The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23


brave, and as patriotic. lie would
have led, and was fit to lead, the,
charge of the six hundred at Bniakla-%
va. CApplausc.] At this battloS tho
Brigade was OH the second line, and
we lost only ono killed and seven
wounded.
| have followed you through only
one campaign; you followed the South
crn cross through four years. My
connection with you ceased after
Fredericksburg, but have not been
Indifferent to tho tame OF thos "Old
Twelfth" l recollcct with prido your
heroic bravery III tho charge at Gettys-
burg, when four color-bcarcrs-Kim
brcll, Davis, Hucy, Rains-wcnt
down In ten minutes, and q licuton-
ant, with sword in one hand and your
flag in tho other, bore it through the
murdcrous fire and planted it on the
heights above tho city. The charge
OF the Brigade that day was not so
renowned as Pickett's, but it was
scarcely less gallant and intrepid.
Who has not heard Of your wild ad-
vance into the Wilderness, where with
impetuous courage you pushed ahead
until, losing connection with the Bril-
gade and almost surrounded by the
enemy, you faced about and fought
back to tho lines, with n captured
brigadicr and two hundred prisoners as
trophies of victory [Applauso.1 -, ;
In single address it is not possible
to follow you through all your bat
tics. Let me continue the record of
tho dead and wounded. For these
details am indebted to very inter-
esting history Of the Brigade, by
Lieut.. Caldwell of the 14th Regiment.
1t is our privilege and our pride to
recall here to-day the memory of our
dcad comrades. wish I had the
name of every man. would call the
roll. at Gettysburg. we lost twenty
killed, 105 wounded. Here fell Lieut..
Poag. Capt. Himant, Capt. Moody,
Lieut.. Boylcs, Lieut.. Watson, Lieut..
Glover, Lieut.. Sharpe, Lieut.. Jenkins
and Lieut. Black were wounded. At
tile Wilderness we lost sixteen killed,
siXty-tom wounded, twenty-five miss
ing. Here fell another Colonel Of the
Twelfth, that prince Of good fellows
and bold. fearless officers, John L.:
Miller. Here also fell Lieut.. Nc
Knight and Lieut.. Garvin. Lieut.
Col. Bookter, Lieut.. Watson and
Lieut.. Beard were wounded. At the
bloody angle, Spottsylvania, we lost
90 killed, 50 wounded and So missing.
Most of these were afterwards found
to be either killed or wounded. : AT
Jericho Ford tho loss was twenty
two wounded. Our brave major com
manding and Lieutenant. Rivcs wcrc
wounded. At the Weldon Railroad
Lieut.. N. r. Booktcr fell, with two
killed and six wounded; at Fullcr's
Mill and Deep Bottom, three were
killed, twcnty-cight wounded, thir-
teen missing. Here Lieut.. Hinchcn,
Lieut.. Hill and Lieut.. Douglass were
wounded. At Jones' Farm, Lieut.,
Jones was wounded, with two others
killed and eighteen wounded. IIercfcll
another Colonel of your Regiment
Edward +. Booktcr. lie was the
last officer Of the Regiment who gave
his life for the cause. In. battle he
was always among the tirst' to ad:
vance. l have never known q drawer
man, truer friend, or q more dash
Ing officer. When lie fell, noble and
big heart ceased to beat. Richlamd
may we'll be proud that he was a son
of the metropolitan county. -.
The York companies have brought
psWse 9ispleyed at Coiumbid in tile
procession Of suryivors-borno bv
Lieut. Kimbrell, ensign of tho old
Regiment, who had so I,oftcn and so
tgallantly borne it in the front of bat
tic. 1t attracted but small attention,
and is not mentioned by the reporters
OF that days proceedings. Iknow not
wherefore. That flag is not bc&rimcd
with smoke, but few of tho scars and
Dddgcs of old war are upon it. Here
by hangs a legend Of the past-it is q
tale OF honor, and should be history.
1t may be briefly stated. The old flag
was so torn with shot and she'll, at
Gettysburg, at the WILDERNESS and at
the Bloody Angle, that it was no
longer lit for servicc-it was q mere
rag of honorI It was sent to Rich
mond for safe keeping, and it rests in
the ashes of tho Soldiers Home. A
new flag was issued to the Regiment,
and here it stands. 1t is the reprcz
sentative Of the old banner and is cn,
titled to all its honors. CApplause.] ]
A stranger who looks upon this flag
sees only piece of bunting stamped
with cross mark--a Confederate SOL
dier sees tho Southern Cross, the bat
tlc-hag Of tho Confedcracy. When
you turn your eyes upon it. you see
The old banner of the Twelith-tho
flag which waved above you at Cold
Harbor, which led the charge at
Gettysburg, when onc-half the Rogi-
ment fell beneath it; the flag which
outflanked itself at Sharpsburg and
the Wilderness. You SEQ moro than
all that--youg see the flag beneath
which Barnes and Miller and Bookter
fell, in the arms Of their comrades,
amid tho shout Of victory. Forever
honorcd be that flag! [Cheers.]
Comrades, for four years you served
your country OIL the perilous cdgc of
battle, and now, in respect to your
character as Confederate soldiers, you
have no country. The, Confedciiacy
itself has perished--gono "as a.watch
in the night." You are citizens Of the
great Republic, and may sit in the
counsels Of the nation, but as soldiers
that Republic brands you only as
rebels. The good women ofthe State
always patriotic, never too! gentlc to
admire heroism--f0r tho purpose of
having some honorable and durable