Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" Hi. lwrdei. !fiil !??"' ..I ? rttUUUJ), * !"' l?'ane<I from his ,Mm*u tnxi Kaxed ?? ttie earth , olu. iif l.i- veins throw# ^ ill. . blood of war jH.iuv.1 tlu- deadly spirit rtu?ivunny l??vo. *..inij nil.I ill f'Uiry hearing the II of hi* vi. lims. wttlf a grim iSelw?'",f r"l,lwUih nniia united. y P|s thus." he mused, "in days gone have won n?\ -trcngth and found j^v In the "v "f l,u> iM'llHMjU Wih and the t,f her husband's i wiuir 'H"' 1 if flelda run jl?. blood <<f I.-How men, *br tha* I |UH| is .-..v.t.'.i with newly made l u?ve utfiuiHlahed work In Uviuurles pa-t : the future holds W,S of IhIn.i-x awaiting me. ?My shall never wiine ?o long as the ,,f ma11 i- hlled with Jealousy, or Mtrif*'-" tiroi^'l' r'"' *"lm 11,0 ovt>l,'ng tup from fix- earth below, oam'e the I 0f M caniK'h's roar, and hearing, drew el??M'i- around himself the of jhiw? r in whleh lie was and laughed in glee. ) , work l> railing me," he cried intly. 'Tli.? the host* of battle not, 1 am there In their oildst. jing my unseen emblems of war, jctniion and hearse, I move among jirailes of men and do my deadly My sweetest music la" the c*y wounded and dying; my, fond dream Is <-f the fields of earth lyln the smoke of hattle and crim i with tin1 l > l?>???I <>f .the brothers of lu the years we are entering the soiiinl ?>f the cannon my fs era vim: will lie satisfied. I. revel in t lie wall of the helpless , the moan t?f the suffering wo and In Mie dying groan of the K man <'f rhe country I now rule, when I. the mighty god of war a land. I sweep all else before I rule supreme !" December 1S00, South Carolina I a convention of secession* to cli one hundred and nine of her stand wisest statesmen were elect-1 jto meet in < 'barleston. ? For many I pths previous to this convention re? fons between rhe North and South been very unfriendly. The North j (used rhe South of treating her res unkindly, which was untrue,) denied the riirhts she thought were ii November lstK\ the party of Hie rtii which was most unjust to the Hh elected Abraham Lincoln to the siiiency of the United States, and his attitude toward the South had >n very an fair. South Carolina flight it Im-m not to reiuain under rule, Having voluntarily entered Union . t states In 1788, South mliiia con-.ientiously felt that she il a lL'ht t.> <e<*ede from the Union any time -he saw best. The se^ wion wii- mad*', not to bring about r. a* is -Miuct imes charged, hut was le ti> hring |K'are. Other states ;soon lo\ved the lead taken by Sottth Car na and ill-, hired themselves no long a i??it of the United States of A?n ea. For nearly five years following > secession of those states, our coun ? fought <ine of the most memorable trs in tlx- world's history?The War Secession, - Since Soin!; Carolina wnrf no tongefr |>?rt of the Union, Governor IMckeAs South Carolina asked the Federal irmnneM ;,i Washington to give up Suaiti-r. near Oliarlent0Uf as It x*l on s..ij111 Carolina soil. Jeffer d Davi- who had been elected as tesiileut . f tin. Confederacy made & ,suh>m and promises wenf6 *de that the Fort would be given er to tip Confederates. However, tr ships :i:ki supplies were seut'from e North t?. strengthen and hold Fort imter. General I;.mregard, who was in tnmaiHI i f t lie Confederates at Char on sent . note to the Federal sol asking them to leave peaceably, ?e Fedora commander, Major An rson thought best to do as the Con iornte- a.-ked, hut could not do so ithout authority from the Federal >vennne:it. In April 1861, two armed lr ve*sei- came to Fort Sumter, sent President Lincoln to make war on the Confederacy. The vessels of I Confederates and the Federal war ily began to tight for the possession Fort suniter. For thirtyfour boors 6 battle waged, then tbp Federal 5^f?n surrendered Fort Silmter and ??1 hack north in the vesaeto wtooe? ?"?ng had meant the beginning of e great war. Thus, the War of 8e ?won whs W'trun by the Bending of iir vessels l,y Lincoln to make war Ftnst t.he south. When the unsuc ?