The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 11, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
FIRST BAMBERG GUARDS.
COMPLETE POLL OE COMPANY
AM) OTHER INFORMATION.
Reprinted From The Herald of Aug.
11, 1904?Prepared by Sergt.
G. S. Rellinger.
On August 1 1, 1904, The Bamberg
Herald published a complete roll of
the Bamberg Guards. We are republishing
it below, as it is valuable
history and many relatives of the
members of this historic command
will want to preserve it.
Mr. G. S. Bellinger, Orderly Sergeant
of the original Bamberg
Guards, has furnished us the following
information in regard to the
company, which we publish with
pleasure, as it will be of interest to
the old soldiers:
The following were present at the
surrender of Co. A. on April 9th,
1865: Sergeants: G. S. Bellinger, J.
C. Dowling, J. W. Weeks. Corporals.:
J. C. Harvey, S. D. Guess. Privates:
G. L. Antley, B. F. Baxley, A. F.
Cooner, W. F. Cooner, G. L. Cope=land,
B. Dempsey, D. L. Hartzog,
W. F. Hartzog, A. D. Harrelson, P.
M. Inabinett, A. R. Milhous, C. C.
McMillan, J. D. Patrick, C. F. Porter,
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VV. Hi. oea.se, w. xv. oauuaci, ?*. vx.
Sandifer, W. H. Slater, W. Sawyer.
October 8th, 1864, when I called the
roll seven men were present. A.
Besinger, D. Smoak, R. Smoak, and
L. W. Valentine deserted on the night
of March 22, '65. A few more days
would have saved them.
After Lieutenant L. P. McMillan
was killed we had only two officers,
L. A. Wright and J. M. Smith. They
were wounded at Fort Harrison September
30th, 1864, 6ent home and
did not get back. Some times we
had an officer from one of the companies
over us. I had at times to
do the best I could. Let us hear
from Co's. C. and G. They were
game companies.
OFFICERS.
I. S. Bamberg, captain; resigned
June, 1863.
W. W. Ellzy, first lieutenant; resigned
February, 1863.
L. A. Wright,%second lieutenant.
Wounded at the Wilderness, at
Spottsylvania, Petersburg, and Fort
Harrison.
P. C. Allen, third lieutenant. Killed;
died from a wound received at
} the Wilderness.
G. W. Blitchington, first sergeant.
Wounded at Fort Harrison; was sent
to Co. G. in July, 1863; he did not
belong to Co. A. at the time.
G. S. Bellinger, second sergeant.
This man was struck twice, not worth
counting, but he thought of a furlough
the last time before he looked
at his hand.
C. C. McMillan, third sergeant.
Wounded severely at Manassas; has
the ball in him yet.
R. F. Simmons, fourth sergeant.
Severely wounded at Bean Station,
Tenn. Died a few years ago.
W. C. Summers, fifth sergeant.
Wounded severely at Manassas; lost
one hand.
L. P. McMillan, first corporal. Killed
at Petersburg by a stray shot; was
second lieutenant at the time.
J. W. Rice, second corporal. Severely
wounded at Fort Harrison.
Died a few years ago.
W. R. Fishburne, third corporal.
Severely wounded at Manassas; shot
through the face.
J. W. Weeks, fourth corporal. Severely
wounded at Manassas.
PRIVATES.
J. J. Antlev.
J. Agnew. Killed at Manassas.
This man died thinking he was shot
by one of his company; he could not
get it out of his head.
W. D. Allen. Severely wounded
at Petersburg by a stray shot.
J. S. Bellinger. Killed at Manassas;
not quite 17 years old at the
time. The only one in the regiment
to take a prisoner; he shot a Yank
and then captured him.
B. F. Baxley. Slightly wounded
at Fort Harrison. He was not a
sound man.
A. Besinger. Slightly wounded
at Manassas.
G. Besinger. Severely wounded at
Fort Harrison; taken prisoner by the
Yanks and died.
O. B. Blitchington. Wounded in
a skirmish near Chattanooga, Tenn.,
September 25th, 1863; died in a few
days.
V. J. Clayton. Severely wounded at
the Wilderness in a skirmish. Was
picking a dead Yank's pocket at the
time; the Yanks shot at him several
times before they got him.
