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THE HERO SONS OF UNION. (Continued frpm page 10). Lee's right center, when, throuerh a mistaken order, brigade after brigade fell back to the foot of the hill, but with a courage that counted no odds and with a rapid and deadly fire, with double-shotted canister at close range, the enemy were kept back until the 18th South Carolina came to the sup. port of the company. At Kingston, N. C., Jackson, Miss., and Strawberry Plains, Tenn., the Macbeth sustained her reputation for cool and deliberate fighting. Virtually without support, the Macbeth beat back 1,500 troops at Asheville, and in this action fired the last cannons of the Confederacy east of the Mississippi river. B. A. Jeter was captain of the company at the close of the war. Roll of the "Minute Men." Roll of the "Minute Men," Gadberry's company which was one of the ten companies that made up the 1st South Carolina regiment under Col. Maxcy Gregg. This company was made up of "the fl r\ Ufnr" nf 1 Tninn rliof Tl>n iw nnt bers enlisted for six months. At the end of that time they returned home * and re-enlisted "for the war." A company which left Union, S. C., on January the 9th, 1861, and became Company E of Gregg's First Regiment of South Carolina Volnteers, as published in The Union Times of January 12th, 1861. Jas. M. Gadberry, captain. Jas. F. Geist, 1st lieutenant. R. Boyes, 2nd lieutenant. < LIEUT. H. F. SCAIFE, Of the Macbeth Light Artillery. D. A. Thomas, Jr., 3rd lieutenant. C. W. Boyd, 1st sergeant. W. W. James, 2nd sergeant. J. B. Steedman, 3rd sergeant. J. J. Gwin, 4th sergeant. W. S. Alston, 6th sergeant. Wm. Munro, 1st corporal. H. F. Scaife, 2nd corporal. W. H. Jeter, 3rd corporal. B. F. Glenn, 4th corporal. S. W. Porter, 5th corporal. C. H. Giles, 6th corporal. E. H. Miller, quartermaster and commissary. PRIVATES. Wm. Alexander. F. H. Bates. ' P. Barnette. Robt. Betsil. B. Betenbaugh. M. Bell. G. Bentley. G. Blasingame. Jas. Bunch. W. H. Carlisle. Jeptha Clark. C. M. Clark. Jno. Davis. R. M. Dodd. Ja?. H. Dunlap. S. Dunaway. N. B. Eison. Wm. Faucett. W. J .Foster. Wm. M. Gist. Robt. Gwin. A. R. Gregory. John Gregory. F. B. Greer. Jeff Greer. W. D. Hart. C. A. Hodges. J. A. Hughes. A. Humphries. Wm. D. Humphries. W. Humphries. Isaac Tson. B. A. Jeter. S. A. Jeter. , J J. Jones. N. C. Jones. Jas. Johnson. John M. Littlejohn. M. V. Lowe. Robert Lamb. iv liumb. John H. Littlejohn. Jeff Lawson. r 7 CAPT. CHARNER GREER, (Left) Co. A, 18th Reg. 8. C. V, The Only Member of Co. A Who Came Out of the "Crajter" Alive. T. JEFFERSON GREER, (Right) Captain Co. B, 18th Regiment. I/Ost His Leg in the Fight at Burgens'* Mill. t , S. S. Marony. . E. J. McKissick. T. J. H. Murphy. ;j L. B. Musgrove. 1 G. W. Myers. Thomas Nelson. \i Jas. V. Nethers. James Norris. i F. Norman. <i R. S. A. Pearson. Niles Pearson. ji Frank Prince. H. C. Poole. James Porter. Thomas Richards. C. C. Sartor. D. R. Sartor. :j John Y. Sartor. Thos. J. Sartor, Jr. Robert Sartbr. j Lawrence Sartor. I Stephen Sheldon. ' Jack Simpson. J T. Scaife, Jr. ji Sam Schwartz. C. L. Sims. || Thos. S. Sims. ji John Sparks. Wm. Steen. Geo. Steen. i James W. Stevens. \ George W. Stokes. < Jonas L. Swink. \ John Thomas. 3 N. II .Thomas. ? S. J. Toombes. \ George Wadkins. 4 J. W. Wcelsi. \ Henry Whitten. 4 Mabry Willard. George W. Young. I John B. Young. * J. H. Young. | J. K. Young. 