Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-02-11
Camp Notes.

The Second Brigade Of; the Light Di.
vision has been hitherto popularly known.
as Gregg's. It's now cGowsn's Brigade
Itconsists Of the same Regiments as here.
tofore. The following order has Just been
published to the Brigade, under date Of
"Gamp Gregg, Va, Jan. 30, 1858 :"
aGENERAL ORDERS, No. 12.-By. au.
thority ofthe 1st paragraph of General
Orders, No. So, from the Adjutant and
Inspector Generals office, the Brigadier
General commanding takes pleasure IN eau.
sing to be inserted on The standards of the
different Regiments Of the Brigade the
names Of the several battles in which they
have been actually engaged: &
The list of battles is a long one. The
Aag Of the 1st South Carolina Regiment
s. c. Volunteers was at Fort Sumter, where
the first gun Of the revolution was fred,
and those of the 18th and 18th Regiments
s. G. v Volunteers were first unfurled in bat
tie at Port Royal Ferry, s. G., on the lst
of January, 1862, where they marked With,
bloody significance the advent Of the event
fal year which has just closed whilst the
18th Regiment and Orr's Regiment of
Rifles s. C. Volunteers have stood shoul-
der to shoulder with their comrades in all
the great battles fought by the army Of
Virginia, from Mechanicsville to Freder.5
icksburg.. 4. X
The campaign Of the year 1862 is now
ended, and no soldier engaged in twill
ever be ashamed'to have it compared with.
any in history. This now veteran brigade.
has made many forced marches, suffered
many privations, and fought many battles.
In the cause of the country they have done
much to be proud Of, but in the same cause,
they may be called upon to do much more.
Therefore as an evidence of past. and at
the same time an incentive to future glory,
the Brigadier General commanding directs
that the following names of battles be en-
tered in some conspicuous place on the
standards of the respective regiments OF
this brigade: -:
List South Carolina Regiment S. 20. ],
Vols: Fort Sumter-V Vienna-Me Mechanics-
yille-Cold Harbor-Frasier's Farm-2d
Manassas OK Hill-Harpers Ferry
Sharpsburg ShepherdstoRn-and Freder-
icksburg.
H-orr's Regiment Of Rifles, So. Ca.
Vols Mechanicsville-Cold Rarbor-Fra.
sier's Farm-2d Manassas-Ox Hill-Har.
per's erry-Sharpsburg hepherdstown
and Fredericksburg.
III-12th Regiment So. Ca. Vols: Bay
Poiut-Port Royal Ferry-Mechanicsvilie
Gold Harbor-Frasier's Farm-2d Ma
nassas-Ox Hill-Harper's Ferry-Shep-
herdstown-and Fredericksburg.
1V-13th Regiment So. Ca. Vols: Me-
chanicsville-Cold Harbor--Frasier's Farm
I'd Manassas Hill-Harper's Ferry
.sharpsburg epherdstoWn-and Fred
ericksburg.
V-l4th Regiment 80. "a. ois fore
Royal Ferry-Cold Harbor-Frasier's Farm
-2d Manassas-Ox Hill-Sharpsburg-
Shepherdstown-and Fredericksburg.
By command of
Brig. Gen. MCGOWAN.
J. G. BARNwELL, JR,, A. A. A. Gen,
It will be observed that some of the a.
boye battle.nanss are compendious terms;
and that the newspapers have written of
Them under various names, sometimes the
enemy using one and we another.
Thus, Bay Point, has been spoken OF BY
The general name Of Hilton Head and Port
Royal. MechauicsVille embraces all the
Sighting at that place, at Beaver Dam, and
1T Enyson's Mails. Cold Harbor is the
Po,o7site Creek Of Gen. Lees first report,
and the Gaines Farm of the newspapers.
Frasier,s Farm is .aliassd with WiAis,
Church and DR.. Roinderter's. Malvern
Hill, alias Crews, Farm, is not inscribed
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