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- . 1 * " ' 0 -V(/ Uvv ;; v 'v C L pO? * ^ t ' 8- THE TOwiToF UNION HAS ? _ . j, THE TOWN OF UNION HAS |j| Threo Cotton Mills, one the llI Oj jfj I I ^ ^ j4j ^ | f Ej ^ /^jj ^ i" Tin? largest Knitting Mill and Mr /(( largest in tho South. Four Fur- ,'( K EL H V J ? ft} I P |d ? / 5J J '(( Dye Plant in the St ate. An Oil ')) J nifcure and Wood Mamtfuotur- j H H K 1 y gjj fe rf 'Y ? i W H :'1 pi T ? "?1 Manufacturing Co. that A) ing Concerns. . One Female ,,, M fig raj I J 3 cS t V M3 K ?9 VS L fla I k I )' 'uakes an unexcelled Guano. a! (? Seminary. Water Works aid ,(( Jl B2 E& MB A ^y JL N H V_X JL * .12. Ja_ jL ? Jti Its -A (({ I hive Graded Schools. Arte- fl |/ E'^otrio high?s . shin Water. Population G.fHHl. VOL. Ll. NO. 21. UNION. SOUl'H CAROLINA, PitlDAV. MAY i4 19?1. SI.00 A YEAR. m m m m J F. M. FAI{K President. J OEO. MUNWr\ Cashier, J. | Marchanls' anJ Plai ^ | OK* TT]\1< ll Capital Stock T Surplus * Stockholders' Liabilities ^ Total ? Dikkctors?J. A. Faot, \\ T. C. Duncan, .1. T. Douglass, . T Win. Coleman. We Solicit Y< * ?wwnwwcCTiwnw i ?Ijjaww?i tu * 1901 MAT 19011 ^ Su. Wo. Tii.jWe. Tli. Fri. Sat. | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11! 12 13 14 15 1(3 17 18 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 i i " 26 27 28 29 30 31 UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. | Interesting Incidents Connected ! With the Lnle HVir, 1'ringing (hit j a Great Deal of Unwritten His- j tory, in Which the Pnvatc and Subordinate Officers are Given Credit Justly line Client. Some /. of the Truest, Noblest ami firav ia est Men That liver Paced an En em y Were to be FOUND. AMONG THE PRIVATES. by j. l. stiiaix. Note.?CotnraJc Charlie Long calls my at'ention to the fact that private John Long's name is omit ted from the Company roll of "he n..>>v*.isut.. a ...... lui/iviooiuA iiai'^vio | ?iiiiir*n i 11 tit ncction with these reminiscences. It should have been there. Mr. Long was killed at Riddle's Slvp June 13. 1864, and I will say, ly the way he | bwas excused fiom duij nat morning by the regimental surgeon on account of not being well. But, no high-tuned gentleman, and especially a soldier, could remain in camp con^ tented while his comrades were un- 1 Li. dergoiug the oidcal of ilie ' battlefield. The most unpleasant situ at on a true soldier could be placed f; in is to be in hearing of a battle in I which he knows his comradc-i were ; I engaged?to hear the uhet-rs and p counter cheers of the contending armies together with the thunder of 1 canno", nd the rattle of musketry 1 pl>ce#ta iii a ten*fold worse position,?^*. ' aa contemuient is eoncerne "Vn to be at the front where den? .iloing its worst work. Be- 1 . for&i. Close tlnse reminiscences I * to ?'vc a ihd detail of all the 1 casualties. 1 By the way, I will s?a?e that I m At ivhilik in /^iilii/iilii.i iitr/..>i] iikv thn inot UIIU HI vwiuuii'ia nttrii'iiii^ LIIU State Reunion ol U. C. Veterans one of our guides who led the way on Wjm Edisto Island <>n the occasion of the road made there by our forces in the spring of 18(52. lie knew all about ' fiBat. what 1 have said and written in these retninircencr-s concerning that I affair?his name is Elliott and he is now in an office at the State House where I found him. J. L. S. TIIE CONSCHIPT ACT. It will be remembered that early i in 18(?2 our troops were highly elated by a report