Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-29
For The Advertiser.
Names &c Edgedeld Soldiers Wanted

Names Ct Edseheld Soldiers wanted.
ED1Tos ADvERT1sER-Can you assist me in
procuring the names of the officers and mon
who volunteered in the cause now lost, but
dear toeyery true heart in the South? Our
banner ltss folded, but it is dear to US If
we failed we have history. 1t lies with our
selves to.Rrite it TRUTH 1y and honestly. 1t
can wt.lbear the test of time. We need not
go to Roman or Greek story for instances of
the sublime in valor or the beautiful in pa.
triotisrna We have them in the deeds fyour
noble Edge6eld soldiers. Your District has
the honofof sending the first volunteers to
Charleston iu 1861 they went thither during
the frstsweek in January. Will the living
endeavoEto give the names of their glorious
dead They 'honored and defended us in
life; letas leave their names to be placed on
the pags Of book to be made Of facts and
deeds Torthy of record If our Banner is
furled and laid away, heroes love it still; those
who followed it through many battles, and
the spiritso those who fell around it.
The Bones of our heroes may lie.in un-
known graves, but their memories rest with
us. Wsmust honor their history and preserve
it. Remember them in their Jackets of Gray,
when enthusiasm and patriotism spread like
6re.anaithey marched proudly to the fray, to
defend tleir honest rights.
WhoiAas written the history of the gallant
volunteers of Edgefeld? They werethe first
in war5ss the records of the past show that
on thesffh of January 1861, Capt ADAMS,
and hisEdgefeld Rifles departed for Charles
ton. Tieir deeds must be recorded. The
tears ostmothers, the disappointed hopes of
fathers,fhe hearts of affectionate sisters, cher,
sh the image of each noble boy whom they
shall see 10 more; no more, save in the eyes
Of a rleSing memory No District in the
State lost more soldiers thar Edgefeld. There
is a vacant place in many, many households.
Photographs and letters of love are all that
remainsof some Of the noblest men who ever
offered.ther lives on the altar of patriotism.
Many left their loving friends and the com
forts Of home, and passed through all the
hardships of soldiers life,-privatons and
fatigues such as none but those fighting for
their homes and country could endure. The.
Confederate soldier was never known to mur-
mur or repinel
Wcwil not speak of those still living. Our
noble leaders, by their dignity and patience,
now, asiby their heroism and valor in the
war, give us still another lesson Of perfect
manhood. Will the officers who now live as
useful citizens furnish the names of the men
they once led to victory or to death? Upon,
A.,
write history without the truth. Ii half the
acts OF the mothers wives. sisters and daugh'
tiers were recorded, historians would have a
theme for eloquence; but if only the deeds
of the soldiers were recorded, soldiers who
fill unknown graves, such history of noble
worth and truth would be unrolled as would
astonish posterity.
We wish the name Of every soldier who
volunteered, be he living or dead, to put IN
the record. The living need not fear to pre-
serve the history of their glorious dead, for
they may be proud Of the Boys in Gray
Cherish their memories u! We owe lhls 10
the living! We are helpless at the feet OF
political power. The body NAV be chained
indeed, dead but the spirit lives on.
Respectfully,
NJ. A. DUIE.