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THE HERO SONS OF UNION. (Continued from page 11). O cers him, and there at Franklin he tended c to him again, but he couldn't help him i< much?only try to make him com- 2i fortable. And Marse States knew it. 3] I went through the lines to wait on N him and to stand by him. He wanted J( to go home, and told me, 'Take me E home to my ^ife, Wylie.' But 1 G couldn't do that for him because the V Lord took him home to heaven and 0 all I could was to pet him ready for V his rest and when they buried him G about a mile from the town, then I R gathered up his things and brought T 'em to his folks and I told 'em all A about how it was. They cried a heap ing and I did, too, for they was all my I. folks. I been with 'em ever since I J was five ye irs old and what hurt G them hurt me. After while his folks 0 brought him home to Columbia and R huriptl him in Trinitv crave vard. X When Marse States was starting out M to the war he went with Mr. Tupper H from Charleston and Mrs. Tupper V filled their haversacks plumb full qf V nice things to eat, and when he put J his over his shoulder he took off his J, cap and holding out his hand he C smiled and said, 'Good bye, Mrs. Tup- A per; we're coming home brigadiers.' cha, He did come home a brigadier, but this he came in his coffin and they put tiori that on his monument." T NOTES A When only lti years of age John A Ely Colton rode 500 miles on horse- B back from Union to Drury's Bluff, B Va., to enter the service of the Con- B federacy. At Bottom Bridge an act B as courier for Col. Haskell, and held B this position till the close of the war. B Captain Stephen Hill Sheldon, Co. B B., 15th Reg. S. C. V. Born Oct. B 1840; died of yellow fever at Char- B leston, S. C., Oct. 4th, 1804. B The only child of Ilaniel Sheldon ^ and his wife of Cross Keys, Union ^ county, S.# C. His relatives have ^ given his sword to the relic room of ? the Union Carneede nublio librarv. 1 .... - ' ' E Stephen Hill Sheldon, Capt. Co. B ? th Regiment S. C. V., one of the GOO J; Confederate prisoners on -Morris' Is- J: land whom the commander of the jl Federal forces placed in front of his line of . attle and used as "breast- ^ works" until foreign powers made a P vigorous protest against this action, ^ calling it "murder, not war." While in this exposed situation he contract- p ed Yellow Fever and died Aup. 4, ^ 1864. He was the onlv child of Dan- p iel H. Sheldon and his wife, Franees p McCrary Sheldon, Cross Keys, Union p County, S. C. His relatives have piv- ^ en his sword to the Relic room of the ^ Union Carnepie public library. q Capt. John McCormick, Co. A., 18th ? Rep. S. C. V., was killed in the ^ "mine" at Petersburp. He lived in ^ Union in what was known as the ^ Bobo house on the site of the present ^ residence of Georpe Perrin on East jj Main street. When found and dup out of the debris of the officers' quar- rrrTters, he was dead?a smile on his ,< face and his wife's last letter clasped ,u tipht in his hand. He had stepped , ( from dreamland into "the house not made with hands, eternal in the heav- P ot >< ove ens. \ and Daniel Thomas Black enlisted in ^1C, the service of the State at the first an~. call "to arms." He was in Georpia . when South Carolina seceded, but 10 went at once to Charleston and joined ?xj? Gadberry's company of "Minute Men." - ?rei He was present at the evacuation ^ou of Fort Sumter. On the 12th of April, 1861, he went to Virpinia with Gadberry's Itepiment. These "min- J110', ute men" enlisted only for six months. At the end of that time or the Repiment came home and all wee the members re-enlisted at once. 1). T. Black went into Co. B., 13th !?