The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-09-12
From the c., Son OF Ten pcrance
Sketches of the Palmetto Regiment
ny 4 MEMBER

On Saturday december the 26IlI, We
struck our tents about dav hight, hld ndieu
TO the beloved citiZrns Of our cav and
growing Metropolis aud took the cars for
Camp JubrS"m, about five miles from
Ilamburr who"o we arrived ABOUT y.
clu,t 4 NJ. Dur'ug our STAY y, tn,,
place, We ,ust ore man, IA Mr. IIuris Of
thr F"HhrlI Company we also 'rti two
ot our oilicers sick at uburg--Lirut
Cr"si"ud and Ser! Seigcr, the former o:
which died the orh-r recovcr, d and
overlook the Regimen! a, Mobile.
BY permission Of Col GLADDEN., | was
permitted 10 visit Hamburg, and sprnl "A
day aud night lhcr,-in company with
Capt Kennedy and O derry S,een.
took occasion to call u?on my friend DR..
Stokes, Of Hamburg, where | took tea,
and spent IA Pheasant evening wi,n his
k'Ed and interesting FANNY, who seemed
TO slm?"thise with me in the dargers aud
harHshiPs ! WAS abou, to encounter
never forgot Their kindness, nj hat
VAS the first family called uron on IN,
retnrn 10 my native Slate.
We remained at Camp Johnson anti,
Friday, the last Of December, when the
night wing Of oar Regiment consisting 81
five Companies, left about 0 O'Clock L NJ
aud marching through Hamburg, reach
ed 'he Augusta depot about s o'rIock.-
Oar Battalion was formed on The Angus
t. Bridge, when We received salute
from the Augusta side hy fifteen rounds
o. cannon, winch we returned by one
round Of muske,ry. saw several rfr
friends among the crowd on the briig-.
WHO assembled TO see US off, but | dare
not leave the lines to lid them adieu
AS the sun went down on the las. daS
of the year J. $40 We took our adigl.
(rnauy Of us our Iast Of our native State,
aud ldrned our sad aud sorrowing faces
towards the lar off land Of gold and
blood. The citizens of Augusta came out
10y thousands, and escorted US TO the de.
pot, lighting the darkness Of the wav with
| rockets, which make their f,rv track
a, every turn, making the streets almos
rs light ms day.
With loud huzza and the returning
shout, We bid adieu to the good ci,izrus
| OF Augusta, aud the at first shrek Of the
whistle were off for Augusta, whrch We
reached abou, o'clock the next evening
We camped abou. two miles from tie
city, in raVine, and there WAS some
talk Of lUckng us up in the cars but at
ter n "councii of war" We were finally nj
lowed, ne gydcid, to sleep on the wet
ground. with vet tents spread over us
wrote letter that night, the paper res
ting on tie crown Of my hat, and can
/ die pIsdeI in the socket Of bavonel-
the port Of which was stuck in the
ground A strict wa,ch was kept lest
somO Of us should take nrliou for a
froIic, and put off for the city and ons
old soldier, more cunning ihan the rest,
(Barker) did pass the guard, and spent
the night with a friend, under the plea Of
going TO town TO employ washerNo
/ man.
! We left our camp, near Atlanta, on
Saturday morning, the 2d Of January,
and the cars stopping moment at the
depot in ordei to give the officials" n
chance TO show their stripes, aud rsmble
over town, a guard was placed at the
door Of eact car, 70 keep the volunteers
from running away. thought this regu'
Iauon unnecessarily stringent, especially
I with men who had left their homes vol.