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THE TWELFTH REGIMENT. 0 JTEUNIO 0or THE,~ SURIVORS 01 Eighteentla Anniverwary of the ItegIntenq, "In for the War"--aleotteig to. Itenej Friendtlip.--A Frucessliou, Flike Specclue and a Diiter-.Forinizig a ltogimient Aseoclatiost--Roll of the Survivors. Wediiesday, the 20th of August, wr the eighteeith anniversary of the o ganiuzatioi of the Twelfth Itegimenu Vhen the call was made for volt1 teers for the war, a prompt respons was given by South Carolina. Sever regiments were formed ati Lightwoo Kiot Springs. Of these the Twelfl Was the first to complete its organizi tion. Its history is well told ill ti aldress of Colonel Jones. Recenti the Falrfield survivors orgainized County assooiation, and invited ti associations of other counties to mci Nvith them In a Regimeital organizi tion. It was in fiurtherance of this en that the meeting oil Wednesday we held. The survivors from the othe Couities 0411110 in on, Titsday night. an Wediesday iorninhg. Tle weath. Was inclement, and several hard rail fell the evening before, and oil We nesday. The processions, howeve took place "between showers." A the familiar tap of the drum in th hands of Mr. IX J. Carter, of Lanea ter, tile line was formed oin Congre street, at Beaty's corner, in the Jo lowing order: Field aid stall'; Co Cad. Jones anid the Rlev. C. B. BeLt chaplain ; Company C, Capt. J. I Thomis ; Compainy F, Corporal Jai Celston; Companies A an(d 11, Serg it. G. Whitesides; Company 1), Co poral Wim. Brow n ; Company 1, Serg AY. B. Twitty. Companies E, all K, the first from Lieaster and ti two others from Pickens1, were ti represented in the processioi. B<l tween Conpanies C and A came tit battle-flag, borne by Ensign W. J Kimibrell, the color-guard being Cap J. A. Ilinnant, Limit. J. It. Boylef Privates G. S. hinaflat, W. J. BOy( Johm A. Robertson, J. R. Harvey an J. B. Adams. Capf. Hilainlt, an Lieut. Boyles hind lost each a le< Privales liiimmt aiid Boyd each a nr1m, Private Robertson a foot, all Private llarvey was disabled ill ti; leg. Tile (hief Marshal wais Col. I C. Davis, while Private S. W. Ru acted as adjutant. Thie processiio marelied u1p Colgress street uid halte ill front of the court-house. Tile tw ranilks faced each other. The coloi were borne between the ranks, ti men, as the color-guard passed, rai ig their hats and cheering. The pr cession then entered the court-hous mari'gAll to nusic from the Winm boro Cornet Baid. Tihe building wt soon filled with the survivors, the invited guests and the citizens gene alhly. Theii meeting wvas called to ordeu 1 m iitd associationi, nd th 1)1'r ceedings were opened with prayer 1 the Rev. C. Bi. Betts, the former chia Ilin of tile Rtegiment. Col. Davis theni spoke as follows: COL.. DAVIS' SPER~Ci. Fellow Afembcra of thc Faibfte ,SttrutVOrs' Associaton: We ha1s inuch, very luch,, cause for self-grat lation 0on this occasion, for I he mlateu ali evidence hor'e to-day gives us a suirance of tile tblfllment of a hope v have ao fond1ly' ihierishied, and1( t I accomlishmollnt of anl obiject we har so earn'lestly dlesired and worked lo This attendanhce of Olnr reginmnt brothers fronm the other counties pr claims in notes, tunmnistakabi and(I nakes assuranlce doubly sure, tii we will this (lay per'fec:t anm orai tionl which w'll certainly~ secure annu11 reunmionl mreetings hereafter of ti Survivors of the Twelfth Regimen McGowan's Bri 'nde. Nowu, my13 Fai field alssociates,et me kindly and( r. spectfully suggest, as far as the me lowinig inlluences or time will aid, at as far s tile truest affetions of 01 niatuire will admit, that you permit a griefs and solrows, sacred mnemorii of tile past, tosiinmber in vor hear for ai brief timne, and( yield1 to thel chlee filn~ess of tis hlappy meet ing. Fc low-Survyivors of t lhe Old Tiwelth n'~o the counities of York, of Lancaster,4 litild, I stand1( here the spokesms of your brothlers from Fairtild. ] thole behalf anid in thleir' name I gi -you and say to you a hlear~ty welcomi Col. Davis then reviewed the histou of the R~eglnenlt at its organizatio: the seletioni of R. G. M. Dunnovamnt colonel, Dixon II. Barnes as lieultenanl colonel, and Cad. Jones as major. I drew an amusing pictulre of tile sc01 at Lghtwoodl Knlot. Then he detalk the mletamlrOrphosis of upl-countrymylt into shrimp a11n1 oyster eaters and all gator fishers. Hie spoke as follows of thme engag mient ait Hliltoni Iead and Bay Point the December followIng: We all remember thlat calm at serene December mornling. Tile su:l suiblimo.ln his auroral glory, rose < *fulgent uponi the hiq ud horizon, till Lhm tQsky above with lovely and( 1 lmltplbloscolorinlys. Athr oi'f onl ti "jiertiu bosom of the mighty det caild be soonl the majestie ships' their moorings, resting upon the u -dulating swellI, with bannerIs bath< inh the purity of the. moninlg dew, at ,s.tOalnerg lisrlessly. foating in the go ,tjemes,s of the Ilmatutinal zephiyr. A unalipe seemed hushed bii the loveline Qf tahescono. Only th'e heart of mi w'as fittteid 'inlharmonfious to ti 0yinghbnaIos of that peacothi mor'nin *foF 'thefier'ce -passions oft war we: .,~fe over tieo land. aLa~ter in theodgy.we saw a puff' AtphqOkeronoircoling uplwards from no <O /:.mhiovcsas, .The report of the sigu ueanos.boomuing ,o'or thewae vnmnof:w~ar, mhovhig in thme 1)oi or QfAtheir strengthl. ith .. theirdepl eleared, for -action port holes -opene anten jtwelve and 00ft1e inch C s.himbiads. f\'owning theref'om4 can *steatnihg towards our ehrthbaniks. 