-\|H(iiticm returned to New . I i,K'"ln sent a great army t?y to make war against 4h?rf5oUth L ''?fe',"racy- Richmond, Va.^was t>\ the Confederates their cap r,rt Namter was taken by the Con 'rates under General Beauregard *prJl isfil. in April 1868 nine War a&aio entered the to take Fort Sumter from the Hera to*. The war vessels from L ' ?rth were the fluent upoc the i 8t that time. Five hundred and fifty officers and men of the First Reg iment of South <>ro||na urtlllery held Hi,' Fort. lit tho battle that followed dee of the Federal war-ships, t!??? Ken kuk was torn to |ileces by shells fired by ttve Confederates. Four other of the Federal vessels were badly Injur ed.V After a lleive tight that lasted all ilu^V the i^tlro fleet of vessels milled back. uortli fate lit the afternoon. The Keokuk wan so badly torn up hy the shells she suuV In <Muirlcston harlior tin morning after the buttle. For the defense of Charleston, the Confederates built t>vo forts on the upi>er end of Morris lslanH. These forts were Known as liattery Gregg and liattery .Warner. On the lower end of the Island, Federal Infant t\<^ eame ashore and set up their hattcrleq. Fire was opened between the enemies and ?lx thousand Federal soldiers ad vaueed against liattery Warner. The Confederates repulsed the charges and held their intuition. Heavy eannou were set up at the aouthorn end of MV4 rls Inland and their shells thrown lUto Fort Smuter The walls of lite I font "Vvere broken down and tile war vessels again sailed up to capture j Fort Smuter. on the ruins of the Fort, the dauntless Confederates stood and held back the enemy, thus holding the i Fort. In September 1808, the com- ! niander of the Federal Meet demand od the surrender of Fort Sumter. The fearless Confederates said the Federals ] could have the fort when they were able ti> take and hold It. As the lxmts full of armed men of the enemy reach ed the Tajullng place, tho It was dark, i the Confederates were ready for them. : Under Major Stephen Elliott the rifle men mot the enemy with shot, tor pedoes, and pieces of brick. Tho eneany tied, and many prisoners were hi ken by the Confederates. Then, the Federal cannon begun to fire into the fort- Forty-one days and nights bom bardment lasted. The brave Confed erate* repulsed every charge made to take the fort, and held their ground. In July 1804 another and llual at tempt to take the fort was made by the Federal forces. The same spirit tiilrt was shown by the soldiers of South Carolina throughout the war, and plainly seen again. Through the mouths of August and September, tho the fort was charged with can non bails for sixty days, the Confed erates fought with such deadly aim that fifty one of the enemy's l>est eannou were battered to pieces. Fort Sumter was never captured by the Federals. Tho fighting against the greatest odds, the Southern soldiers who stood ready to defend this Im portant i>oint, showed bravery and heroism that the world has never seen jyrcelled. On July 21st 1801 the first. great land battle of -the war was fought at Bull Hun near ^anassas Junction, Va. in which the Xjnion forces under Gen eral McDowell were defeated by the (Confederates under Beauregard, Gen era'l Bernard E. Bee of Charleston, S. C. commanded n brigade In the left wing of the Confederate army In this battle, (ieneral Bee, poinding to Gen eral T. J. Jackson, exclaimed "Look at; (ieneral Jackson, standing like a stone wall," and thus General >Ta^" son was given the name of "Stone wall" by which name he became fam ous. Brave General Bernard Bee lost his life In the battle of first Manas-1 sas. In 1800 Maxey Gregg of South Car olina was appointed a memlier of the Convention of Secession. At the be ginning of the war he was appoint ed Commander of the First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers. In 1862 Gregg was made commander of the ^ Fifth Regiment, later ""First, Twelfth, h Fourteenth Regiments and Orrs Rifle Hegimeut of South Carolina. - In June 1802 when