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lIoHl COnllSGdLlOl Dy ~ AS Htt"eo
died without property. The history Of Cen.
eral Hoods children Is part OF the history Of
the country. General D.; II; CoopSr aied IN IN
P E.oys Eis,s M" ja,ns Wno s w; HI IN !; W WhliiinEi; %,
prison IN u, left nothing. and General Z. NJ.
Walker, who was killed In q duel with Mar;
n.adukc, left but little to his wife. General
Tom CoNb left t. his family but little OF the
fortune that his generous heart dispensed SO
buunlifully In The piping times of p, ace.
General ID. NJ. Key, of Tennessee, after nay
Ing served long and faithfully in the ConieI-
crate army, winning distinction for his gal.
lantry ::and ability; was with General Lee
troops General Key started for his tennessee
kindness OF Il friend took possession OF a very
poor farm In Western North Carolina. Here
he put his shoulder To the wheel" doing hiE
o " labor for Several ySars ana LYING Me m 'h ne
Knoxville, Tennessee, practired law: and Wa,
on tho demand for a southern member IN the
Cabinet, appointed Postlnaster-Genernl,
which position he held until last fuli Wneh,
Of the United States Court, he reSl:ned the
former position. lie may be considered In
moderate circumstances.
We presume that 1t would not be out OF
place to mention. that besides Governor
Hampton and General Butler, there are many
other Confederate Generals who are now act
Ing important parts in tho Government Or
South Carolina. Those who won distinction
in tho war are not less renowned III the civil
pursuits Of life.
General Nathan George Evan was bern in
Marion county, South Carolina. After the
completion OF bis education at Randolph-Ma-
CON College. Virginia. and soon after his re.
turn home he received from the Hon. John c.
Calhoun an appointment 10 the Military
Academy at West Point. He graduated In
June 1913, and immediately after was prumol-
and assigned to duiyat Fort Smith, Arkansas:
He remained several years In that State until
the breaking out Of serious Indian hostilities
upon the Texas frontier. Having been crder-
ed to Texas. and upon his arrival there, he
was engaged In u deSultory warfare against
the indians. Having obtained leave OF alb
scnce to visit his relatives le returned to
coath Carolina In the year 1850, and while In
South Carolina married Ann Victoria, daush.
ter OF DR.. Thomas Il. Gary. of COkesbury, and
shortly af:crward left with his bride for Texas
Upon his arrival In Texas he found the In.
dams bold and defiant In their in, ursions up
made commanding officer Of an expedition to
drive them back. While IN command of this
expedition the celebrated Indian battle Of the
Wachila WAS fought. In this fight he COM
plctc,y routed q large band OF Gndinns. killing
two or their most noted chieftuins with his
own hand, besides capturing an Indian flag
made Of varieeaicd feathers. This deed OF
gallantry was not only recognized BY the Sec
rotary OF Warm promoting him TO q Captain.
cy, but by south Carolina in presenting him
with q magnificent sword. At the outbreak
was In Texas at Camp Cooper. AS soon Ms
news was received OF the secession OF South
Carolina, he sent his resignation 10 tho Wur
ier ftenderinr a. his servicss to- Governor mapiPpi ckens
of South Carolina. Upon his arrival at Mont
gomery, Alabama, where tho Confederate Con-
gress was In session. he was given the mp.
H%ointmcnt OF Major Of Cavalry and detailed
for duty as Adjutant Of the regular forces in
South Carolina, and In the discharge of this
duty WAS present and assisted In the bolnoard-
ment of Fort Sumter. He was subsequently,
appointed a Colonel and sen to Virginia
when the war cloud Of bnttle was about to
burst over the people of the south. In the
memorable first Manassas battle he vas as
signed the OF n brigade. For the
TONED with particular distinction by General
Bcauregard In his official report OF the action.
South Carolina also honored him with q gold
Evans was engaged in all the great and most
Important battles Of the wal. and In every
State OF the southern Conlrdcracy, there was
none that more conSpicnously called forth MS
or Balls Bluff. which was fought under his
immediate direction. 1t Is conceded Tint this
victory for the Confederate was one or the
most complete and brilliant of the many
fought during the four years Of warfare, and
won for General Evans nndying fame. After
the fail of Richmond General Evans accom-
punicd President Davis to South Carolina.