'fter they had mtade' three oblon, ofrelig 'tonnoiessandsp deliberate Tfotiirnlh the rapid ad well 'aliui but harmloss fire f\'om the light, im feetual picces fi the forts, they dis covered that the sea rear of lllton Hietd wis uidefended, with not a jun to command that side. In silent aid I In ahost contemptuous iner, #vo of the vessols, w th the coumnodoke's broad ponnanit flying at the foretop, sailed off to their former moor ng. Tie two smaller gunboats o' the bet anchored on the rear and delibertelv poured shot after shot into the - fort; I dismount Ing the gunls and. raking the A interior. o gun replied 11-oi m that side, for none couh be brought.to bear I uponi the vessels. Tho Mort becaine a slaughter pen. Tle infantry could do notdhmg, every poilt ofthe island was .nder the coiniand of' the enemy's - guns and subject to a raking fire from c the twelve and fifteen Inch Columbiad shells. cap lain (afterwarclsGeneral) Elliott, d who became so distinguishied for the Ih noble, gallant and never-to-be-over L. coie de(etce of Fort Suniter, was lin 0 conmand at the Bay Boint Fort. One of his guns burst one wasdisabled, and f ile eirlt-1inch olumbiad dismounted a from its own recoil. The opposite e f'ore laid'bcen abandoned. ie gave a t last; disclarge at the two gunboats, and, his cheeks bathed in tears, lie ordered his men to leave. 1 After reciting the incidents of the re s treat in the mud and water, Col. Davis r said that he would leave tihe record of c the command to be told by the regular r orator. lie then said: s Comrades, it is usual, and custom - has made it obligatory upon a presid , ng officer, to introduce to the audieice ,t the respective speakers of the day. e But here it would be i work of super erogation on my part to introduce our orator to the survivors of the T welftlh s Regiment. AltV.wli it is true the - old grinding mill of years has more . plentifully seltled the Coloring grist of age upon his hair, and inevitable timle has more deeply furrowed tle wrinkles upon his brow, yet the characteristes ' which marked the man-the kindling t. eye, the erect flger , the open candor, the carnest nmanner, the ringing voice and the gallant bearing-with which we were once so fatiliar, are so fVorci bly visible and present here to-day, as 0 to obliterate, in mem01orv's1 eve, all foot it prints of gliding time, * and' make i .i iti comrade of most easy recogni tion. I would as soon tithik it neces sary to introduce to those old battle - scarred veterans, who have left their legs and arms upon the battlefield, and those whose blood enriches the soil of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. I'would as sooti deem it In cumbent upon me to introduce them i to that battle-flag which bears the , narks of so many diffirent conflicts S111)011 it, -mId which they have often seen eireloped in the smoke of battle, and so often illuminted with the flash 0 ing fire of the death-dealing springfield - -then the insignia of hope and victory, ti -now the emblem ofa memi ory-thei so dear, now So sacred. Yes, old battle scarred veterans, living monuments of the fierce grapplings of batte, I would 0 as soon thi k of introducing you to it 's as to introduce to the Survivors of . the Twelfth their old commander. For we all know Col. Cad. Jones. >- Colonel Jones was greeted with loud , cheering. When the applause had ceased lie spoke as follows: IS COL. JONES' ADDRESS. Comrades of the Twelfth, and Fel r- low-'Cltizens: I wish 1 had the powei to express wvhat I feel on thIs occasion, M LI'whij WNzltUte ~My 'ies'id lh'ts' (1011 l. me too much honor'. I am fearful that 1 shall1 fll short of his flattering ex pec 'Y tat ions. It is good to be here. Aftecr P- a scpaiationm of fourteen years, you mecet to enjoy time fellowshmip of old soldiers. As "boys ini gray" you met at Liighmtwood( Knot, full of patriotic ardor and1( buoyaniut with hmope. As ~'boys ini griay" you wereO comnradles ini re armis; andi~ no0w as veteranis of tirmty b. attile-fields you meectl and are comrmades Sstill. Let us rejoice thaut weo behold Sthis daiy--that we meet to renew old ac Squainitanmce and give and r'eceive a sol <iCCler's salute. llow manmy recollectionis 'ecrowd upon1 us5 I Each f'ace br'ngs sonme new memory of marches, of the ibivouac, a nd the r'ude witer-quarters; m iighty battles rise up before us Sfields strewni with (lie dead and dylwg t--tle Impetuous charge, the liebel .shout of victory I We wlliinot discuss hller'e time canses that produced the war. e Ca~rolina called to arnms. Ti.hat was tour warrant, arid rno son ofhors will stop to ask the cause when her honior .. en safety areat pelril. pp~llause.] I- Th'le career of the Regiment might d be recorded with this single sentenes Li' von wer'e in the Army of Northern 11 ~orthierni Virginmia, with it at the be ,s ginning, with it at the end. Wheni our' te g~rea4t captain dletermined that furthier i. esistanice wyas hopeless, you were 1. present for duty. Inm the four ycars of n war', you were engaged in thirtLy bat yg fles, lost in wounded 560 maen, left ii lpon the battle-field1 100 dead. Here n I might close. It was righht to fight, e and you fought to tihe end. The occat 3. 