McClellan led the Federal forces against Richmond, Gen. I>ee began to fight him. McOlel i lan attempted to get away from the Confederate forces," but they pursued him, led by Gregg's Carolinians. The Federal forces halted on the top of a high ridge near Galne's Mill where a battle followed. Acting on General Tree's orders, (Jregg led his men aoroSR I the hill; face to face with the enemy. Other Confederate forces came to help Gregg's mem and a little later McClel lau was driven thru the swamps to the flower part"* of the- James-River. Later In 1802, Gregg's brigade join ed the foot cavalry of Stonewall Jack son and they, went to the upper Rap pahannock In Virginia to fight against the Federal forces under General Tope, j The supplies for- G&i. Pope's army were stored In a ware-house at Man assas. The Confederates arrived at Manasdas ahead of the Federals,v and appropriated for their own use, the supplies that were waiting for Popes army; these supplies Included food, clothing and ammunition. When Popo's army arrived at Manassas, they found no food, while the enemy was well fed, and In the besc of spirits. The two armies were arranged on the field, for the battle of Second Manassas, August, 1802. During the Wttle ?en. Gregg's brigade held the deft end of the Confederate line of battle. IB six irreat att^M^ Federal army under 'Pope trhH^Kilse *** Confederal^ btft the Carmflmins held them back. Thru the fiercest of the fight, tho sol diers from the Palmetto State never faltered. The en^my was reinforced, bet the brave Confederate soldiers con tinued to'hold them back. The two lines of the opposing forces came so near together, he Confederates used ihelr bayonets, and some even fought rocks, with the result that they held the place. A little later, the Fed eral Army of Popo was defeated, and driven across the Potomac, and out of Virgin!*- : ? No Hold lor s who fought In this fa tuous tattle did more to win the glo rious victory of Second Manassas than dkl the 6rave Carolinians who follow ed Geti. lfaxey Gregg. | In 1863 lu the oharg* at Ohuncel JorxvlUe, Vrt., Gen. Samuel Me<H>wan i of IjOuiviix, S. (\, N his brigade with , that of A. IV uiir* division to, form ! Jlu? front part of the OoufnttoM^ line of tiatlle. McGowau, In the face ocf greatest danger, stood near 11>e flag of (he First Regiment and cheered Ott W* brave soldier*. ttr was wounded by a bullet, and ax hi* Ml, Col. Kd wards of tlw ThiKeauth k< ? i"iv "t rushed forward to (he brigade. 1 I'oiww) Kdwards w?n shot, and (Lionel Ahner Perrln, of the FoilrtMttth Regi ment took command. The entire Con federate army rushed against the Fed eral for<vs and * 1 i>>vo thorn out of the Wilderness. In this bhtUe the Con federates fought with a force of-sixty l^kUii^sand against an opiHtsiug anny of j one hundred and thirty thousand. In Jn|y 1MW, at the battle of Get tysburg, ? Pfcrth. strong Federal force* held rlu? top of a lung sloi?e. As Me (imvan's brigade went forward and started up the hUl, every shle of which ! was covered with tholr dead and wounded eouirados, the brave (^arolln .'.ins marched ax thoy did when on parade. When the other soldier* saw their bravery, thoy ehcored warmly for South ('avoltna. Colonel Abucr Perrlh, conunaiidcr of the brigade, led the line, and called to his men to follow. The enemy was scattered and the flag of the First Regiment was the first (ton federate banner raised in the town of i Jettysburg. In May 1MH l^>o wished to strike I he first blow at Grants army in the i Wilderness of northern Virginia. The brigade of McGowau was led forward with the other Confederate force#. Nobly did they-do their i>art In the struggle which ended with Urant be ing driven back. At S pott sylvan la a few days later, Ijcc and Grant fought another great battle. The struggle was so fierce, the place came to lie known as liloody Angle Again the Carolinians proved themselves heroes. In this battle Gen. j McGowton was wounded ami Col. J. \T. Brown of the Fourteenth Regiment, commanded the brigade