The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-11-24
A Gallant South Carolinian Gone-Death Of
Col. James r. Hegood.

A Gallant South Carolinian GOne-Death Of
Col. James r. Hagood.
How often it is that the loved and the gifted
die young The ancients were in the habit of
saying, "Whom the gods love, die young"
Christianity recognizes the fact that in the
providence of Almighty God the most highly
endowed of His creatures are often removed
from the scenes of earth by accident or dis.
ease, ere the promise of youth can be redeemed
by the realizations of mature manhood.
We write sitting near the lifeless remains of
o remarkable young mana devoted son of
South Carolina-a gallant ex-Confederate Co.
lionel.
Col. Hagood died of the severe wounds that
he received in the disastrous accident that re-
Gently occurred on the Greenville and Colum-
bia Railroad. His strong frame-his stronger
will-his patient endurance-his marked COM
posure-the attention of father, brothers, COM
rades and friends-the skill and the effort of
his physicians love of kindred bril-
liant record-these could not save him. Death
has laid its impress upon his manly brow, In
Gods providence, his time had come to die.
"He, the young and strong,
VINO cherished noble longings for the strife,
BY the roadside fell and perished,
Weary with the march OF life"
Col. Hagood was remarkable man, and led
q remarkable career. Born in Barnwell, South
Carolina, he was the son of that highly es-
teemed citizen, DR.. Hagood, and the brother of
Gen. johnson Hagood-one of the frmest,
truest and best generals that South Carolina
and the Citadel Academy gave to the Confede-
racy.
From his childhood, COL Hagood was char
acterized by unusual insensbility to fear
When mere child, after some ghost stories
had inspired the usual feelings in his little
companions he expressed himself as entertain
ing no fears whatever Whereupon, he was
challenged to go into neighboring cemetery
and pluck some moss from one of the graves.
He repaired to the spot and returned with the
plucked moss. This we mention as charac
teristic incident of his childhood. During his
boyhood, he was noted for his robust sense of
honor-for his rigid adherence to the right.
"Boys," he would say, 'this is not right, and
we must not do it." Young Hagood, upon
reaching the proper age, became cadet in the
South Carolina Military Academy, in which
his brother, Gen. Hagood, had graduated with
the first honors of his class. His restless long
ings for the strife in which his State was en-
barked, led him to leave the peaceful shades of
the academy for the fields of war. He entered
the First South Carolina Infantry, Bratton's
Brigade, as private rose to be Captain, and
was promoted over eight senior officers to be
Colonel of his regiment-this unusual promo
ton being made by the President of the Con-
federate States, for distinguished gallantry on
the battlefield. At the time he was made Co
lionel, he was but nineteen years old, and his
promotion came on his nineteenth birthday.
We deem it unnecessary to narrate at length
his military services. Suffice it to say that he
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vice, and that his power of command and of
attaching his men to his person, were marked
features of his military career. He was cool,
sagacious, resolute and daring Tender and
gentle in camp, he was thunderbolt in war.
He survived the war with brilliant record
the Youngest Colonel in the service. After thE
war ended, Col. Hagood entered the foreig1,
naval service, as sailor, before the mast.
Here, he soon rose to the post of second mate,
and was in the line of rapid promotion when
he returned to his native State. He next be-
came engaged in planting in connection with
his brother, Gen. Hageod. But his enterpri-
sing spirit aspired to more ambitious employ
ments. He determined to seek service in
Egypt. Furnished with the highest certificates
by ex-President Davis, General Lee, and 9TH
ers, he was expecting q commission from the
Ruler of Egypt when he received his death
wound. At the time of the accident, Colonel
Hagood was on his way to Columbia, to attend
the meeting of the Survivors Association. On
the occasion of the accident, his presence of
mind did not abandon him. Although despe-
-ately wounded in the head, with his own
c1ands he bound his handkerchief around the
gaping wound, and then moving off, tainted
away from physical exhaustion. He recovered
from this state and was conveyed to Columbia.
At the depot, his younger brother met him.
Seeing him weeping at the sight he himself
am badly hurt, but these things will happen"
appreciated his situation and received it with
O collected mind. During the days that he
lived, there was some confusion of words, but
none of ideas. He recognized all of his &C
quaintances, and knew that his father and
brothers and friends were around him. He
grew restless only as his death drew nigh. He
died on his twenty-sixth birthday. On his
birthday he was made Colonel in
the Confederate army. On his twenty-sixth
birth day-just seven years precisely thereaf-
ter--he died.
We have penned enough to show chat re-
qualities attached to the deceased
Caroinian. A man of iron nerves, of strong
will, of manly bearing, of lofty soul-in him
the State has lost one of whom she was proud
and upon whose right arm she might have
looked for aid in the hour of trouble. How
strange is Gods providence Here is a man
who passed unharmcd through the storm of
war, and at last he dies from railroad casual
ty l--C6lumbid Phenir.
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