601n docs not r'equir'eof mie any detail ed narrmative of bat tics, yet we must Yhave our say--soldiers will fight their 'a battles over again. And as it' a IS pr'etty safe operation, Ill fight one or t- two over agaiimto-day. {Laughter.] e.To begin with. In the sprinig of S'62, wve'wer'e or'der'ed to .Hilton Hea~d d and Bay Point, to support the for't. If' the fort could have beeni cut into con n venlent slices, thme fleet might have i- taken it on boar'd-gutns, mem and all -antd dr'ohpped it in inid-ocean. e. [Laughter. j But for all thait, the for't made(h made a mo1(st gallant defence, and nm was abandoned only wvhen dlefemce was nmo longer possib1l-It was crushed d lIke an egg sheoll. We won nto laurels m, there, uinless It may be considered a V.- distinctlin to escape without captur'e. e[Laughiter'.] Matters now assumed a -serious character. McClellana was 1e mirirshialling his for'ces to move onm Rich p mnond. After a few weeks on the coast it and1( a brush wIth the enemy at Port ii- Royal, we turned our faces -to the dMothemr of States. "They that see the dshIp leave hiarbor, know little of thme -seas heis to sail through." Oii the 127th of June you ar'e up by times. s j With the rising sun Gregg is in the ,n saddle, and the brigade formed in line ofbtte near Mechanicaville: There ,shaywor'k before you. McClellan, 'e 50,000 strong, was intrenched at Cold H -arbor In three lines, supported by 3f massed batteries. -heavy lines of sklra >fmihere had been thrown out on Pow Ai hite and Beaver Dam'; these dIspute our s advance, they are (iriven baek with -slaughter. YVou now approach the cs battle-fleld, artlleryv Is playing fro-om l, feVotT' hiilteR, shel are btrsting be fore you and beind you anmd inh mid 1o heaven. You move into position at thedoule~itik;Crenshatw amid Mc 0,'It (h1ol their fire as 'on 1558s. The y ordpr to advance -i ma ade, aid the id struggle beglins. Forty thousand meni f- OnnOsn fifty thoandn a strik the on their chosen ground. Who shall w describe that groat conflict of Ameri- lit can arms? For flve hours the battle IM Iragres', for lye hours the battle wavers. br I&Ts a wild scene I- Shot and shellI and ha bl explode mnd whistler volley after hob vol thin their ranks anid osr ranks. NVa AJast am1id t very tempest of fIre, the I Re el shout goes up-the field Is ours wi -the' eapital is safe I [Applaise.] w< IW hat iittiI nevol havo cintributed to make for 'our country on that shigle oi battlefield I or The fights at Frazier's Farm and co Malve'n 1111 were undovbtedly in- Fi portant battles and have added to the in renown ofSouthern armtus, but it was Ti (fie victory of Cold Harbor that broke lie the adviancing columns of the enemy bu and hurled them back to their boats. br Here fell Deloney, with seventeen dc Lrvates. These were the first of the al boys in gray who avc their lives for iki their country. We lost one hundred i and twenty-one Wounded. Here Van- he landigham, captain of Company I, lost of a leg, and Capt. Bookter, Capt. Miller r anid Capt. McMeekin were wounded. se The Brigade sutlbred heavily. Twenty- W five hundred were carried into action; vs it lost eight hundred and fifty-four, in killed and wonmided. The battle'of ti Second Manassas was scarcely less im- go portant than Cold Harbor. The Fed- em: cral forces oi the James River were hr rapidly transferred to the lite of the br Rhappahannock, Pope in command.- tr< lie was 120,000 strong, with rehiforce -ients coming i). I1lill's Division was to turned over to Jackson, and we wern tk therefore a part of the great flanker's th comintid and were soon made ac- dc quainted with his mainner of doing e., business. It was impor.ant that Pope Li should be struck at once before rein- it forcements arrived. Jackson under- re took to flank while Lomgst'reet engaged d( him in front. On the 25th of June nr we started and made that day thirty- re live miles. The next night, or rather ki in the small hours of thle morning, the P< column reached Manassas-Pope was Li flanked and his supplies cut of. lHe G must fight or starve. Jackson's situa- at ion was no better. With 20,000 men tit he was in Polc's rear, but Pope with si: 120,000 was in his rear. Jackson, it in is true, had Pope's supplies, but could T-7 lie hold them? At the earliest it would a be two days before Longstrcet could M conie up; meanwhile Popo could cruslh K him at a blow. The situation was C perilous; nverthieless, there was no Li trepidation. To manouvre is sume- bl times better than to fight. Pope was 28 outgeneraled, lie was bewildered. M Late in lit! evellilig of the second day, to lie attacked Early, who lost a leg but Jc held his ground. The morning of the v 29th dawned, and the unequal contest m was renewed. Gregg was placed oi the w extreme left with instructions to hold Li at all hazards. Six times the enemy ki assaulted his position, six times the M enemy was repu'sed. At the third or ki fourth assault, I think about one o'clock, te when the teniy was pressing the Brig- L ad at all points and had forced back w Thomas oil our right, it was the for- J tune of the Twelflt.h to be the first to ki break his lines apd hurl back the ad-' at vancing foe. You drove him with E great slaughter,.you pursed him across la the road, aid out of sight. Ulyburn, bl then calptain, proposed that charge wv across the road, amd led it. This is iot vi history, but it is truth. It was about m this time that Hill sent to inquire of hi Grpirg it he needed assistauce. "Tell bi him," said the old hero, 'my amuni- pl tion is exhausted, but-I will ioldmy po- bi sitio4 with the bayonet." The renowni of that day made the fame of the r.. . nmen diif all. tht men~i and regiments pi could do. There were elevenm field officers rE in action ; seven of them were wou nds R ed and two-Col. iMarshalhl amid Lienit.