A. F. Cooner. This man was our
clown, telling his jokes, you had to
laugh. He was not a sound man.
R. Cooner. He was exchanged for
I. P. Gleaton.
W. F. Cooner. Slightly wounded
at the Wilderness. This man would
go about and get the news and then
come and tell it to the boys. Tf he
could get none he would make it up.
J. L. Copeland. Slightly wounded
at the Wilderness and at Manassas.
W. R. Copeland. Wounded at the
{ Wilderness, at Manassas, and in a
? skirmish on the 6th of April, 1S65;
next to the last man wounded in the
regiment.
A. J. Cooper. Wounded at Spottsylvania;
was taken at Fort Harrison.
C. R. Dempsey. Severely wounded
at Manassas and Fort Harrison.
B. Dempsey. This man was a
wagoner, one of the best in the
> brigade.
H. Deas. Killed at Sharpsburg;
just bled to death.
! J. C. Dowling.
1 A. V. Eaves. Severely wounded at
Manassas; lost one arm; he was one
of the color guards at the time.
S. D. Guess. This was a 16-yearold
boy; he could march all day and
all night.
D# S. Hartzog. Severely wounded
by a stray shot near Deep Bottom
August 18th, 1864./ Came home in
his jacket and drawers; when he got
to the station he took the woods
home.
J. B. Hartzog. Killed at Manassas.
. W. W. Hartzog. Killed at Manas
sa3. These two were the only men
brought home.
W. F. Hartzog. Severely wounded
by a stray shot near Deep Bottom
August 16, 1864.
P. M. Inabinett. This man was not
sound; could not stand marching.
J. C. Milhous. Slightly wounded
at Manassas; got sick and died at
Richmond, January 10th, 1863.
A. R. Milhous. Wounded at
Manassas and in a skirmish April (
6, 1865; the last man wounded in the
regiment. He was the coolest man
in a' fight I ever saw.
W. E. Hill. Died in Maryland
September, 1862; he was 17 years
old.
J. Hoffman.
D. E. Joyner. Killed at Manassas.
J. C. Harvey. This man was one
of the best in the company. We used
to tickle him and run him out of the
tent at night in his shirt.
H. S. Jones. Killed at Bean Station,
Tenn.
V. Jones. 'Died at Richmond July,
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1864. He was one of my mess.
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W. AI. McCue. Killed at Manassas;
he was six feet three inches tall.
G-. McCue. Dead; under age.
G. McCormick. Wounded slightly
at the Wilderness. Was taken
prisoner October 7, 1864. This man
stripped a Yankee at the Wilderness
and dressed up in the Yankee's
clothes.
J. McCormick. Died at Richmond
November, 1862.
J. D. Patrick. This was a jolly
man, the best in Co. A. He was always
ready either to fight or crack his
jokes at D. S. Hartzog.
W. Patrick. Wounded severely at
Manassas, then died at Richmond
January, 1863. He was a son of J.
D., a chip of the old block.
C. F. Porter. Wounded at Bean
Station and the Wilderness. He was
our commissary, and a good one. The
morning after the Wilderness fight he
was cutting up beef when a stray
shot struck him on the head.
W. E. Sease. This man was detailed
by the quartermaster nearly all
the time. He was the handsomest
man in the company. I can't say the
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Sdlilc U L UIU1 CIV J/t VSVUI., vuv/ .~W.
I saw him the old war horse looked
hide bound.
M. S. Sease. Severely wounded at
Fort Harrison.
W. R. Sandifer. This man was our
jester; always had something, funny
to say.
W. G. Sandifer. This man could
not march long on account of his
feet.
W. H. Slater. Wounded at Manassas;
a sickly man.
J. M. Smoak.
J. Smoak.
D Smoak.
R. Smoak.
D. S. Smoak. Severely wounded
at Manassas, then killed near Deep
i Bottom August 10, 1864. He and
W. F. Cooner were on picket in a
rifle pit. The Yankees shelling,from
the James River threw a shell into
the pit. It tore Smoak Into pieces
and just shocked Cooner.
W. Sawyer.
W. Sanford. Severely wounded
at Manassas, then killed at the Wilderness.
