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91861^ 11.8?1 Special Reunion Number, Complimentary to the U. C. V. VOL. 1, NO. 111. Weekly, EsSkMUhed 18M; Dany, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C..TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1914. PAGES 25 to 32 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM Orr's Riffles Moon's Effie Keiths Rogimantt Iiateim?w?(dl For -"The Intelligence99 Ey tk OM Coraftiry L&dly ?| Holcomb? IL?g?dBu H&mptani Legions. B. L. BARNBTT-Beean service at the first outbreak, joining company F, Second South Carolina Rifles, remain ed In service three years and twenty days, had fever in Richmond, Va., and met with ona wound from the effects of which he suffers today. Mr. Bar nett's war trials are. so very Interest Ins; that one never tl "es of bearing them. Ho tells them In auch a pleas ant frame of mind-but a cloud came over hui face when he spoke of the bettie near Spotaylvanla where seven hundred men were killed on one acre of ground. ? J, A. BROCK-Volunteered In con' pany^O. Second South Carolina -.e BeYve*. - Boing guard duty In Columbia over. 1,400 prisoners, all being officers in the Northern states. The prison was - part of the old asylum., Mr. Brock waa .one of Ute boys, only 17 years of age and says they found war life tough, many of the youths dying from . effects of measles. Hr. Brock says in his short term ot serving he did the best be could, never drew.- ? cent of nay and thtt\*r* - ^? piece for play or pay. Mr. Brock was an officer of his company and a fav orite with hie men. He ls one of tho best loved cltixens of Anderson coun ty. J. H. B URDI NE-Entered service in n."~.TTlr.fl?W V\ Uamfttftw'd L/?gil?", itt thC infantry. Was' in the war from start to finish. .Was a prisoner for 18 months In Rock Island, 111. Was tak en-prisoner at the battle of Lookout Mountain, .Tenn. MY. Burdine's rem mlnlecences are. perfectly beautiful and could the readers realise it, com ing from a dear old. man who Iles on a bed of affliction, they would ap u?predate lt more. The friends of this grand old hero know. without a doubt that bis days pr? numbered. Medi Kcal skill BO far has dono but litt lo good and today be Iles at hts hame 1B one" ol' the lovely old ' men of the walting for. the summons. Mr. Burdine -army wilpee rsbks ;>)r?^at^wmg thtn 1 ner as the years go by; a true Con federate soldier. He lett his home and loved ones at the tiret call ot duty with his company-there never was a , truer man or a better i j soldier. He served lita cuuuiry ?ii?h?uuy and well to the end ot tho. bloody atruxgle. Ho takes great delight tn talking of the awful experiences, hardships and cour?*??o?s ?leeds of the irs? ysara bc anent fighting with the boys, in gray. In tho struggle he was Wounded but once. Mr. Burdine came out of ?he war a poor man, but with a determi nation io make the beat of life, and today is an independent man. He has lived a soldier In two lines of battle one for bia country and one for ubi Savior. Now as he ts. near the shore, be foals that all. ia wc!!. R. J. BYRUM-Entered service in company H. First South Carolina regi ment, with Captain T. H. Hall In com mand. Mr. Byrum says he was never lu many battles, but waa lb some sklr Slahes. He served aa wagoner, afr. rrnm was always ready for duty of any aind. COL L. E. CAMPBELV-First cor poral of compaay F. Second Ri?e reg iment. Jenkins'' Brigade, Reid's Dlvis ?ion. Longstreet's corps. Col. Camp bell waa a bro ve soldier and did a great deal of active service, he has promised to sire ua some of his ex periences which will be read with In terest. W. C. CANN-Entered the army lr. 1861. served three and S half years; belonged to the second South Carolina cavalry, company H. Had but one fur lough and that of 10 dev* only. Mr. Caan was a splendid soldier, and no doubt his feeble condition today ls the result of faithful service. He, like other heroes, has little tp say ot h? fighting days-refuses ta remember anything but the few joya they had while they suffered for food and for clothe*. He said whee be entered the war be had no thought of ever taking any thing. He believed he would never be hungry enough for that, but later suffering caused him to do otherwise He told of Where he and two others found two bee gums end .tn going back to camp bad to cross over a' ravine by means of only a small log. The ftrst maa and gum carts? over all right but the second broke, which ended seriously as the fall and the angry bees came near killing the tatt. Then be told hew one of bis messmates lost his horse. He bad gone io a gar den and let himself dew? Into a bl? bale of i potatoes and when ba. cam* ov.t with hi? potatoes, his bor?