The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-06
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day, is reproduced in the Ne,cs and Cos.
rter, without the knowledge of the gen.
tleman whose war record il gives to the
| public: B. R.!R.
kSl'itors Chronicle end Consfitutiondint:
was Last week ct the White Suipher
Springs, 10 Virginia, where / met Cota1
modore Pegram, who 10 SO we'll known
throughout the country. In the course
| of conversation, ct which DR.. VIM. Hu-
ger. br. Frank Huger and other Charles-
tonians were present, tae Commodore
| gave us the following Information. which
was so new TO all of us that determined
to publish it, which now do, with the
| Commodore's consent, that the gentleman
whose heroic conduct Is nsrratei may ro.
ceive at the hands OF his feltow-citiRn
that honor which he has 80 rich merited.
In the year 1856, Commodore Pegram
then in command of the Nashville, was,
with his wife, in Engliah watsrs.p One
day a very JriHht-eyed, intelligent, we'll
maDner}d youpg gentleman. an Engiish:
man, came IN him, and asked that he
might take passage with him otbS
Souther 4 3tdtest 'aA he wanted 90 come
and join the army Of the Southern States
Commodore Pegram refused the request,
saying he was under age ana he could
not think Of taking the youth out amoag
stTangcrs, 10 rim all the risks of wal.
The ynhng man besought the Commo-
dore, but il vain; he asked il he could
get the col .ent Of his guardian, if he
would let han have .passage? The Com
modore s.iil declined. The youth then
went TO Hon. W. l.. Yancey, then in
London. He SO worked upon Mr.. Yam.
cey's feelings that he wrote an earnest
request 20 the Commodore to bring the
younr man over. Still the Commoa ore
refused. Just then the Queen Of England,
having gone down TO geo the Tuscarora
and Nashville in port, ordered both TO
sea. This command, for reasons, the
| Commodore declined 70 obey, and he
went up 20 London to arrange for his
stay. While away, some hands were
1 shipped on the Nashville, and in due
course she put out to sea. Scme days
| after the Commodore vas accosted by q
very bright youth, who was all begrimed
| with coal dust and dirt. He asked who
he was and whore he had come from, and
10 mis- surprise, found that it was the
young man who had tried TO come as pas.
| senger He told the Commodore he must
overlook ig,a bhf no had det9rni1ed to
fight for sthe South. The Corhm6doYe,
pleased with his spirit, told the officer OF
the ship to put him TO some other work.
One day, certain paper passing through
| the young mana hands to the Commo-
dore, he said it was very bad English,
| and, If the Commodore would allow him,
he would correctit. This was dons, and
80 excellent was the report as made ou.
by the youth, that the Commodore i'm.
medintely made him tho captain's clerk.
On the arrival of the Nashville in the
South, the Commodore informed the Sec-
retary Of the Navy of his appointment,
and asked that it be continued; this wai
at once done. Soon after this Commo.
dore Pegram was put in command of the
James River squadron, and took the
English youth with him, To whom he had
become greatly attached. The Commo-
dore says more faithful or intelligent SER
Vice ne has never seen rendered than did
that young man give TO cause for which
he had left country and friends, aud had
come, rerfect stranger, to help them in
their struggle for constitutional freedom.
The feet in the James River was, for @
long while, Inactive. It 5eeui5 that th:s
young mans spirit chafed, for he had to
aeht, aTid 90 ono night splash was heard
alongside the ship, and feoon a man. was
seen rowing toward the enemy. There
WIS general discharge of guns at him,
but it vas not known whether he was hit
or who he was. The roll was called. and
mono was missing but the Englishnan.
The Commodore was very much hurt BY
this, but he,felt cure khatlit would be es-
planned. 4 few days afterward there vsa
very heavy engagement, In which Capt.
Pegram's battery was in the thickest.
After the fight Commodore Pegram re-
ceived a'message from his relative, saying
there wis young Engiishman with them
badly wounded who wished 10 see him.
The Commodore went at once. Capt.
Pegram told him that he mad never seen
such cool bravery in his life as this Young
man displayed ), that he kney he had come
from his ship; no 6hdJ JFolA all the cir
cumstances. He had SWAIN out towards
the Yankees to escapo our sentinels, but
EVAN ITO CAp3. Pegsams battery WlAre
he had taken Part in the fight, and had
ahoalder: Ths Gd%Soaofa 81 ;p ha% aSg Si% Sna
takenlto0Afrs. Cayy,s. in, Richmond, and
carefully nutsed.l While there an order
was issued for on examination Of men for
office in tho ordnance d6naFEzlGft. Com
modore Peernm fmrnishael EhiA Young
friend with books, and lSamo NO or three
timea a week to examin4'hims Tin Com
mbdbfe Gays no progressed so Riila that
soon he found himSsti dSiA Abisso & fAine
him, @ he knew In1S6 is ssEaa lie
did. He introduced enc yoanS Sd
man 70 q certain gent On, 10 sSlpi
who had some vaks fihe 'iluzs b "a Titis
gentlemaa conceived -buch likina sfor
the ihtblllE EAnt, braae' young fello,7Sthat
he offered hfaH 1.-The plos of dis heisea'ri If
be would 6oM'a cot No. 1 ia tho exaualn.
alton. This the youth onadeatly, aaid
could scarcely be expectpd.i We'll, baid
the gentleman, pass your examibSS{ion,
aud yod shall havs the EesCc5nd ciiSaiics. ciiaiy.
The examination came Oh, slnd ere y0tlfig
man ehnAe ont No. I. the heas hhnraaal hh.nHraa 81
the stables Vhsl given him, and still
wohhded and agaiU55 5vemonatFEacss. he
rdpostea for duty. Before the war aas
oyer he had pushed himself up 70 the iirat
position in ,h!a department. Commodore
Pegrau,'S hiptory is much lonser Than
this, but It may be sutnmed In tHSbe
words that 'ih an nia experience of uisn.
he never tiet with more devotion to duty.
moEU gallant action, sel.1ni moro nt;ll:ty
thRn this young Eng.'ssman tliaDlayed
oaall occssione, and ip every position,
aud how he has for him the ,moat sincere
and devoted Affection. The circle 10