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By Iflt Ldent. W.,®.' Nye, ITth F, 'A,
Ft. Braeg.
The following aoooont rf a Clyil
War battl© wM^ai tools pttfco oa tb©
Fort Bragg Military ReMffvatlon at
a place ^ow known as BattleneW
flmn. The flglit took place on Mar.
10. I&p6, and wad a pitched battle
in whlblh five or six thouhand tropw
' took part. This battle la hardly
mentioned in history, and even^the
people living in the vicinity have
only vague aod ■erronews ideas as
' to what actually took place| ^o
engagement wah not merely a skl^
mish as is now popularly supposed,
hut was a real fight, which, insofar
as numbers engaged and fiercenees
of encounter are cohicemed, deserves
^ rank v^th Bunker Hill. Chapul-
tepec or ReSaca de la Palma.
The battle Is officially known as
the Battle of'Monroe’s Croiss ROads,
hut for various reasons has been
called the Battle of Longstreet of
•Fayetteville, of Green 'Springs, of,
Whit© Lake, and has even been des-i
crihed as having occurred in South |
Carolina or in Geor^a. Every avall-
able bit of evidence has be«i im
partially examined, and the fonowing
is believed to represent the best
existing history of the hatUo.
In March. 1866. General Sherman’s
Federal army arived from its march
through South Carolina, A division
of three calavry brigades and one
provisional dismounted brigade, all
under Major-General Judscm Kil
patrick. was on the left flank of the
advance, and arrived at Solemn
Grove early on the afternoon of
Thursday, March-9th. Solemn Grove
rwas a country postoffice which stood
on the Morganton road just west
of the present reservation boundary.
IWhile halted at that point Kllpat-
tri'ck learned that the Confederate
calvary under Lieutenant General
iWade Hampton, was approaching
from the northwest... Hampton had
. united the forces of Butler and
Wheeler and was hastening east in
rear of Hardee’s infantry towards
the Confederate rendezvous at Pay
atteviUft " Kl^patidc^; deterinto^
ntercept Hainptbh. He eeut his 3rd
'Brigade, under - Colons Spencer,
ahead .on the Morganton road, with
jrders to camp at MonToe'’8. neai
where the^ Yadkin and Morganton
roads InteAected at that time, with
Spencer was the Dismounted Bng
ade and two pieces of field artillerj
commanded by Lieutenant Bbenezei
W. Stetson, 10th Wisconsin Battery
Kilpatrick’s Second Brigade lof'
Soleiw Grove two hours later, in-
topdlng to join the Third Brigade a'.
Monroe’s. Ordws were sent to the
Plrsti Brigade, which was still fai
to the rear, to divefge off the south
east on a road leading to Sandy
Grove Church. Thlh was to prevent
the Confderates from slipping thru
the lines by one bl the other pnral-
lel roads. General Kilpatrick began
the march with the Second Brig
ade," but in the fore part of the ev-
anlng rode ahead with, his escort
and staff to join Colonel Spencer.
'When near Johnson Mountain he
unexpectedly encountered a Confed
erate division which was halted
along a side road. , Kilpatrick es
caped'with Ms staff, but the escorc
was captured.
The Third Brigade continued its
march in a dismal rain, and arrived
at the camp bite at nine p. m. The
dismounted men went into camp
paraUel to the Morganton road and
in front of the Monroe House. The
Third Brigade camped' in a field fur-
ther down the ridge, inst north or
Green Springs. Headquarters was
established in the farm house, and
the wagons And artillery were park
ed in the yard near the house.
An outpost of forty men was sent
back up the road, hut before any of
the plcketb had been posted, ana
while still but a few hundrea yards
from the camp, the eiiiie detach
ment was captured by the Confeder
ates. What had happened was this;
The Confederates, marching east oi
the Yadkin road, had arrived behind
the Third Brigade! but ahead,of the
Second Brigade. The officer in com
mand of'the Federal outpost, having
no idea that the Confederates had
arrived, suspected nothing when be
was halted by General Butler, who
was at the head of the Confederate
rick’a camp depeind©d#4-^aa- •captured
without the firing of a shot Parties
sent out during the ui^t to inspect
the videttes were also silently »P*
tured by members of Shannoh»
The Confederates halted to clo^,e
up their column and make a recon
naissance of the Union position
Kilpetrick’b Second Brigade emcoun-
tered' the rear of tjils bivouac, and
not having a clear Idea of the coun
try. turned back to circle around
the Confederates by a souther^ routa
This oqmmand was soon enmired
fast in Juniper Creek and failed to
reach the Monro© farm in time
participate in the 'battle. The First
Brigade alBQ failed to come up; thus
Kilpatrick was, all unsuspecting, cut
off by the very force which he was
trying to surround, and bad with
him but a third of his division.
The Confederates Spent the night
In clobe observation of the Fed
eral bivouac. - At dawn on the
tenth, in pursuance to orders
from General Hampton, General
Wheeler took Command of his
own and Butler’s cavalry and
charged into the camp. His Ala
bamans were on the left, Butler
in the center, then the Tennessee
brigade, and finally the Texans on
the extreme Confederate right. Part
of., the Tennessee troops and all of
the Texans bogged down in the
swamps in Nicholfeon creeb, and did
not extricate themselves in time to
be of any serric© ot the Confeder
ates during the initial assault.
The FederaJs were completely
surprised; they awoke to find the
Confederates in force in every part
of their oamp. Those who • were
able fled to the shelter of the
swamp. The still morning air was
filled -with mMs exhaled from the
rain-soaked, ground. The first..charge
passed np the farm house.' so that
Kilpatrick, who had just stepped to
the door to oversee the feeding of
his horse, when the Confederate yell
sounded, fled unrecognized and made
his way on loot to the swamp. He
and most of his men were in their
underwear, and were half naked.