- g i Col. Leadbetter-were killed. ThaIl officers wounided w~ere Col. Barnies, m Col. Edwvards, Col. McGowvan, Lieut.- 01 Col. Farrow, Major Brockmnan, Major w McCorkle and Major McCrady, actinug wv as Colounel of (lie 1st Regiment. Lient.- bi Col. Simlpsonu and myself wore the b, only officers that escaped. I could ta almost wish that I had received a It whack or two [laughter) just to be wv lhacd On that roll oht honor. But G then Simpisonl would have nto company. U1 [Laughter.] The casualties -of the 10 Diiinsix brigades-are reported ri at 1500.. Of- this number Gregg lost nm 6313. The Twelfth lost 24.killed and th~ 126 wounded. With the rising sun on n the monitig after this battle we were at on the march, and at foumr o'clock were se in thme fight at Ox Hill. Here Buchan- til an, adjutant of (lie Regiment, fell mor-- A tally wounded. We lost only ten men se wondedcc. The next day the cam- w paigmn of Maryland cotmmenced-it di ended in the surr'ender of Harper's ul Ferry. From the clifl' of the Shienan-. y< doahi, which you had sealed for the ilh purposecof charging the enemy's bat- fh terics, you saw the white flag so uip H wvithout the loss ofa man.* It wvas reward G enough for all the marches von had m muado. Thlis was tihe 15th. We come 01 no0w to thte bloody' struggle oni the 17th, tlt at Sharpshmurg. In tis battle the al Twelfh was coinspicuous for its ga!- w lantry. fly a rapid dash it outflankcd fe itself, anid was'in Imminent danger, f at being surrounded. It. was recalle ,ih< and in. a seconid charge drove the ceey with great gallantry. . I Here let mae pause to pay a tribuf~e bi to the memory of one who was the first ci to lead you inm battle, .and who gave he his life thmat day in the brilliant charge itt to which I have Just alluded. I need in not name him. As second in coma gr manud I was Iitimatelv associated with ce him, and( watched wfth- pride his mill- th tary cancer. For cool, decisive con- re duet in batt'e, for skilftl htandhing of - his comnmand, and for gallantry, no anl colonel ini time Army of Northern hn Virgihia .was thie .superior of nm D~ixon Barnies. [Applause.] H~e had tht ini an eminent dlegree the con- or fidence anid affect iona of his men. m These were at once his .invalukble 90. possessionis aind hits eulogium. With si the spirit of a hero .uder fire, when n' off duty heo was as tender as a woman. thm There was one wvord hie could never w: say to officer or private: that word m' was,-no I have seeni him try It-lie mn always failed, Hie fell as I have dhe- h( scribed, shiot through both knees, and [J was taken to Charlestown~ wvhere I Ia saw him two .days before his death. "O He was excited and impatient6 When ar I gazed upon himt I thmoughit of the thm wvouded eagle bitinig against the bars w of his cage. In. this engagement the p1 Twelfth lest twenty killedlanid eighty.. two wvounded. Hero tell Capt. Irin of and Leumt. Blackmnan; -Capt. Miller, th Capt. Davis and Lieut. Kerr were of wounded. . . - , .g At the next battlo, Frederlksbumrg, se the Btrigado sustained its greiit loss. sti rThe faill of Gregg-it was almost a N sacriflce-senit a thrill through huis 4tn or tiro command. As thie .iithelgemice to passed along the linel,'I *it hesitd hr With sentimentt 'df Mis6fott id~ feki't t by the Whgle 'Dgitisin. Ciiti' WM* se intrepfi'fashiill Noywras.braitest of~ th the brave; Dosaix, .expiring In the to arms of bis. cae, aid, "I du s ith but one regret: I hvO done too , Lie for miy country."--Comrades, I fxcy Gregg was ats intrepid, as h avo, and as patriotic. li1 would I vejo and wats tit to lead, ti o at'rf Ythe six hundred at BaLA9' . pplause.] At this battle thec i O wias on the second line, and i ost only one killed and soven I >unded. [ have followed you through only s e campaign; you followed the South- I u cross throngh ftur years. My C unection with you ceased after I cderieksburg, but I ]lave not been i lifferont to tWe fihmo Of'. thie, "Old 1 velfth." I recolle'et with pride your I rolc bravery in the charge at Gettys rg, when our color-bearors-Kim- c ell, Davis, Iluey, Rains-wont wn in ten minutes, and a iouton t, with sword in one hand and your g in the other, bore it through the tirdorous fire and planted it on the Ighits above the city. Thie charge the Brigado that day was not, so r nIowned as .Pickett's, but It was I ircoly loss gallant and intrepid. e ho has not heard of your wild ad- :I nce into the Wilderness, where with I ipetuous courage you piushied ahead .1 til, losing connection with the:Br.