The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-07-18

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Murray Robinson, slightly, Henry
Brown.
May 18, 1864, severe skirmish at
Burmuda Hundred, lasting all day.
No casualties in Edis:o Rifles.
On the Sd Of June, 1864, the whole
regiment was again engaged in the
second battle Of Cold Harbor. In
this battle. the Edisto Rifles su fercd
no loss. MIR. Cooke, in his life of
General Lee, speaking Of this en-
gagenenl, says: "On the morning Of
the Sd Of June, soon after daylight,
General Grant threw his whole army
straight forward against Lees front,
all along his line. The conflict whicl,
| followed was one of those bloody
grapples, rather than battles, which,
discarding all man@uvring or brain.
work in the commanders, depend for
the result upon the brute strength of
the forces engaged. The action did
not last half an hour, and in that
time the Federal loss was thirteen
thousand men,"
A few days after tlis battle the
Edisto Rifles lost Private Louis F.
Rush, faithful and brave soldier.
Major John V. Glover was also
wounded at Cold Harbor on the =
day Of June, 1864, and died at How
ard Grove Hospital on the 1Gth day
Of June, 1864. This VAS one of the
severest blows that could have bcfal-
len the Twenty-fifth Regiment South
Carolina Volunteers. Major Glover
had but few equals as a rcsimental
commander. Intelligent, cool, brave
and fearless, he never was known to
falter in his duty, and under the
\ most trying circumstances always
displayed the genius Of consum-
mate commander. John V. Glover
and Geo. II. Elliott received the first
lessons, which so eminently fitted
them for the positions they occupied ,
in the Edisto Rifles. We cannot for
get these brave, noble spirits, and
the gallant men whom they led.
They were slain for us,
And their blood flowed out In vain for us.
Red, rich and pure, Oh the plain for us
And years may 60,
But our tears shGi flow
Ger the dead who huvc died in vain for
u.s."
After the. battle Of Cold Harbor
the Twenty-fifth South Carolina Vol
untcers did duty in the trenches at
Petersburg. There Sylvanus p. Hall,
a good soldier and true, was killed.
i On the 21st day Of August, 1864
the whole Regiment was engaged IN
the battle Of the Weldon Railroad.
This has always been considered the
severest engagement in which the
Edisto Rifles took part. In this en-
gagement the company was COM
manded by FIRST Lieutenant Samuel
n. Kennerly. Hagood's Brigade went
into this battle with about seven hun
drcd men. After the fight the whole
number fit for duty was about two
hundred. The Edisto Rifles suffered
severely. Killed: Lieut.. Samuel N.
kcnncrly; Privates-G. b. Crider,
Jacob Cutler, +. J. Frcize, w. w.
Taylor. Wounded: Orderly Scrg'.
REM. ?. IziaT, Coip'i HYHTiiii iii. ira".iiug
Privates, j. z. Bruce, Joseph Graves,
j. ID. Ott.
The following lines written by j.
Blythe Allston, an officer in IIagood's
Brigade Immediately after the charge
at the battle Of the Weldon Railroad,
are so graphic and truthful that
cannot forbear quoting them, notwith-
standing their length:
Scarce seven huriire.l men they sand
In tattered. rude array,
a remnant of that gallant band,
Who erstwhilc held the sca-girt strand
or Morris Isle with iron hand
'Gatnst Yankees hated sway.
Sccessionvillc their banner claims,
And Sumter, held mid the flames,
And the dark battle on the streams
OF Pocotalligo;
And Walthal's functions hard-earned
fight,
And Drury's Bluffs embnltlcd height
Whence, ut the gray dawn of light,
They rus he'd upon the foe.
Tattcred and torn those banners now
But NOT less proud each lofty brow
Untau@ht as yet TO yield;
with mien unblenched. unfalternG eye
Forward, when bombshells shriekina
fly
Fleeking with smoke the azure sky.
On Wcld0n's fatcd field.