Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We unde knocked on mottling ycl lockedV Ai tory. The is your pri1 old town u] side out wi and songs, as you see f| minute of pleasant, sd memory wi] witt with U! ^nden honored wi] boys5 and Rem?ni? J Number of the The Anderson inj ^^tfjEbV-Vplunicorod.in Com K.' Orr's' Rifles; served f,our B?'^sa' wounded once. Fought'in ^X^?wM^.S?t'?les and surrend ** '-A?oMttbx, Mr. Guinea is k^'.botne four miles east of ft TP'?to. a very feeble pld mah. I not attbiid the reuni?n. Thia ?s^Bjf will bring sorrow to many of lils old comrades. ?oh dB . A. ?ALLAim-Calho?n., Ander ??oJflMR'1er veil ia Company A. Lu MUfllibn. Rhett's brigade. Waa "so war the whole terni of four UaUIe , or Smltncld, . .ii.' a ?ii i: ?nor and was o time nf til. ..il tard' was .wounded 'fl^lch today gives T> atm tte' ls'scarcWvJ was' n good today a good, peaceable i??r'ilco In na '.'av m to make urif>r and tftie old labnwo to knbtf fh?? . Iii nt his homo three miles west or Rone? Path. B^H^H^rmimp nt, i'?.i?o !:. fmls^h i:i 1- b?ttjt?s, BL mffln men. imsldorbjTO mtl? or mn?: ?r. Towns.m. public his experience #nf gi in. this aefv.ee tvBouth ?9 irear Ola Boy? H; I details of one' of ibo JEiLAND-Entered the j ! ot Xi, JoUilpft com. ?rate erans rstand when you the city gates this ni found them un nother easy vic city is yours. It /ilege to turn the )side down or in h yotir Rebel yells and make merry it. We trust every your] stay will be > pleasant that t he ll linger long*. It We trust ?oo, son will again be th the presence of who followed Lee. ?-?n-r --'if ? . - O? KOREA euee* Collected For inc Rcumo elltgencer by "Old Ccur.tr>- Lady pany B of the 4th South. Capl'-.r!T p?ny i: o? thc 4th South Carolina roR ituen; Served three years. Received a had wound'at Cold Harbor, June 1. 18t?4. Caine home wittie* disabled, the ?only furlough he had during hi? ser vice. His regiment while ehroute from Morris to Sullivan's Island, waa tired upon by the sentinels of Fort Moultrie, believing the vessel to be that of an. enemy, whlcb caused the wat to sink, but as a sand bar waa near the soldiers obtained a footing ed during the aeige of Charleston, and until assistance came. This happened while. Morris Island waa occupied by both ,thej)lue,.and" the. gray, each pps spsslog. one-half of tho island. . Mr. Srthrrlnnd says that the grandest sight lie wltacaeeti during, the war was, ibo firing between Fort Moultrie and. seven monitors on tho water?. Be?ri? m ;:.e infantry hp took, no part in the engagement but to. witneas the gran deur is a.eight atti fresh In the mind. UKV. felita Mc^B?fr?utercd tho war April 14. 18'tjt. . Joined (he 4th S. C. reglrncn^,,Palmetto Rifles, andLserv ed frtun thc beginn lng to tho end. Whb \v'Oandrd In 1365, taut remained tm duty, although c-irrylng a discharge ai), tli'at time iii hie pocket. Ho' was' second lieutenant. H? feit that he ublo duty. He waa a very faith ful ?rncori but then, aa jr$w,. ne "waaT? soldier of the croaa. fighting "for both bia reentry nnd thcs-Klngdom. Mf. Merl? o fought with a voi? aciohce, longhl from, duty. foelfn? ns ?ill South IffifJ??h Xb?\ their rights must bo >le ' fended, fought of a neceaalty, even if lt called* for ?lie shedding of blood. TJSep? ' to ebow that' God! waa with thom, nine-tenths of dur men carpe out alive. ivfV^McQee thinks thia a mlrocl? con sidering the "odds against ^benJ. but, good man that he 1B. gives praying wi voa and mothers erfx?'