* wes gone, the owners of the.potatoes bad him. Bot next morn fax thev brought tbs horse to camp ac? thc ofllcor* . premised to jmaUh ins' soldier. ? Bul tah fellow who wore th? gray wa? 6 strategist. He hail taken the hors? of ono ot tbs soldiers wk? We* at thal tim? dangerously ill and"!'tbe tel tow who bad gotten the potatoes could noi be found 'Jil after the farmer bsd ?ont and then he auld, "boys wc are going to have a 'tater .roasting." ? JOHN ESK KW-Joined Orr's regi ment compaoy D, and served the whole term, and aa we heard on o? his comrades aay "no better soldier ever carried a gun than John Esbew." What afr. Eskew..knows about the Civil War s a plenty-he hasn't any great things to tell, but atilt water runs deep and today John Eskew ls as good a citizen as he was a soldier. He is the leading spirit ?a keeping up the county singing association in An derson. J. M. HARPER-Eptered service In company K, Orr'a Regiment, Mr. Har per says he waa lucky, was never wounded nor taken prisoner, had but oue furlough, . was ip.?.several hard fights, auch as, the Wilderness, Spot sylvanla and Cold Harbor. Was at Ap pomatox at the.time of the surrender. Mr. Harper saya he hap nothing won derful to tell, but be found flying bul lets the ?j?at interesting thing he ever "saw" and while they rained about htm ' he had no thought for anything G. M. HARPER-Entered the war in 1662. joining company K, Orr'a regi ment, South Carolina volunteers, re mained in tho Army of Northern Vir ginia till the close of star., Waa Blight wounded In the Second Battle' of ?w??? V. Vi r? G ri '? J '.-g i HI VII i ; iosi two of Us. gallant colonels-Marshall and I^edbettef. Mr. Harper was again wounded at the battle of Butler's Ford on the ' Potomac river, where as he expresses lt, was the closest ball he eVer had. "Yea.* 'said Mr. HarpelL"I thought my. time had come.'. "I was in a small-rifle pit guarding a battery that was shelling a gun boat on the James River. I bad been watching quito a number, of shells that morning as they came' flying through tho air from the gunboat, and one largo shell seemed determined on getting ir. the pit with me, but as luc> p^uld llave lt. the shell stuck In the ground p 'Uhr. yarda in*'front ot the pit and t rolled up within a few inches of the pit's edge, so close I could well hear the burning of the fure, while I lay down in the pit as flat as.any nid ltakra' nn * fence rs.::, there I lay until it exploded. The grandest scene of victory'I witnessed during the war was the surrender at Harper's ferry where 15,000 Yankees were iakun prisoners. We were on top of Virginia heights overlooking Harper's, ferry when th's white flag Went up. Orr's regiment waa among the. first troops io march into the Ferry and witness the' Yan keen march up and stack their guns, after which the Yankees and Johnnie a so cial time, and as the boys in blue were going to leave they were t nxious for souvenirs andi wasn't long in dis posing of all the palmetto buttons that I had on my brown jeans coat, and I now sometimes wonder who bas my palmetto butions. I waa severely wounded In the battle of Chancellors ville, but came home alive and today feel tine for an old man of 72." E. J. HENDERSON-Began service in 1861. Jotniig ePmS&ny O, 14th South Carolina regiment, with Col. Joseph N. Brown In command. Waa taken pris oner April 1865, sent to Heart'a Is land, New York, where he remained three months after tere surrender. In speaking of bis War days. Mr. Hen derson believed Col. Brown to hare been one of the South's grandest he roes. "Yes," said the veteran, "we were Just aa proud 4ft Col. Brown aa we were of General Wnuel McGowan, and I am prond tfaai i was a private under these brav? ?wfc?rs." J. T. C. JONBSfr-tr&tned company G, Second Rifles, WW