The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24
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in the Army of Northern Virginia. under
tile Immortal Lee, and 1t brings to our mind
the slty detl soma of our State, who went
forth in the bloom of youth and the VlgOr
of ,ariy mauhoeA. to do battle uRder ITS
color, now sleeping upon every battle field
where thar army Of heroes recorded It's
leeds upon the pages OF history in the blood
Of the sons OF the south and her enemies
alike.
The 18th Regiment was organized at
Csrinth early in 1861, over twelve hun
dred strong, with Burt ~ Colonel, Grif-
fin as Ieutenaat-Colonel and Baliour
AS Major. Ii Was com POS. d o the following
companies A. Confederate Rides of Ra'I-
kIn-Captain I'M. Jayne. b, Benon Ri
lies OF Yazoo-CaptAin w. III. Luse. Z.
lConicderatts OF Madison-Captain o. Il.
Singleton. d. Hamer Rifles OF Iazoo-
Captain c. +. Hamer. E. College Rifles of
IIinds--Capsaiu Witbourn. +. Deasonville
Rides of Yazoo--Captain j. b. Gerald. q.
Camden Rifles of Madison-Captain Me
Willie H. Brown Rebels OF Hinds-Cap-
tain A. G. Brown. |. Beauregard Rifles of
Madison Captain \. G.. k"arney, and Is.
Burt Rifles of Hinds-Captain L. FoIftaine.
IL left a bloody trail upon the hills and
the beautiful valleys of Virginia, through
| Maryland, even unto The heights of Penhsyl-
vania 1t could have been traced by its
! dead and It's dying upon the plains OF Geo'-
| gia and the snow -clad mountains OF Ten
nessee. It participated in the battles OF
First Manassas, Leesburg, Malvern Hill,
Harpcr's Ferry, Sharpsburg, First and sec
ond Fredericksb Gettysburg, Chicka-
mauga, Knoxville, Second Wilderness, the
ten days battle of Spottsylvani1 Court
House, Second Cold Harbor, the first weeks
| fighting at Petersburg. Barryvills, VIM
chester and Cedar Creek. 1t fought in the
trenches during the last weeks at Peters
burg and was the rear guard of the Grand
Army daring the mournful retreat from
that place; grounding its arms 1T AppOmat-
/ tox (when its beloved General SURRENDERED
his swortl) by the order Of Sergeant Ware
commanding, seventeen men strong, who
gathered around in silence ami in tears, to
| give its bullet riddled ba:tlo-hiI a mourn.
full alieu.
| In these great battles, and the m ore than
one hundred skirmishes in which t. was en-
gagged, 1t IN lde record equ Il , the bo.t
of the regiments that Mis- i.sppi sent t. the
field, Of whom 1t has been Faithfully writ
ten, that none from the lst t. the Ash in
elusive, ever turne their backs to the enc
my OF ever groun led their arms except ut
the general surrender.
| We have not the space to record the names,
II we remembered them, OF all its noble
dead, but we cannot refrain from recalling
those of Burt, Henry. Ctmpbsll. MoWiIlia,
Anderson, Pcttus, Holloway, Territt, All
ing, GoodlOc, Cowau, Stuart, Cunlifs, Glib
son, Battley, Il ,stwick, Williams, Hackett,
Roberts, Vaughn, the Helms Fountain
Barksdale, Henderson, and Newton. all
of whom, with several hun.lrel others
gave their lives to the cause which was dear
TO their hearts.
Company III, of whom the letter speaks,
commanded by the Browns father and son,
Rhymes and Others participated with the
reKim in every battle, offered up its sac
riices on every field, and had its repr SEN
tatives at Appomattox.
We regret to say, in reference to our re-
specie and revered correspondent, that
there is no association in Jackson for the
purpose of which he speaks. We hope that
a State Mem orial Association will be formed
soon, with headquarters here, or in Vicks-
burg, Columbus, or some other suitable place,
to gather up these treasured relic.-ln any
OF which are hid len away throughout the
State-and preserve them until the time ar
rives WREN it will not be considered dIsloy-
nj to the Republic, or offensive to the 10y
alists, for Southern men to point with pride
to the deeds OF Southern men, aB1 the r<b-
els of 1861 will be spoken of only as are the
rebels of l77d. When the heroes who fou xht
and died during the dark years of 1861 to
1860, whether they were clad in the blue or
wore the ragged gray, will be remembered
as Americas sons and the Republics
pride alike. Then, but not till then blley
could be given into the hands of the State
to preserve. II we mistake not the Nation
al Government has in its posses .ion, aud is
preserving with great care, the archives
of the Confederacy with many "rebel'' bat
tie flags to wav1 over them. These i'm
prisoned relics are IN Dnlm ms To our
heroes, shining brighter and brighter in
the eyes OF all the world as the pa .sion, OF
the war subside. In this connection, We
will add, we cannot believe the 'boys in
blue" who m It oar m en face to face, IN tot
to foot, lighting them inch by inch to
the end, would see any great crime, or
crying shame, if,even new, the library halls
of the Ctpitol were festooAed with MISS
sippi's regimental and company fl lg,; bar
the fInhtical pbitticiln3 W % see ltel the
battle from afar, would raise the whoop of a
new rebellion" and shake the bloody shirt
with renewed vigor. But, the letter:
TERRY, Hlsps Co, Miss, Nay 10th, 1876
To Captain Huris BarksIale
DEAR SIR have an i'm preston that there
is in jackson al association of some sort.
which receives and takes care of Conletler-
ate relics. If there is, | assume that you, as
"A matter of course, know all about it,
have the muster roll of Co. H. 18th ,diS.
sisstppi Drown Rebelsl with annoHations as
to what became of its members Within
the last few days, the flag" presented to
that company by the ladies OF Terry, when
they went out to battle, has been returned
to me. 1t Is tattcred and torn; but there
clusters around it thousand hallnwed rec
objections. have been requested to take
chargt or 1t, but it seems to me that IL there
49, at the seat OF Government, society or
an association which takes charge or such
things, they are the proper custodians.
IL there be such an association, please let
NE know, and | will, in some appropriate
way, cause the muster roll and what re-
mains OF the flag, to be placed ia their pos
session.
l write to you in full remembrance OF
what you did, and or the splendid death of
your heroic uncle, Gen. William BarkstlaIe
These recOllections assure me that If there
Is corner in jackson where Corifederate
relics are stored, you know where IL Is and
who has charge OF it.
Very truly, your friend,
goo. ; - ~ -1e- p III = .s,.sE
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