.. for much of the glerv Mr. MoOc Bays in al) the battles hp ?never heard hut one roan scream of pain, that coming troth a man who bad hir. hr.re cap torn off. He 'ought in mai,/ battles. Fir-t and Second ?H***Hfrjin? yto aoven , ti, Virginia, also J%b y ot hera. , Hg^JraJ Mgr, L ?er when .IS??? . ' ". ' . . mej? Ww waa' faithful tn peace. fe. F. OASSAWAY-^olned th*' aJCsjjy I in i ?63. f&im-im Oumptuay u. BarnciVd Bataillon. Jr., T. C. Jones, first lieu tenant. Tom Holland second lieutenant J. A. Brock third lieutenant. In bia company were Walker Browne. Joe ,N TV? W?? ^ Wff**-, Cuno Todd and i was a pr of tb said like ? timei to. ( from that 1 wa Tit big 1 by t Char, akim battl au^'i Sure, thia on a H. m. ia lina tain NTC. to ( Titer Cumi gP to. tx Then ????t $m atone hope, they .??0*. I to rli his fl anyln on tl Who., Cuan seri? v.-as foolU ai k ti tbg?r thom made of pr? io a they: good* force ?7 th fore did a W. In 181 Kara) an. 1 will find this til class merchandis ing during the B ive shopping pla T SUITS 1-3 and other specia lo visit our _ . . +. - .u j-; .- ... : , for that extra I you can buy one, ?xfoi t? us a visi things in bargaii VT::?.V.-.:.".V:f-k-:%i---~ir..-i-: kingham, Luther Smith.. John , Jessie Kay. Pendleton Oainenj others. J. C. Martin of Charleston captain. In tin? recalling . days, oud smile o-.nie across the. faco ils fine, big-ucarted man and he "lot me tell you "we were drilled cadets." "We had a lot of tough i of course. 1 fought when I had One night they took my Old body tho top of a boxcar and said I was frozen dead, but you nee sn't." i en Mr. tiassawuy gave ant bfin aughs end finished his little tull; piling how he ducked shells in leeton. 'He says in these little alabes men try to dodge but in rs they took things as they came, took them In a good. Jolly way. , all with such a happy nature asl old soldier found sunshine even | battlefield. ?.CUMMINCS- Entered the warJ 63.. Joined the 20th South Caro-1 regiment, company E. with Cap-j Cowan. Captured at Salisbury. . by stoueman's raid and carried ! ?olumbus. Ohio, on April 0th.. 0 a prisoner until June 25. Mr. hinge says they were kept thero he sole cause,to clean up all the things even to pots und pans ?r?jf'qj . scoured a rid blankets washed. the big job of covering the bar 1 with pitch ahd^gravel. This old IT nays lie foft like be, could I atty till UR a? long ns he had but ?when the time came that, ?gw everything was against them to . stay on and on without, hope victory, he found this the hpTdest dbi he had to tight during thc In his talk he said the . .war the best pla"ce in the w?Tld id out a man, then he eulogized lld comrade William. Sut h or latid, g there wai never a braver man m.battlefield than this old tiaro war. a mare boy.at the.Unie.. Mr. nings nays human nature never lt 1 a fellow even willie dan .jet all around. .Then he told of a ib thing, ?hoy did. because, their wha waVe" empty. They droya the ces /rom Frasier's Farm ral i Virginia; and took possession .or camp, and instead' of following on and capturing them, they baste to lay bond on their stock oyjaionc. which he say? waa equal Rnti store house, and by the time had packed their horse* with the i th? Yankees came back rcin d abd they bed to.raft-Ipr their and the. bad part of ii war they not eated anything and lb tho node they can. into Ute. hmbu s abd wreckc" he dek and that. bia, ceo paay ?rae. so scat tc r-. at it vre* t wo. or th tee weeks be th oy were all found. But they ame' fina fishtin* .wfa ?