Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-07-17
CAPTAINS LANGDON CHEvEs, CHARLES T.
HASKELL JR., AND WILLIAM T. HAS

N'I'''''' '>" &'"' S"cNes hno captain Charles
j. HASKELL were killed: ard telcgraphic
dispatch hy the same mail announced that
Capt "iiliap I. Haskell Met the same fate in
the battle Mt Gettysburg Pa, OH Friday the Sd.
lhe three th'ik added to tho long catalogue of
The slam why Abbeville specially dcplores
stood to each her in the relation Of uncle and
nrphcws, one the vigor Of maturity, and
the others IN III prime Of youthful manhood
oi'en as. III u e":nmuniiy. tEs war hns
brought d'StressS mo instance of atiliction upon
atlilc''oh com'ngl pit once upon one family has
exceeded thi' Hut deeply as we sympat!i<e
with stricken sulH rers. it is in reference to the
great lo-a, vhic4 the public has susta IN cd j.,
that We desire t. sky II few words Of tho lamen.
ted dead
lh'ae Mca wert nli Of the stuff of which
heroes are Eaic-Hthcy nj! did the duties Of
HE with carncrticst uad zea!-al, died the
4"ath of martyrs il cause to which they
had devoted lhemset tves without stint. and of
cac. ~ then! it ,s 20 cyag ;eratinn to snv, the
anxious enquiry has gone forth, who can fill
his place.
LANGDON ClIEEES was at his death,
''\ NA'|'' "'" VI VIC Htte Cn"Ees, ana
posseti IN large gree the str 'ns in ei!uc |,
iron will aud Roman virtues Of his dislin.
guished fathcr. lie WIS graduate of S. C..
C"ilcge-Practicel ID 4w at C,lumbia-.was
State Reporter in lssd and retired from the
bar to the active sup4 4'intendence Of a large
estate, nnd the cmpldHlnents which ref ned
taste cultivated mind aud liberal cubiic spirit
naturally induced III a country residence
Yielding to the high demands f the OCCASION, ,
his rcpugnance to all competition for popular
ihvor he wns selected n Reiecace Il ON ST. Pc
ters' Parish to the late ate Convention. lie
was an active member OF hat budy-.dong lis
duty thcrs, us lie did Will he undertook
service with ull his migh4 HE remarks in de-
bate were always profouu and distinguished
Tor practical good sense. Immediatly after
that adjournment of rhe ouventinn, which
followed next after our cap hre of Fort Sum-
ter he entered upon mllitl ey service-sirst i +:
a company of Dragons rail 4d in the ncichbor-
hood Of his plantation-af;er the disbandment t
OF ;hat company as an nil to Gen. Drayton,
and afterwards an Engineer in Charleston
llarbor. With untirng exertions. md. main ly
battery at Red Bluff, and made obstructions in
creeks and cuts On the North side of the Savan
nah river, below the city Of Savannah. His
talent for engineering and construction he fur.
liner exercised in the sumner Of 1861, Ly build
'ng the beautiful wor at Hilton Head and
there he first plainly exhibited TO his neigh
oors the suff'cIency % q determined spirit, to
resist nea' and maIa4 a. to Gespise ease and
comfort. and to disregard fatigue and privation
More vigorous from Hefeat. he repaired from
this scene Of his frusSr ed labors, to Morris
Island. and there withdSit intermssion. he wor.
ked, as only an earned man, blessed with q
marcy constitution, can work. until his life was
'ost III, the dreadful tria Ito which the strength
ct his works was. subie&ed. Without seeking
distnction-without til dapht of rank or eu,olr
ment- away from his f4nily-unmndiul Of his
private interest, he re cd the soIscc of soc;
e's or oooks pnrtook o. the hardsli ps of tic 10
borers whom he diree1 I'D, and gave his whole
soul to tho defence Sf Charleston. Rv IN.
decree OF nm inscruta ie Providence. nc fell
by the first bomb slfeH which burst in bat,erv
nSher that lie had buB IT and was assisting 10 de
fend. In his memory AAbbeville takes special
interest, because hare is illustrious father was
oorh-herc his sisters gere all ssttle d, and one
OF them now resides and here his mia aad
children have. whilst 4 cir home is threatened
ny devastating foe, und refuge in the house
of their kinsman our eig ,bor Charles T. Has
kcil zen ior.
ChARLEs T.. HASKELL, junior. pass
al ..,L
eu win honor through the State Military
Academies, snd for so,I& years applied the un-
usual attanlnents W hid he had there made IN
Tue business of civil Eu ipeering. lilo was np-
pointed Lieutenant id fhe Regular Infantry
Regiment. raised by II State soon after th g
act OF Secession-was minently active end
successful in eulisting Bld:ers and soon. bv
regular pror,oton, been 10 Captain. This Rscl.
n'ent aeing detained on Su.lyan's Island t., do
DUTY as Artillsrisis. whit could not be entyrs.
ted 70 troops less cxperia iced, lie, for two Years
aud more, held n detacL "A command at Thomn
s"n f"iht-where his eal. grand fathcri Col
l no"'Psoh OF the hifies ("Old Danger )-re-
PIT sed the British force which attempted to
iand'to assist the naval Rack On Fort Sullivan
'"ehce'orward known ar4 Monltrie. There
10 Hns'heer ana pcHtcndent he erected
battery Marahall, and The ykmaller batteries be
tween 'hat and Fort 81 ureg ard. His bold
spirit, ever restless in in etiyfty. urped him
''' s'' ''o'' 'ei'sacr'hcHg Hg devotion, to ex-
plore the Isa' Us, creeks nd inlets bstw.,n
SullIsans Island and Sante to allow tho enc.
my 10 quiet foot-hold there TO aid vessels rum
ing ''e blockade and save 70 the enemy those
tI...k
'''at were stranded NO fin in the Uarbor
vas more active or more eful: hardy, IN
selfish, honorable and braJ he was beloved
by his brother officers and id lied by. his m an
For his daring and skill he vi selected to aid
in reconoisance Of Folly "a md, Jus. before
the late demonstration from t 10 quarter. and
in 'dischargng this duty he bade important
discoveries unfortunately to Iate). aud we.
upon Morris Island when it Ms manifest the
attack was impending. He remained TO- aid in
the defence. and having tseu. placed. 10 com
maud of detachment composed of his own
company, and a fow companies from Qea.Gra.
hams Regiment, fell at their head. CALAMITY
struggling to rspsl tho assault upon our Bate
ry at tho lower enc Of the Island. Conspicu-