1 The following members joined the J company soon after it arrived in = Charleston; Ed.k Armstrong, Jacjc Farr, J. R. Jeffries, J. D. Jeffries Tom Kendrick, Moses Lipscomb, Wm. Farley and Klijah Lawson. Union's Heroes in the War. Four companies entered the army 2 from Union commanded by Capts. F. Scaife, William McJunkin, Felix Walker and Tim Malone. They were J1 the leading factors in organizing the 11 18th Regiment, a command that wore ^ in a marked degree the earmarks of ? Union from start to finish. J. M. ^ Gadberry colonel and F. Scaife lieu- . tenant colonel, were both Union men, 1 while W. H. Wallace, in the ranks T of the Macbeth Artillery, received !' the appointment of adjutant. At the ' re-organization of the troops, one year later. Col. Scaife retired and Adjutant Wallace was elected lieu- s tenant colonel. When Col. Gadberry ^ was killed at Second Manassas VYallace was elected colonel, and was gen ? eral commanding brigade at the sur- r render. When Wallace was elected v colonel, another Union man, Cape. Robert Betsill, for meritorious con- J duct, was promoted major over three senior captains of the regiment, and * was in command of the regiment at ? the surrender. Steve Shelton was the last captain of Gist's old company. P After the promotion of Adiutant ? Wallace, Clough Sims, another Union *" man, was appointed adjutant, and when he was killed in front of Peters- v burg, another Union man, William ^ 1< */ rgBlBJ H jtbf*- /,[' * pRBKff SmL jgmKt *? ^ jjy^^^yy v M J. M. GREER, One of the 16 Year Old Boys. Munro, was appointed adjutant. This command, with the brigade 10 'vh'ch it belonged, will live in nistory as the troops that suffered in the blow-up in front of Petersburg. In the commotion and confusion, inc't- tj dent to the blowup, and in the midst of falling timber, rocks and tons of jr dirt, and in the awful presence of scores of men buried alive, their pres- \ ence of mind and their prompt obedience to the command, "Fall into line", tell of a courage and discipline that nothing but death could destroy. They did fall into line and repelled the Federal host with a death-defying spirit that has no equal in history. ft One of Union's Noblest Soldiers. One of the most beloved, gallant ? and patriotic of the Confederate veterans of Union county is Captain Francis M .Farr, who entered the service as a private, enlisting in Co. II, 15th S.C. V., Kershaw's Brigade, was promoted to the rank of a lieutenant and finally to that of a captain. He was wounded twice during the war, once at Gettysburg, and one ball still remaining iri 'his shoulder. ft] Captain Farr is one of the most public spirited of the citizens of this town, always readily and cheerfully giving his whole hearted support to that which tends to the up-building d oi me community in which he has ever lived. . Lord Wolseley's Tribute to Lee. t< I have met many of the great men of my time, but Lee alone impressed me with the feeling that I was in the presence of a man who was cast in a grander mold and made of different and finer metal than all other men. He is stamped upon my memory as being apart and superior to all others in every way, a man with whom none \ I ever knew and very few of whom I have read are worthy to be classed. IN SOUTHERN WO] By Ida Marsha Dedicated to the Daughte Peacefully, calmly, our Her Beneath the green sod ai Shoulder to shoulder with s They marched on to death? And left but the women v Gallantly, bravely, they mc Outnumbered by counties They died as men die?God That their sun might set v And hushed be the sound t Ah! surely the peerage of Is the right of these Sou Yet the God of Battles stro Let them die?our gallant i Their honor to woman's 1t Die, did I say? Nay, they 1 These Sons of the Starry They were overwhelmed by \\ And the glory of it spreads While the women their tin Hail! to you mothers of gloi 5 All hail to you daughters A Honored were ye among w< 2 These noble, these true, th< ^ Left their record to your AM PING PLACES OF MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY. The Macbeth Light Artillery was rganized with Robert Boyce, cantain, !. A. Jeter, 1st lieutenant; S. W. Porer, 2nd lieutenant; H. F. Scaife, 3rd eutenant; William