[ Repiment, and remained with it un- P J til 1864, when he joined the company !s- r of enpineers at work on the in trenchments at Petersburg. His camp ^ " was about a half mile from the e:> ^ tranchments. On the night of July . .'10, 18(54, he had been on guard and had just gotten back to his tent when the explosion. came. He was cap- ^u; tured soon after Lee's surrender, luk- . en to Newport News and kept there till July 7th, 1865. p[e Rev. A. A. James was chaplain of no^j the 18th Regiment and pastor of the joug Fairforest and Salem churches dur- n ing the entire four years of the war. Ry special permission from the au- es^e thorities he went home tVvice each V^Q(J year to hold communion services in mer his churches. During his absence the ^ 1 old men, the women, and the chil- j. dren kept the churches open and the congregations togeter. During the ^ summer of 18(54 Mr. James . was new J:**'j?tt not I Kf IM'.'H m8BK '^bphbStii orI'l IbiijBM an<* *?^p* '^HflHB^Eil^^H^B^Bft tlerr pa si D. T. BLACK. men One of the "Minute Men" and Later ing in the Fight, 1i Number of the does Engineer Corps That Made san< the Intrenrhments at in t Petersburg. one "McKISSICK RANGERS." ur old company commissioned offi; were: aptain^ I. G. McKissick. *t Lieut., Mabry Thomas, nd Lieut., John W. Cride. rd Lieut., John W. Palmer, [on-commissioned officers were: ohn R. Smith, Orderly (1st) Sergt. !. L. Minter, 2nd Sergt. . H. Jeter, 3rd Sergt. fm. Long, 4th Sergt. i. G. Rodger's, 5th Sergt. William II. Jeter, 1st Corporal, eo. Watkins, 2nd Corporal, obt. Little, 3rd Corporal. . T. Black, 4th Corporal. ,t the reorganization the followis the list of officers: G. McKissick, Captain, no. W. Palmer, 1st Lieut, r. H. Jeter, 2nd Lieut. '. G. Itodgers, 3rd Lieut. :. C. Farr, 1st (orderly) Sergt. oseph W. Leech, 2nd Sergt. 1. S. Porter, 3rd Sergt. [. C. Kenner, 4th Sergt. i^m. K. Thomas, 5th Sergt. i. J. Crocker, 1st Corporal. , . McKissick, . Going. 2nd Corporal. . M. Whitlock, 4th Corporal. UUrtUUinva uuumu mcir nges made in the above list, but i is as it was at our reorganizai in 1862. he following is a list of the names members of the company, from t to last: ibrams, W. G. ibrams, Jerry. .tchison, Jas. L. iurroughs, Henry C. Hack, T. T. lake, John. Irannon, John. [rannon, William. lackwell, Wm. lailey, Wm. McG. iailey, George. irown, James. iriggs, Lafayette. iell, Joseph. handler, George. [handler, Samuel. onner, George. olton, John E. amp, Jas. J. lean. Job. leas, Robt. W. lonald, Jas. A. lew, Robt. 'owler, Wm. Good. 'owler, Charles N. 'owler, Thos. Jr. cwler, Shelton. 'owler, John. 'owler, Henry R. 'owler, George. 'ant, Adolphus E. 'ant, Napoleon. 'ant, Jos. 'ant, George. 