them. About half bent for
ward on his horse with his hat in his hand.
A noble looking fellow. The brigade is
up to the fence. Now they open fire. The
bluo coats waver, reel and fall back. “For
ward,”- is shouted, and the brave North
Carolinians charge over-the fence and up
to the enemy’s reformed lines. For some
distance the foe has been driven across the
hill; but now he has reformed upon the
massed troops upon the heights. Our line
is now forced to stand. A brigade of. gab
lant Alabamians, Gen. Rodes’ old brig
adc, now commanded by ’Col. Oueal, ad
vances. Forward they move with a. cheer,
but they are forced to move back. They
are soon, however, reformed and agaiu
have darkeded tire hills and vales with the
slain of his ranks. We have met three
corps of the Federal army and whipped
them from every part of the field. We
have taken from seven to eight thousand
prisoners. We have wrenched the stars
and stripes from the hands of their defend
ers, aud hawe them now “uuion down,” iu
the hands of the victors. We have taken
the town which the boastful and confident
Unionists had said that morning to the
citizens would not be again occupied by
Confederates. We have greatly demoral
ized that part of the Federal army that
had up to that time reached Gettysburg.
The Night After the Battle.
Wc are now quiet. Our lines are form
ed and our skirmishers arc in front. The
sable curtain is drawn over the scene, and
we are left to meditate upon fthat the day
brought forth. The pale sickly rays of
the moou’q, mellow light, glimmers thro’
the sulpburious haze which has settled
over the vast field of carnage. We might
let the field remain with its glories we
ready to move forward. But the time has j have described ; but justice to the noble
come for us to forsake the hill to our right
and look to our left. ?
Here the Federals are forming in double
columns. The ever vigilant Rodes, and
the keen eyed Doles have discovered it.
The order has already como for us to
move to the left,
We cross (lie Baltimore pike and face
the enemy. We halt a minute for every
thing to be properly arranged. Ou our
dead demauds that we should recapitulate,
and revisit the vales and hills we have
passed.
A Tribute to the Noble Dead.
The gallant Lt. Col. Wynn, of the
Fourth Georgia, fell pierced through the-
head, while leading his regiment in tho
valiant charge across the field. Brave
soldier! Thou art gone! . But thy deeds
will live after thee! When we are free—
when we are Independent—thy name will
belauded. In this death we have lost a
noble champion, a»noble gentleman.
Colonel. Sam. P. Lumpkin, noble leader
of the glorious old Forty-Fourth Georgia,
was shot down while cheering on his regi
ment to meet the line that flanked us. We
have lost his services, but we hope lie will
yet live to see the rich fruits of Southern
Independence. Though he has lost one
leg, and is now suffering the pain conse
quent therefrom, we trust he will yet walk
proudly in a country for which he has
suffered so much, and he happy in tiie
consciousness that he has sacrificed this
much for the good of the world. His
whole regiment loved him and had the
utmost confidence in hun. A gallant hero
and a noble gentleman. We cannot men
tion all of'those who acted a noble part in
the conflict. There is one, however, Sergi.
W. H. Copelan, of the Greene county Vol
unteers. whom I must notice. lie was a
noble soldier. He was pressing forward,
when the fatal raissle pierced his breast.
As a soldier, he was kind and affectionate
to all his comrades. The true Christian
character visibly marked all his actions.
He has always displayed the same cool
and heroic spirit. After he received the
fatal wournRho spoke but a few words to a
relative who was near and caught his fare
well. “Tell all my relatives aud friends
good bye, and tell them how I died.” He
is gone to a better world. We sympathize
with his widow mother.
Bravery Displayed by Doles’ Brigade.
