The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 28, 1898, Image 5
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CAMPS PRESSLEY AND JAMES
McCUTCHEN IN CHARLESTON.
Delegates, Sponsors, Maids and others
Attend the great Reunion.?
Historical Sketches.
The veterans and sons of vet
erans of Williamsburg county are
well represented in Charleston
this week. Besides the regularly
elected delegates, tiiere are several
others, and tlie lady members
of Confederate families are there
in lull force.
The cheap rates offered by the
railroads, and the promise ot a
"good" time by the c tizens ol
Charleston generally acted as a
great inducement for the people
from all over the State to visit
i he grand old city, and Williamsburg
has her full quota ot the visitors.
Camp Presslev, United Con
federate Veterans, elected to 1 he
reunion as delegates from that
Camp the following members: J
A McElveen, S J Taylor, William
Epps,.1 A1 Footman, W J Ferrell,
E M Smith, W A Flagler, ami (J
.1 Graham, and besides these the
commandant, D M Gordon and
the chaplin. Rev. J E Dunlop, are
members ex-oflicio of the Slate
Camp, Miss Mary McCutdmi
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I>. E. GORDON,
Commandant, Camp Press ley.
was chosen as sponsor i'or the
Camp, and she has selected Misses
Janie Frierson and Hut tie McCuithen
as her maids, who accompanied
the veterans to Charleston.
Cam p.James McCutehen,United
Sons of Confederate Veterans, is
also well represented at the reunion.
The ("amp at its meet in?
the first Monday in this month
elected the following gentlemen
to represent it in Charleston: J)i
W V Brockinton, John Epp . L
J Bristow, W W Grayson. S W
Montgomery, J G McCutehen, aim
besides these there is a large
number of members of the Camp
who are iii attendance upon ihe
reunion.
Miss Etta Jacobs was elected as
the Camp's sponsor, and her maids
are Misses Anna Elwelland Bessie
Kellev.
Perhaps it would not be ami-.*
right here to give a brief histoiv
of the Camps of Williamsburg
county, so from the data in oui
possession, we will give the fol
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E. P. MONTGOMERY,
Adjutant, Camp Pressley.
lowing:
Camp Pressley was organize
the first Monday in April, 1S0(
upon the call of Messrs. M .
Hirsch and C Logan. Mr. Ilirsc
was chosen as temporary commar
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dant of the organization, and Mr.
Charles Lesesne acted as ternpoj
rarv adjul mt. '242 names ot gal- j
j lant ex-Confederates were enrolled
at the organization, an4 fine
have bec-n added since that time.
The Camp was named "IVessley"
in honor ot a distinguished gentleman
<i this co.intv by that
name.
When the permanent organization
was entered into, Mr. J) E
i Gordon was chosen as comnianjdant
oi the Camp, and he ha>
faithfully and efficiently discharged
the du'ies perlatninj: to tlie
office ever since. Mr. EE Mont
i yomery was elected adjutant, and
< the Camp has heen well plea-?
! with I lis manner of diseharirin::
i the duties iiertainini: to the office
MISS MARY MCCt TCJIKX,
SjK?nsor, Camp I'tvsslev.
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Mill II ll<1> ICUIIiR'U lllll! mi n>?. .
J lie other officers elected .it the
organization were as follows: 1st.
I (Mitenant commander, James
McCutchen. 2nd Lieutenant cornman
er, S J Snowden, chaplain, J
E Dunlop, quartermaster, J E
McKlveen, surgeon. W L Wallace.
Since its organization the Camp
has lost three members by death,
as follows: James McCutchen, K
B McClarv and S J Jordan.
The following sketch of the gentlemen
for whom the Camp wrs
named was furnished us by the
adjutant of the Camp:
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jjipurr v oi. iMuiuTTnvysTv^
horn in this county about fifty-six
years a<;o, and died in the State
of California about three years
a<:o. He v.;n a gallant Con led'
"T ua T T P<FSVP.
. Commandant, Camp James M<Cutelien.
-.'rate soldier, nn eminent jurist
and a high-toned gentleman. He
entered the Confederate army at
the beginning of* the hostilities as
captain of the Wee Nee volunteers
and was ofterwards promoted to a
Lieutenant-Colonelcy, in which
capacity he served over the 21th
South Carolina volunteers until
the close of the war. His record
as a soldier is one of which any
1 one might well be proud. After
the war Col. Pressley practiced
law in Kingstree for some years,
when he moved with his family to
California, where he at once won
a place in the ranks of the foremost
men of fhat State. He was
" elected to one after another high
^ office there until he was finally
> elected to a judgeship, which posij
sition he occupied at the time of
^ his death. All of Williamsburg
( county has every reason to be
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proud of this ?rnl I ant soldier, and
it was a lining tribute to his mem
ory that the Camp of veterans|
should have been uiven his name. |
<'ainp James McCutehen was)
organized last November, as is
well known by those who were in
the court house when Col. James
Armstrong delivered his lecture
there. The organization of this
Camp was the outcome of a do
cided effort on the part of the
County Record, whose editor and
Mr. W V' (Jaayson issued I lie call
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'<?!' Ihe sens c?tveterans to meet j
'or the purpose of organizing such j
i Cainp. At the preliminary I
meet inn. Mr. (Jia\son was elected
as commandant. When the organization
was made permanent
the following officers were elected
( onimandant, Charles I Lesesne,
Lieutenant commandants, Hugh
McCutchen and A M Cordon, adjutant.
L J Hristow, Surgeon, L B
Johnson, (j iiar'ermaster, .M A
Thomas, chaplain, W i) .Moorer,
treasurer. A It Lesesne, color
s; r_ri a r, :viii?T.-\ iiismwiiiii, i
K C Ej>j>s. All <>; Ilie?e are <lill
LOT IS J. Bill STOW.
Adjutant,t amp J ami's McOutchcn.
serving except ilie treasurer, who
resigned at the last meetinir, and
Mr EC Ej)jis was elected to succeed
him The membership of
the (.'amp is larsre, bnt not neariv
as large a-? that of I he Camp of
veterans. Qui'e a number of applications
have been received
nr.r.wiiy-ilinn_ and now
>IIICU I IIV. WI^IMl.w ,
ones are considered al eveiy
meeting.
The Camp was named after the
late Col. James McCutchon, who
died Sept. 26, last. Col. McCntehen
was one of the bravest
soldiers who enlisted from this
county. lie entered the Stale
service July 15.1861, as first lieutenant
of the Williamsburg rilles;
entered the Confederate service
August 22, ihe same year as lirst
lieutenant, company G.Ivershaw's
brigade, 15th JL)e<aussure regt.
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MISS ETTA JACOBS,
Sponsor, Camp James McCutchen,
I Was promoted to the captaincy of
'company I), same regiment, Dec.
5, *01. lie was later appointed
lieutenant-colonel. lie was present
at the following celebrated
battles: Chancellorsville, the Wilderness,
Petersburg, Fredericksburg,
Gettysburg, Chicamauga,
besides many others and was a
very distinguished fighter. The
life of this great man after the
close oi the war was an exemplary
one, as everybody knows. The
naming of the Camp in his honor
j was a nigh tribute to his memory,
land one that his services to his
country and people had made deserved.
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business with the County Sup
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.Nabob D. Lesksse,
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