'aucett, John, loing, Wm. G. W. lore, Thompson, larner, Asbury. rregory, Wm. Iregory, Gerard, iault, Thos. G. rilliam, Thomas, rlenn, W. J., Thomas, larrett, Penn. [arris, George. nking" with Adjt. Clough Sims to >m he was devotedly attached. He ; asleep in the tent when the ex>ion came as it was not directly r the mine, he was not blown up gave himself up to the care of wounded until his strength failed became a desperately sick man. 'he tents and nrnvisinns nf T<:i. t's Brigade were destroyed by the losion of the mine and the fierce tie that followed it. There was at suffering among the sick and indcd. Mr. James sent to the Cobia paper the first report of the id and wounded in the 18th Regiit, but he was soon stricken with hoid fever. There was no room him in the hospitals and for six ks he lay upon the ground with tent, only a "fly" to protect him n the heat of the day and the 1 of the night and his only nournent a little hard tack given to by comrades. 1 e had been accustomed to write < le by .every mail, some time two ,hree letters a day?not home let- i, but neighborhood letters, and neighborhood was bounded by the ts of Fairforest and Salem ' rches. The bare fact of the exion of the mine and the fighting Petersburg had reached the peoby railroad from Columbia, but letter, no word or message canu [rs. James was besieged by anx1 enquirers for news from the 18th :iment. Sons, brothers, fathers, bands, sweethearts were interid. Surely the good chaplain ild write. He was with the Regiit of his own free will sharing dangers and privations of their lier boys?he had ministered to people in all their sorrows-. ] ily he would not fail them now! the days went by bringing no s till that terrible first Sabbath May when the congregation asbled at Fairforest church not for ?rvice; they were too nearly parled even to pray?they just looked faces white and drawn with an;h. It was a time when lips were ?? j: 1 -i? u, nncii wen uiimiicu pieaoin^ ? besought some tiding from the d ones. Mrs. James could only her head and with trembling lips sper, "No news?not a word." oor old Mr. W had haunted chaplain's home for days?his wa.l with the 18th Regiment and boy's mother was stricken almost ) death. That Sunday he ploadwith Mrs. James, "Can't you tell something? My wife will die? can't live if we don't hear soon." ut Mrs. James could tell him ling, could offer no word of comHopelessly he bowed his grey 1, clenched his toil worn hands, with guivering lips, said, "That e, Mrs. James, it wasn't a genlanly trick." Old Mr. W right. In all the years that have ied since that fearful morning i have never gotten rid of the feelthat while "war means hell" it 5 not warrant the blowing thouIs of human beings into eternity he darkness of the night without note of warnnig. in COL. I. G. McKISSICK, Who Went into the Army as Captain of the "MAKissick Hangers." Heron, Jas. G. Hughes, T. Jeff. Hughes, Wm. R. Holder, James. Harlan, Wm. Hilliard, . Ison, Charlie. Ison, McSwain. Ison, T. Jack. Jeter, Singleton. Jeter, John R. Jeter, James B. Jones, Wm. Johnson, Calvin. Jenkins, Robert. Kennedy, Wm. M. Kelly, J. G. Leech, E..Morgan. Little, H. C. Little, Wm. Little, Thomas. Long, Charles. T nn ir .lampc Lawson, Robt. Lawson, Joseph. Lynn, Matthew