Thus Doles’ brigade fought over two
-fields during the. day. The pioneers of the
brigade buried three hundred and ninety
of the enemy taken from the ground over
which we marched. How many Federals
were wounded we cannot say. Not less
than one thousand we know ; and Ge%
Doles* officer commanding guard, was le-
Ceipted for tliree thousand prisoners. Our
brigade numbered about twelve hundred
men. Our whole loss in the fight did wt
exceed one hundred and lilty in killed and
wounded; we lost no prisoners. Was ever
so gallant or a more glorious fight! Gen.
Rodes’ and Gen. Ewell’s reports will sub
stantiate what I here state. Gen. Ewell
complimented, very highly. Gen, Doles’
brigade. I am proud that I belong to it,
and am not ashamed that I belong to the
Forty-Fourth Georgia Regiment.
The Battle on the Second day.
A short nap on the stone pavement in
the street, and it is day. Quiet is every
thing. Not a sound, except the the of the
pickets, is heard
Ten o’clock and all is still quiet. But
soon the hoarse mutterings of the cannon
begins ; and for hours the very heavens
seem to be shaking with the roar. A mo
ments calm and the ratlle of musketry be
gins. The yells of our men can easily ho
distinguished from that of the Federals.
W itli alternate success the contending hosts
charge each the other. Finally our vete
rans cahy the enemy’s works ou the east
of the range of hills. But for want of
sufficient force as support the lino advanced
no farther. Night now sets in, and for a
time closes the scene. Wc have been
holding our position, we occupied when wo
reached the town, all the day. But a short
time after dark we are ordered to move by
tho right flank out to the west of the hills.
We take a position facing the heights and
prepare to advance.
Gen. Ramseur’s brigade on the right, Col.
O’neal’s next and Gen. Doles ou the left.
Gen. Daniel’s supporting Gen. Early who
has been fighting on the east or left.
We advance up to the enemy’s pickets
and they open fire upon our skirmishers.
Soon a raking fire of grape and canister
opened upon us. Steadily we advance.
Not a thing can be seen in our front but
the dark frowning hill and the blaze of the
cannon, and the Hash of the musket. We
move our lines until w% get our proper po
sition. We then halted and soon all was
quiet. The enemy could he heard moving
his guns and digging intrenchments. Wo
sleep a short time and it is again day.
The Battle on the Thief. Day.
The sun rises and with a bloody hue
gleams above the frowning hill in our front,
and reveals to us the position of the ene
my.
Gen. Longstreet has taken his position
on the right of Gen. Hill. Tho sharp
crack of the pickets rifle is all that is heard,
until about one o’clock, when an awful
cannonading begins. Two hundred and
fifty or three hundred cannons incessantly
roar for two mortal long hours. The air
is filled iu every direction with hissing,
screaming and shrieking missiles. Our
liue is quite near to that of the enemy.
So ne.-.r, that frequently shots and shells
from our own batteries fall in our line.
We are between two fires. Soon the
whole hill where the Federals are posted
is enveloped in smoke. Our shells and
shots are playing havoc with the enemy—
many of their batteries are forsaken. Now
there is a quiet for a moment. Part of
Gen. Hill’s command also advances. Part
of Gen. Longstreet’s advance. Oar brig
ades that have advanced have driven the
enemy back at great cost. Gen. Johnson
has taken part -A the heights on the east ;
Gen. Longstreet. has taken some oil our
right, and so has Gen. llill taken one part
of the enemy’s line. Night comes and
closes the sad drama.
During the night our lines are moved to
the heights back of the town or those which
we took the first day.
The Fourth Day.
Here we reffiain in line of battle all the.
next day. But the beaten foe dare not ad
vance, as be has not forgotttn the sad les
son taught him the first day.
The Fifth. Day—Our lietnat.
On the morning of the fifth day, wo be*
gau to move hack towards Hagerstown,
Md. Gen. Lee moves Iris whole force cau
tiously advancing and covering well his
rear. We moved hack leisurely till we
reached a good camping ground near Ha
gerstown.
Movement of the Federals.
Meade had begun to leave Gettyshu'g
as soon or sooner than Lee. He thought
