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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Wee Nee volunteers of Williamsburg District, South Carolina, in the First (Hagood's) regiment. (search)
ps were left standing in the field, and made the very best forage for our animals. The men have been feasting on roasting ears. In the night a scouting party approached our line coming through the thick corn. They were soon driven back, and, upon returning, were fired into by their own friends. Now, you have done it, some one in their line was heard to exclaim, you have killed the officer of the guard. A desultory fire was kept up by both lines of pickets through the whole night. June 28th.—The Twenty-second South Carolina volunteers took our places on the picket line this morning. Secessionville battery still firing on the enemy and with greater accuracy than on the previous evening. The news of the rout of McClellan's army before Richmond reached us and increased our rejoicing. The prospects of the Confederate cause seemed to be brightening, and the end of the war and a return to our homes seemed almost in sight. The steamer Racer, of the British navy, came into Char