The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-17
THE LATE COLONEL HAeooD.
-. -. 4.y.s - !
A Remarkable Man.

Colonel James Hagood, who was desperately
wounded ip the accident on the GreenvIi!c and
Columbia Railroad which took place last week,
died In Columbia, on Tuesday morning. faint
hope was entertained Of his recovery, and this
heIghtens the pain caused BY the tidings Of hia
untImey. death. Full Of hope and courags,
hero in peace no less than in war, ia him the State
has lost son Of whom she might well be proud,
and to whom. she might confidently, look for aid
in her every hour of trouble. -
The following sketch OF the life Of the dead sol.
dier Of the South is taken from the Columbia
Phoenix:
Colonel Hagood was q remarkable man. md
led remarkable career. Born in Barnwell, tuth
Carolina, he was the son Of that highly este med
Johnson Hagood, one OF the frmest, truese and
best generals that South Carolina and the c.Iedel
Academy gave to the Confederacy:
GhasoS oGone Sag00a q Sar
When mere child, after some ghost stories had
inspired the usual feelings In his little compan.
ions he expressed himself as entertaining No
fears whatever. Whereupon ne was cna,enge
moss from one Of the graves. he repaired to the
spot and returned with the plucked moss. THIS
we mention as characteristic incident OF, his
ssa Rqns sense s % 9s Is
herense M to the right. "Boysn he would say,
"ths ,s not right, and Ye must not do 1t" Young
Hagood, upon reaching the proper age, became
which his brother General Hagood, had gradual
ed with the first nonOrs OF his class His restless
longipgs for the strife In which lis State was en-
barke led hun to ax sds sn He eeped
the First South Carolina Infantry, Bratton's Brig
| ade, as private; rose to be captain, and was
promoted over eight senior officers to be oe colonei
| of his regment-this unusual; prom lotion, being
made by the President of the Confederate States,
| for distinguished galantry on the battlefield.
AT the time he was made colonel, he was but
nineteen years old, and his promotion came on
We deem it unnecessary to narrate at length
his military services. Suffice II, to say that he
made his regiment one OF the best IN the service,
and that his power OF command and OF attaching
his men to his person were marked features OF
his military career. He was cool, sagacous, res
olute and daring. Tender and gentle In camp, he
was thunderbolt In war: He survived the War
with o brilliant record-the youngest colonel IN
| the service. After the war ended, Colonel: Ha-
good entered the foreign naval service as sailor
before the mast. Here he soon rose TO the post OF
second mate, and was IN the line OF rapid promoion
when he returned to his native State He next
| became engaged In planting In connection with
his brother, General Hagood. But bis enterprising
| spirit aspred to more ambitious employments.
ed with the highest certificates by ex:Presldent
| Davis, General Lee and Others, he was expecting
| q commission from the ruler OF Egypt when he
received his death wound. at the time Of ire ac'
cident, Colonel Hagood was on his way to Column
bia, to attend the meeting Of the Survivors, Esso-
| ciation. On the occasion Of the accident, hts
presence OF mind did not abandon him. Although
desperately wounded In the head, with his own
hands he bound his handkerchief arouna @
the gaping wound, and then moving OF,
| 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 presented, Colonel Hagood said:
| lice, be man, be a man: am badly hurt, 6ut
these things viii happen" To his elder brother
he intimated that he fully appreciated his situa-
ton, and received it with collected mind.
| During the days that he lived, there was some
confusion Of words, but none OF IDEAS he recog-
nized all OF bis acquaintances, and knew that his
| father and brothers and friendswere around him.
he grew restless only as bis death grew nigh. Al
8 O'Clock on yesterday, he died-the day being his
twenty-sixth birthday On his nineteenth birth.
day he was made Q colonel in the Confederate
army. On his twenty: sixth birthday-ust seven
years precisely thereafter-he died.