Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-22
Officer. Killed at Charleston.

The Mercury pays a passing tribute to Two
heroes. whose names hive long been identified
with the history of South Caroliaa;
Even in the midst of oar dangers and our
preparations for the coming trlsiS We must
pause in grief at the loss Of some OF our pest
and brayest, who fell early in the action OF
FRIDAY last. Conspicuous amongst these Were
CAPTAINS Langdon Cheves and Charles /.
Haskell. =,
Langdon. Cheves, who was killed oy the
s,s, .bell which the enemy fired at Battery
Wagner, is o son Of the illnstrious Caroilnian
who has rendered the same name 4 household
word in the State. Previous to the war nc
had been a successful planter III 81. Peters
Parish. on the Savannah RIVER Since the
breaking nut of hostilities ne bad never ceased
to labor. with constant aud unseiish zeal, for
III, good of the cause. In the spring OF 1871
he vvlunteeredt TO raise the labor for and SUI
renntend tee works on Hil:on Head. After
the completion of these, he became volunteer
mid to Genpral nrsyton, wbo assigned MIN &c
engineer duly. He constructed The works al
Red Bluff, and was engaged upon other min0r
works until July, 1862, VIXEN he was ordered
in charge OF the works on Morris Island.
BATTERY Wagner and Cunmine' Point, with
some minor, works on the Island are the re
suits of his energy and skill. For more than
two wears he thus served his country, without
asking or receiving either rank Or pay until
abnut two months ago, when the Wal Depart
men. al Redmond conferred upon MIN the
commission of Captain Of Engineers, IN re-
copni:ion Of his services. In the full vlsor
of manhood he has fallen attic battery witch
he i,aa 51eeir al So mut- - @
mo . record which will not uubeseeln the
mcmory of the sire whose name ne 5nre: !,
,Iaptain Charles I. Haskell had reached
his Tsth year. lie was 4 grandsna'o L:ug-
dom Cheyes the elder. anu also OF Major Has
kall ofRevolutionary- fame. After graduating
with honor at the Citadel -Eca4emy, he be-
came an engineer on the Charleston and SA-
yannah Railroad, and was entrusted with the
construction of the %trest!e work over Rat
toyles and at other places on the road. Sub
s.o,eutly he served with distinction Us I'm
c;ne.r OF tie Northeastern Railroad and (pi-
der Government employ in leveeing the Mis-
s%issippi. When the war began, he prtnp'i;'
returned to this. his native STATE, and volun-
teered. For a long time he acted with great
usefulness and success as recruiting officer,
but was afterwards appointed Captain and
placed in command of ac>mpanyon Suliivaa's
Island, where he was u~seSully employed in
defending the island and stranded vessels,
snd in scouting. At tho time the late At
lack began, no was just preparing to make a
forray'within the enemy's lines but circum-
stances having prevented this. he was appoint
ed to the command of three companies at the
point where he fell.
Amiable and affectionate in disposition, and
endowed, morally and physically, with an in
domi,able courage, he made for himself warm
friends wherever be went. He has been cut
Off the bloom of youth, at Q time when his
prospects were most brilliant and promising
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