that England or France, one or both, would take part in our behalf, and as a consequence, the 1 war would be over in a lew months, i J\lason ana SDulell aitair gave I WW' twax for thiB impression. But the ILflK^BKWale of our army was hut little < rfAlged. Men who had made the J|i& -- WWrae of the war a aiudy were not to < lefed on such "taffy." Some, howjjj* * ev?r, began to put on long faces and HK rp^^te on the horrors of war, and < Bp th^^Hpossibility of our ever ac- 1 mi ^ cora^Pting anything. News that i ? Fort Bonalson had fallen reached us, 1 and t^iawas a sweet morsel for these I M '1Mb $ ?*#- -0C- -Mfr- -?S> HI*<m- 4?r 4* ?M> A. H. FOSTER, Vice President. j O. ARTHUR, Assistant Csxhier. | Biers' National Sank f $ ors. w. c. ^ $<>0,000 a 50,000 ? 00,000 $ $170,000 | f. H. Wallace, Wm, Jeffries, jtj E. P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, X I aiir Business. ^ * malcontents. We began to feel ihut the Federal government, with its in exhaustible s<uree of supplies, was drawing iis eoil around us. Grumbling, while prevalent, was very unpopular wi>b the average soidier; we ft It. it (>111' i ill tv tf> tlfrhr u t?.1 r,/-vr P. ? V ' IV ...k.t I adi*ei>i?y. Most of our troops were enlisted for 12 months, and this fact g t\ c reason for doubt among the discontents. In a few months the time of certain Commands would expire, niid ast they left the field the woik would, of coarse, ho heavier for these remaining, and consequently we would never have an army sufficient to Cope wilhghnt of the enoiuy. The lessoning was better than the pluck. The "onaeript plan" had not been conceived yet. The ??:chriioud Examiner. 1 think, was the first paper to si.ggoat the propriety of "cotiseriptiorTiic greatest idunder over na.le by the Oonfedcrate (Jongiess was toe pis-age of that Act. It 11crew discontent into the army, even am >ng the in'elhgent Volunteers. The volunteer >4 iliiier tek tt.at his country distrusted his loyalty to icf flag. It was a blow fr*'in which the Confederacy never recovered. It did not put an additional available inau in the army, hut on the contrary, kej?t men who. might have done something out. Tin re was uei.rl v a* many tnen commissi"iie i and detailed to execute the ' conscript law" ns-Cei-oia' Johi sou l ad before /Vtlanta in 1804. No itpiiil nutu'ier of men in the Federal army done hc ?*1i elVer'ivc service for the Union as they did. Your venders may think that I am i?fl the subject, but as these imj.res sioue were maiie upon my mind at that time. I think they are part ami parcel of the Lieminisccnces of the War. Manv ihvave and tine men went into our army after the passage of the "conscript act" ami did good service too, but they would have gone just as readily without a "conscript law" aa with it. Many men who made good farm hands made poor soldiers. We needed both. The volunteer soldier stood no longer upon his nigh, sense of honor in the eyes of his countrymen, but was uwmg u nci > ive limit;r emu pu ision It would have been better had the 0 mfedcrate Connie** proposed an uucmiditionnl surrender of out army than to have passed this act: Our noble wuiiwn were the first to feel i's tiim. It, tort the son Irom the arms rt his mother, and the husband from iho fond embraces of his wife. The pour invalid ran the gauntlet of the 'medical t-xaomninfr board" only to ho ushered into the armv and to a premature t?