S. Lee, D. Shelton. Mitchell, Lockhart. Mitchell, Andrew. Mitchell, John W. McDowell, D. H. McKown, J. Wesley. McCown, James. McCown, Samuel. Millwood, Franklin. Millwood, Tillman. Miller, Jones. Mobley, I. M. McDaniel, Sims. Nance, Jesse. Nance, John. Orr, David. Odell, John. ? Palmer, John W., Jr. Porter, J. Simpson. Porter, H. Sylvanus. Park, Jefferson. Robinson, Benj. Robinson, David. Rochester, George. Reynolds, Wm. . , Rodgers, Thos. J. A _ . Scales,* Thos. H. ^ Scales, Samuel. | - Strain, James L. Savage, William. Sanders, Win. H. Smith, James A. Steen, Thomas. Steen, Wm. Thomas, Josiah. Thomas, John. Thomas, R. Gilliam. Taylor, John. Thompson, Richard C. Tinsley, James. Tinsley, Ransom. Vaughn, Wm. J. Woolbright, Seaberry. Wicker, Wm. M. Willard, C. J. Wood, Thomas. Wood, Erwin. Wood, T. J. Roll Co. A. 18th Ii. C. V. Roll of Co. A., 18th regiment infancy, S .C. Volunteers ,in the Confed;rate States Provisional Army. Names of officers in order of rank ?privates in alphabetical order. Big.-Gen., William H. Wallace. Capt. and Lieut.-Col., Ferdinand Scaife. Captain, Robert Macbeth. 1st Lieut, and Capt., George Glenn. 2nd Lieut., John M. Johnson. O. S. and 3rd Lieut.. .Tim I. Vm.r.? 1st Serjeant, William W. James. 2nd Serjeant, William L. Turner. 3rd Serjeant, Samuel H. Wolfe.' 4th Sergeant, Daniel E. Glenn. 5th Sergeant, John McCormick. ? Is tCorporal, Garland T. Meng. 2nd Corporal, Hosea P. Bridges. g 3rd Corporal, Thomas G. Hart. 4th Corporal, William J. Beaty. 5th Corporal, Alexander McB. Muk Phy. PRIVATES. Jasper Aycock. r Carlos L. Allen. I)r. Henry S. D. A?kew. Isaac Barnett. Thomas Barnett. William Z. Bevis. L John L. Brown. Elijah Brown. Thos. J. H. Bates. Jesse Beaty. William Bentlev. Lemuel Burgess. Joe Burgess ; Emanuel Burgess. Anderson Brown. Mrs. Mary Bates. Elijah Bailey. Joseph N. Crawford. William Giles Crawford, sec. lieut. Benj. F. Crawford, Jr. sec. lieut. Capt. Gad Clark, sfecond lieutenant. William C. Dunn, company com. W. Sunsbery DuF'ree. S. Napoleon DuPree. Abe Dunnoway. William Dabbs. Jonathan J. Edwards. Issac Edwards. M. Ben Edwards. William J. Elliott. Henry Eubanks. Bill Edwards. Reps Edwards. Earl Fowler. Harvey Gregory. Wm. S. Gregory. V Adolphus Gregory. S. Sanford Gregory. T. Christopher Gregory. Waitus Gregory. Anderson K. Gregory. Isaac Gregory. Thomas Gregory. John Gregory. W. J. Tom Glenn. John J. Gibbs. Lemuel Gault. Judge James H. Gossett. Ben G. Greer. Charner S. Greer. Frank Hobson. Jos. W. Howerton. j Mrs. Mary Howerton. John E. Hames. William Hancock. James L. Harris. J. Marion Harris. R. Nick Harris. Edward Harris. Anderson K. Harris. William H. S. Harris. 1 John Hawkins. I W. H. Hawkins. \ Daniel Howard. ? William G. Hughes, Jr. Geo. W. Humphries. James R. Hyatt. ? Harrison Ivey. t ^ Calvin Ivey. Richard Ivey. George Ivey. Jabes M. Isom. Cit Isom. James P. Ison. B. Coke Jennings. Jesse L. Jeter, Jr. Benj. F. Jolley. James Jolly. Joe Jolley. Henry R. Johnson. Tyrrell J. Jones. Benj. Kennedy. William Knox. John T. Lee. Dick Lemaster. Samuel H. Long. Jacob Louis. Julius Louis. George Lyles. lienry bipples. Jeff Smith. Frank Smith. Alexander Smythe, James Sharkey. Barham Sparks. John F. Sparks. Sam Stack. Thomas P. Story. J. Calhoun Story. Jonas