The oldest man in Co. A.
; J. M. Smith. Severely wounded
at Fort Harrison. He was third
lieutenant at the time.
L. W. Valentine. The laziest man
in the company.
J. W. Weeks. Killed at Bean Station,
Tenn. He could march as long
as Guess.
J. Williams. Sent away sick in
Maryland and was never heard from.
1 H. D. Williams. Severely wound*
ed at Manassas. Lost one foot.
T. N. Williams. Severely woundi
ed at Fort Harrison.
J. C. T. Zeigler. Killed at Manas
sas.
Following are the recruits at diff;
erent times:
A. D. Harrison. Wounded slightly
at Wilderness and Fort Harrison. He
s was an up-country man.
J. Hargrove.
[ ? Glenn. Exchanged for J. W.
Harvey.
? W. L. Power. Discharged.; sick
KILLED BY BUCKSHOT.
G. Poi>e Irby Shoots Himself, According:
to Coroner.
Charleston, June 6.?Firing two
charges of buckshot into the lower
part of his body G. Pope Irby, son of
former United States Senator J. L. M.
Irby, committed suicide, according to
the coroner's verdict, early yesterday
morning at his residence near Mount
Holly, in Berkeley county. Although
a gaping hole was torn in his body by
the double charge of buckshot, a witness
alleged, he reloaded the shotgun
which he used and attempted to
fire two more loads into his body.
but both of the latter went wild. Irby
was alone in his bed room at the
time, but Lee Starnes. a neighbor,
arrived at his side before he died,
and the dying man told him that his
wounds were self-inflicted, giving no
cause for his act, however.
TABLET TO JOS. WILSON.
Nation's Chief Executive Wrote Inscription
for Grave.
Columbia, June 6.?A tablet made
of marble from Rutland, Vt., has iust
been erected over the grave of the
late Rev. Joseph Wilson, father of
President Woodrow Wilson, of the
United States, in the churchyard of
the First Presbyterian Church of this
city, where the parents of the President
lie buried. The monument was
carved and erected by the South Carolina
Marble Works, of which F. H.
Hyatt is president. It is a replica of
the monument over the grave of the
President's mother? The inscription
on the tombstone was written by
President Wilson himself, who had
the monument erected. The inscription
reads:
"Joseph Ruggles Wilson, son of
James and Anne Adams Wilson, born
at Steuben Ville, Ohio, 28th February,
1822, died at Princeton, N. J., 21st
January, 1903.
"Pastor, teacher, ecclesiastical leader
fnr +hirtv-fnnr vears. stated clerk
IVi IMJ * V M. V -I _
of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States,
steadfast, brilliant*, devoted, loving
and beloved; a master of serious eloquence,
a thinker of singular'power
and penetration, a thoughtful student
of life and of God's purpose, a lover
and servant of his fellow men, a man
of God."
BOUGHT A STREET CAR.
Bunco Victim Learns Mistake When
He Tries to Take Possession.
Fred Teters, of Lamoni, la., was
the victim of a new sort of game in
Omaha when he contracted to pay
$500 for the ownership of a street
car. Teters paid $50 to bind the bargain.
The rest he agreed to pay in
monthly instalments.
Teters met a stranger on the streets
and in the course of conversation the
new friend explained to Teters that
the street cars belonged to different
owners who paid rental for the track
and power, and gave the motorman
1 J?oo A Aatt rtAAVI
ana cunuuciurb <p & <% uaj ca^u, tu^
owner retaining the balance of the
fares. .
Teters became interested and the
stranger sold him one, giving him a
bill of sale for a car of certain
number.
When the car passed Teters climbed
on and tried to take possession.
Later he complained to the police.?
Omaha Dispatch.
FUNDS FOR PARCEL POST.
Burleson Asks $425,600 for Urgent
Deficiency.
. Washington, June 4.?An urgent
deficiency appropriation of $425,600
for the parcel post service was asked
of Congress to-day by Postmaster
General Burleson. He wanted $390,600
for wagon service and $35,000
for indemnity for articles lost.
Quite Different.
He (calling:) "I fear I must seem
like a Sahara of dulness this evening,
Miss Edith."