>ave. if. produced a spirito( ilis^tit that, permeated all classes of socn ty, that found its antidote at Appomattox 0. 11., \ra. To prove our logic, we will say that not a battle fought exclusively with volunteers wis lost to the Confederacy. The ^'conscript law" alone is j responsible for the coinage of the exptession, hrieh man's war and poor imtii'i* fiiflil -.Q-v. A CI1H0NIC (inUMIH.KR. Financially. as well as socially and morally, oar army whs m ulo up of nil elusses- of men. Bill Blackwcll wan a gr ??t talker, and men who. knew nothing of hia standing in the community In which he lived, would pay great at teuton to him. IIo was ni tlif> ir i<n with wliAm iiuftroriiinre went wrong: The rat ions were unfit to eat; doit.her plentiful nor of the right kind^ the clothing furnished by the Confederate Government was indecent uud sijoddy. In talking with d>en who kjiew nothing of him this whs his text. ~0nc day I came across Kiin itlt a crowd of C?ij t Taylor's men around him, list *i.i?.?r t-? his grievances. I hoard hun siv: "I had the host dinner at. Go-men Hill the day wo left Union th?t i have had since I l?-ft home?ib > u that time he saw me and he e mii'icd the sentence?yes, and a long tint before." Had a h uubshcil have bursted in their nr.* 1st they would not huveben more astonished. They wee completely "sold out." His next woik was c-> g<t out of the army and he W'-nt to work to fool the j doctors, which he has since told me he did, by spitting brick dust, lie kept a brick hat in his tent from which he would take a piece, put it in his tnou h. cough and spit uotil lie was pronounced "an incurable ease of consumption. How.ts sent home lie claims he phi v. d the same game with Dr. Aleck White. But Dr j White found hint out after a white. | lie thought as Bill had been ?<> j adroit hi cai'ruti'i out his plans ho | desnrved to he 1? fr out. jlili never returned to us, except he cone to u<' at. Dispatch Station. Ya.. in Sop'em her, 1802. and stayed a d?y or two. (It* hit 8uhs?'(|tien'. military history it is not my business to write, ( To be cntinucd.) Buttle of ana Cold llurbor. ItV I)It. A. K lWN'T. The writer was not directly on gaged in this bloody battle, being one ol' the detail under rhe gail-nit and ever reliable Lieut. O. 11 Jerer, tolreeonno'.ter our extreme r:ght iiaiik. j While the light was going on we ] overhauled a cor resp ideot ot' The New York llendd. lie was greatly astonished and exci'ed Lieu:. Jerer i ..A ?* i . < i - ? n?M4 uuu^iuuKUiui; tiuuuiu ui coil j vincing him ili:ic he w is si prisoner, lie said "tiisit his p-.i11y had tool him thsit the way was cicur to the White IIui-c, where he expecnd to take .ship to Washington." He was anxious to g<jc sihe.nl and publish his hatch of' perverted news. Kver ex i aggi-rateil siimI faiso so far as per- | tsiiued to us, L will fuithe.r state that j iheir soldiers were fed upon just such storms in order to stimulate siud encourage them. 1 he ttoops were no douht told th it there were reinforcetnent and gunboats at that place. This correspondent Jnrl si pair of! Middle hags stuffed full of news. IGs capture or possessions no d- uht were of va'ue to our government. This battle tO"k place on the I Ith of dune, li>tM, before our brigade was organ i/.ed. it occutrcd ?ii? Gen. Grant's I extreme left, const tjuently our extreme ri*ht. Heavy tiring was going on along the entire line. The regiment was dismounted and occupying a