Carolin? regi ment. Entered serrtt^March lt, 18?3 with Col. John Vy.MMij and Captain P. K. Norris tri command. Mr. Jones first night at casap al Ac-ma" Run, Colleton county, was on his fifteenth birthday-but ht* youthfulnesa was not to be wondered, ai aa he waa third tn tho generation who was serving in the war-himself, ^?? rainer and grand father all GgbttflUbr their rights. His father.was (?Mtp company I of Hampton's T rrtMjlMI It ls said of the three gcnet?KHI they were brave and true. Mr. Jp*** war record ls very Interesting, His Urti experience was at Jekyt Island where there were two companies ot the regiment. They captured 18 Yankees. From thia camp they wept, td Bosch plantation where Hr. Jone*.did picket duty. On the 25th day of May they marched through Charleston on their way to Richmond. This Journey In a BOX car With scarce ly standing room. Jipent the night in Ch?mbo?ass b?isplSa?.^iaxt day, was In hearing of the battle of Seveh Pines. Saw many of uta friends brought from this battle dead and dying. r?t?r he wes placed on. picket duty on this farm, where they rn*! sorrowful defeat fight. ??.en Game's JgUJ. next Frasier's baitlcMsd. ?M'fl| pt soven day's msny killed. Of IhW Jlpnthec some were Mr. J?se?' In?ra? 'friends and i of them First lieut. Milton Cox, Swr ? MONUMENT AT COLUMBIA, S. C. N this monument jjeneratione unborn ?hall hoar th? voie* of a great people testifying te th? sublime devotion of th? wemen of South Ceolina in their country's, need. Their unconquerable spirit strengthened th? thin linea of grey. Their tender oar? wa? colac* to. the stricken. The tragedy sf thc Cor.fsdcn.cy may tm ?o. Hoit?r" b?t th? fruit? of the noble service of th? daughters of the south are eur perpetual h?ritage.-William- E. Gonzales. nant J. Y. Jones, Mr. Jones dying; son after having a leg amputated, lr. Jones being color bearer when he eceived hi* death wound. Also Silos tow. Jim Telford, and "Bean" Cox rere'all killed in this fight. After ll* ? battle they were nnder ? fire of unboats from Jamestown. Next came no .second battle ott, Mann****, where outh Carolina loaf seven colonels: ioore, Ledbetter, Marshall, Glover, lean*,. Gad berry and , Palmer. Then n to Maryland is this march the regi ment waded the Potomac river. In the last beatle Mr. Jone* waa roubded and disabled from service, fear Winchester fte met with Co). Jas. i. Orr. who was'then in the Con ?derate senate. lCol. Orr seeing Mr. ones' feeble Coridltion told him to h'iw up that he would have him sent ome Immediately, ?but as there was o Tall road nearer, than Culpopper. rhich was 100. miles distant, he did ot reach home until the latter part f November. Kr. Jones was first leutcnant tn his .'company. A bravo Didier and today [a rood citizen. C. C. KINO-filtered the war In 664, at the age *ot 17 yeer*, Joined ompauy E, Barnett's battalion, served ntlrely on the coast, doing skirmish nd picket duty. ! Says hi? wnr ex erlence ls 1 trait?!. But he is like lost of them will not tell the half. Ir. Klug say* ot ' hts company that e and Mr. O. P. Cole, near Townville, re Gie only eorvivors. Mr. King ays those who.enterai service late did ot do so much fighting as they did tarving-R waa? continual fight for Dod or die of starvation, then he sid o? m titil? i?cvledt where a blt f wisdom bftwsght Joy to a j poor fel 3W. The whole company was wlth ut a bite to eat, and Mr. King with there was lucky, enough to find ? ow, They quartered the cow/and arricd al} to 'canin but the bead, rhich Mr. l3tt| |M placed up1 tn the arks of a ircc, sidi that night .oas'ot he soldier who hrfd rot gotten ans ?ked Mr. King "would bo go with him a where the teed v?as, "rbeyitcoa^h? mg Walk of throe? mites, fo-und the ?ad and brought lt 'to camp and made feast for a starving ooldlebr. Mr. Ung believes If the. young Americans could realise what war ls there would never be another, if they had to tasto of the suffering they would be con tent with anything unpleasant 'ind make the bent of this sweet place of peace and pvosperity. J. B. LEWIS -Petered the service with company H. Firei ?"uth Caro lina militia comanded by Captain Thomas H. Hail. At the outbreak, of the war Mr. Hall waa professor in the Johnson Female University. After the war he returned and entered the Bap tist ministry. Later be moved wept and soon afterwards dted. Mr. Lewis went off with the company made up here-went to Charleston and became ono of the militia- served on the coast, and as be said, laid down and let the Yankees shoot at him, while he looked hungry. Mr. L/.