L. Swink. William W. Tracey. Elijah Tucker. Thompson Tucker. Samuel Vaughn. W.iliam H. Wallace. Hampton Weeks. Isaac West. Perry Whisenant. Thomas S. Whitesides. Chris Y. Willard. Shelton Willard. John Willard. Zaek Willard. J. Edward Willard. vt George Wilson. John E. Wooten. Elijah Wright. Gi Jared W. E. Young. S. Simpson Young. V< Chris C. Young. Je John B. Young. C< John Zedicor. ar 15TH REG. CO. "B". aptains, Gist, Wm. H. Sheldon, S. H. erpts., Giles, C. H. West, John I. Haselwood, Hosea. Bailey, W. P. H. Bobo, Barnham. William, J. H. orps., Hughes, J. A. Lowe, M. V, Lancaster, W. A. Young, I. H. Williams, Gordon, ieuts., Rogers, J. Rice. Barnett, Wm. R. Huckabee McWhirter, Smith, W. M. Yarborough, P. P. PRIVATES. Abernathy, John. Anderson, Thomas. Barrett, T. Barrett, Lyles. Barnett, Alonzo. Barnett W Bethany, Franklin. BripKs, Jesse. Bojran, B. Franklin. Bo^an, Isaac C. Bo ram, P. P. Bobo, W. H. Canaday, Jason. Canady, C. Canady, David, Sr. Canady, David, Jr. Clefton, Wesley. Dillard, Wm. Eubanks, Shelton. Eubanks, Charner. Foster, W. A. Foster, I. F. Gee, P. M. Joe Lyles. Dr. Jesse Lamb. James Mardis. Samuel S. Maroney. Warren Maroney. James McCormick. Sam McCormick. William McFarland. Robert A. McKnight. Daniel F. McMahan. Henry F. Means. Calis C. Miller. ?Jen Miner. Cyrus Paseallus Mims. Sod Mise. Rice Mitchell. Harrison Lockhart Mitchell. William Murtishaw. Merryman Mitchell. William H. Norman. Miles Nix. Benjamin F. Pigler, James Pringle. Elijah I'adget. Wesley Quinn. McDuffie Quinn. Wm. S. B. Robinson. H. R. Robinson. Chas. H. Rodgers. Natl. Rogers. Dawkins Rogers. William Sanders. Sa mtTr> iStir&ra rtfc. *** * * h John F. Scott. John Wesley Scott. Clough S. Sims. Edward Sims. .<+** * ^WF CAPT. CHAS. W. BOYD, y >. F, 15th Reg. S. C. Vols., Killed at Chancellorsville. Gossett, T. G. Goodlin, W. P. Gossett, Henry Gist, D. C. Grass, J. C. Hembree, Ervin Hollingsworth, Ben J. Huckabee, W. P. Huckabee, James M. Huckabee, Philip. Huff, John. Huff, W. M. Haselwood, A. Haselwood, Thomas. Hughes, Thomas H. Hughes, E. Hoicombe, Wallace. Jennings, Elias. Kelly, I. H. Lamb, Marion. Lamb, Robert. Lamb, John. Lamb, David. Lamb, Elijah. Lancaster, F. M. Lancaster, J. B. Lawson, Lemuel. Lawson, Munro. Lawson, J. H. Lawson, Elijah. Lawson, Charles. Lawson, Franklin. Lawson, Levi. Myers, G. W. Powell, James W. Prickett, H. P. Pool, Wm. M. Prince, Spencer. Prince, Franklin. Ray, Robert F. Ray, Jeremiah. Ray, B. C. Rains, Wm. Rook, James. Rook, Franklin. Robinson, G. M. Sparks, William. Starns, W. A. Stone, H. C. Smith, Nimrod. Smith, Wm. Sumner, I. M. Sumner, F. S. Sumner, John. Sumner, Mattison. Templeton, Jno. A. Waldrop, W. M. West, B. E. West ,W. McD. West, Jno. P. West ,Isaac T. West, C. P. Woct T? r w?Tst! w/c. Whitton, John. Willard, Benj. Willard, Wm. Wilbanks, F. I Wilbanks, T. Whitmore, J. F. Whitmore, E. H. Whitmore, Thomas. Whitehead, James. Whitehead, Stephen. Yar bo rough, Hiram. Young, Geo. . Young, Thomas. Francis, W. ill Company D. 5th S. C. Regiment The roll of Captain John R. R. iles, Co. D. in the fifth regiment C. V., Brigade of South Carolina jlunteers, commanded by Col. Micati inkins. Called into service of th< >nfederate States in the provisional my, C. S. A. Captain, John R. R. Giles. 