depression?wheat field in full head, in their front. The enemy. some two hundred yards in tr??ut, several columns deep, occupy ing ii piece of woods. \Vp were ordered to advance then lie down, which was done under a heavy tire. Soon the coiotoaud was to charge. The fire from the enemy was teirilie and effective. So many of the nmn weic shot down that it was necessary for the order to dress to the ceirer. so as to keep a solid front. In this bloody charge, not one of the rank and tile of the regiment had anv arms save guns and pistols?110 bayonets or swords. It proved to he a veritable slaughter pen. Yet ti e men went on. clcsiog up the gajs, until ordered by their superiors to fall back. The reuiment was nearly annihilated. Many f our field officers were killed and wounded, and several of our captains were killed. Col. A. (J. Haskell was fearfully wounded, so was our gal lant and greatly lamented Lt. C<?I. 1. G. Mekissick, while in front cheering his men. Several of our company, the llower of our cou tv, were kdied or mortally wounded, amo <gsr. them was Sing Jeter, Hid Jeter. Hill Gregory and others, l'oor Hill Jeter remarked that he would be killed in the light. No better soldiers ever carried a rille than they. Our wounded suffered terribly; we had but few li'tors and few ambulances. Col. Haskell, suffering agonies, did not fail to do all he could for the wounded?soot out his couriers, Bud Fnnt, John C<dton and J hn Palmer to get up all the conveyances possible to move our wounded. This they did with all'tln-ir power, consisting of wagous and tarts from adjoining farms. These hoys were as gallant and brave as it was possible to be. They wore j known and loved by the entire ro^i j meat.. It whs exulting and g.-.n.i ; Hid (I to witness them bearing d?? ! patches tVoiu olio orul < f the lie t I the other, under a g tiling ii e. lav ; iug down on tln-ir hor-.-vs at In I 1 sueed, cohered on by the s- ?i?ii. rI saving "Take care ol" \our-elf caIi i nig by name whoever it was. I .-? ni a sketch and picture of "Uud" Nj poll on Flint, just ; after lii-> death. t? Co!. Haskell, lie said: "lie was u noble, gadaut and re'iahle boy. not only a g a>d soldi-r. but an in erc?r | tug and intelligent c--uiputiiou". 1 died in Texas, leaving an intelligent s?,n and daughter, now in collate ar II ust- ri Texas. 1 will cease to speak personally of any motc of our company. Of their good traits, I could write a iong while concerning their merits. *' Some of our wounded were mount o<l upon horses and conveyed from :he battle field with their broken leg* swinging by rhs?-i?I?? of their burses?one of these was J-.e Smith, of York '-oifity. After tin-* l-atle the dead of our company were removed and scut home. Should I tuake anv tnisnko.s in these trope) f. et sketches I a.-k the pardon of sill u;y readers. I am writing from memory only. In writing thent I am interested that 1 cannot refrain i'-oin praising oar noble soldier-; consequently digr?s* from the subj-et. It is hero 1 wish o (juoNf the language of the lamented (ion. I>. II 11 ill, of North Car -lion: k-I will teii y nog pe plo of the South whieii has p.?.-sed away, that you may abmire an<l imitate what ever was grand and noble io this hist rv, an I reject whatever w;is wrong and defect ve. 