until Grant was driven from the field. Of the brave sons of South Caro lina the courage of none has exceeded that of General Wade Hampton. In 1801 Hampton wus commander of la body of soldiers known as Hampton's Legion. In the tint Battle of Man assas, he led his six hundred men to capture the Federal cannon, wfoich they did. Hampton was slightly wounded. Later at Steven Pines he led an entire brigade; Aurlng seven day's battle, Hampton le<l Stonewall Jackson's brl-. gade of foot soldiers. In 1804 as Brigadier General of one of the bri gades of cavalry led by General J. K. B. Stuart, many deeds of bravery wore performed 'by the men under Hampton. In November 180U when the forces of IiOO and Burnslde fated each other across the Kapjtahannoek, Hampton with about two (hundred of his men crossed the stream, dashed Into the oft nip of the enemy and captured one hundred prisoners, and as many horses. In the same year, buried deep in the snow of northern Virginia,' as the two armies of Lee and Burnslde were preparing to fight at Fredericksburg, Hampton selected five hundred troop ers and set forth to strike the rear of t'he Federal forces. For three nights the soldiers slept in the snow, then they rode into the town of Dumfries where a large number of prisoners and wagons were captured from the very midst of Brunside's army. In 1804 the camj>aigii of the Wil derness being closed by the defeat of (irant's army at Cold Ilartior near Riohmoml, Sheridan was sent with nine thousand men by Grant to break up the railroads in northern Virgitila. With four thousand Confederate horse men, Hampton stood between Sheridan and the railroads. With his forces which included Butler's South Caro linians, Hampton..attacked Sheridan and drove him back. Sheridan's Tre vilian Campaign failed completely. In the. struggle between Grant and Lee at Petersburg, Virginia, the mount ed horsemen of Hampton played an important part. In .March 1805 at Fayettvltte, N. C., Hampton with about one thousand Confederate horsemen dasheu into the midst of the Federal troops under Kilpatrlek where five thousand cavalrymen were asleep. In the struggle that followed a thousand Federals were slain, wounded of taken poisoners. ? i At Petersburg, Va., In 1864 General I Johnson I In good of South Carolina as j brigadier General in command of the f Eleventh, Twenty-flnst, Twenty-fifth, 1 and' Tw enty-seventh Regiments of South Carolina, and Rlou's South Car olina batallhm- boldly changed the breast work of the' enemy and drove He nj a man F. Butler's forces from Pet ersburg, and helped In the defeat, of Butler at Bermuda Hundred. In 1804 Hagood led seven (hundred men against a Federal breastwork. Two hundred of Hagood's men charged and entered the enemy's works. A Federal officer seized the flag of the Twentyseventh Regiment of South Carolina and ordered them to surrender General Hagood rtisbed forward, shot the officer and handed the flag /to J. D. Stoney. Clad in rags and hungry, Hagood's men fetood' fn snow slxty sevfn days, helping to keep Grant's great army out of Petersburg. General Joseph B. Kershaw, a l>e loved General from our midst led a brigade In mahy of the most famous battles of the War of Secession. In 1863 In .the battle at Cblckamau ! ga, Ga., Kershaw's Brigade took part. |"After a long and bloody fight the hlllv i >was captured by -tl>e Confederates. An open field of eight hundred yards j lay between Kefsbaw and the main ? Federal line. Advancing with hayon 1 eta, Kershaw's men forced ttfe enemy to give up their position. During the night the whole Federal army fled mmmmammmmmesss* 'Ti' "*y' from the Meld % At Bi?ottuylv?ula, Va7 In IHtM Ker shaw's brigade with tho rest t>f liOiig street's corps, started Into the wilder ness of northern Virginia. The bri |tH? I*' \VIIS led l?y (it'll. 3. l>. Kennedy, another South Carolinian. Tho oiit muuUuvd, tho Carolinians held their ground niirt checked tthe ttmrw of Grant's army. I?ongstreet and Mlcalt Jenkins, (ho latter,front the Palmetto State, Km I