The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 17, 1913, Page TWO, Image 2
"POORTCONRAD" TELLS
OF GETTYSBURG TRIP.
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INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE
MEETING OF BLUE AND GREY
ONjFAMOUS BATTLE-FIELD.
Editor County Record: ?
My many friends who are readers
of The County Record, have asked
me to write something on the reunion
and the meeting of the Blue and
the Gray on the famous battle-field
at Gettysburg, Pa. It is a task worthy
of a better pen than mine. It is
impossible for me to do justice to
this great occasion, which some call
the turning point for the down-fall
of the Confederacy,our beloved land.
We had good reasons to expect the
many great trials and humiliations
that were in store for us; but that is
all of the past, so let us try to forget
the bitterness that followed the
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end 01 me war. it tuuiu w??v.
a thousand times worse, if those
who were once our enemies had tried
to oppress us more; but there are
some people in all countries who are
willing to treat friend or foe right,
and we fared much better under the
circumstances than most conquered
countries. As President Wilson said
in his speech at Gettysburg on the
fourth of this month, both sides
fought for what they thought was
right. All countries have their wars,
families have their wars also, we all
hope our strangle may be for the
best after all, but we have enjoyed
a peace among ourselves for fifty
years and we all hope it will last for
many more periods of fifty years. I
am still proud to say I was a soldier
in that great war where brother was
against brother and father against
son. I am proud to say that I am a
veteran of four years, and like many
others, did not lay down my arms
until a fair and honest surrender
could be made. I followed Lee and
Jackson through the campaigns in
Virginia,Maryland and Pennsylvania,
and glory in the name of one or the
survivors of General Lee's ragged
few and not the boys for running..'
Dear Mr Editor, I wish you could
have been at this great reunion. You
are a son of the Southland and one
who stands for all of our rights. Well
do I remember your dear father,who
helped to raise the company with
which 1 marched away to the battlefield
with the drum loudly beating.
He made us a splendid speech on the
Evans old field when we elected our
officers: John Whitworth, the gen.
tleman soldier captain; for lieutenants?Knight,
Wm Brand and Theodore
Nelson; for orderly sergeant,
H L Mcintosh, father of Mr Wilson
Mcintosh, of the Workman section.
T will now tell something about
the great camp at Gettysburg. It
was a masterly arrangement and I
have no doubt it cost the United
States and the State of Pennsylvania
one million dollars. I will mention
the great array of tents and the
camp equipments ?5,000 tents,each
capable of accommodating 10 men.
Each tent was supplied with from
six to eight nice cots, all new, one
army blanket to each cot, two tin
wash pans and one water bucket to
each tent. Each veteran was supplied
with plate, knife, fork and two
spoons, also a quart coffee cup. Just
think for a moment what expense
and trouble the Government and the
State of Pennsylvania had undertak
en: 5,000 tents, 5,000 water buckets,
10,000 wash basins, 80,000 stakes
driven in the ground, six for each
tent, three at each side of the tent,
high enough to support a wash basin
and a good size box to set the water
b acket on. The camp was laid off in
regular blocks and streets the same
as a city and more regular thanj
many cities, each street with num-1
ber and each tent also. No trouDle!
to find any one in the camp. This!
was all arranged before the veterans I
began to arrive. They had nothing
to do but rest, eat, drink and sleep
when ever they felt like it. No duty
but to God. The kitchens were supplied
with the best kind of victuals,
about six waiters to help your plate
as it was passed down the long table,
each waiter armed with a large spoon
or fork; as your plate was passed
down the spoon would drop the food
from each pot into your plate and it
would be pushed to the next waiter
P&. 's>\
with the spoon already uplifted and
before the plate would hardly stop
dab would go into the plate Irish potatoes,
cabbage, beans or whatever
was in that particular pot. The next
waiter would be holding aloft on a
large two-prongea iorK, a piece ui
roast-beef, or perhaps a large spoon
; of hash and dab into your plate that
would go, and so on down the line.
Then another would hand you bread
and butter, and at last with a large
| dipper of hotcoffee would pour itinto
| your quart cup as you passed it along,
j It was interesting to see how like
i clock work everything was done, no
; questions to ask, all was done for us
that was necessary. The food was
well cooked and wholesome, and not
! the same all the time. For breaki
fast regularly each morning, two
' nice soft boiled eges were added. A
' long table with seats was placed just
1 across the street from the kitchen,
! where tiftv or more could sit, eat,
; laugh and talk, which made everything
so very easy and all seemed like
one big family. It was surprising
to see how soon ail this was done.no
one had to wait long enough to get
tired. A large pit was made in the
ground at the kitchen in the middle
of the street, but not in the way
at all and all scraps of food left on
the plates were thrown into this everburning
pit of fire, also all waste paper
and everything that was calculated
to cause filth or breed disease.
