The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-10

1856 had opened, the new building
was completed, and cadets and Of
ficers Of the school took formal pos
session. The resources of the school
were now much enlarged, its capacity
of accommodation better, and the
roll of students growing larger every
week. To meet these applications,
required still further addition to
the roll of instructors, and the SER
vices of Lieut.. e. NJ. Law, then on
the eve of graduation ut the citadel,
in Charleston, was secured for the
opening session of 1857.
The preparatory school of Coward
& jenkins was now established on q
solid basis, and its influence extend
ed into nearly every Southern State.
It was no longer nh experiment. but
success in which the people of
South Caralina shared the gratula-
tions and pride of tho projectors of
the enterprise. From this time for
ward there was seldom spare berth
in the capacious building, nor ever q
name erased from the roll, without
applicants ready for the place. Ad-
ditional instructors were sought for,
and the namo of Robert X. Thomas,
another graduate of the citadel, ap-
peared the next year as an officer of
the institution. Later, the names of
r. T. Harper and j. w. Jamison-
the former another citadel boy, and
the latter n graduate ut Paris, in
France-appeared upon the roll of
instructors.
The year 1861 opened with the hot
breath of w:lr flaming the scaboard
Of South Carolina, aud the hurrying
to and fro of armed men to pnrtici-
pate i'll tho threatened conflict The
officers of the "King's Mountain
Military School, were not idle spec
tators of this scene. Their military
education and experience, caused the
people Of the up-conntry, naturally,
to turn to them rs leaders in marshal
ling the soldiers of South Carolina
for the field, and i'll leading them in
tho coming conflict. That trust was
faithfully met. The chivalrous Jen-
kins became Colonel of tho 5th South
Carolina Infantry, and from April,
1861, ut Fort Sumter, until the
bloody field of tho Wilderness, in
May, 1864, he led first, his regiment
then his famous brigadc--into
nearly every battlefield in Virginia;
in the hard-fought field of Chicka-
manga; up the slopes Of Lookout
Mountain; before the bitches of
knoxvillc; and finally, Oh the 9th Of
May, 1864, while leading his veteran
brigade to his last victory, fell ut it's
head, mortally wounded. South Ca
rolinA SACRIFICED no trucr soldier-no
more chivalric and gentlemanly Of
ticer, Than when she gave Brigallicr-
General Micah Jenkins to the 'lost
cause"
Captain Asbury Coward and Lieut..
Jamison conducted the exercises of
the school tho first session of 1861;
and then formally closed the institu.
tuition. Captain Coward entered the
Adjutant- Generals Department in
the iield-participated in tho battles
around Richmond, at Manassas in
1862, in Maryland, and finally be-
came Colonel of the 9Th South Cnro-
lima Infantry--flling the vacancy
occasioned by the promotion of Jcn-
llins to Brigadior- General. In this
capacity, he remained until the sur
render of the cause at Appomattox
Court House, in 1865.
Lieut.. Il. NJ. Law resigned his
Profcssorship in tho school III 1859,
and removed to Alabama. That State
called him to the lead of ono of her
best reg;monts-tl,e 4th Alabama.
Several times wounded, aud acting n
conspicuous part i'll all the great bat
ties of Virginia promoted to Briga-
dicr-Gcncr;lI, and leading brigade
from Fredericksburg until the sur
render i'll 1865, lie we'll met the cx-
pcctations Of his Alma Mater, and
sustained the confidence Of the State
Of his adoption.
The other Professors in this insti-
tution-Jamison and Harper-sus-
tained each Il crcditablc part in the
war.
Licnt. G. A. ScabrooE entered SER
vice as Captain of the Jasper Light
Infantry; and, while faithfully doing
his duty rs Assistant Adjutant- Gene
raj Of Jenkins Brigade, fell Mt Ma
nassas Plains, August 80, 1862. Gal-
liant, accomplished and beloved, he
yielded the precious sacrifice TINT all
stood ready to offer. "RequieScM in
pace"
Lieut.. II. X. Thomas-a noble