Munro, 4th lieuenant; C. T. Scaife, orderly sereant; and the following sergeants: k layne Williams, B. T. Glenn, W. D. lumphries, J. K. Young, J. M. lunch, Robert Gwynn, J. Clough c leng, S. M. Dawkins. Later on a egiment of sharpshooters was organ- is sed from this company under the jadership of Hayne Williams. Mr. ft . D. Epps was secretary to Capt. B. I .Tpfpr r*nnt Rnvpp < 1 i oil in thp pring of 1863 at Wilmington, N. C., 7 nd Lieut. B. A. Jeter was promoted o the captaincy. At the beginning IV f the war they started out with 185 nen and at the close of it came out i/ith 20. e Camps of the Macbeth Light Arillery during the struggles of 1861 o January, 1864, as recorded careully by the late Adj. Wm. Munro, his valuable book now being owned >y his brother, Mr. James Munro, a trominent member of the Union bar: n Sept. 13, 1861, Lightwood Knot iprings. C Nov. 14, 1861, South Carolina railway depot, Charleston. n Nov. 14, 1861, Half Moon Battery, Charleston. March 8, 1862, Race Course, <baErJ e eston. ? May 10, 1862, Railway Accommo* 1< ation Wharf, Charleston. June 3, 1862, McLeods, James Isind. e June 4, 1862, Near Secessionville, ames Island, (one section of the bat- 1< ery was engaged in action of Seessional). S July 11, 1862, Fort Johnson, James sland. July 10, 1862, South Carolina Rail- it /ay depot, Charleston. July 20, 1862, On train from Char- g jston to Columbia. July 21, Charlotte, N. C. h July 24, 1862, Greensboro, N. C. July 26, 1862, On train from Raligh, N. C. July 28, Weldon, N. C. i< July 29, 1862, Petersburg, Va. July 30, 1862, Near Fair grounds, J Richmond, Va. Aug. 7, 1862, Laurel Hill. Aug. 10, 1862, Chicahominy river. Aug. 11. 1862, Clover Hill. Aug. 12, 1862, Louisiana Court F louse. Aug. 13, 1862, South Anna river. Aug. 16, 1862, Gordonsville, Va. Aug. 17, 1862, Near Orangeburg ourt house. Aug. 18, 1862, The Rapadan river. J Aug. 19, 1862, March all night. ri Aug. 20, 1862, Epice Grove. Aug. 21, 1862, Stephensburg. Aug. 22, 1862, Rappahannock Staon, Aug. 23, 1862, The battery engaged l a fight at Rappahannock Station. Aug, 24, 1862, New Jeffersonville, a. Aug. 25, 1862, Waterloo Bridge. Aug. 26, 1862, Keysville. Aug. 27, 1862, Salem. Aug. 28, 1862, White Plains. A Aug. 29, 1862, Gainsville. Aug. 30, 1862, Battery engaged in A tanassas Plains. Aug. -31, 1862, Stone bridge Bull un. Sept. 1, 1862, Union cornfields near entersville. Sept. 2, 1862, Near Germantown attlefield. Sept. 3, 1862, Drainsville. Sept. 4, 1862, Goose Creek. Sept. 5, 1862, I.eesburg. Sept. 6, 1862, Point of Rocks, Md. Sept. 7, 1862, Buckeye Town. Sept. 8, 1862, Fredericks City, Md. ti Sept. 9, 1862, Monocacey Bridge, F Id. M Sept. 10, 1862, Middletown, Md. C Sept. 11, 1862, Boonsboro, Md. C Sept. 12, 1862, Hagarstown, Md. ei Sept. 14, 1862, South Mountain tl ap, Md. w Sept. 15, 1862, Sharpsburg. p: Sept. 17, 1862, Battery was en- S aged at Sharpsburg, Va. ir 1 O 1 OPO Xlf- - 1 ? ocpi. 10, ioui, *? v crossed ine i'o>nac into Virginia. 7, Sept. 19, 1862, Charlestown, Va. n Sept. 20, 1862, Bird Trap, Va. t< Sept. 21, 1862, Martinsburg, Va. v, Sept. 22, 1862, Opequan. n Sept. 27, 1862, Bunker's Hill. ii Sept. 28, 1862, Bunktown. n Oct. 3, 1862, Near Winchester. a Oct. 31, 1862, Shennandoah River. V Br. P Nov. 1, 1862, Front Royal. tl Nov. 2, 1862, Washington. h \ MAN S KEEPING $ ill Lining X |( rs of the Confederacy 2 d 4 ei o Dead 5j tl e sleeping; s teady tread, g "J -our deathless dead? 2 jj seeping. g h. it the foe, 2 is hosts; y willed it so 4 ft vith an afterglow, 2 tc of weeping. ? m > m the Brave p. jV Lhern men; ^ t',: ng to save 4 c men who gave > R ceeping. '4 r< >. C5i have not died, 4 Cross; 2 It r the surging tide, 5 w far and wide, 4 ^ ast are keeping. * ^ , ? fc nous men! 4 a, and wives! 5 w amen when p hi sse dauntless men, 4 *G keeping. 2 }Jj ?