The dishes were returned to the table,
where the dish washer took care
of them at once and all were stacked
at the end of the table in regular rotation,
cups put in great stacks next
| to the plates, next knives and forks,
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thing handy and not any confusion
as with some of our people here in
Williamsburg, where generally all is
confusion,like some old woman hunting
for the dishcloth, inquired excitedly
of one of the children:
"Where is the dishcloth?"
"Why, pap has put it on the
horse's sore back."
"Go get it for me and give it a
cold water rinse. I 'spise nassiness."
And so it is with many of our Southern
people.
Some one writing a few years ago
said the Southern people were a
shiftless set,and a good deal of what
the writer said was true. Of course,
we have many who keep things in
proper order, but I am old enough
to see where this carelessness and
shiftlessness came from. When this
was a slave country and nearly all
who lived out of the cities were used
to being waited on, harnessing or
, saddling a horse, handing a drink of
water, untying the shoes, washing
the feet, etc, were all done by servants,
and I almost forgave the failure
to throw water out or the basin
after washing face and hands. So we
see a good deal of this carelessness
is inherited. It is in the blood but is
coming out gradually.
While passing through the country
and looking from the car winj
dow, I could not fail to notice how
! much neater and cleaner the farms
are after entering Virginia, and in
Pennsylvania the change is very
great. On the Western Maryland
railroad for a hundred miles or more
I did not see a single plow, rake,
j mower or any other kind of farm
implement lying about the neids or
fence corners; everything was stored
away in the barns and protected
from the weather; no bushes along
the fences or ditches and no stumps.
All on the ground was the golden
grain, wheat as high as one's shoulder
and ready for the mower. Some
was already cut and shocked, and if
if had not been Sunday the mowers
and binders would have been at
work, but not a farm tool could be
seen and I suppose all had been
stored away Saturday. Much corn
is also planted, but the most of it
was not more than knee high, looking
fine,however,fields clear of grass
and weeds.
I will now tell about the feeling
of the people that seemed to exist,
and 1 do not think I was deceived.
It was one of genuine friendliness.
Many from the distant Northern
States visited the old Confederate
veterans and approached us with us
outstretched hand and pleasing face.
They came not one at a time and
only now and then, but it was dozens
at a time. They were always
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enville,Texas, writes: 'For
A nine (9) years. I suffered with A (
II womanly trouble. I had ter- J; I
I! rible\eadaches, and pains in IKI
my back, etc. It seemed as if IBi
I would die, I suffered so. At pR
last, 1 decided to try Cardui, [ft]
the woman's tonic, and it |R
helped me right away. The [SI
I full treatment not only helped wA
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first to speak, enquiring how we ,
were making out, hoping that we |
were enjoying ourselves, to which
we replied, "Finely," and thanked
them, the Governor and the great
State of Pennsylvania for the pleas
ant welcome they had given us. The
weather was quite hot, but that did
not stop them. They were going
from street to street and from tent ,
to tent the whole day and long after
dark. In the afternoon as it began |
to gro\^ cooler the ladies would be
run through the camp in automobiles,
many from the town and for
miles distant in the surrounding ,
country. The ladies and young girls
were just as sociable as the men. i
They came as ministering angels |
trying to heal the wounds and bind j
the broken hearts,and while holding
their gentle hands for the good-bye
with tearful eyes we often said,
"God bless you and the good people
of Pennsylvania," while I am sure
the parting wish was returned.
Mr Editor, I have written a good
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deal mat many nave aireauy ueuiu.
The newspapers have published
some very interesting articles and
some things that should not have
been mentioned. I allude to the fracas
that happened at Gettysburg,the
cutting affray in a hotel in the town.
If there had been no reunion of the
Blue and the Gray such a small fight
in that town would scarcely have
been mentioned, probably only by
the Gettysburg papers; but as it was
a chance to say something that
would mar the brotherly assemblage
of the North and the South, almost
every newspaper jumped at the
news as something to tell and in a ,
way to lead the people at home and I
all over the South to think that the i
old veterans got drunk generally !
and were fighting the Yankeesagain.
The first words of many whom I
met after my return were: "Well,
you had some fights among the fel1
lows up there." Nothing of the kind
happened in camp and 1 venture to
say that I do not believe such a
peaceable time was ever spent between
50,000 men from fifty different
sections of country during the
six days' gathering. I went through
different parts of the camp every
day and did not see any row nor
hear an oath or a heated dispute
nor see anyone drunk. It is wonderful.
How can the like ever happen
again? As I have said, the newspapers
have told the people a great
deal of the great reunion but have
not told them one-half. I am telling
only a'small part. Many of my
friends and the readers of The Record
perhaps have not been able to
see the daily papers and some perchance
have not had much of the
news. These are the ones I wish to
roooki rnnof ngrHpnlflrlv nnH tho
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poorer that my friends are I believe 1
my letters do them the most good. !
I met my friend, Mr Buffkin of
Gades. His parting was: "Give us
a long letter." I have more to say
but will not'tire the printers too much
and will tell more in my next. I
.Yours truly, P C.
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