>.;. H. MATT^SO^-?utered' tee ?sr 13,10th Regiment, company B, la- l law's brigade, with Captain Cow- | ?Vas in his 17th year when he be mfi$% Boped ?wo 7?vjra, Wa? i ILM ie very best store se and the special p Reunion will make ii ce. SILK ls in (teady-to-weai wJ\e?y D?partir . You have no rds at Reduced t arid let us show y< ns we are prepared .iiiiiiiiiifMiiiiiimwiii. iifiWrrr-rriT r ii fiii --i l'es? Col, l^.li,K.eltt when he was shot] ?rpni his JioroQ. whteh .tpaused his death. This happened in. tho first butr tie after entering Virginia. Coi. Kellia last words on leaving the battle field were: "Boys, won't you tight for Col. Keltt?" Mr. Mattison says he regrets so much that he did not keep a dairy of his expjertonces as did Lieutenant J. J. Copeland, who was in command of company E until thc surrender. Mr. Madison ls. very much like, the ' mnjorly of the old heroes-so afraid he will.say too much-It can be truth fully said of these grand old men that they were in battle the personification, of .courage, but today each one is aa modest as a malden.. They absolutely refuse to speak of their war records, and If it were not for their fine sense of humor they would, not tell anything. They are willing to tell of the few little bright spots that they were ab! to see, but the dark days with the bloody scenes are all buried with the past. Mr. Mattlson did tell the pass word : "Boys if you. find anything to | eat let us have it." ; W. B. COX-Eut oreti the war in 1861. Orr's regiment, company K. with Q. W. Cox. captain. After the lattcr'a being wounded and unable fur duty Pr. R.. S, Cheshire, was made captain. Mu Cox was taken, prisoner at Petersburg, April 3, and while L?ee surrendered Ap ril 9th, Mr. Co* was not released un til July, he waa-u prisoner St Heart's Island, near New York. Came home direct from there, - nearly dead from litarvniloa, his rations, tyeing a few crackers Hi the morning with a blt of beef for dinner and no uupper. At ont? timo ho went three days und nights with but a handful of parched com. Mr, Cox says, he, found war u mighty bad place to get. fat and s might good1 place to get scared to death. Told or the battle of Freder IcVburg, "where he was so busy, look ing at the eherrijr.he forgot himself and nu. turning around found ho. W AH all alone, andras,fte ran back io his coin-, L'-sy hi* nhitahlefl over his comrade John Qamttfelt, who lay with -the top of his )xead shot off. Mr. Cox. nays hts four year? in tho .war were sad ones hm! he wants* "no more war." J. F . W0--E??4t?vi?. anny.'ia j 1862 nt Churieston. 2Qth aouta Car" llna reglm?L compahy liL^LJCn, rf in coaomabd.. tfe . remained, in Charleston eight mooth* then went to Virginia, -?Sa^^!r*i^w^sTwas =n tiotpltnl /rom effects pf meaalo8,.3eya, he didn't, do any great ttypg during the war but rldajlhe top of a boxcar fWM, asleep. BOt-sn t know Idn't fall off.. . $ays the fy he found In the warean* /(nip*.i sttft^aQer .?o??9b^jfHra^ tio?rs hs. began to. eat, and before Hf was thoroughly do?*, thara waa', nc Ignfc. Mi^te didn't .think ft was? any mora harm fautj?p& . things than. , H w?? iv. mi Cninire ,fno omer? .^oupd." r???n . hel?d. ffifm boy?; tejed to tm bonoraole. Told how he and two or three others were ont foraging for they were nearly starved, when they sante across a big herd of sheep anl shot one, then sklaned U ana put the I ! 