After remaining in C"kesbnry iCr q year he s
Charleston. This rot proving as successful as
anticipated, and not compatible with his
tastes he returned to q keshury.. Shortly AZ
cipal Of a High School at Midway, Alabama,
p Thise b IL f hsai f1hIfeSS esHH 6 6 ILL., III md he died. led
were brought to South Carolina, and lie inter
red In Tabernacle graveyard, near Cokehbury,
S. C.
horn in the Hard Labor ncighhorloOd, where
his parents resided before moving. TO the
ncIgiibolhood of Liberty Hill In Edgeiield
county thcn d~istrict). He was Of q martial
turn from his boyhood, and although not
twenty.one years OF age when the war with
Mexico broke out, he applied Tor a Lieutenant
cy In one Of the ten regiments or regulars
raised to prosecute that contest. His arplica.
ton wa made rs 4. NJ. Perrin, his cnusin, our
own distinguished and lamented townsnan,
J. NJ. Perrin having made q similarapplicali"n
about the same time. The first commission
was sent to A. Al; Perrin and he repaired AT
once to the tented field, but only In time TO
witness tho triumphant termination CT that
brilliant struggle. Attn close OF the war he
ted to the Bar, settled ut kdgefield Court
| House as Il practitioner and married Il daugli-
ter Of Governor Pierce NJ. Butler. more distin.
suisiled us the Colonel OF the Palmetto kegi-
! menu III NlcSlCp. I1ClSSll 81 ~ , I
ter, she was not spared to hear her husbands
anne voiced through the land. In August 1856.
in the bivouac OF the army between Gordols-
willie and Orange Court House, just before Lhe
buttlc or second Manassas, the Intelligence OF
her untincly death was received and tho wri-
ter we'll remembers the grief Of the stricken
soldier.
The hravcst arc the tcnderest.
The loving are the daring"
When the war between the States occurred Gen
Perrin volunteered and was elected Captain In
one Of the companies OF the l4th resiIhelt
whose history is q part of that glorious butt III
fated struggle, whose cOlors he allowed on
many q hard fought field and to whose fame
he contributed SO much. Chatting under the
consciousness Of superior worth as q subaI.
tern, upon the promotion Of Colonel Meow
an to the office of Brigadler-Cieneral and the
election Of observation-disclosures Simpson to the
Confederate Congress, he made Il Successful!
coupe for the supreme command of the resi.
mcnt and was appointed It's Colonel q about the
BEGINNING Of the campaign of 1868. BY the
! disasters OF charlottesville. he commanded
and by his gallanlry and skill, notably at Get.
tysburg, excited the admiration OF the army OF
Northern Virginia. and won the rank OF a
Brigadier-General. He was assisned to an
through the Battle of tho Wilderness. The
writer Of this brief and imperfect sketch will
never forget an incident that occurred ON the
second day Of that desperate fight. Riding
down the plank roud n little after sunrise at
the head of his gallant Alabamians. with the
light OF battle In his splendid hazel eye; he
said In the familiar address OF an old school
fellow, II will come out OF this campaign q
living Major.General or a dead Brigadier.'
The words were prophetic. 1t Is believed they
would have been equally 80. had his life so
valuable TO our waning cause been spared. A
few days aftcrward IN the bloody angle ut
Spottsylvnnia, his brave and devoted com.
rades. stood s]orrowing around the corpse OF
their idol-the dead Brigadier. II Ism undue
praise of hint ~ no dispar,gement OF 9th.
ers, 10 SAY that he WAS the bravest OF the
brave, where all were brave"
"No useless coffin Enclosed his breast,
Nor in sheetnor In sllroud we wound him,
But he lay like q warrior, taking his rest
with his martial cloak around him."
Gen. Gary's native village Is Cokesbury, Alb.
bevilIe county, where he received his early
education AFTER spending t. year or two at
the South Carolina College. he went to Har'
ward University where he graduated. Gen
Gary went to Edgefleld shortly after gradual
ing. read the course OF law and WAS admitted
To practice. lie was In q few years elected q
member TO the Legislature and was Il member
OF the Legislature when South Carolina &C.
coded. During the early part OF the war ne
entered the confederate service as Captain Of
q company of Volunteers, His gallantry and
cool judgment displayed on the battlefield
soon caused his promotion : step by step he
he was commissioned a Major. General. Jus
after he had won his spurs ns q GEL eral,
council of war WIS called by Gen. Lee, On thap
OCCASION, Gen. Lee remarked that 1t was Gus,
tumary 10 hear from the young, st general
first. and he called upon Gen. Gary for y plan
Of the hattie In contemplation. Gen. Gary
gave his plan of battle. Gen. Lee then called
upon the other Generals present and after
hearing their plans. said he wns best pleased
with Gen. Gary's plan, but that he thought
the plan OF Gen. Gary might necessitate the
use Of too many troops TO hold an impnrtnn!
position. Gen. Gary remarked thrt he would
hold that position II he were allowed a Ger
tain number of troops, comparatively few In