- I do and al most surrounded by -the I omy, you faced abottt and fought I ek to the lines with -a captured v igadier and two hundred prisoners as t )phies of victory I [Applause.] . I . In a single address it io not possible I follow you through all your bat- I S. Let me continue the record of a dead and wounded. For these tails I am indebted to a very inter- t ling history of- the Bri gde, by I eut. Caldwell of the 14th Wegiment. Is oftr privilege and our pride to call-ihere to-day.tfhe merniorv of our ad comrades. I wish; I *'had the mile of every man. I wbuld call the It. At Gettvsburr we lost twenty ] led, 105 woindetd' I-ere ril Lieut. >ag. Capt. .linnant, Caipt. Moody, cut. Boyles, Lieut. Watson, Lieut. over, Lieut. Sharpe, Lieut. Jenkins d Lieut. Black were wounded. At a Wilderness we lost sixteen killed, t cty-four wounded, twenty-two miss g. Here fell another Colonel of the ,velfth, that prince of good fellows id bold, fearless offlcers, John L: iller. Here also fell Lieut. Me night and Lieut. Garvin. Lieut. >1. Bookter, ;Lieut. Watson and cut. Beard wbre wounded.. At the aody angle, Spottsylvania, we lost killed, 88 wounded and 52' missing. ost of these fverc afterwards found be either killed or 'Wounded. At richo Ford the loss was twenty ,o wounded. Our brave major comi rnding and Lieutenant. ives were aunded. At the Weldon Railroad cut. N. R. Bookter fell, wvlth two led and 'six wouilded; at Fuller's ill and Deep Bottom, three wore lied, twenty-eight wounded, thir-' an missing. fiere Lieut. Ilinchen, cut. 1ill and Lieut. Douglass were ounded. At -Jones' Farm, Lieut. mnes was wounded, with two- others lied and eIghteen wounded. IHerefell other Colonel of your Regiment Iwad F. Bookter. le Was the it officer of the Regiment . whb gave s life for the cause. Int. b'at.16 he as always among the fh'st! to fdl -1 mce. 1 have never knownii a bi-ver an, a truer friend, or a more dash- . O officer. When he fell, a npbla and g heart ceased to beat. Richlid ay well be proutt that he was a son. the 1 netropolitai county. The Yorkg companies have groughmt ~i (i,'olimljid .i h ocession of survi vors.-borno b~y lout. iamnell, dnisigni of the old eglinent, wh'o hand so :,often and so fiantly borne it ini the front of iaat xIt attracted but small attention,1 d is not ientioned by tl4 reporster ' that day'G roceedby~s. knoiw -not hereforo. That flag is not begrimued ah smoke, u1 few of the scars anrd [dges of old wvar are upon01 It. Ihere hangs a iegend1 of the paste-it is a le of honor, and should be history. may be briefly stated. The old flag as so torn wvith shot and shell,' at ettysbmrg, at the Wildernes and at e Blood Anglo, that It was no niger fit fr service-it was a mere' .g of honori It was sent to Rich ond for safb keeping, and it rests ini o ashes of the Soldiers' H-ome. ,A ~w flag was issued to the Regiment, d hero it stands8. It is the . repre ntative of the old banner and. is en. led to all its honors. [App1lause.] stranger who looks upon ti s flag es only a piece of bun th)g stampedU ich a cross mark-a Conftederate eel er' sees tho Southern Cross, the bat 1-flag of the Confederacy. When iu turn your eyes upon it; you see e old banner of the Twelfth-the ig which waved above you at Cold arbor, which -led the charge at attysburg, when one-half the Ri ent fell beneath it; the flag whicj ttflarnked itself at Sharpsburg .an e W~ilderness. Yell see more th~an I that,-you.. see ,the flag -beneath hichl Barnes and Miller and Bookter lI,.in .the arms of their comruados, aid the shout of victory. , Foreverj nored be that flag I [Cheers.] Comiradosi for four .ycars you served >nr counitry on the perilous edge -of .ttlo, and now, in respect .to - your araci~er as Confeder~ate. soldiers, you yve no country. *The, Confedelicy elf has perishied'-gone "as1 a. watch the night.". .You are-citizens of the eat Republic, and may sit 'in the usols of the- nation, but as 'soldiers utt Republic brands you only :as bols. The good women of-the State always patriotic, never too~geritle to Itaire hteroism---for the -purpiose of ving some honorable and durable anmorial of South Carolina's dead, of.a C Conf'ederate Army, have raised the public square-at the Capitol a irble- column, on whieh is .placed a itue of a~ Conftbderater soldier. . He. mds(1, every inch a soldier, with gun d fixed bavonet, 'looking boldly to. a front. 'Not 'a mani will go by ithon~t casting a look uipoa. Every )ther, as she-thinks of her boy in ani koown grave;pwill thank God that ro is a monument to his mfemiory! I LIpplaulse.] Tihe spirits of tihe gal it dead, avhen: they revisit the dhimpses-ofthe .niobn,'' will hover on'ad it; gene'ations- unknown, as cy rend the monumthatal'iiseription,t wlayte eawree Hero'es! [Ap i War, it hab -been gaid, is tho' soleneb I barbarisr.' .The RiOdohstvudtion of I e Sonih, I would' -seem; as bo'-6 1 that sole e'" The fldry " vireh of I oel'mani throtig' 'tbis 'State wats 4 lirebly 4hdi~e b'tilthtt its Rlecomi- 4 'notin tit462Ofe rottnind peace. wver han' a~od# e61be so I 'pressed L1t'l~o~mb at. aaiig I n. Sotd fe ' )( hNt a~o o"'irnle d assumsh6 ti sot ta~s ~rpon. 