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wounded. "Did little fighting >ut some mighty good running.' JOHN WOODWARD LYLES. Born Se-pt. 2, 1845, on Broad River. A:tended the University of South Carolina. Entered the 16rmy in 1865 in Company K, st S. C. Cavalry under Capt. Angus Brown. Position at close of War high private. He is now serving his third term as Clerk of Court of Fair field County. Long a prominent leader in Fairfield politics. ROBERT L. MAR' IN. Born April 30, 1853 at Montio cello. Entered the Army in 1861, in Company E, 15th S. C. Regiment. under Capt. J. B. Davis. Transferred to 6th S. C. Cavalry, under Col. Hampton. Wounded four times, at Boones boro. Chancellorsvil.e, Chicka mauga and Reams Station. Now farming near Monticello. JOHN MCCLURE. Age z3venty. Born in Antie tam County, Ireland. Entered the Army in 1861, in Company G, 2 S. C. Inf., Flat Rock Guards, under Capt. C. C. Haile. "Captured July 4. 1863. Taken to Fort Delaware, and kept there until the 12th day of May 1865." Now farmrning near Blackstock. Hayne McMeekin. Born Nov. 20, 1832 in Union Dis:-ict. Received collegiate training. Entered Army in August 1861 in Company F, 12 S. C. V.. as Captain of his Coin-; pan.y. Resigned i a 18.63 on ac count of ill health. W as wound-. ed at Gaines' hill in June 1862. Was several years Treasui er of Fairfield County. Now farming. "I was with the command and participated in the following en-: gagements: the bombardment an capttre by the enemyv of Hilton ea ad Bay Point in NT\ 1861. M comrpany sup por:ed Bay~ Point the seven days fihtn bef ore Richmond in Juneand Juy 1862. 2nid Ma nasas Aur . 1G2; Lee's first in vasion ofz '.aryland immediately followingu Manassas: Capture of Harper's Fer ry Sept. 1865: Bat tle of F redericksburg Dec. 1862. Resigned because of ill health. and retired from the Army in. March. 1868." Matthew Harkness McGrady. Born Feb. 19, 1836 in Fairfield County. Ente:redArmy January 1862, Aiken Guards, under Capt. B. M. Whitner. Wounded at Chickamauga. Has farmed and conducted a mill near Nelson since the War. James Madison McDonald. Born June 16. 1836 near Black stock. Entered Army in the fall of 1861 in Company B '7 5. C.. Cavalry, uinder Col. James H. Rion. Was corporal at close of the War. Wounded at Peters burg June 16, 1864. Now farming near Blackstock. Joseph Thomson McDowell. Born Oct.' 30, 1845 in the~ Wateree Section of Fairfield County. Entered Army in 1864' in Company E, under Capt. P. P. Gaillard. "High private in r1ear ranks" at close of the War. j, Moved to Louisiana in 1851, and later in 18838 to Texas. Has recently been on a visit to his houm. I Samuel McCormick. Born Nov. 23, 1828 in Chesi County. Attended Mt. Zion ] stitute under the celebrated Pri J. W. Hndson. Entered t Army in 1861 in Company E. S. C. Cav., under Capt. John Foster. Later transferred to Compa A, 18 S. C. Inf. Was promot to Lieut. Adjutant, I S. C. RE :nf, Wounded at Petersbur raught many years after t War. Now farming near Lon town "I wii- just give an instan >f Providential interpositic We were on the lines aroui Petersburg, and our Compaj was occupy - -,a position on t ummit of the hill, and the 30 lay of. June I was sever( vounded and sent to the h< ital in Richmond. Just o month later on July 40, the ear trembled and shook the hospit and we heard a tremendous E plosion. In a short time wc came that the mine was sprur and my broth.r John and all I Company present, except oi were blown to death. While the hospital, I received my co mission as Adjutant of the " infantry." Levi H. Melton. Born April 1844 at Centervil Entered the Army Augnst 1862 in Company B, 7 S. C. Ba under Capt. John Harris Wounded at Petersburg Aug 2. Now farming. John H. Neil. Entered Army April 27, Il in Company B Liles Rifles 7 C. Bat., under Capt. John Kennedy. "Enlisted at the age of sev teen S. C. In'f. Hagood' sE gade, April 186. This compa at that time wxas stationed Fort Johnson, James Island, C. In a few days this comms was ordered to Virginiia. arrived in Petersburg May 6. finer command, better equipi: and officered nev eira acned battle. Every regim'ent fi handsomely urniferme and a' ed with the latest and impros arms. The 11th. 25th.