^^V***^V^VVVVVVVVXVVS u* ' ai Nov. 3, 1862, Culpepper. Nov. 4, 1862, Chestnut Grove, near ( ulpepper court house. P1 Nov. 5, 1862, Culpepoer court house. { Nov. 7, 1862, Gordonsville. Ul Nov. 8, 1862, Petersburg. Nov. i), 1862, Weldon ,N. C. sl Nov. 10, 1862, Tarboro, N. C. \'nv II 1HfiO Kintrclnn M f Nov. 16, 18G2, Washington Hill, Kingston, N. C. Nov. 19, 1862, Wise's Fork, N. C. 1 Dec. 12, 18G2, Southern Creek, N. tj. Dec. 13, 1862, Nuce River Bridge, ^ i c Dec. 14, 1862, Battle engaged at j* [ingston, N. C. Dec. 16, 1862, Moseley's Hall, N. C. i1( Dec. 17, 1862, Goldsboro, N. C. la vjv jC(dlor_nMrar mfwy h h h hin Dec. 22, 1862, Deserted cottage, : iosley Hall, N. C. ' Dec. 23, 1862, Kingston, N. C. Jan. 2, 1863, Blockaded Nuce's Itivir( Jan. 15, 183, Pine Grove near tr [ingston. ]a Feb. 6, 1863, Kingston. Feb. 7, 1863, Near Mosley Hall. u; Feb. 8, 1863, Near Goldsboro, N. C. cc Feb. 11, 1863, On train for Wil- w lington. ]yj April 12, 1863, Near Goldsboro, N. ' . til Feb. 11, 1863, On train for W11 - s lington. April 12, 1863, Wilmington. pi April 25, 1863, On train for Flor- ns nee. _ ^pril 26, 1863, Orr train for Chariston. April 12, 1863, Wilmington. April 25, 1863, On train for Flornee. April 26, 1863, On train for Charjston. April 27, 1863, Ry. Accommodation, !. C. Wharf, Charleston, S. C. April 28, 1863, St. Andrew's Parsh, Charleston. May 15, 1863, On 'train for Au;usta, Ga. May 16, 1863, On train for AtEinta. May 17, 1863, West Point, Ga. May 18, 1863, Montgomery, Ala. May 20, 1863, On train for Merid*n, Miss. May 21, 1863, Goley's Station near ackson, Miss. May 22, 1863, Pearl River, Miss. May 23, 1863, Jackson, Miss. June 22, 1863, Battle Springs, Miss June 23, 1863, Mrs. Carriway's 'arm, Miss. June 30, Cauleys Springs, Miss. July 1, 1863, Clinton, Miss. July 6, 1863rClinton, Miss. July 7, 1863, Pearl River, Miss. July 8, 1863, Entrenchment at ackson, Miss. (Was engaged in so- ? ies of actions. th July 16, 1863, Retreat to Brandon. July 17, 1863, Near Brandon, Miss. ei July 18, 1863, Cross Hill, Miss. >3 July 20, Line Creek, Miss. or uuiy jlools, iNear morion, Miss. July 26, 18(53, Forest, Miss. er July 27, 18G3, Robert's Mill. ?? Aug. 8, 18(53, Forest, Miss. A Aug. 9, 18(53, Meridian, Miss. sc Aug. 11, 18(53, Mobile, Ala. se Aug. 13, 1863, Camp Beulah, Ala. cc .ug. 1(5, 18(53, Camp Beulah, Ala. Aug;. 30, 18(53, Steamer Waverly on labama river. "3 Sept. 3, 18(53, Montgomery, Ala. Sept. 5, 1863, Atlanta, Ga. ? Sept. 7, 1863, Augusta, Ga. Sept. 8, 1863, Charleston, S. C. ev Sept. 12, 1863, Mt. Pleasant, S. C. Vl Sept. 15, 1863, Sullivan's Island. Sept. 25, 18(53, Mt. Pleasant, S. C. Capt. A. H. Foster. At the enlistment of the State ^ oops in January of 18(51, Alfred H. . oster was chosen as captain of the ,n [organ Light Infantry, which was S< o. F. of the 5th Regiment, South H arolina Volunteers. When the troops C< ilisted for the war and went into Vc le service of the Confederacy, there fc as a re-organization and this com- M any became Co. I) of the Palmetto V* r* ? ? '1 ^I*1--1 nui j/onuuuci 3 <11111 VilflL. r USICT WHS tr i command until "the surrender." T< He was born in Union county Dec- th , 1835, and was always closely con- h< ected with all the interests and en- th jrprises of the town and county. lie th 'ent through the four years of hard jo iilitary service and by his coolness bl l battle and consideration for his tl len under all circumstances he won d< nd held their respect and esteem, ri Ifhen Gen. Lee surrendered at Ap- ai omattox he was ranking captain in oi he Confederate army, having held ir is commission since June 3, 1861. ci lDJUTANT CLOUGH L. SIMS. 18TH REGIMENT, S. C. V. Clough L. Sims was born and rought up at Simstown in Union istrict on Broad river. In 18.r>(> ne ntered the freshman elass at David>n, N. C., and