0 ,,: fi .j * i'J.- . in town for hjgh rices we are offer t a more attract if |o p. We want you tent idea how cheap brices [>? the many good to offer you. '?. . "if? Tu' I g skin up' In a tree where the ownt could!, find it. Said they did not wast things that belonged to others. Tor thc could have killed a .dozen sheep an could have.taken only .the best, bi they did not but tried to be honorabl in the unpleasant things that wei forced unon them. Mr. husk ls a oo old man and no doubt was a goo soldier. . ti V. LATIMER-Joined the army 1 July 1862, 20th South Carolina' reg! ment, coiupuny E. Captain Cowan J command. Arrived on Sullivan's Ii I ?and July 17. Then began a caree which Mir. Latimer says was. a ver trying one, his first dinner being boll ed potatoes in water and salt wit corn bread and sassafras tea. . A sill dinner he thought theo, hut later h would have thought lt a feast for th gods. His messmates were Robert an Joel Kay, also Verrewel Kay and ott efs. Soon, after entering the servie he waa taken down with typhoid feve then transferred from the Island ? the college. hospital in. Columhh Thero he remained several weeks, very 'sick boy, then he cante home bu as soon as able for . duty . returns to his company.which waa.atilt oft.th Island. In 1863 oined Keltt'b ..hattal Hon, formed from tho 20th. regimen A number from Captain Cowan's cbni papy came homo oh furlough to gc Yankees took possession o' Columbli horses. 1? 18$5 the, nigh? biefoce lb kc wa? taken to tho hospital wit rheumatism, was sent to Cbaraw fro't there add la two we?ks^ t|>;jianke? wer? there, but Mr. Satimer wa?-^e ablo to walk and was turned loos to make bis wrtf the best ho con lr hot knowing wwere^hls co?ittlhy. w?' traveled till he waa jfwTy , dead walked all day without.anything- t eat, but as the san was* setting h came to his regiment and there foun his owi.. The first man he saw wa food. He said that ha had: riothin ^Xpag" Bob Perry. On sight I^asKedtd but black shorts I gove him.20 cent for a quart and with water and a Rt tlf?'salt I goon ohd the beet" meal I hai eva/ e**eh. Wit* fDenttfeni 'ff?jflS grew harder and the last,ffci&ffi of the war were" very nearly nnln?^r ?ple. , Mr. lattimer's war experlenc ls rich indeed, but he is no longer fighting mah for the cross of Christ he baa been singing clerk ot Broad mouth church' tot the last forty-fly years-a good mah. .. C.VaVKAY^^<?/ed the seryiee Jan pauy E. 20th rngimont command?q, p; tft&Jf. M. Kcitt, remained in th. .?. nany IR month*.. Thon Golk Kellt' brother organised .a company out <j this regiment and he joined, thia., igiv airy and remained in said ccunpan, UR. .fae ?urratiaerl t ^ ^^^^p^^^^ ner "found" by Wfcd Johnson alu cooked by Charlie Kay waa the nea thing to colng home. Yes, "the boya say Charlie Ray was a fellow *ort1 .?llinilil?Illi?llllllliliWl?lllil with all convei invite you to time. Your pa| with us will be JU'?ll ?H TUlt' IML'L- OP The followiiiK la from" thc "Year I Hook" <?f the .lohn ?. Calhoun chapter r. i>. C. .or Clemson college. "Back Cf the president's Chair bf the. I South Carolina^cohVention which had! adopted the ordinance the Ordinance of Secession waa' a banner eoMposad of cotton cloth with devices'painted by a Charleston .artist named Alexan der. The base' of the dbalgn wai a ni ass pr broken and discolored rock, on which was the name and arina of a free ?tate. Rising from this mari were ^two colunias of perfect symrno tiical blocks of stone, Connected by an arch of thc saine material, on each of which. 