a foree another way. string Grant's aruiy in the flank , ami the Federal aruiy waa (lrivon from v the At Vrcdcrlck?4?urg, Mtl., |ht* brigade of Kershaw was relni\>rced by W?e ad dition of the Fifteenth Regiment and Third hatalllon of South Carolina. Koine of Kershaw's men wew placed on top of Mary's Hill; tho remainder of his troops, with Georgians ami North <'arolinians were plum) at the foot of the hill behind a stone wall; Of the (thousands of Federal troops who advanced to eapture the hill, not one jftver rVttcUetl It. During tlie tight at Fredericksburg, In the tlcrecst part of the battle, young Hicluin! Kirkland of South Carolina crept over tho stone wall and carried water to the wounded soldiers of the enemy. When t'he Federal forces saw tlie soldier in gray crossing the bat tle line, shot were rained in his di rection. fearlessly tho young Carolin ian continued in his errand of mercy. When the enemy realised his bravery he was warmly cheered: and when his deed of heroism was over, Hie i young soldier returned to his ranks unharmed. The Saviour said "Great- I or love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend." , Who tan understand the marvelous greatness of tlie young Sput h Caro lina ftoldier who was willing to offer his life for his enemy? At the liegliiulng of tlie second day's tight At Gettysburg, Kershaw's brigade readied the Held. In tho face of the greatest danger, the Confederates held their tire ami advanced. The enemy was driven to tbe top of the ridge beyond. A large part of the glory of-that second day at Gettysburg <?e longs to tho Carolinians of Kershaw's brigade. In the battle of First Manassas, Mlcah Jenkins as Colonel of the Fiftli South Carolina Regiment led Ills men to the front. In 1802 he led the Reg iment known as Palmetto S<hari>slioof ers in the Battle of Williamsburg near Richmond. Later In 1862 a brigade was placed under his command. During the Battle of First Manassas a brigade commanded by General Na than Kvans of South Carolina was placed in front of the famous &tone Bridge. Tho Fourth South Carolina Regiment, under Colonel J. B. Sloan, were a part of this brigade. With a force of only ill 11? hundred mei, Evans held hack, for several hours a force of nine thousand Federal soldiers. I11 the battle of Mnrfreesboro, Tenn. Gen. Arthur Manlgault. also of Soutti Carolina, led a brigade of South Caro linians to form part of the front line of the Confederate line of battle. Phil ip Sheridan's brigade met that of Man lgault with a charge of cannon and muskets; for a short time the brigade of Manigault fell back. Led by Manl gault himself the troopers made such a tierce assault uimjii Sheridan tihat he and his forces tied thru the woods, carrying with them all of the Fed eral forces on that part of the field. Manlgault's brigade also fought In rh<> battle of <3iUiittiiu(uira, Tenii. in tHOJi. Under Ct>4. Pressloy the Car<v llntans repulsed Dim enemy, seised three heavy guns and turned (hew against the foe. , 1 Souie of the Carolina horsemen were not under Gen. Hampton's personal command. These formed ttie.WigHde of Mhw W. *?*ry, uiiu aided in the defense of lUchinoud. (JaHant ly and bravely they fought tot be end. In ?>eM?er 1MH <V4. 11 ask oil rode in front of Richmond with one hun dred tiorMuaen of tho Seventh South Carolina ltcgliuent. With undaunted courage tltvy rode straight into the midst of an entire Federal -brigade of cavalry under Khu(k and put them all to flight. Many more battles were fought in the War of Secession hy the soldiers of South Carolina; many victories ww won t>y (hoti* bravery. With un* broken courage many of thorn stood ragged and hungry In tho army un der l<ee Hint surrendered, to Or a nt at Appanuittox Court House In April, ISttt. Then with sail hearts, t>ut with courage uudimuied the pitiful remnant of the army of brave sons of South .Carolina, proudly unconquored, only outnumbered, turned their steps town id their beloved Palmetto State. 