~ 21t 27th Reg:ients and h( 7th talion. cos'titte Hagi cO Bricade. From. th y w rived ix Peterburg. this mand w'as b-t.a ve n battle. up - at >urg, in the~ batl o Ri statio Auut2s.O >rieIheI earie Virginia on the 6th of May, the Battle of Reims Stati August 21st, there were ab< 100 to answer to the roll call. this terrible carnage of ble he author of this short and i perfect sketch received his d charge, and he carries the :er missile to this day. Of the 38 n- men of Company B carried in this battle 31 were killed, wound he ed and captured. Lieutenants 4 Isbell, S. Wade Douglass and C. Robt. Kennedy fell in this bat tie. Capt. J. Luke Kennedy died ny a few days before the battle." ed Joseph Willis Nevitt. g- Born Sept. 16. 1830, near Lyles Ford, Broad River. Enter ed Army April 11, 1861, Com pany C, 6 S. C. V., under Capt. Edward H. Means. Transferred ce n. .id ly he th >s ne -th. al, rd 11S ie,! in m st le. to First . Cavalry. Col. Black's Regiment. Wounded at Frazier's Farm July 8, 1862. Was witlh the Regiment at Drainsville the first fight and in many subse quent battles. Farmer. Francis Alexander Neil. Born April 29, 1847 on the spot where he now lives. En tered Army in 1864 in Company B, Gill's Batallion Reserves, under Capt. McLurkin. Now farming and also managing the large farm of the late General John Bratton. John Jackson Neil. Born April 1, 1847 seven miles East of Winnsboro. Graduate of the S. C. University. En tered Army fall of 1863, in Beau I fort Volunteer Artillery, undei Capt. Hal. M. Stewart. )n. Lawyer and City Clerk oJ ist Winnsboro. JOHN F. PAUL. Born January 17, 1841 in thi BJackson Greek section of Fair Sfield County. Entered Arm: L January 1862 in Company G 'Aiken Guards, under Qapt. A en :ri ~ny at S. ndV We ed to ed - nd dO s SP. Irby. Ser eant at close (.1 Wvar. W\ounded' Sept. 14. 1865 at 8outh Mountain. Md. "This Company was in th Sthird Battalion and at the clos of War we were in Kershaw' Brigade." Edward Fayssoux Pagan. Born Jan. 7, 1846 at Chester Entered the Army Jan. 1863, Company E, 17 S. C. V. Reg. under Capt. E. R. Mills. Col lector of tithes at close of th< War. Now farming near Shelton. William Thomas Pettigrew. Born ~ March 10, 18:31 in Fair field County. Entered Army .Jan. 6. 1861, under Capt. J. B. s~ In1 a WasDais wounded at Peters bugin 1863. Has recently is-i moved to Union. Archie M, Park, Sr. Born Sept. 21, 1846, five miles west of Winnsboro. Entered Army August, 1864, Company F, under Capt John Bell. Farm ing. William Clarence Rabb. Born March 10, 1846, near Winnsboro. Entered Army 1861 under Capt. Shedd. Was later transferred to Company H S. C. Cav. 2nd Reg., under Capt. John L. Lipscomb. The worst wound was getting his hair singed. i Spent six months oh coast. Farming. Thomas Cason Raines. Born Sept. 24. 1841, eight miles East of Winnsboro. En tered Army March, 1862 in Boyce's Guards, under Capt. J. M. Phinney. Was woundEd at IX V: t the Battle of Wilderness May 6, 1863. Now farming. "I would not receive a promo tion, had it been offered as I felt that I could serve my country better with a rifle than a sword." James M. Raines. Born Dec. 21, 1846 in Alabama. Entered Army Jan. 1864 in Com pany B, 7 S. C., under Col. James H. Rion. Was never wounded. Farming near Blythe William Donald Ric'nardson. Born A;ril 28. 1S45. near N eson. tilS County. E.nter'ed 1 -1 C, I2th Regiment. under Capt. Hinnant. Was wounded at White Oak Swamp in 1864. and at Chickahominy. A wheelright and farmer. James WV. Rowe. Born Oct. 17. 1836, near Winnsboro. Entered the Army April, 1860, in Fairfield Fencibles under Capt. John Bratton. Transferred to Capt. Clyburn 's Company G, 7th S. C. Battalion. Wounded at Frazier's Farm, shot in the forehead. "I had one brother in the War. His name was William Franklin Rowe. He died at Charleston, S. C., with the fever, in the hospital. His age was 18 years. I stated I was shot in the head with a minnie ball. I still have it, and you will know that I must have a good skull, as the ball is smashed fiat." If You are v4 About Your I Should See Ti That Have J ti A The other style is a Burton strap, Patent kid vamp, m Cuban heel. A flat patent le, beauty to the whole shoe; not foot look so small. Price $3.5 MAIL ORDERS Fj LEVER,, T In Col Dixon Hawley Robertson. Born July 21, 1841. near Cedar reek, Fairfield County. En ered the Army April 11, 1861, n Company G, Sixth Regiment, inder Capt. James Phinney. Yas slightly wounded at Fort ,arrison. Was in the War rom Fort Sumter to Appomat :OX. "Enlisted in Sixth Regiment nd left Winnsboro April 11, 