Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-05
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Are any attending to the call of Prof RIVERS,
the Agent appointed by the State to make cor
rect Roll Of South Caroiina's gallant dead? 1t
matters no. whother our late struggle shall be
called Treason, Rebellion, or lnsurrection, we are
not ashamed Of IL; and in after years it will be
the chiefcst'pride Of Southern (perhaps We might
with propriety say Amercarj citizen to claim
kindred with OF descent from, those who fought,
who bled, who died. on its glorious battle fields.
. From the fact that the archives of the Confed
crate Government were captured, and many Of
them destroyed, by tho enemy, it is probable that
we shall never be able to obtain anything like an
approximation Of our dead and missing from that
source. The parents, the relatives, the friends of
these heroes then must furnish the list And
this ve oro snre is sh:,L-A-~----r--s--'6 TO ruIor
and patriotism, TO departed worth, and TO the
claims Of Posteriey.
Well do We remember that Cowan from this
District died like hero in the first and noblcst
defence of Secessionville. P. B. MCDANIEL Of
the gallant Major ABygr's sharpshooters, fell on
the desperate Geld Of Pocotaigo in the front rank
of our Forlorn Hope. WALTER II. kIRKsEY, the
son of our fellow-citizen E. p. II. KInKsEr, while
boy of only sixteen summers, accompanied the
T.h Regt, under Col. BACON, to Vrsinin; being
discharged thence on account Of i'll health, he
Joined. at Columbia, the 22d Regt., which was
just then organized by Col. JOSEPH ABSEY; pro-
ceedeG to Charleston with his command, was Sc
cctcd rs one Of tho detail of Ten to aid in with
standing the attack upon Scccs:onvilc; stood by
the side of CowAY when he YIELDED up hslife; from
exposure and fatigue, contracted fatal malady,
which, at the Augusta Hospital, on the Goth June
1862, and in the 18th year of his age, tcrmina-
ted his brief but honorable career. a like fate
bcfel his brother, BRYANT P. kIRKsEY, on the
10th May 1865, at Gainsboro Hospital, N. G. He
departed also in the 18th year Of his age, possess
cd of all the hcroism of his elder brother. Twas
speak in earnest and eloquent terms Of these
youthful brothers, and lament that such names
and such examples should not be rescued from
oblivion.
And JACOB BozIER, who perished in Virginia.
He was distinguished as one among the most
steadfast and intrepid Of all the soldiers who
fought on the lines between the Savannah aud
the Potomac and there were few fortresses and
few battle fields in this wide expanse of country
that did not witness display-of his courage and
devotion.
And why do VIC mention these gallant spirits in
particular? For of course there are hundreds Of
others, whom We do not now call to mind; Of
whom VIC never heard perhaps will nerer hear.
Our reason is this. OF tho death of these jewels
of the State, wo do not remember to have seen so
much as common obituary notice, or bare
mention in the Journals and Reports.
We conclude therefore thus: It is the duty of
all patriots, of all who glory in the remembrance
of Southern devotion and selfsacrifce, of all who
love the "Lost Cause" to preserve the names and
the memory of their dear children and friends
from forgetfulneas and cold oblivion.
In this number of the Advertiser will be found
an account of the glorious meeting of soldiers in
Anderson, and the organization there Of SOL
diers Association.
We earnestly exhort the hundreds Of brave SOL
diers in Edgefeid District to consider the objects
of the Anderson Association; and then to meet
together and form like one here.