The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 19, 1921, Page 6, Image 6
THE LAST SHOT OF CIVIL WAIt.
Began and Ended in South Carolina.
The Last in Anderson County.
The War Between the States began
end ended in South Carolina. Historians
tell about the Citadel cadets
firing upon the Star of the West as
she steamed into Charleston harbor,
April 22, 1861, bringing supplies of
war to the Federal garrison at Fort
Sumter. They also tell of later attempts
upon Charleston from the sea,
and of the gallant defense, but no
history has told of the last shot fired
in the war, because it took place away
off from the seat of war in a section
which, though it sent many soldiers
to the front, had escaped the actual
fighting.
It was in Anderson county on the
first day of May, 1865. A body of
Arsenal cadets commanded by Col.
Thomas had been defending some fortifications
above Greenville," and there
was in Greenville a military company
which had been organized to guard
life and property. Capt. A. D. Hoke,
of the Butler Guards, its captain, Dr.
John A Broadus, afterward a prominent
Baptist preacher, and W. F.
Price, a member of the South Carolina
legislature, were its lieutenants.
Mr. Price had opened the state
armory in Greenville and equipped
the company with arms. On account
of this act, which might bring down
vengeanc? on his head. Mr. Price, at
the approach of a Federal company
from North Carolina, left the city,
accompanied by a small party of civilians,
all armed. They soon overtook
the arsenal company, which was also
retreating before the advancing enemy,
and the two united. They traveled
the highway between Greenville
and Anderson. They camped near the j
home of William E. Long, north-!
west of Piedmont, and stacked their
arms near a well and, being very
tired, threw themselves upon the
ground to rest, many of them falling
asleep at once.
Coming from Pickens on that same
road was a party of Yankees cavalry
on its way to destroy a bridge over
the Saluda river just below Pied,mont,
also in search of horses. Fearing no
danger tliey came yelling and firing
pistols, awekening the sleeping Con/or
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I federates. A few of t*e younger Ar:
senal boys in their sudden alarm ran
! away, leaving their guns. The greater
part, however, stood their ground and
: fired such a continual volley into the
approaching party, not having to stop
i and reload because as their charges
i were exhausted they threw aside ther
own guns and picked up those abani
doned by the fleeing cadets, that the
j Federals retreated, turning into the
I White Plains road and were soon out
of sight, giving up their plan of burning
the bridge.
They left behind them one man
! badly wounded, who would have been
j dispatched by the maddened boys exi
cept that some of the women of the
community came upon the scene, beg'
cri -n cr "hie ltfo Onp nf them. Mrs.
i Moore took him into her home,
j where he was carefully nursed until
I he was able to be carried to a hospital
| in Greenville.
| Among the Confederate party was a
young man named Paul Allen, a
Charlestonian, who, it is said, fired
j the first shot at th.e Star of the West,
! having been a Citadel cadet at the
time, and who, just to complete his
record in a satisfactory manner, fired
the last shot at the retreating Federal
cavalry in this final skirmish on the
j lonely road away off in Anderson j
j county, ending, as he had begun, one
j of the greatest wars in all history. ,
The following boys who were or]
' have been citizens of Anderson coun-j
j ty, took part in this final skirmish; j
j James L. Dean, D. S. McCullough, F. j
j A. Silcox* J..B. Lewis, G. W. Sullivan
and E. A. Smyth. The three last j
; named are still living.
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of Newberry. v.-as slightly wounded in I
i the hand by a slug fired from a shot-'
gun in the hands of a negro man who
was piloting the Yankees.
The Monaghan cotton mill, at |
Greenville, now occupies the spot >
where the old armory stood. The I
skirmish spoken of above was between
the old residence of William!
Long and the John King place,!
about two miles out from Piedmont, j
?Mrs. J. R. Vandiver. in Greenville!
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Last spring when cotton
Was selling so high,
You could see some farmers
"Floating" in the sky,
(But they Rode!)
They rode in sun,
They rode in the rain,
Some even rode
In an aeroplane,
(But they Rode!)
They rode all night,
They rode all day,
They kept on riding
! 'Till the devil's to pay,
(But they Rode!)
if it wasn't an auto,
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(But they Rode!"
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(But they Rode!)
| ,ome doctors spent the whole year
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(But they Rode!)
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| (But they Rode!)
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(But they Rode!)
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(And it looks mighty like,
The banks are, too,)
(But thev Rode!)
The above was written,
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But durn my hides,
if the country ain't "Broke!''
(But they Rode!)
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