Vol. VII. No. 57
Washington, Beaufort County, N. C, Friday Afternoon, January 14, 1898.
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Since completing- our invento
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several -lines of our mammoth
stock. How does this strike you:
ISJoquett Rugs, 40-inch length,
at 1.00; Smyrna Rugs, size ;j')x
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Dress Goods, formerly 60c. per
y"d, now jOc Several lines Nov
elty Dress Goods, formerly 50c,
now 37 l-c. We have about 20
pieces cheap and medium D.-oss
Goods in which are two to five
yards, which we will sell t
about one-half former price.
We have o0 pairs gents calf
ski u : s, lace and Congivss,
The tp.pt u red Flag.
Mr Editor: I have noticed
in several lata issues of your
paper, statements to tne effect;
that the 4th X. (J. Regiment
lost her regimental flag, at
Sharpsburg and that it was
captured by the 5th New Jersey
Regiment. This I think I can
s tfely deny. The 4th never had
her flag captured. I was a mem
ber of the 4th and participated
m all the battles in which my
regiment w.s engaged, except
whn I was wounded and in
hospital I was present and
participated in the battle of
Sharpsburg, 'ought the 17th, of
September, 18o. We were
members of Brigadier General
George li- Henderson's Brigade.
The 2n.1, 4th, 14th and 30th
N. U. Regiments composed this
brigade. Tne division to which
the brigade belonged was com
manded by Maj. General D. H.
Hill, and the corps by Lieut.
General Stonewall Jackson.
In the disposition for battle
on the morning of September
17th, Anderson's Brigade
formed the extreme right of
Hill's Di vi sion, 'and our line of
bat la extended along an old
country road; at some places the
road bed was npon a level
with the surrounding country,
at others there were shadow
depresions, caused by rains and
the wear and tear of wheeled
vehicles. A part of the 4th
was in one of tnese depressions,
though it proved to be of but
little protectiou to the men.
From our line of bat;le we
couid see the enemy advancing
to attack us, as they emerged
from a ledge of woods about
eight hundred yards distant,
in three distinct lines of battle
and in splendid order. Our
orders were not to firo until
they were within thirty or
forty 3 ards of our line. The
men were lying down in f the
road, and at the first volley the
front line were almost annihi
lated, but the remaining lines
continued to a ivance, inu soon
the battle became general and
furious, aud though opposed by
three or tour to one, they could
ik t disludg us from the road
ternooi).
r stake, of i
comm.'.nd;M-1
gamed their desavd
uutil lale in rile
win a by a if.itui
another brigade
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('lit' liiies ; i. t
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Hssu'-tcil styles, which are all i 1 h it i :hev
00 grades, among which
tu,,n our
e i cd asnults upon
la . ,w i0 ni il;..1
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i i i"j af T' 'o i
were s.tt'mpting to
ai'e
vShoes, so well known by every
body. These all go your choice
for a pair.
Yours to please,
J. F. BUCKIilAN.
Leader in Staple and Fancy
Dress Goods, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Furniture, &c.
to
nght Hank,- ami the
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j- ' 1 1 .. oriMuimy !; i;ig
several pairs James Means s8. 00 !KlssMi l, ,iiir.e ii.r- to le,,k
out upon uie rivMir h he olii-
ce-s, so ve mighr be prepared j
i o meet ana ciick any move of
this Kind t) ro-; it gained
much headway.
brigadier Gen. Feavhersion's
Btigade of Mississippians were
ordered to take position on our
right flaK to check this move
ment, and in executing the
0"der he tailed to form his
brigade far enoueh to our rio-ht.
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oui insieaa advanced them to
the position occupied by
Aiiderson's men, coming up
immediately iq our rear, and
not seeing the men lying down
in the road, his men began
firing at the enemy over us,
and no doubt killed and
wounded many o Anderson's
men. Ther were two brigades
oocupying the position intended
for one, and at this stage cf the
battie the 4th had lost every
commissioned officer, being
either killed or wounded, and
most of the non-commissioned
officers, and with this general
mix up and no guiding hand to
direct, it is a wonaer to me
how we even managed to main
tain order and discipline in our
ranks. Just before Feather
s on's men reached our lines,
and while firing over us I saw
Lieut. W. H. Weaver,;of Co. H ,
take the flag of the 4;h, jump
o his feet and wave it several
times, when he knew it meant
certain death to do so, to let
Featherston's men know we
were friends between them and
the n my, and dropped dead
pierced by bullets, which I am
confident were fired by friends.
As soon as Gen. Featherston
discovered the mistake he had
made gaye orders to his brigade
to r etire so that he might take
his proper poL-itiuu on our right.
W hen this order was jjven
thougu not intended for Ander
son's men, they retired with
them through a corn field
immediately in our r--ar, about
one hundred and fiftv vards
distant, to the outer fdge of
the cornfield, from the original
line cf batt le
Several of Co. I. did not re
tire wnd Featherston's mn,
including myself, having not
heard the order givon by Gen
Featherston to his men, and I
presume the othr compmies of
the regiment did ihe same,
until Bryant Peed came to me
and st-xted that our brigade had
fallen back. I noticed down
the road and saw plenty o
men in the road and did not go.
tie soon came to me again and
said the men in te road were
either daad or wounded. I
looked agam and saw that Peed
was right, and tht we must
leave at once or be killed, or
captured. So we left the road
rati through the corn and
found what was left of the 4th
Regiment with their flag fly
ing, forming in line of battle
the men who were rethiug. or
had retired t om the road.
David R. Bennett and myseR
were the only members of Co. I,
who left the road when we did,
that reached the outer edge of
the corn field unhurt. Now up
to this hour the flag was not
captured, and I saw no reason
why it should or could have
been captur d afterwards,
though the battle continued
ano i her day
The troops who opposed us
on the 17th of Sept., were
tte Irish Brigade, but I do
n :mow what State they
h.-jih-ri fr in.
I a') not remember who wa-E-K-dgii
ar Sharpsburg, but vva-
under he impression that i:
.vas John Sfikeleather, until J
saw his Ma ement concern in :
himself, ia your paper. The
cap urea" dag will prove to be
the compauy 11. ig pees mted bv
the ladies of Washing on to
apt. D. .YL Carter's company,
which in the organization of
tne 4th was Co. E. his Hag
was never carried into battle.
1 served in ti e 4 h N C. Regt.,
as a private soldier, non com
missioned officer and commis
sioned officer, md during ihe
bloody campaign's of lbo4 up
to tne L'jvi ot Uct, when 1 a
severely wounded and captured
had the honor to command Co.
I. which was flag company of
the Regt. ,
Edward Tripp.
Durham's Creek, N. C.
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