16 fri number,,1 were tn? nemo, and" coal ?"t\'arms bf- a slave ?tato. South Carolina forms the key stone.of ,?10 arch, cn which stood Pow. er's statue of Calhoun, leaning upon th'f tthjnk of a Palmetto tree, an dis playing to spectators, ."Truth, Justice an 1 thr Constitution':" On. ono ??ide; ot Calhoun was a figure bf faith and jope' the' other lii'do. one or hope. ppd these on each side waa the ngura haying ?iurlu? tp^ Waf and htsjSwgfl say bf brm now that h?Ja ?jfood. man aud a fine cttir.i llko all lita old men who .once v J. 8. fi/f?SDAl',E-- Began &r>ice Su. not get a??k^nnd was not killed .fust dJOka.au the r?st of them. Tried to. make the'ftM^^.lt arid "?k t- don't, v. ant. to. it-. ?bo?A ieloodh ? ino cold nl?l b'etoYe .?hris?p.jto^ ;%e .were ou picket dulv on tbvi ?vapidn? river. Joh h Dirl', \ej,V?fry Qaine? aM 'Myself'.cr?saed avaion the Yankee aide to.gjUBB ? fjje*<% rjdnt t?f CVr iftnias, ?e fi?U'? a sheep, und killed^ lt gad drWf?d >jjt ! Then .auixiea *fbr CHVUU Wlieri we " I was JltUe ?|ej?wa to 'and th? s m 'K, hut weah I said to be1 Vs fTtfC-JaityJWBS/s^Mf B* th4; oldi T.tlefa, heTp?d ff?fi forg?e nil the ?A a&d remroibar oply the good. 1 ] ?hen he aurrendered. ile tell* of th* t J Urne, on April 2, 1805. when they fell " i huck from Petersburg, pursued by the ti! Y??k*t,? nu-i had to fight to Hoop tucuj ?eunion, with things and e apt to tire i to rest, id on our sec i, quiet, rest .-? loom lienees. We se it at any ckages left rall ca?ed for. ' *i Y V' Mill I 11. I I * I I I '* H M-' li ?ll'MIHi ll BK? .:. y ..s. I ?Serve You ? >N B?NNEIt . " '. fi iiinanua MUID I ??$" *? or an Indian,, ai-ni cid With a rifle. "In the ?pace between tt? columns and unaer th?"are? was'W device of the ae?l abd a flag"of Soot* Carolina: namely, the palmetto.- trVe wi?n ? shake' colled around 1^8" frank, an J at Ita bise a park of cannon and emblems of the State's commerce.f Ou tho scroll fluttering from the tamk of the tree were the words, "S?ithern Re public." Over these imi whole de sign on the oegmenl of .inf circle were 15 stars, th? number or/slave states,, and underneath all, "opt from thu ruins." "After doing duty in tie convention, the banner was suspeneS across the street in fredt of the hil, and ly the action of thc weather* ({became hinch faded. It waa preseuM'-'bv Ale vali der, tho artist to a eJ?Bin Of John H Fdg?. M D" ot n?stlj who".gave lt to thai genticm'so iii 1?; lt remain ed in lvls4 possession pial 18741. when ho presented lt'to Ihf New England Historical {?riii?kil^ttil'Soclety,.. in whore custody lt rcraahs." :S?* nell- up ?R? i a i'-il '?<> IttRo tw'colors' ??lit f.t lils ht?nd: '?le r?fu?^fi?' tfrV ?bc|m up, auii (old jihb'? g?)f al'.timi".'.'they wern eatfr^tt^fWi^MfrW^w?nl'l ent ry^ hrra\ci*^^ ColfM 'licit' take. Iberh from Am, then he l?* of tuft iy cr he' woufc.be';"Mired-tao I gcnVrit took the adam end rode*'off. ? Col. ! Afc??l?fllWf; asked bf ?Coi. Miller who MrSJUhtap w?a and I remarked, "I jUHendJgvIns him a pro i ! and? ah good ctti?.ehB old irnys wno tmecfjore"the groy ar? ; atilt trying to olK our gratt i old lAf?ftl.!- IL. ? Cheahfpfcapfnin. IP' tna2 i'r yn^^^!^- Mr mmmm "that .bell they ??lichrnond " TVssa papers were tak?rom thc pockets of two doad soldlALone fn b)ue and