was graduated from lat institution in June of 1 StiO. He was a young man of tine charcter and very popular at college, iking part in the sports of the day. e was a tine markman and in lHtil a distinguished himself by winning le handsome silver cup awarded to le best shot among the Johnson Bias. At the first organization of troops ?r the defence of the State he volunered for service in the 12th Reirient, S. C. V. That term of enlistent was for six months. At the ul of that time the tinnne sted "for the war" ami went into le service of the Confederacy. | lough Sims then joined Co. A, 18th egiment, S. C. V., as a private, hut >se rapidly in rank until he be-1 mie adjutant of his regiment. : In the defense of Petersburg this | ginient, the 18th, was stationed diictly over that terrible mine filled ith its 8,000 lbs. of gunpowder, 'hen the explosion came Clough ims was blown up into the air and 11 upon the breastworks. As he (11 he was shot through the shoulder id some weeks later died from that ound. Mr. James was with him in s hours of suffering and said ('lough ild him that he had only one thing i regret?he had broken his promise i his mother When lie told her good /c she had made him promise to say his prayers every morning"? id that dreadful 30th of July he had ir the first and only time failed to ) it. But despite the forgotten ayer and the broken promise, Mr. inies said. "Clougli died in the trinph of faith." "And so He giveth Ilis beloved eep." _ The Minister in the Army. (By Rev. A. A. James.) At the commencement of the war itween the states the young men, le hope of the church and state, ousted in the army. Many of our minters felt it to be their duty to enr the army and received their comlissions from the secretary of war. hey felt ashamed to dwell in ceiled nises while war was raging in the nd. There he became acquainted ith the soldiers, had access to them , i i?lit- ' it I oiv. rvncoo illHI HI IlUclIlM, ^aiOCCl IllCll* mfidence by sharing their privations id their rangers, and enjoyed eonant opportunities for preaching the ispel, holding prayer meetings, disputing religious papers and circuting the Scriptures. His work was ade pleasant when sanctioned by s commanding officer. This was acirded me during the entire war. 1 ould state here that our colonel, J. Gadberry, while not a professor religion, afforded me every opporinity possible for holding religious (rvices. He was as brave a man as rer entered the service. A hall erced his heart in the second Maissas and he fell with his face to LEVI W. SMITH. One of the 16 Year Old Hoys. le foe. The heroic deeds of the Confed ate soldier are so numerous that it difficult to select any particular le. At the battle of the Crater, at Pet sburg, Va., Lieut. Hill, of Co. C id sergeant Charner Greer ,of Co. , 18th S. C. V., were covered up tveral feet, and extricated themdves with a sword and ventured to ime out among some negro troops ho were intoxicated and remained ith them until the line was retaken r our troops. The noblest bands of men who ever ught or who ever fell in the annals war, whose glorious deeds history 'er took pen to record, were the priite soldiers in the armies of the eat Confederate cause. Tribute to Thomas Comer. The name of Thomas Comer is the urth name on the Roster of the Pea idge Volunteers it their enlistment the service of the State of >uth Carolina on January 5 ,18(51. e was also the last Captain of that jmpany. In his address at the un'iling of the monument to the Conderate soldiers of U.nion county arch 25, 1907. Col. Coward said: "It was at Chickamauga that a ee fell and crushed in the ribs of im Comer. They all thought that iat was the last of Tom Comer and ? nan oeen sent home to die. When ley got ovpr to Virginia great was leir surprise when Tom Comer again 