Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-14

Zlived. South Carolina has much to be
eproud of In Mart. Gary's life and all will
sfreelY say South Carolina did owe him
8 much; and wherever his grave shall swell
labove our soil, there the heart of manhood
will stay to drop an honest tribute to the
bold, outspoken, manly leader of our
8times, who never failed his State and peo-
aple in the day of need and time Of
Strouble.
General Gary was born in Cokesbury,
Abbeville County, Of an old established
family of people, who had always been
good citizens from their earliest record.
d We find that the General entered the
junior class of the South Carolina College
ain 1851. He did not graduate, however,
and we find such men as Robert Adams,
III. B. Clarks6n, ]. q. Colt, T. w. Wood
ward and others in the class, who also did
not. graduate. General Gary, however
went t. .NaeeA,yand there graduated
about 1865 or 1854 Not long after his
ggraduation he began the estudy Of law, and
sfor few months before his admission read
law in Chancellor. Carrolrs office in Edge
field, in which place the young student
Presided and where he has resided ever
since. He was admitted to the South
sCarolina Bar in 1855. Up TO the war
necessarily General Gary. had not reached
the eminence in his profession which he has
ysine done. He has generally been coz
sid cred brilliant advocate before jury.
The young barrister was soon called to
Other conflicts than those of the Bar. On
4 the occurrence of hostility between The
two sections he took the field as captain
( of an Edgefeld infantry company in The
Hampton Legion. At the battle of Ma
Snassas he succeeded to the command of
;sthe regiment, his seniors being either kill
sssd ~. wounded. -------------
On the reorganization of the Confede-
4 rate forces in 1861 he was elected Lieuten-
9ant Colonel, and succeeded Hampton as
Colonel in 1862. The regiment was mount
led in 1874, soon after which Colonel Ga
Iry was appointed Brigadier General, and
took command of two South Carolina and
! gone Virginia regiments. He continued to
serve on the North side Of the James un.
/ til the evacuation. He was in command
lat Appomattox, but never was paroled,
retiring to. General Johnston's command
lin North Carolina, and part of the time.
sif we are not misinformed, accompanied
President Davis. though he again escaped
capture.
General Gary's career as soldier is too
well known to be repeated here. Suffice
llt TO say he was good soldier and one Of
whom the State may be well proud.
On the conclusio OF the war the Gen
eral returned to the practice Of his pro
|fession at Edgefeld, his former home, and
enjoyed up TO his death large and lucra-
tive practice.
AS public man General Gary has, ever
since the war, been recognized as one of
The leaders in the State. Having frequent
|ly attended public bodies in the State, in|
IlS76 he, with General NJ. c. Butler, came
Ito the front as the two first leaders of the
|Straightout movement, and his shrill voice
was heard over the din OF political conlu
sion and dismay like clarion note, call
ling the tried and true men of the State
TO stand for deliverance. And that standl
saved u.s. and we all may gather around
SSall that remains of Mart. Gary as of one
jof the chief men to whom the people of
South Carolina owe their redemption.
We could 60 on recounting lis d;stin-
lguished career as State Senator; we could
|give picture of the audacious eloquenceI
(which plucked the Stale, with shout and;
IA hurrah that froze the blood in their
guilty hearts, from the scoundrel crew that
dominated here, but we prefer not to dol
this. We prefer simply TO uncover, and
Jas the sod falls upon the coffin Of Mart!
Gary, to say to our South Carolina broth
ers There lies one Of our heroes SOUTH
Carolina cannot afford to forget, and whose
memory all true South Carolina hearts,
will cherish forever -