'i 'is'the r b $10' Tt d a' bnome I '~lemlywaneetemthat: rafti'-m In I 11 departments'and in every was a >ublic necessity-"or the Stato would1 ink I" It Is the boast of England, says Ma t yhatl has always beeti her 1 s ne r to press tob hardly a tdnquis hd The worst and nipst brutal of her peoplo cry shame, f they see a man struck when he is [own. The shame of Anterica Is that lie has dealt in peace the blows that Oclonug only to wr. She has oppross d vien defence was Impossible. She is struck when we were down. For 1 il that, let us stand by the flag of the 1 Jilon. It is the flag of our fathers, it vill yet vindicate the principles of 1 knericean liberty. We have in turn ruslftd the robber band, the bayonet io longer controls the ballot., the test :ath no longer excludes white citizens f the South from the courts of their ountry, and the Federal -Government an noilonger hiteribro fit elections. -It is fortunate , that our memories .re short, that we have the faculty to brget. The Iae Caleb Cushing, it is aid, never forgot anything. Com ades, Archbishop Cronmer had a )eLter tMemory -than that: , he never bgot anything-but an injury Let is forgot thei njuries of the past. Let is right up the good old ship which ins carried us through so many storms Rid tempests. Let us streten every hroadbare still and, invoking the >lessing of Heaven upon her destiny, ook hopefully to the future. [Ap )lause and cheers.] Colonel Jqncs' address was a most en ertalning one, and was full of interest like to the veterans whose valorous leeds It recounted, and to the, general audience. He0 was heard with marked 6ttention throughout. At the close of the address, Col. )avls announced the arrival of Capt. r. C. B. Smith,. of the Pickens compa ty, thus completing the representation >f- all thecompanies of the Regiment. he announcement was received with Lplause and cheers. Loud calls were now made for Capt. rohn H. Iiisler, the well known and vorthy Senator from Richland county. Jo spoke as follows. SENAfOR KINSLER'S REMAKS. Comrades, I thank you for your cinduess Iin calling upon me to speak to ou on this happy occasion. Justice o myself vould require that I should brow myselfupon your kindnoss and isk you to excuse me. I did not ex )ect to be with you to-day. I expect td to be in another county, where I tin called by pressing business. But nresponse to what I conceived to be 6 duty, as much as it is a pleasure, I tm here with you. As the (iine for ,our meeting drew near, as old times mud scenes cane up before my mind, a olng Cook possession of my heart o sake the hands, to see the facos and o hear the voices of my old comrades, ud I naturally gravitated to this cen rc of attraction. [Applause.] I wish [could command words to express the cratification I feel to see my friends )f the . Twelfth once more. I am iroutl to have been connected with ,hat conmand-it is an honor that I ,vould not part with for all other lion >s upon earth. There was not a boter RLeginent in the Confederate service. [t was highly esteemed by the officers md men of other commands. I talked mice with the colonmel of the First. He it the Brigade; and the' Twolfth used :o say that the irst'*as the best. This solonmel told mec that whien called into >attle aloitg with yourt Regiment, his uten would say, "h's all rzrht to-day, oys, we've got the Tweffth, on our -ighit." [Applause.] An anecdote >eurred to lie while Colonel' Jones wvas speakinig, which I will relate. We wvere mn campil at Orange Court House. i.t such a time,' as you kitow, the men woculd talk with each other about the [inetits of the different commands. James McMeekin, of Company F, one lay day met a member of the Four ~eeth, who was not aware that he elonged to the Twelfth. After dis mussing for some time the merits of he (differenit regiments, Mc~eckin taid, "What do -ou think of the ['welfth?"-"Well, 'said thte manm "I lont't knoew very much about them, but I'll be durnod if they ain't pups to Ighti." [Applause anid cheers.] Recpealed calls wore now made for CAPT. J1. C. B3, SMITh, whto said: I thank you, my comrades, 'or this expression of your -kindness, mad wish it were in my powver to-ex )ress mty appreciation. .lBut as one the L2th, I must always responid to the call fduty. ' I did not-know that I should >e htere to-day, and It is only by chance ,hat I am with you. I see flere: many 'aces that ar'e .familiar. But, sad to iay, many'tices are absent. It is quite >rop~er thiat we should meet togeiher ini his way. There is not onewho belon - id to-thie e6mmand who-cannmot say, "I mm pr'oud-that I was a membem' of thme L'welth"-the "ioody Twelith," as t was called. There is slot one of you 3ut has a right to be proud of 'the rec >rd of' your Recgimenit-do well known t headquar'ters. 'Than~king you again 'or your kindness, I beg you to oxcuse TiO. [A pplause.] The next. speaker' called on was rieut. W. J. Kimbrell, the color-bearer >f the Rtegiment. Hie spoke as fol ows: LIEUT. KKMBRELL's SPEECH. .Mfy Comrade*: This manifestation >f'your indness and regard in calling ipon moe quite aneklicoted whiile it a highyappreciated. I- had not the nest distantt dea, wvhen I left -home, hat I ionld be called upon to say any-. hing to-day. A few mnomepits Ligg I vas told that I wvould, and as I am not n the habit of making public talks, I bought:I htad' bettet pen what I had o 'say.. -I cate hbreo, my confrades, to isten to othecrs imee competenit than nyseli' L toleisp hahdA once more, hank'Gd, wihto remniant of the 'Old Tw.efth," utnd "to enjoy'a 'least. it day with yoni all.