'ined them. It was one of those istering days in July, when the lermometer seemed to rise to 200 jgrees and stand there, the perspiition was churning in their shoes id their very tongues were hanging Jt like dogs. They had been fightig hard for hours when a solid shot tme crashing in from away out yon der somewhere mangling two or more of the men in the first set of fours and taking off Tom Comer's leg above the knee. "Did Tom Comer's heroism stop there? Not so. He had realized the force of that inexorable command to "March on" and the next we heard of Tom Comer was that a great tall white man was plowing in the field, plow a yard and stop and hop, for he put but one leg and could go only a hop at a time. Tom Comer was not the man to sit down and let others poorer than himself take care of him. My old comrades, that is what I call pluck." Isaac Gregory's Acfs of Heroism. Isaac Gregory, known u> his friends as "Ike Gregory", was a member of the Tiger River Volunteers, Co. 1>, ">th Reg. S. C. V. In his address at the unveiling of the monument to the Confederate soldiers of Union county. Col. Coward, becoming reminiscent, told of a desperate charge in the battles in th<color bearer had been shot down and as they were nearing the enemy's position he had been compelled to grasp himself the colors from the hands of a gallant fellow mortally hurt. As they were rushing upon the ramparts, he looked aghast to see one of his men standing there waving his hat and cheering in the very teeth of the enemy, "Come down Gregory, come down," he had ordered. "Let me give I just one more cheer for South Carolina", the lad replied. "Come down Gregory, I command you". Col. Coward hail replied. "Just one morn cheer for South Carolina", the lad replied. "Just one more cheer for s ^ I sj I I MAT EISOX. One of Capt. To* ud's 1(? Year Old Bo>?. South Carolina", Gregory attain replied. "I wish I could have taken him to my bosom that day for I would have been proud to have claimed him as my own son", said Col. Coward tearfully. "Beautiful? Yes, any woman would have envied hini the softness of his cheek. A form and carriage which a Greek deity would have been perpetuated in a courage immaculate." But he fell, the most gallant scene I ever witnessed. STATES RIGHTS GIST. BRIG. GK\. C. S. A. Killed at the Battle of Iranklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1861. Col. Andrews of the United States Army, stationed with his regiment at Union in Reconstruction days said, "My regiment was behind the fortifications at Franklin when the Confederates made the charge upon our works. Gen. Gist led his brigade, riding far in advance of the line. He was a splendid horseman. We watched them come till with a dash forward and a sudden bound upward (Jen. Gist's horse planted her fore feet upon the breastworks. With i thrill of sorrow we saw the balls strike the rider and the horse! We did what we could for him and when he die I we buried the brave fellow with all the honors that soldiers on the battlefield can give to a hero." "Uncle Wylie Howard", Gen. Gist's body servant, told the story in his own way. "Marse States", he said, "just wouldn't ride his big' grey that day, because he thought the grey was tire nd ought to rest. So he rode !e sorrel filly. She was ncrvoi and Marse States couldn't manage her and she twist one way and twist another, then she dashed right up to them breastworks and just as she plant her fore feet on their breastworks one ball hit Marse States and one hit her and they both fell right there. The Yankees was mighty good to Marse States. There was a doctor with 'em named Dr. Wright?he was a prisoner when Marse States was wounded dose by Atlanta and that doctor tended to (Continued on page 12). J. GIDEON LONG, SR. One of Capt. Townsend's 16 Year Old Boys. #