861. Was at Charleston at ombardment of Fort Sumter. rransferred to army of Northern Virginia, and was under Capt. 3hedd of Boyce's Guards. At xpirationf 12 months enlisted or the three years of War. Was ith regiment in all battles lought around Richmond. issed only one fight that com nand. was in during the entire ar. Slightly . wounded at harge on Fort Harrison, where 1 officers of Company, and all ergeants were killed, except e. Surrendered at Appomat W. S. Robinson. orn Dec. 253, 1844, at Ridge y. Entered the Army Jan. 1863, in Company C. 6th S. C. valry, under P. W. Goodwyn. osition at close of War "high rvate in front ranks." Was unded at Fayetteville, N. C., {rch 10, 1865. Now farming. 'Once upon a time in Virginia, noe of the boys stole some ney from an old farmer and aturally borrowed the bucket ocarry the honey to camp. he next morning the old gentle mta came to camp to see what ecould find. The Colonel idly offered his assistance tc ni on his search. After a time v found the empty bucket ir e ad.iutant's tent. The old emer said: 'My God. Colonel, an efficer will take honey, var will not a private do'' John Thomas Robinson. Born May 3. 1834 in Fairfield ounty. Entered Army July 81 in Compauy C. under Capt. .C. Davis. Wounded at etersburg December 1863. ow farming near Smnallwood. John Alexander Stewart. Born Feb. 15. 1S44, six miles oth of Winnsboro. Entered rmy May 1.3. 1861 in Company \,13 Miss. Regt., under Capt. .M. Bradley. Was Second egeant at close of the War. w farming near Woodward. lso a public auctioneer for nst public sales. 'Captured at Knoxville, Tenn, flthe 29th day of Nov. 1863 in charge on Fort Sanders. Re ned in Rock Island Ill. prison iteen months. I was in the folowing battles: Bales E~.ff, redericksburg, Seven Pines, ,ry Fastidious footwear You wo New Styles ist Arrived One style is very similar to .e cut. It has three eyelets, xible welt soles, patent kid Lmp, matt kid back, high Cu Lm heel, well arched instep. s trim and neat :an Oxford as u ever saw. Price $3.50. Pump-that is it has an instep att kid back, turn sole, high Lther bow on vamp that adds a shoe in this store makes the 0. All sizes, from 1 to 7. ILLED PROMPTLY ie Shoe Man umbia seven days fight at Sharpsburg, Second Fredericksburg, Hp.rper's Ferry, Chickamauga, besides many other skirmishes that I am not able to mention. W. E. Riley. Born June 22, 1847 in Edge field District. Entered Army Sept. 15, 1864. in S. C. Reserves, under Capt. Walter Quattlebaum. Transfered to 7th Regiment, Company C. Now farming near Blythewood. "I was not in any regular en gagements, but in one little skir mish down here at Combahee's Ferry, near Green Pond. I was, or we were sent to Florence to guard prisoners, and when we got there, there was fifteen thousand in the stockade. We were there ab6ut 4 or 5 weeks, and only 11,000 answered to roll call. They died like flies. There is a grave yard or cemetery there kept up by relatives of the Fed eral dead. I was in Johnson's Surrender at Greensboro, N. C. where we received our parole. I got home May 11, 1865." D. Gunning Smith. Born Oct. 26, 1846. near Winns boro. Attended Mt. Zion Insti tute. Entered Army in 1863 under Capt. McLurkin. Later transferred to Pa metto Artil lery. Now farming. A member of the County Board of Commissioners of Fairfield County. Thomas Riley Sterling. "Born near Woodward, S. C., Sept. 26. 183S. Entered service in the Confededate Army at the beginning of hostilities. Heard the first shot fired at Fort Sumter and laid down his gun at Ap pomattox. "He was a member of General Bratton 's Brigade, Company H, Sixth Regiment. He was in every battle in which his Com pany fought except two in East Tennessee. Was absent then because he was barefooted. The evening before he had marched ten miles through melting snow with feet wrapped in cow hide. Next morning un able to put on the cow hide, he started bare footed with his Company and had gone about a mile over the frozen snow and ice, when Capt. Clowney ordered him and a few comrades in simi lar plight back to the camp. "Throughout the four years service, he received only a,jfew scratches, never a wound that kept him from duty, and was never in a hospital from sick ness. Twice he was stunned, once by a shell from the enemy that borke his gun to pieces. again by the gun of a comrade who was shooting over his shoulder, the gun not extending