'J'hc scan dels t hut hu Kv ?ii ?l.t r-1' ? ? *-? " - * v imv iiu fv oiiaur: uinmi lilt' American nauie mcurred when the (ii-1 S-uith ?? < out. efp iwcr. No of fiend iV'.in the old Jjomh was ever charged w ico roguery, no siro.it sew- s ni'SH i t that porio I ever corruptly mk|<* money out I Hice. 1 !ovo :o hear the philanthropic praise Air. Line-In and call him the second Washington, f<<?- 1 remember that ho was born in Kentucky a-.d was fr.uii first to lust,a S"Uihcrn iu i<i in all hi-* eharaot.'visdcs. 1 love to hear tin m say that. (dm. H. IViouias was the stoutest fighter in the I"oi-.n a1 my. f"i* I remember that lie was b<o n in Virginia. 1 love to hear of the wonderful deeds of MnCh II in. <iraiit, Mea !e iilid llancnc'?\ for if ihey weie such grand warrior* for eiii-liing wi'b their massive columns the thin lines of the lagged ILhels wh:r must h?> said of L<*e. the two Johnsons, Beauregard and Jackson, who held millions at buy for for* VCuim with* their fragments <.f sdiaddowv armies? I'llo up Intgc pedestals and surmount them with bronze horses and riders in bronze. All the I ni m monuments are eloquent of the p-o vess of i he il hols and their leaders." 'To which I say amen. 'l'ti is wheat field nnr iTifimpnt _ - - - * o'"" * charged thtough was thoroughly mown wi'h hu h ts. At Bottoms Bulge our reconnoitering party met with many of our w< Uuded. When they .ohl us tlie sad news of our regiment, its gallantry and suflering and to see their manned and bleeding forms was one of the saddest scenes of my life. I c ?u'd not help from weeping, my h< a t m* I tod. We gave them va'ei anu made their conditions as pleasant as possible. When I gave p ?.*r Bill Cregory water (lie was one of my messmates) he sod. "Dolph, thi> v\ i 11 lie the last act of kindness you will ever do for inc." 1 will here state that the water lie drank ran out of bis wound, the ball entered his stomach passed out near the hack b me. 1 have not the lan~ gun go to express their suflering. lie and Sii g .Bter reached the hospital bu died a few days afier Casualties of our regiment to the best ol my recollections, backed by others now living, killed and wounded 1 f A i> f\ T i? i oet.wet.ii . o ami uu. i at crwanis learned that this attack was made for the purpose of attracting the enemy, so as to make some important move an some other point along the line. (Jen. tirant's ''on to Richmond" on this occasion was as usual a failure. He sought the protection of his gunboats at the White House on the I'anuttkey river to save, protect, and reorganize his battered and thinned ranks. The enemy's loss in this huttie was fearful indeed. This made but little difference, they had the 1 world to reciruit from. , Wm." A. NICH( BANK 1 Transact a Regular Bar Brandies and Insure J Boiler, Liability and Acc of Indemnity for Offieia Individuals as Administ) i YOUR BUSINESS IS RE: w ? im ii .m \watm pi | TO HIS HONOR, JUDGE D. A. TOWNSEND. Ill ? A. L. IV I I i nerewun nana 10 you my An-1 nual Report as Treasurer of Union County for Claims paid b/ mo Since my Last So;tlement. J. H. BARTLES, Treasurer. | 0 Mill School. j Miss Ann Hamilton 2-'? 00 | " " 2o 00 j: j M'ss Dor? Whit'ock 2 00 ! j ii mckivs'ck 20 00 j j Mis< Dona Posey 20 00 J I " 2."> 00 1 I Miss Dora \Vhi lock 'lit 00 MiS3 Tim pa Sart >r 2o 00 j .1, t. o- (j|) j Rtn A reiser 00 00 ! C M M Wlii. rer 12 00 | | M ss Annie Lit le 2"> 00: j " - 44 2 ") 00!1 | M ss .J A Pei.iek 25 00 j j James 1' b'oxvlel' 2"> 00 ! j 2 ") Oil j< ; M iliula Smith 2 ") 00 j 25 GO | ! Miss Lucrvl.a < n ; 11 20 00 : ' 20 00 ! Miss M F Roofers 25) 00 j 25 00 j C?'iM L I I:?m? s 25> Oo Com Reluo 25 Oo j ' Lorena llnvkina 25 00 j Miss 1 j 1 iiit <ii.ua 1 2 50 j ' M ss Helen Si.us 25 00 j J C < i liiln 25 00 I : Heine Weft 25 00 | * ' 25 00' ' Miss l'ernice Funt . 