Having gained the 'shelter of the
swamp, the Pederals reformed and
directed a hot fire back at the Con-
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riilety. crept stealthily up to where
the Confederate* were attwnptlng
to harness the plunging teams to
drag away the captured guns. Un
noticed and alone' Stetson unUmb-
ered one of his guns and fired a
charge of grape into the mass of
Confederates about 'the farm house,
at a range of only twenty yards.
The Confederates fell back in confu
sion and the Pederals greatly ©n-
oonraged, rushed forward to form
a line in defense of the guns. For
an hour and a half the battle ranged
about the spot, . but the guns and
headquarters remained in the vicin
ity, having made a forced march up
D'om the Plank Road to the relief
of the calvary. The Confederates,
realizing that Union re-inforcementk
would shortly arrive, withdrew, and
marched on into Fayetteville, where
they arrived the same evening. Kil
patrick remained on the battlefield
until three p. m., and then . united
his division at Little Bockfish, on
the Chicken Road. A number of his
wounded died at that place, and the
graves of four of them have been
marked. The total number of dead
is not known, but there are thirty-
nine Federal graves in the battle
field itself, with four more near the
bivouac of Little Rocfcfish. The
majority of the dead are buried
where the fighting wak the heaviest,
near the site of Lieutenant Stet
son’s exploit. This is several hun
dred yards north ot Green Springs.
The repaains of the old" farm house
are visible, and the trace of the old
Morganton Road may also he seen
just north of the farm yard. Most
of the Confederate dead were later
removed. Thirty odd are at Long
Street Church and thirty more in
Cross Creek Cemetery in TTayette-
ville. The only gravek marked with
the names of the dead are tii^
graves of Sergeant Schwartz, a Fed
era! Artillery Chief of Section, and
Private Maleugean, C. S.-^A. Sergeant
Schwartz is buried ^on_the_JIhicken-
Road near Little Rockfish, and Pri
vate Maleaugean is buried at the
lower tip of Cemetery Ridge, on the
Yadkin Road. v •
wife’s trip to the market, tor the
business man In his callg.,. about
town, or for the long tour. Because
of this adaptability, it has attained
a wide proeference as a family con
veyance. .
‘Plenty of room is provided in
this car in botk front and rear sc
that five persons can ride with
complete comfort. Doorways are
designed to make access easy. At
the same time the absence of rear
doors leaves a compartment in
which small children can be placed
without danger of their opening a
door and falling out-
“The Tudor is attractively trim
med in soft durable cloth with seat
upholstery deeply piped. Rubber
ABCHOMiii WAREHOIItC
DER SAME MAWAGEMENT AGAIlS
Tobacco growers thronghonst this
section will learn with great a deal
of intereset that Edwards, Lewis and
Williams, of Mallins, South Ca’-ollna,
will again run the Aberdeen Ware
house. These people ran this wa’-e-
bonse last season and there are
bests of people hereabouts who did
business with them. They operate
a warehouse© in Mullins and handle
more tobacco than any warehouse
in South Carolina.
Aberdeen to the nearest market
to Hoke County farmers and most of
the weed grown in this county is
marketed there.
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-Mlse Ina Wilson announces that she will he glad to do year
,n,owrt,lwt. it be a tose
amomt Letter, typemitteb ter aw'ene at a BDall eoet
stationary furnished.
Graduate of King’s Business College.
Office with Paul Dickson, upstairs in the Page Trust Co.
Building.
I^nmn Thurthe ent^e outpost, np- federates, who. thinking the day
on whicr the security of Kilpat- won, had commenced to plunder the
camp.
Many hand-to-h£^nd fights, pistol
I and saber duels, and other feats of
j indiridual. bravery were performed
on both sides during the hurly-bur
ly of the fight which ensued. The
Pederals lost two or three kun-
dred prisoners And a Targe num^r
of animals at the first onset, kut
they recovered rapidly and advanced
in a determined effort to retake
what they had so suddenly lost
They were greatly outnumheri^
land would probably have been anni
hilated had it not been for an acci-
d«iit" whir£h occurred after aboat
thirty minates had elapsed- Lieut
StdtsoD. commanding the ar-
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White Rose Tea, lb iV i 9c
Salmon, Can
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Canned Brains, can ••••;••
Shrimp, can ' ’ ‘ ’ior>
Pork & Beans, can
Small Milk, can ...
Trill Milk can •
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"When I was just a girl
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' ”Aftar 1 was maxried,
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weight
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vised me to take Cardui,
which I did. By the time
I bad taken two bottles, I
felt stronger And better
t.bnTi I had in a long time."
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TUDOR POPULAR FAMILY
CAR, FORD DEALER SAYS.
The popularity or the Ford car
is attested by the fact that of all
the cars sold in the United States
four out of ten are Fords. Mr. Ed
iButler, local dealer, said this week.
And one of the most popular of the
Fords, he added, is the Tudor.
“The Tudor is designed for gen
eral transportation,’’ Mr. Butler said.
Tt is equally useful for the house-
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nonsHnation. Indigestion, Biliousness.
Edwards, Lewis & William*, who have led the
State of South Carolina for the past 8 years in the
sale of leaf tohacep, wish to announce that they will
again operate the ABERDEEN WAREHOUSE.
From the opening day throughout the season this
Warehouse will he under the personal direction of the
owners. ‘
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