Diary of Battles, Marches and Incidents of the Seventh S. C. Regiment, 1862 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Diary of Battles, Marches and Incidents of the Seventh S. C. Regiment, 1862 Four hours, and we are approaching Yorktown, celebrated in history for deeds of valor done, which crowned our first Revolution with victory, and taught a powerful and proud nation that "the race is not to the swift, nor the, battle to the strong." As we near the landing we view with scorn the gunboats of the enemy riding the waves, though at a very respectable distance from our huge guns, which bristle along the breastworks. Occasional shots are interchanged, and some shells fall in dangerous proximity to the transports discharging their precious living freight, which seem to produce nothing more than some amusing remark from some witty soldier. We ascend the heights to the town. Alas! the desolating track of war meets the eye on all sides in smouldering ruins, lonely chimneys and deep entrenchments. Ah! McClellan, you could never have reduced this place by approaching in front, had not your gunboats, aided by the James and York rivers, given you such facilities for flanking it. Hence Gen. Johnston, properly ordered a retreat in the direction of Richmond, where he could draw you out from the shelter of your boasted power, and fight your mercenary nirelings in open field, where Southern patriots, armed with the triple armor of justice, could defeat your motley crew of foreigners and oath-breaking Yankees. Our regiment being sent to guard Dam No.1, here we are kept in almost a constant state of excitement. The Warwick river, a small stream running into the James, had been enlarged by damming it up every few miles, to prevent the enemy crossing. This was done by Gen. Magruder, who had command of the Peninsula, before the arrival of the army of the Potomac, under Johnston. The enemy attempted to cross once, and were driven back with slaughter by the3d Georgia regiment. The pickets at night would fire at the least noise in the water, and one rainy night our regiment was double-quicked to the river, by the continued volleys of musketry, when it was thought afterwards, instead of Yankees, some sentinel had fired at noises made by frogs. It having been determined to fall back, we found it necessary to make a feint to cover the retreat, and while the wagon trains and main army were being hurried off, the 7th and 3d S. C. regiments were sent down to Lands End, junction of Warwick and James rivers. We went down 30 th April; on the opposite side of the river the Yankees were thrown into activity at our approach. We were strung out, and built large camp fires through the woods, making the appearance of a large force. About dark, with our fires lighting up the whole face of the heavens, we were silently withdrawn, and ordered back to camps. We had scarcely left our illuminated camps when the enemy began to shell them furiously, which occasioned many a merry laugh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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