-wis says be, wa? never In battle, but at ttmea un der fire, did no fighting at. all. but think* mortality rate was greater than now should we engage- in war. War machinery ls so different, but it can't be improved up, from Sherm an'a statement when be said "War is Hell." T. P. KcCLELLAN-Enlisted in com pan; P. Holcombe Legion- in 1861. ser ving four years part of tune being spent in prison. He waa captured at Garret's Station,'taken to Point Look out whee he was confined for . four months, then transferred to Elmira, New York. Of this stockade Mr. Mc Clellan asys lt was the most horrible place on top of the earth, th ?J death rate among the prisoners being about 15 or 18 a day, many dying with scurvy. The prisoners' fare was bare ly enough to keep the body and soul together. "Ah?" continued Mr. Mc Clellan, you can never imagine bow horrible lt I* for a Southern soldier In a Northern prison. " P. K. McCULLY-A cadet ni the Citadel at the timv "\ >'"" ??uiurceik o? ;?n ?ur. Joined tire troops .ot .North Carolina, South Carolina'and Georgia, tells some very Interesting happenings io the bund box boys as Utey were called by tho seasoned sold lera who were with them, but thc old h?wo*'H later gave, them .credit for making themeelvea usaf ul and their martial bearing and bravery left a pleasant impression upon the veterans. Cap tain McCully. says the first time they were formed in line for battle, they Were so anxious to fight they advanc ed a few steps when the colonel called to the captain In command "make these little fools get back into line the. last one or them will be kilted." "But," continued Captain McCully, "we were soon willing to ?tay back. Yes, away back.'! Captain Mccullys war experience ?a ?luilied a* ne was on duty but.? short time, yet lt wa* at the end of the war and a very try ing time. A. T. F. McGREGOKY-Began ser vice in 1862 with company H. 26th South Carolina regiment, served three years and six months. His first bat tle was that of Secession ville on James Island with a negro regiment. Gained victory. The next battle was at Battery Wagner, then on to Vir ginia, where the first ficht there waa at. Swift Creek. Mr. v ' ?gory had some close calls In b oattlea and skirmishes. ROBT. MOORHEAD-Entered army In September 1863. He woald have volunteered long before but on ac count of hi* father's age and febble ness he hired a substitute. In fact hired two. But aa soon as bl* father passed away. Ile joined the army. Mr. Moorhead was badly wounded at the battle of Dandrige, in Eaat Tennessee, on Jan. 17. 1864. on Sabbath evening. Mr. Moorhead say* that on that day be saw artillery dashing by bim in a gallop after this Mr.'Moorhead lay In the hospital for several months, and nurse? gave up all hope for him, generat bcaltl gone, and he say* that he bad no hope., of vere seeing his mothar again. Mr. Moorhead has promised a bit of hi? war experience which wtl bo read with great interest and anybody in Ander son will say this much "if Robert Moorhead was the soldier that he ta ellison, be was hard to beat." Mr. Moorhead waa with company C, Pal metto sharp shooters. A. J. OSBORNE-Joined Company C. Palmetto Sharp Shootera on th. Ulta of April, 1861, age 18 years. Il is doubtful if there is a man tn < South Carolina who waa engaged in i more battles than Andrew Usborne, I and it la not \o be wondered that in I his possession he has two big bullets < that were cut out of hts flesh during : lils war term. One of these bullets i was taken from hiB side and the oth- . er from a leg. His wounds were Be- I vere, but with all this, lie fought in i man? billie's. His n\cmor>- failed to give them all but this Hot is a few. Battle of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, i Boonsburg, Sharpsburg, Wills Valley, I Wilderness, Battle of Spottsylvania. Bermuda Hundred. Patersburg. Fort Harrison In a number of skirmisher i fought around Petersburg, this fighting near petersburg, was a