Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-05-29
For the Standard,
THE LATE COL. ]. c. S. MCDOWELL.

THE LATE COL. j. C. S. MCDOWELL.
1t is due to the memory of tnis gallant soldier
and noble-hearted gentleman who sacrificed hs life
for his country, that something more than para
graph IN the list OF killed and wounded" should
record his sad fate.
Descended from some Of the best blood of the
American Revolution, he inherited in a remarkable
degree, those traits of personal bravery and kind
ness of heart for which his ancestors so great
ly distinguished.
He was the grandson of Col Charles Mcdowell,
of Burke county, who with Campbell, cleveland
Shelby and SEWER gained that great victory over
the British IN the Battle of King s Mountain.
In our historic annals it is related that 1.-THE
McDowells were ali brave men. Joseph and VIII
liam, the brothers Of Charles were with him in the
battle on Kings Mountain. Their mother, Ellen
Mcdowell, was woman of remarkable energy
On one occasion some tory marauders carried off
some property during the absence of her husband
She assembled some of her neighbors, started in
pursuit. and recovered the property. When her
husband was secretly making gunpowder in a cave,
she burned the charcoal for the purpose upon her
own hearth and carried it to him. Some of the
gunpowder, thus manufactured, was used in the
battle on Kings Mountain"
. The subject of this sketch was the son of Capt
Charles Mcdowell, of Quaker Meadows" on the
Catawba, near Morgantown, the only brother of the
wife of Chief Justice Pearson and the wives of
Messrs N. W. and j. W. Woodfn, of Asheville.
He inherited from his father his fine ancestral
estate and settled on it as q farmer. He married
Julia, daughter of Elk Governor Charles Manly,
and left four infant children.
On the first breaking out of the war with the
Northern A6OlitioniSts he assisted in raising COM
pany from Burke county, and was appointed a
Lieutenant. He was in the First Regiment n. e..
Troops, in the first distinguished battle of Bethel
On the reorganization of State Troops whose
term Of service had expired, he returned to his
home, and very soon raised another company Of
Volunteers of which he was elected Captain, and
rendered them 70 the Government. In the forma-
ton of the 54th regiment he was elected Leuten-
ant Colonel, and on the resignation of Col Win
Dish, was elected Colonel Commandment of that reg
iment.
From that time TO &c last sad fight on the Kappa
hammock, he was in active service, participating in
most Of those hotly contested battles from York
town to Fredericksburg and was commended spe-
cally by Brig Gen. Hood in public Brigade Orders,
for his skill and galantry in leading up his regi.
ment and sustaining it in the first battle of Fred
ericksburg.
In the second battle of fredericksburg on Mon
day, the 4th of May, just before nightfall, while
making the last charge on Marye's Heights, in the
lead of his men, encouraging them to advance by
word and action, he was shot down, rife ball PEN
Grating his face just below the cheek bone and
passing through the neck.
He lay on the ground, weltering in his blood all
night and was removed the next morning to hos.
pital where he fingered in state of unconscious
ness until Friday, the 9Th, when he died
| Dr L. U. Manly, his brotherin-law went irume.
dlately to his relief on hearing that he was wound
| ed, and brought his body to this City
| Col Mcdowell was 80 years of age, upwards OF
six feet high, of very handsome features, and o.
| soldisrly and courteous bearing.