Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-22

command Of Capt. Knobeloch, occupied the
left Of the regiment. They carried the COM
pany colors, the ''Stars and Stripes'
The Carolina Rifle Battalion, under the
command of Col C. !. Walker, were out above
| 80 strong; Company A commanded by Capt. j..
P. Lesesne, and Company B by Capt. w. St.
J. Jervey. The battalion .colors for the day
were the old battle flag of the Tenth s. G. ",
which was borne by Color-Sergeant E. H.
Sparkman.
The First Regiment Of Artillery, Major A.
| T. Smythe commanding, from Charleston, fol-
lowed. This was composed Of two dismount-
ed companies and full battery.
The Marion Artillery, 25 men, under the
command Of Lieut.. T. P. Lowndes, occupied
the right Of the regiment. They carried the
old Trapier Battery flag, which was under fire
at the first bombardment of Fort Sumter. 1t
was borne by Private L. B. Baker.
| The Lafayette Artillery, 80 men, command
ed by Lieut.. B. Mantoue, carried in their
ranks the guidon of the battery presented to
them in Charleston on the eve Of their de-
parture. It was borne by Private G. A. D.
Church, an old veteran of the corps.
The Washington Artillery with their full
battery Of guns occupied the left of the regi-
ment. They turned out 56 men and were un-
der command Of Capt. E. A. Smyth.
:. TWO FAMOUS FLAGS. @s@ l1@e.
Among the rnany historic flags borne in the
column to-day we're none around which clus-
tered more proud associations and glorious
recollections than those which waved over the
Washington Artillery Of Charleston. The COM
pany colors were the battle flag of Hart's Bat
terry, washington Artillery, Hampton Le-
gion, concerning which Governor Hampton, in
| his address to the Washington Artillery on
the 22d of February, 1878, said: II did not
know when caIne here how many memories
| of the past would be stirred in my heart when
stood once again under this little flag, which
I have seen wave In one hundred and fifty
three fights. And it never waved in dishonor.
That battery never failed to take the place it
| was ordered to do. 1t never moved from the
front without orders, and whenever the fight
was the thickest the men Of Hart's Battery
the brave sons Of Carolina who perilled
all in her defence, were always found standing
to their guns to the last. But their bravery
is best told by the number that fell at those
guns There were 147 members of this gal
liant command that went into the fight for liber-
ty. When the war ended there were but % sur
vlvors Of the original veterans Of that brave
band. They left their bones on every field upon
which the Army Of Northern Virginia had
fought. The guns were the first to fash for
Southern independence, and they were literal
| ly the last guns that fired in the defence of
Southern liberty" And Major Hart, the old
Captain of the Battery, in his address, in pre-
| senting the flag, said: ''Woman's tears and
prayers consecrated it to our cause. Brave
and faithful men gave their lives a willing
knew and respected it. Tattered and torn by
| shot and shell, and bearing the stains Of over
| one hundred battles, there is no stain of dis
| honor upon II" #9l
The Washington Artillery also bore the
battle flag of the First S. G. ", Gregg's Regi-
ment. This flag was presented to the regi-
| ment in June, 1862, and was carried to the end
of the war. -Four men who bore it at Gaines
Mill and Cold Harbor were successfully shot
down, and in every engagement it seemed to
be the especial mark of the enemy's bullets,
which reached instead the brave spirits who
held it aloft. Twenty men at least were kill
ed or wounded while bearing this flag. just
before the Wilderness G. E. Whilden, OF
Charleston, (who was exempt from military
Guty) volunteered on the color guard and when
| two color bearers had been shot down Capt.
James Armstrong, commanding the color COM
pany Throughout the war, gave 1t to Private
| Whilden, who bore it also with heroic cour-
age at Spotsylvania and in many bloody
fight. It was the battle flag Of the regiment
| until the surrender, and was cOnfided to the
Washington Artillery for this parade by ex-
Sergt. Chase A more historic flag or one
to be honored is not in existence.
The war guidon of Hart's Battery was car
ried by ex-Lieut. S. G.. Horsey, and the bat
tie flag of the First Regiment by Private W.
G.. Wilber Of the Washington Artillery.
| The colors were festooned with handsome
gilded letters C. T. A. to W. "A present
from Mrs. W. B. Lowrance. The Color Guard
consisted Of ex-Capt w. G. DeSaussure, ex-
Lieut.. r. J. Morris, ex-Capt c. A. Seaman,
ex-Lieut s. G. Horsey ex-Sergt. Philip Chase
and privates J. G. Noland, c. M. Patrick and
| B. w. Norton.
The Edgefeld Hussars, Markart, brought
up the rear Of the first division. The bold
riders were out 20 strong, and bore in their
ranks the old battle-fag Of the 7th South Caro-.
lima Volunteers. The colors were borne by
| Mr.. St. Julian Bland, son Of Col. Bland, who
at one time commanded the regiment. The
company colors were borne by Sergt. Swear.
engen.
REMNANTS OF GREaG's REGIMENT.
Between the first and second divisions was a
battalion composed of the sole surviving com.
panies of Gregg's regiment, the Richland Vol:
unteers, Capt. R. A. Keenan,, OF this city, and
the Irish Volunteers, Capt. B. F. McCabe, OF
Charleston. This battalion was under the
command Of Col Jas. Armstrong, Of Charles.
ton, and it marched under the large old blue
flag of the regiment, which was borne so gal.
lantly through the war, and. which cost the
lives Of so many gallant men. The colors were
borne by that old veteran Of Gregg's g regiment,
Sergt Dominick Spellman, and were escorted
by guard Of honor composed OF about twenty
Of the survivors Of the regiment collected from
! all parts of the State, and commanded by ex-
Col. Edw. McCrady.
When the colors were presented to the battal'
ion, Col. Armstrong delivered brief address,
in which he alluded to the fact that the flag
was unfurled for the first time at Fort sumter,
and that it was the first Confederate flag that
was planted in the town of Gettysburg. It
had; he said, never been surrendered but had
been defended by brave and gallant men even
unto the death. The Richland Volunteers had
held the right and the Irish Volunteers the
position of color company Of Gregg's regiment
during the entire war He would not, he said,
trust himself to speak, but would only present
| the colors to the old custodians and request
Col. McCrady and Sergt. Spsllman and their
guard of honor to take their position in ranks.
The battalion received the cOlors with mill
tary salute, and at once took their place IN
line.
| THE SECOND DIVISION
Was commanded by Major Hugh S. Thompson,
and was formed in the following order:
The Satesville, North Carolina, Brass Band.
Governors Guards Of Columbia, 80 men,
commanded by Capt. Wiley Jones.
Hornets Nest Rifles, of Charlotte, (the in
vited guests of the Guards carrying their
company flag, large United States flag, and
an empty hornets nest, all Of which were
crowned with wreaths of beautiful flowers and
evergreens, presented by the ladies Of Colum-
bia The one for their company flag being par
] ticnlarlu noticeable was made by Mrs. j. b.