3 Sixty one thousand South Carolln lans took part in the War of Seces sion. ten thousand old men and hoys remained ut home to protect their country and homes from the enemy. Scattered over this sunny land of ours are the lowly graves of the Con federate soldiers, many of whom fell upon Die battle fields. Tho the sjH>ts may bo unknown and uumurked, as we stand In spirit, or In truth, beside the last resting place of our, heroes, let us reverently offer a prayer of Diankful'ies? t*? the Father of un all, for the heritage they left us; the ex ample they gave, to dare and tight, If need be, die, for what we think is right. If, perhaps, in the retrospect of later yearn, oue. questions the wisdom of the step South Carolina took in se ceding from the Union, he It far froui us to criticise by thought or word. I>et us rejoice that the step was made, for hy It, South Carolina showed to the world her true spirit. In the events tlmt followed the secession, the men of South Carolina showed that they knew how, not only to llvo nobly, light bravely, but to die fear lessly. Maybe, as true sons and daugh ters of tho Palmetto State^uphofld the standard set for us byC^lie Part South Carolina took in the War of Secession.' FOUR KILIJCD IN WRBCK f OlHvtaor Arr??(?d Charged Willi Lei* tIiijc Freights Collide. Kalctgh, N. <\, Juno UO.-^O. 8. Jacobs, taveirty jww <>!<!. Heaboanl Air Hue railway telegraph operator atK?iiikUvit4Mi. N. TV, muter arrest charged with nilausla tighter In con* noction ,wUU the deaths of four train men In a head on collision between (wo fa?t freight trains near Frauk llirton enrly Unlay, w?m in the Wake county Jail In this olty tonight, havhiK boon bronglU hero for wife keeling. Jtacohs, earlier in the day, was etui vlcted in the mayor's coijn at Wank* llnton of drunkounesN itn<l disorderly conduct. Although no 'IIdeal* against Jacobs mere made ojienly at Kranklluton, foel lugywas said to be high, aiul tho au thor It h's deemed It i??'st to remove him to Ualodgli. I loth engineers, II. (iasklns, of Portsmouth, Va.?> ami Samuel (i. l,ln kous, of Kallegh; Fireman <>. I,. Wells, of Itallogh, ami ltiiikeunin (Jeorgo Napier of Richmond, white, were kill ed, it i it I John SniHili, negro tlreman, ami 'P. O. Jones, brakeman, ??f Kal elgh were injured. The bodies of tlit* tralmuen are hurled beneath the debris, and It is regarded as doubtful if they over would be recovered, as It was believed they wore cremated. The nlitliorilles are holding Jkicobs responsible for the wm-k. It was de clared ho failed to iliold the north bound train and deliver an order an nul 11 ng n previous order to meet the southbound train at KlttyoU, eight miles north of Franklinton and mak ing the new meeting ix*int. The southbound train reoelvod the new or der at Klttrell, but Jacobs, It Is charg ed, failed to lioiu liio noriihinmiui iruiu at Frankllnton and the two mot In a hollow, at t?he bottom of two hills, on a sharp curve about three miles north of that point. Ha 11 road men deserH>ed t lie smash irp aH one of (tlie most disastrous freight wrecks In the - history of tho rohd. Both train** were running raiv Idly down grade in an effort to gather sjhhmI to climh the thills beyond, and when the crash came, ttie two engines, weighing more tlian 150 tons each, were demolished and burled under the wreckage of twenty-six heavily loaded cars. The whole mass was jumbled together within a sptace of :HM> feet. The wrefa*age hurst into flames limned lately, awn everything of a combustible nature was consumed. Quality First, Satisfactory Service Medicines, Sick Room Requisites, Stationery, Seeds, Candies, Smoker's Goods, Soda Drinks and the best Ice Qream we can t^uy. We know that this Ice Cream is made in a clean, factory from tested standardized pro ducts. Our cones are made in Nunnally's Candy Fac tory. ? _ - W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Telephone 30. -\ff >? They taste better than ever?now that mother does her cooking on the New Perfection Oil Cook Stove. 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