The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
Those Who Died Fer Us.
Some Account of the interesting Ccre.
monies in Honor of Our Fallen He.
roes, Columbia, May Ii, 1870.
THE A PARADE.
A Column which the City Could moi
COntain..The Dressing Of the
Streets.

The line of march led straight up tho
broad Main street to u point about two
blocks above the poStofilcc, where each plat
loun wheeled and rctrnccd its steps. 1t Is
! hard to imagine Il more brilliant and stirring
/ scene than this portion OF the city presented
: during the progress OF the parade. The de-
| CnratiOns We're not so protuse us on lamp
tons Day in 1870, but they were sufficient
| 10 form Il beautiful and graceful cdging TO
! the frame OF the picture and increase its ef.
feet. The most conspicuous object In Main
street was Il tremendous United States flag
suspended over il from the top OF Il building
ON one side to the top Of u building on the
other.
The sun, which had been obscured during
the preceding portion of the day, Silone out
as the line lsngtcned upon tho. array OF
gIittrrinS steel, Which dashed back its rays AS
fur the eye could reach, looking from the
Stntc-lIOusc. 1t may be truthfully sad that
the city could not contain the column, for as
It doubled itself and wheeled Its platoons be-
was at the statc-Housc yard. Zone long
glittcring line Of STEEL accurately describes
The main street during the progress OF tie
march. The varied uniforms, Will their pic
turesquc blcndings and contrasts OF colors.
enhanced the beauty and brightness ot the
spectacle, while over the whole waved ana
strcalned flags and pennUns brilliant and
beautiful In their fresh paint, shading and
gliding; and still other flags, State and Unit
cd States, more beautiful and far more glorl-
Gus in their tatters and faded dulness, dyed ms
some of them were by the blood of the men
who bore them, and gloriAcd as all were by
the brilliant deeds Of the men who followed
! them. TO complete the beauties and harno-
MES of the picture the shading OF more deli
cate cOlOring was supplied by the draperies OF
the Indies who occupied the windows ana
halconicS all along the route. Thu march was
Il somewhat tedious one. but zone or the men
! appeared to slack for Il moment in tho SteHdt-
ness OF their drill, and tbs mass of marching
nhen, viewed from the ground, presented all
through the appearance OF some gigantic
piece of clock work.
hundreds Of incidents. grave and gay,
might be related which occurred along the
line. The sight Of the old battlo-flngS ana oi
the survivors who bore some of them seemed
TO move and stir the people more than any
thing. In many instances as the tattcrcd,
torn and dcl;icrd cmblclns were borne by
dropping from their staifS, ladies, and men
too, turned aside to conceal the tears that
would come.
The entire body was brought up on the west
side of Main street, and presented arms MS Il
procession passed before II, which certainly
incritcd and received the honnis OF the day
This consisted of the survivors of
Ill PALMETTO REGIMENT.
Of tho Mexican war, commanded Ivy Capt. W,
j. Stanley, and embraced the following:
Company "A. G.. Moody, James Powers
Company BID. j. Culp. George w. Curtis
Company D.-A. Dclorra: Company E.-Sain
HIrfiowan: Company F.-T: j. Mickey Com
pany G.-T;. II. Robinson. II. Judge Moore
company H.-W. B. Stanley, II. Beard, r. S
Morrison, T.. Price. Z. Bcggs. Jerome Miller
VIM. Mooney. Il. IIutcliison, Samuel John
son, NJ. r. Clark: Company III. \. Billings
Company IL. III. Williams.
Also, Thomas StOnc OF the Alabama ReSi
mcnt Of Volunteers: \. F. Carol, Of Compa'
ny d, 9Th Infantry. United States Army; NJ
l.. Ronllam. United States Army.
When these survivors had formed in the
line of the procession y little boy came up ant
presented Il wreath To he placed on their flag
and Capt. Stanley announced that tho give
was q grandson Of one Of the members Their
in ranks.
TIE SURVIVORS
Of the Con Tolerate army and navy. Number
ing prohobly l5H. commanded by Gen. VIM
ii. Wallace. These veterans marched TO-
gctIer with II picturesque Ignoring nf fnrInc
or present ranks or situation. and were nppa
., rpntly rs fully and cordially fratcrnal as cvcl
IN campaign or hirOuar. Their appearance
WAS greeted not only with presented arms
Int with enthusiastic cheering from ono rnt
Of the line to the other. The two bodir
bore with them eight battlr-fiags. each bcin.
q proud testimonial Of the valor Of those wh(
had followed II.
In The amc procession tho Veterans wcr
followed by carriages containing tEcladies q
1hc Monumental Association and various dis
tinguiShcl guests. all Of whom were vncifcr
ouSly clcer"d us they passed by the military
AS soon as this procession had entered tn,
!;tatc-IIousc grounds tho military fell In br
hind 1t. ana little time was lost In assembling
about the stand to witness the ceremonies O
: the day.