She: "Oh, no, Mr. Timmid, you
are not at all like a desert; a desert
has sand."?Boston Transcript.
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"What is the name of this danger-)
ous microbe that is transmitted by)
kissing?" asked Mrs. Gabb, as she
laid down the newspaper.
"Marriage." grunted Mr. Gabb.
ly; no account; sent home on furlough
and died.
J. J. Wightford. A little boy from
Richmond, a drummer.
E. M. Wolfe; sick all the time.
A. R. Dempsey. Severely wrounded
at the Wilderness. He was Com'
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pany A s. Dany, a nine uoy, auuui jlo
and small at that, would have weighed
about 75 pounds. Ke was fooleed
into the company; the doctor discharged
him after he was wounded.
J. P. Gleaton.
J. W. Harvey. Killed at Fort Harrison.
This was the last man Co.
A. received.
G. S. BELLINGER,
First Sergeant.
Orangeburg, S. C., August 5, 1904.
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CAMPAIGN OPENS NEXT WEEK.
Sumter and St. Matthews to Be Centre
of Interest on 17th.
Columbia, June 7.?The county to
county canvass of the candidates for
United States Senator and for Governor
and other State offices will open
next week, the Senatorial candidates
at St. Matthews and the other campaigners
at Sumter on the same day.
As the time for the formal opening
draws nearer interest 01 iue peuyic is
increasing, and all eyes will be on
Sumter and St. Matthews on June 17.
The Governor has filed his pledge
as a candidate for the United States
Senate. United States Senator E. D.
Smith has not yet sent in his pledge,
but it is thought will do so this week.
While there has been some talk of a
third candidate in this race, it is not
considered at all probable. The lines
have already formed between Blease
and Smith, and opinion in Columbia
is that a third candidate would have
a mighty little chance to get a lookin
at this late date.
Filed Pledges.
Mendel L. Smith, of Camden;' R. A.
Cooper and W. C. Irby, Jr., of Laurens;
John T. Duncan, of Columbia;
John G. Clinkscales, of Spartanburg,
and Richard I. Manning, of Sumter,
have filed their pledges for Governor.
Others expected to enter this list are:
John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill;
C. C. Simms, of Barnwell; John L.
McLaurin, of Bennettsville; L. J.
Browning, of Union; J. B. Adger
Mullally, of Charleston, and possibly
G. B. Timmerman, of Lexington.
For Lieutenant Governor, only J.
A. Hunter, of Bamberg, has qualified.
It is expected that B. F. Kelly, of
Bishopville; J. H. Moore, of Abbeville,
and maybe two others will get
into this list.
c? t Portor has filed his pledge
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for re-election as State Treasurer;
E. J. Watson, for commissioner of
agriculture, and for railroad commissioner,
C. D. Fortner, of Wellford; G.
W. Fairey, of Fort Motte; F. W.
Shealy, of Lexington, and J. H. Wharton,
of Waterloo, have entered.
James A. Summersett, of Columbia,
has filed his pledge for Comptroller
General.
For Congress, R. S. Whaley, in the
1st, and James F. Byrne, in the 2d,
have filed for re-election. Fred H.
Dominick, is out for Congress in the
3rd district and has filed his pledge.
| Secretary of State R. M. McCown,
Comptroller A. W. Jones and Attorney
General Thomas H. Peeples are
expected to offer to succeed themselves.
A. G. Brice, of Chester, will
run for Attorney General against Mr.
Peeples. All pledges must be in the
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Evans by noon of June 16, and all assessments
paid to Gen. Wilie Jones,
treasurer of the committee, by the
same date.
Family Connection.
A Persian merchant, complaining
of some unjust sentence, was told by
the judge to go to the cadi. "But the
.cadi is your uncle," protested the
plaintiff. "To the sultan, then." "But
his favorite sultana is your niece."
"Well, then, go to the devil!" "Ah,
that is still a closer connection,"
said the merchant, and he left the
court in despair.
Lacked Tact.
"A fellow told me to-day," confided
Mr. D'lppie, "that I didn't know
enough to pound sand. He said that
I was the blamedest idiot he ever saw.
Now, what do you think of that?"
"I think it was dreadfully tactless
of him," exclaimed Miss Keene indignantly.?Cleveland
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