1st Lieut., William T. Jeter. , 2nd Lieut., Hiram H. Richards. 3rd Lieut., William H. Kelly. 1st Sergeant, James T. Douglass 2nd Sergeant, Robert B. Lyons. 3rd Sergeant, Irenius P. Jeter. 4th Sergeant, James C. Gross. 5th Sergeant, Thomas W. Giles. 1 r* 1 r% . W " iat purpura!, UCO. Lj. Cjvar)8, 2nd Corporal, James T. Bishop. 3rd Corporal, Joseph G. Giles. 4th Corporal William P. Jenkins. 5th Corporal, Pascal Satterwhite. 6th Corporal, Jesse B. Buckanan. PRIVATES. William Alexander. Hezekiah Barnett. Thomas B. Bates. William Beauford. John F. Bishop. Henry Burnett. John C. Burns. Jackson W. Burns. George Buchanan. Govan Bush. Francis W. DeCater. Benjamin Comer. Franklin Comer. John S. Davis. George Dukes. William Easters. Ilfil TT* x rr ires roasters. Edwin Erwin. James C. Eison. Hufus W. Evans. Peter M. Flowers. Elihu D. Fry. Charles H. Gazoway. William C. Glenn. William L. Glenn. William T. Graham. William H. Gary. Isaac F. Gregory. Charles Gregory. William H. Gowing. James B. Gore. ===== "I I Robert W. Gilliam. Benjamin F. Giles. James H. Hardy. . Samuel B. Harlana. Richard S. Harris. Thomas W. Henderson. John A. Henderson. William Hogan. Thomas B. Jeter. Richard Jenkins. Lawson H. Jones. James Jenkins. James N. Jones. Thomas E. Johnson. James Johnson. Green J. Lee. George Levister. J. Banks Lyle. Marion Malone. Noah H. Megee. James McJunckins. Elihu M. Mir.ish. Samuel W. Murtishaw. Horris C. Mark, William F. Norris. Jame3 A. S. Oxner. James M. Pelot. James F. Powell. uavia a. rressly. Tally B. Pressly. I Laurance Sartor. James C. Shettlesworth. . George Stokes. Jenkins H. Smith. John L. Turner. Dudley Vanderford. COMPANY "F". Captains Boyd, C. W. Jeffries, John R. Lieuts. Norris, James. Walker, S. S. Steen, Geo. Jeffries,-J. D. Hart, W. D. Wood, Moses. Sergts. Rowland, Jas. A. Boyd, R. W. Kenricks, M. S. Lipscomb, Smith. Shippey, Dexter. Wilkins, W. D. Jones, B. F. McKown, G. W. Spears, G. S. Morgan, George. Belue, Thomas. , Mays, Jno. Littlejohn, I. H. Reavs, Z. Vinson, Richard. Jones, N. C. PRIVATES. Alston, M. K. Bailey, T. J. Berbage, D. B. Blanton, Ambrose. Blanton, D. D.? Brown, Wm. Burgess, Thomas. Betenbaugh, Joseph. Blanton, N. A. Burgess ,L. I. Cellars, Wm. Clary, Herod. Clary, G. B. Clary, Singleton. Clarv. Wm. Carter, E. L. Dukes, I. C. Edge, Jno. Fowler, B. F. Fowler, 3 no. Fowler, R. M. . Fowler, Wm. __ Fowler, Richard. Fowler, W. Farr, F. M. Goudelock, T. D. Griffin, Thomas. Goforth, W. M. Hames, L. A. Horn, Asbury. Horn, Elias. Hughey, J. R. Horn, Wash. James, Wash. Jeffries, Hamlet. Jones, James. Jeter, S. A. Kirby, Wm. Knox, James. Littlejohn, Wm. Littlejohn, C. T. Littlejohn, Henry. Littlejohn, M. R. Lockhart, J. C. Lockhart, J. N. Lenvad, J. M. T .apHIO rf R M" Mayberry, Samuel. MaCafferty, G. A. Macornsor, D. R. Mayes, L. C. McKown, F. M. Millwood, J. C. | Millwood, J. H. ( Millwood, Morgan. , Moorehead, J. T. ( Moorehead, W. G. Moseley, D. P. Moseley, W. D. Murphy, M. Murphy, S. M. Peeler, J. R. Page, J. L. Page, R. Peeler, A. J. Peeler, D. M. Perkinson, S. Phillips, S. G. v, ' Puckett, I. H. (Continued on page 13). COL. FERDINAND SCAIFE, Who Was an Old Man But Went Oat With the First Troops from Union County. ? * /