whole ?um- : mer'a fight, off und on. Mr. Osborne I says the first two years the soldiers i were fed very well, but after this they l fared badly. He has a rigbt to know 1 for he was in it from start to finish. Wa* nt Appomattox Court House ? whcit? he surrendered.! Mk*. Osborne I has many mementos of the war. His 1 ?z~zl~? pri?basr'g imo? IM as orig.it i aa new. written April 10th, 1865, and i signed by Captain Foater command- < lng ot?cij' of t**j Palmetto dharp i shooters. Mjr. Osborne*? war experience* fi? 1 rich and rare, an evidence of faithful i service in a great cause. J. H. i"il'ITT-Enteren the service I in 1861, served nearly four years, and ' Mr. Pruitt didn't fool about it for 1 he fought like he has worked ever ? since, and folks know how this old hero bas heaved and sweated, and ' yet a man in middle age. Mr. Pruitt says lie never did anything wonderful, 1 but Just stuck to his post, he belonged 1 to company E. South.Carolina Twen tieth regiment!, his war experience would AU a big volume. 1>. H. RUSSELL-Entered the army in April 1861. serving in company B, Fourth South Carolina regiment, but after ene .year In this company join ed*Jpbuson'8 army, where he remained untllMhe: eloac of the war. and at the surrender tn Greensboro "but," said Mr. Russell "don't write lt down that r ?iirt*??*???** thc thought .".??? ?ever j boen with me tyr a moment that-I surrendered," Mr. Russell baa-a fine war record and lt la he oed that he will writ? i* up fir t* urSnefit of bb? trienda, for he war not only a good soldier, but he 1M also oue of the Btropgeat writers In the Stale, for many y*ar? editor or The Peoples Advocate. He has been in Virginia recently on a visit to hia sons. W. W. RUSSELL-Entered war at the beginning nerved whole terrs, wai 15 yean old waa with company P. First South Carolina regiment He re < celved a wound while on John's leland, j was the first msn shot In his regiment. [Mr.. Russell's war experience is big and very interesting, he promisea to I write himself and give to the public J some of hts experience. 1 L. J. SCOTT.-Entered service July 20, 1861, company L Orr's Rifles, , with Captain John V. Moore. Mr. Scott 'served, the whole time, ano hie war record ls a splendid one. He was taken prisoner near Richmond and .carried to Point Lookout, Maryland. Remained a prisoner there for Ave .months. Mr. Scott baa some of his ? war lifo that will be published, but he 'feels sad over the fact that ot the '108 In his company, today there are ! scarcely a dozen living. L P. SMITH.-Served in company ?G, Sacond Battalion, South Carolina, j reserves, guarded Ysnkee prisoners I* ?Colombia. Waa aick there with ty phoid fever. Came home and waa here ah. the time of the surrender. Says he didn't do anything wonder ful, but he and the boys found a hog. killed lt, and the owner of the hog reported then to bead quarters, but the hog '.ould'nt be found for it was ssfe In a hole In the tent which the boya had dug then placed the hog In ff, covered the hog over with straw and slept on it, antill there was no lang er any bog. Mr. Smith saya typhoid fever played havoc with the boy sold iers in his company. Ot 65 about 80 or moro died with fever and measles, Ssys they died like sheep, and no won der for the nursing was deficient and dist bad enough to kill the strongest, corn bread with sorghum molasses, was the meal three times a day. M. B. TELFORD-Joined Gpbipatiy U Palmetto sharp shoo*era 'n East Tennessee. Hts ftrst ba i'la waa that of tho Wilder ness, then Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Seise at Petersburg. Re main in same company till close of wer. Surrendered st Appomattox. Never lost a day from sickness or wounds, Mr. Telford, like many of the old soldiers, bsa plenty to tell, but can't tell lt on the ?pur nf ?he moment Hope he will send a record of bis war Ulfe. Dit H. K. THOMPSON-enlisted In "ompany U, Second Bouth t'arollnu regiment in 1862, remaining io this iervice titree years until the close of ide war. Like all the old heroes refus es lo tell much of his war experience, ?ays the half can uever be told. Tlat i Boldier'H life under the condition.; md amid the surrounding of ?vblch the soldiers In gray were placed, etti never be fully realized