- My fierids, it s needless 'for nme to -reconnt to yon he dangerous~ and atinous servuices 'eiddriedT b'y this' Rl' kiment n'om the hedt' call to arms tihl"the l'ital tragedy it'A po'mattoix Its "naih mid' its lai ?olotaefady hongehold tist6riah Wvill olain'a special interest ti it, atid its fai will last for ageg.' :to reabi'd is fine, and the Vaca'nt places u~ oi t'a ,s caused by the absenho of uti'kallant dead, int mn e .its inter st, Ii n'eftde aiun~1 'a hailb otf rlor id~ Ahould fod(6 13-1s3 ocla ion, pnd keb it ahfve. Welt othu ng to be del me nof~ tlff - tmnd meohihh in tio fte toe mall ,l~ of bI'o hor'sus. t*d orphails of -'eidt4 This4 * a durty, and *a shtdnt in..v .. Lecreant to our trust. On all of the UI nportant battle-filds of Virgilla, ex Uaryland and Pennsylvania our dead i re tobfound, atting mounu onts to he patr is and the devetion 'f the aliant - i wolfth. Some tave As allen in obscdre o. forgottep ptaces, in vith the cold, bleak winds of Vii-gin- II n's winter sighing their requiem. t Nnmong those who are now "on fine's 3terial camping-ground" are to be Ti round the gallant Barnes, Miller, ev Booktor and Kerr. We, my com- wl rades, have in the providence of God, th cen spared and permitted to return to yur hones. There is our c6tamander, ca he true, tried Cadwallador Jones, to gulde the formation of this association da m(d to inspire its work. [Applause.] oil It is true, my comrades, that we di ce miot secure the object for which we rought--Southern independence. Yet ive hope that it will yet be established within this Union- end in a peaceful ivay. We fought on the field of actual 11< wvar for home rule and honest State th Kovernment. To-day we are peace- m4 rully battling for the same; and with si2 mueh men as Hampton, Sh1npson, But ler and Conner at the front we will N! :oic it yet. co "Altho' the tl'ne for flowers with us to al O1'r ie tis ebbing fast, As, down the 8tream we float; Piaced side by side in lire' frail boat, ca Otrweaqj eyes ore iong will see ron indiependen Preud and Fre." [Applause and loud cheering.] no Calls were now made for D. J. Car- R or, Esq., who begged to be excused, Y maying, "I had a notion to sound sick- ed ::all. [Laughter.] But I move we ad- co lourn for dinner."--"That motion's co got no second," said one Survivor."- by "That motion is out of order," said te %nothr.-"I insist on my motion," Y msid Mr. Carter, taking his seat amid of much Inerrimeat. THE SUnIVyOJS' MEETING. m On motion, the Fairfield Association th now adjourned, and Col. H. C. Davis d< roved that a general meeting of the murvivors of the Twelfth be orgarI&d, with Col. Jones in the chair. Themo- a was unatilnimously adopted, and Col. f4 Jones took the chair accordingly. PT On motion of Col. Davis, a commit- W Leo of two members from each county J represented in the Regiiment was ap pointed to frame a constitution for the B Association. The followi..g-named gentleid were appointed: Fairfield -H1. C. Davis, John A. Hinnant; York L -W. J. Kimbrell, W. J. Boyd; Lan- G .aster-D. J. Carter, D. L. Adams; C R1ichland-John H1. Kinsler, A. F. al Ruff; Pickens-J. C. B. Smith. The committee retired, and after a R brief consultation submitted the fol- th lowing": ti We. ihe eu.'vivors of the 1'2th Regi- d inent, S. C. Volunteers, do hereby or ganize ourselves inio a Reiion As- w s.ociad.on. I. This Aqsociation shall be known Si as,. and called by the name of, the Sur- C vivors' Reunion Association of the te 12.h Re-' 11eat, first Gregg's, after- ni wards liCGowan's, Brigade. es 11. Every person l aniy manner ti connected wvith this Jegimeat from its pt first organization shall be eligible to to mernbership in this Association, upOn s application there'or at any annual or ., soecial meeting thereof. * U1. Tn~fe o&b'Iecls of tis Aqqocjiiation are to gtather andi preserve all AIhes coni iiccted wvith and il lusti ative oi' the his Itory of the Riegiment, to preser've anid ai perf'ect its records, and to keep alive E' the memioieso aeld fr'eadships i'ormed at in thme' camp and field. .c IV. This Assooc~dion shall meet an- 8 nually on the thirti Thursday in Aug. e't r< at, such place as may be fi'ed byv the Association at its previous mee',ing, w hild in (deirult thiereoi. a' srch blave as mnay be fixed by the executive commit- A tee therea4.er. t V. The eaffieers of this Association shall consist or onle president, five Vicee- hi presidemts-one from each county in i which one .or more compjanies wore formed-and one secrete r'y and treas- u urer; all of .whmom shm.ll be elected at A the annual ueeeiings, to hold for onieo year, and und i successors arc elected. e A lso, a corresponding secretary who A] shall be appointed bv the presient of li-e Association, aind to be of the same county as the president. 'VI.-Sce. 1. The president, anid in A his absence the senior' vice-presldead, shall preside at the annual and other meetmngs of the A esocliion, preservo mrder, appoint committees, and dis- T areteusual duties of a pt'esiding offieer. 81 See. 2. The officer known as seere- Ja t~ary and treasurer shall keep and p e serve the minutes of the proceedings G of the annual and oilier meetings of the N Association1 aggregate and preserve 13] In a book, selected for that purpose, all the facts and infoirmation presented i Jr the annual reports, and receive and J. keep the fbuds of tihe Association, and RH disburse the same as he may be ordred RI~ by the president, and executive corn- A mittee' and make his report thereupon N annually. '-Cm This constitution was unanimously J. adopted. - Onmotion, acomnmittoeeof two from14 ~ach county was appointed to nomi- A iate permanent officers for the Associa-. C< ion. This commfjkeo subiited the SO 'ollowing nominations: For President-Col.,Cad. Jones. y .For. First -Vice-President,.