25 00 Miss |,o :? Ck'lill 1 2 5>l) 1 leleti Hamilton 25 00 * I - " 25 00 i i W \V Rrueo 35 00 j j M II Tliom9on 20 00 ' ' J 8 Williams 20 00 i CI ir i A K 'own 20 00 j W W Kruca 35) 00 ] i J S Wil'iams 20 e<> J Clara A Brown 2<> o > 1 Cattic Gibbs 25 00 ' 44 4- 25 00 Carrie (Jibhs 25 00 Alba Walker 25 00 44 " 25 00 Carrie Hawkins 25 00 25 00 i Mamie Smith 25 00 25 05 : j Anivlia Hawkins 20 00 ! K ite llnjeowb 25) 00 I : [i\n>.;.. m ti .iwv o i*i\ *. auiiiv; 17" 'uv i/ ww l?U Irene llobo 25 00 Ku'c llolcom!) 25 0O ' !> saie Miller 18 75 D l'? Fa lit 14 35 ' Carrie Southard 25 00 25 00 Peniek 25 00 Saruh (i li.iod 20 00 ' J C Gibhes 25 00 John 1* Gage 25 00 : 25 00 K I) Nicholas 20 00 Alice F Tucker 20 00 , Pearl IIuin|)hrics 25 00 , W W l?ruce 35 00 ; J G Pruiit 25 00 John I) Norris 25 00 ' E A Robinson 25 00 < Sue Crock i r 25 00 Alice J Jones 20 00 * Sue Crocker 25 00 Alice J Jones 20 00 \i i? or. no I <111 II 1U l?I IIMU ^,1 yjyj Alice F Tucker 80 00 Ma Irene Robo 25 00 S A Duckott 0 f,o Mrs .J Con tad 25 00 L y./.ie Greer 25 00 25 00 Kvie Chambers 25 00 \larv Ijee Hardin 25 00 M F Rogers 25 00 Kvic Chambers 25 00 Mies J A Ronick 25 00 14 " . ,4 25 00 )LSON & SON, 1ERS, 'king Business in all its Vgainst Fire, Tornado, ;idents, and Issue Bonds Is of Corporations, and fators, Etc., Etc. SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. Miss 1 It-Ion Sims 25 00 L-rcna Hawkins 25 00 (Jloi n Smith 12 50 K I) Nicholas 20 00 U Unn Smith 12 50 " 12 50 14 " 12 50 12 50 A J Butler 25 00 Sarah Cothrun 11 25 Mary C?fieM 27 50 Aunlit A TiiA-op 1 1 v* j i yj\j M L Browning 20 00 20 00 M C Ray 2 00 Bessie Miller 20 o0 Helen llamilt >n 2.0 00 2.0 00 Sue R Jeter 20 00 20 00 " 44 20 00 Maud Thomas IK 70 Ijinet (i'enn 12 00 Vlbi Walker 20 00 1 l:Hiri >b 10 Bee 20 00 M F Sparks 10 00 Hon. L [lames 20 00 lVai 1 11iiin|*hrios 20 00 i Jarrie 11 -nvkiinj 20 00 01 ?r:i A Brown 20 00 Mary O Ii. U1 27 00 Carrie K rurner 20 00 Mary Jane Nicholas 20 00 Dora Whi'lock 20 00 Ran Archer 30 00 44 30 00 ^ 41 30 00 U F RuJgora 20 O0 20 00 Lizzie Gieer 20 00 25 00 lorcici Hawkins 20 00 L F (i r. g -ry 20 00 S S K Cuuni' ghara 20 00 \ \J Lj V ICS ; () i\ iU' Ilolcoiub 25 00 25 00 " 25 00 3>ittie (Jihhs 25 00 Wis J Conrad 25 00 25 00 ?vie Cluitnbtrs 25 00 44 25 00 " . " 25 00 I ??-tti ? West 25 U0 W l' Knjers 25 00 V C. L\ ha 75 00 J It Prince 1 10 00 W M Wilbiirri 200 00 iV 15 Cm11t'oid 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 44 25 00 " 44 25 00 Waiiiic Smi'li 25 00 25 00 Jlenn Smith ;J J2 12 50 t44 44 12 50 Kvie Chainb ts 25 00 M Andersen ^0 00 30 00 A E Harris 15 <)0 15 00 20 00 Julia W liillard 20 00 J J I).third 10(10 Julia \V Dillaid 10 00 S A Duekeit i;j oo 13 00 J ?J Diiiaid "jji 4' 44 20 OO S A Duokett ].*> oo J I l>iIl.ntl ift oo S A I >tickett 1ft oo M C II Dillard 1M oo M .J Nicholas 25 00 J.?uu Uarrie Cowan 25 00 11 " ;r? oo U Harnett 1(K) (H) W G VV Going 20 00 Mahala Smith 25 00 K DGaffuey 20 00 li .1 Minis 25 00 li F Foster Jr 25 00 " 25 00 B .1 Minis 25 00 T K Bailey 25 00 J A lVnirk 25 00 VV M Bogan 25 oo 25 i 0 J T Fowler 25 (K) J 15 Harris 25 00 3 T Fowler 25 oO T 15 Bailey 1? 17 W VV Bruce 85 00 35 00 35 00 (Continued on page 4.) "