by the young Americans of to-day. and thougo fifty years have come and gone, his foelinus remain the same, down deep in his lieart be has never surrendered. J. W. THOMSON-enlisted in Com pany O, Orr's Rimes. Began service In (Sill, continued service tor four years, captured at Falling Waters Ju ly 14, 1863, carried to Baltimore. Re mained there for one month, taken [rom there to Point Lookout. Mary land, where he was a prisoner for Ode long year. Then transferred to Kl rr.i?u, New York, where he remained for ten months, making in all Mr. Thomson wits a orlsoner for JM montns. Mr. Thompson says the hor rors of prison life in Bingra stockade are more than a feeble pen 'Can1 de scribe. The death rate in this horrible ulace averaged 15 a day, and he be- ' lleves all that saved his life waa. thc great quantity of fruit he ate, bis hor?Ve folks supplying him with, money, he having received 1150 during bia' lm priBonniem and he spent most cf'this Tor fruit,' "yes" continued Mr. Thomp son, "the prisoners at Elmira reallied the meaning of war." We believe Mr. Thompson could say with the Duke of Wellington "War ia a most detestar ble thing. If you had seen omi day of war, you would pray Ood you might never Bee another." A. L. WELSH-served his corni a soldier from Tennessee, bale to the Second Tennessee regiment. Began service March. 1861, serving, the whole four years with not even a fur lough, wounded twice. Hi" hrpf Tyufr/ tie was Fishing Creek, and the Wrst battle he was In during the?fl ' His Drat general was Zolllco waa succeeded by General Critical Tue latter had a brother who was Oeneral on th? nert-3rs amo. Genora? Zollicoffer was killed by the bad man. agemont of Col. Crittenden. On the 10th. of October 198-., Mr. Welch was In tho battle ct Cedar Creek w??r? ?ne south gained the greatest victory Ot the whole war, ssd In ???R esma cran ing lost the same battle. B. F .WILSON-entered the war in 1865. joined South' ' Carolina fttele troops, company H. Was not in war a great while, but says he got a plenty, and doesn't want any more war. His was experience was around C?-.sr?ss?ou with P. K. Mer ul ly bis drill master, says he and McCully wanted to quit Boon after the beginning, ' McCully moved that they quit and Wilson sec onded it, but U was wsr and dislikes were not considered. Then Mr. Wilson told of bia Illness. Was sent down to the city in a nasty little boat and when he got to the hospital he was black and dirty, and the little dude of a Doctor, who came to examine him sai-7, "what you here for, wash your face and you will be all ri?ht," never gave bim aty medicine and Mr. Wilson slipped oft, and went back to his regiment Later marched from Charleston to, Raleigh, N. C., add in the two weeks time they were marching he gained 30 pounds and be could'nt under? Und it for they had nearly nothing to eat. . At one titee he drew nine I ??tie potatoes for three days' rations, and the whole time they were ready to starve but he continuad "1 believe if we,ate less snd took niora exercise In the. open air we would all get fat." Mr. Wilson deserves credit Tor honesty, says he only a; ile one Old goose, cooked ft all night but lt re mained Arm to the last, thinks ft waa a hundred years old. J. P. YOUNG-One of the South's grand old heroes, be ls now confinad to his bed and too weak to gira any of bis war experience, but h|s Mat life ls glory enough. He bad baan faithful In every vocation in life his comrades ?jay he was ever faithful In battle, sud bis friends and neigh bors feel that he hes been to them A friend in the time of need, and t?sy grieve because the splendid gentloimn must coon answer the last rot! call, and dear old father In Israel will go to receive his reward. Congress may disagree upon other iiuestions hut tn the matter ot satek Ing war appropriations it never latta to act quickly. When President Mc Kinley sent in bis Spanith war ?ea* sage both houses promptly-, rote? ?a appropriation cf 55C.CC0.vw ?*> w? es pended in' the dlrcretloa of thc pteet aenf, and for what ever patsies be teemed necessary. It ts reported that Provisional Pres ident Huerta of Mexico baa bfrOght a monoplane front tho Motaant Aaec plane Company hut lt ta doubtful what time it will ba delivered to him.