--Col. .H.J %,Davis. .T For Second Vice-President-- Col T.M Il'rank Chvbiarn. .de For Third Vico-Presidenta-.Capt. J. [I.Kinster. For Fourth Vice-President-capt. J. L 3~. B. Smith. n For Fifth Vice-President-.Sergt. R. B 3J. Whifesides. K For' Secretary and-Treasurer-..Lieut. K. F. IR. Boyles. ' On motion thie report of the doinmit-. w ce was unanimously adopted, and the Hm rentlemen named were declared duly lnected. Ona motioin, the Asoiation then ook a recess for dier.. l ' THE DINNER. *The processin was re-forred and sh noved to one of .the stores belonging sai o Mr. T. R. Robertson, whore Mir. Fno. D. MeCarhoy-had prepared the (GE linner. Four tables were spread wltym h'a ho greatest profusion, thh*e hpndtredp >lates Ibeing laid. Vrom~ the biuldling is twig a banner bearing the~ words-. 0 whItch was attachedt a Uaditea te. W Prceenting his tiolkoitjthb reporter j$ fltel'ed the rookmi and saw six linesof ci iuen .*ereiy antaokm- te odbe.Wt iable to break this solid fnont, he Deuted a flank movement and fodnd noclf at the head of. one of the >Ies. He soon displayed his talenta a forager, and was soon pluinged mnedias res. Mine het had spread nself, and when he does that the Plo is bound to be spread well too. ,e greatest profusion was seen onl ary side. With. appetites well iotted, and with vivid memories of 3 old green-apple and roastin'-ear upaigns with StOiibwhil in Mary ad, the Old Tweltth laid in three ys' f'tioni' wtti a' vengeance. For ce there was.no grumbling with the mmissary. rThey fought ike baye 1n0 ing and wel, They bounced the ehioeons Alf)I t they fell back. This, pleasing re etion they had-that this was one of 3 few occasions on which the * Rog[. nit abandoned a clarge, increased In ; and weight. Among the success features of the day, the dinner was uspicuous. AFTER DINNER. In the afternoon the Association was led to order- by Col. Jones. M.. W. J. Kimbrel moved that the .t annual meeting beheld at Rock ill. Mr. R. G. Whitesides suggested )rkvillo, and Mr. D. J. Carter urg. the clalins of Lancaster. After nsiderable discussion, the president noluded that the matter be decided the votes of he.York and Lancas Companles. They decided that )rkville be selected as the next place meeting. It was moved that an executive com ttee consisting of seven be chosen by D president at his leisure, to be real. nts of the same county as the presi it himself. It was moved that the chair appoint 1ommittee of jen to select speakers r the next annual meeting. The esident appointed the follows: 8. Ruff and J. T. Sloan from Fairfield; M. Whitesides and W. J. Kimbrell )m York; A. V. Ruff. and Win. ,own from Richland; Capt. J. C. B. nith and Henry Brice from Pickens; C. M. Hoed and D. J. Carter from mneaster. The committee selected 3n. Samuel McGowan and the Rev. B. Betta asorators for the next annun meeting. Mr. J. B. McFadden moved that the 3v. C. B. Betts be chosen. chaplain of e Regimental Asseoladon. The mo mn was adopted, and Mr. Betts was clared unanimously elected. On motion of Mr. D. J. Caiter, it as lesolved, That the thanks of the rvivors' Association of the 12th 8. Regiment are due, and are hereby ndered, to the survivors of ,Compa es C and F of said Itegiment, and pecially to Lieut. J. I. Bovle., for e iuterest they have mauiested in ishiug forwara the organization, and the citizens of . Winnsboro and the rrounding country for the hospi-ality :tended to us. Onumotlion, it was Resolved, That Daniel Dild, Kelley iler, Samuel Thomas, NedR7fobi isoni d Andrewv .Jac~ksona Tof Fairfield, ed Jones and Jack eWOaS oi.'York, id Robert Kelhey, of tad 'aster, all lored mbu whio weie with t:um 12th C. Regimnu ha the late. w ar be en 'lied as members of this Associatiion. The following resolutions wvere like iso unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the than~ks of this esocia. ion are due, and are hereby ndered, to M r. Jl. D. McCarley, for e very excellent dinne.' p eptied by m,and for the general in.crest he has Itnitested for our coanfort and pleas Rcsolved, That the thnuke of this msociation be tendered to dite'pnbt~sh s of the WVInnsboroNews Aso BHan .D for their generous li'>etality In iblishing f'ee of ';harge the 'pioceed gs of our mieetings. There being no tuiither business, the ssoclition, en motion, adjourned. 'ROLL OF THlE SURiyloRav' The following survivors of the velfth Regiment were present: Company A---D. A. JamesuW. R1. me .H rawford, Win. 3oonrod, mes Blair, Gilmore Oier.. Company B..--. W. Whitesides, Rt. Whitesides, J. B. Porteri UM. It. cholas, J. B. MeFaddeny' T. J. CompanyC--Col. H. 0. Davds, Capt. B. Blroon, 0. W. HaIthooeki J. W. >binson, J. A. Hendrix "Henry tine, L. L. Hollis, T. J. Iobnson, ,Ea .ler; 8. W. Broom, arter, John Cooper, Samlu 'oper, W. Williamson, Edmond. Price mnry M. Hinnant -8' Y. Crossland, N. Smart, W. f. Hateher : CompayD---Capt.a JE I. Kinsler, F. HulWilliamn Brown, Henry 'ok, Alex. McGradyy enoay. Steven a, Lee Lockleat'.' DipatnyF-4. Rv Sloan J.'I. Hiar y, 8. W. Buff, Clon h "H. Srugga, mes Geiston, Ilen 'Bfr'e,- James me, Andrew.Tims, .Joseph Mc 3ekin, Joel MecMclkin Thomas An reon, Fs B. Austin, Jo. H. -Rabb, omas Harrison, Wmn..A. McDowell, 'oher Park, Wmui P. 'iblm B. F. 'les, M. C. Armstti,. ina nt, KlyMiller ( ,Daniel r'd (colored). Dompany l-o. Clad. JTopos W. J. T. k'erguson.~ Joinpany K.-OCit. J 0. BSmith. 4s; Johh Joob !8tor' r-. ti .u abd and r iti tuary. Onel~ltt 6h a4~~td 1s d to have eost$2. -Over the door ofth' lilo in Ph t