The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-28
REHABILITATION.
The Organization OF the Company

The Company was organized at Mc(iaw s
Old Field In December, lSGl, with SlNlE-nve
men, and left for Charleston during the Christ
mas holidays. The apparent larger nunbcr
was made mp by subsequent accc>Slons from
time to time, alter the Company hal been
mustered into service.
Mt IIampton's Race track in Columbia
where n Regiment was formed by the three
Abbeville Companies, SIX Edgelicld ami ono
from I.aurcns, as the 18TH Regiment
South Carolina Volunteers. The Abbcville
Companies were dcsisnatcL as &, II, and !,
Lieutenant \. j. Lythg0c Of Company u
was elected Lieutenant Colonel January, ISG2
Immediately afterwards was transferred to
near Charleston. The Rcglmcntal officers
consisted of w. &. Moragnc, Colonel \. j.
Lythsoe, Lieutcnant-Coloncl; Abram Jones,
Major.
Tic Regiment was ordered to Corinth,
Mississippi in March, lSG2
Colonel Morngnc resigned before this
time, and Lieutenant Colonel Lythgoe
was promoted to Colonel, and was IN
command OF the Regiment from that time
until he was killed ut the battle of Murfrecs-
boro December 81, 1852
Capt Th2nas a. shay Of EdgGlie;Gj was as
eSrIsa ehs d GHrIa May "a sn %
and Capt. J. \. Crowder of the same county
was elected Major.
The Regiment lay behind brcastworks at
Cornlh until in June, when tire army retreat
in 10 Tuprlo. During this encampment the
Company suffered greatly from sickness caus-
ed partly from an inSulllcicncy OF water, Dad
weather, and the evils incident to the en-,
c;linpment and exposure OF inexperienced
recruits. On the arrival of the Regiment at
TupcIo, Mississippi in June, lSS2 Company
g. had less than ha'f dozen men in ranks.
The Regiment was first brought under ire
ut what the men rccollect IL the "Hattlc or
Farirington." There were no casual les IN
Company G, and but few in tho Regiment,
but the occurrence furnished an occasion Tor
our men to show something of their courage
and valor. u was because Of Colonel 1.yth-
goes great GOODNESS anu unfinching fear IN
that trying ordeal that secured his almost un-
animOuS reelection at tho reorganization Ill
May, 1852, TO the command of the regiment.
The Regiment was I'm the Army OF the
West. and part of l'ragg's command, which
was distinguished for Its hard MARCHES ahI tha
poorest clad, and the poorest fed branch OF
the Confederate army.
The Regiment went with the Army OF the
West from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to
AT Pcrryviilc, Company q, with the remain
der OF the Regiment. took an important part
in the capture of six hundred Federal sol
dicrS who were on their Way To reinforce inc
Federal army.
The 18th South Carolina Regiment was n
part OF That portion of BragS's culnlnnnu,
which invested the for:ilication at Mumlord.
willie, Kentucky, and demanded the surrender
of the troops, which consisted OF inrly'tlfc
hundred men, together with all the stores
and munitions OF war that belonged 10 lnSil.
This was u bloutllcss victory. They snrrcn-
dercrl on demand, marched out Of their forts
I'm splendid new uniforms, and well polished
shoes leaving their arms i'm The fIriilica tion.
After rcHclIing i'HrdSiowu, thirty miles dis
tHnt from Louisville. the army rested for sew
cral days. Returning by way of Cnmbrr-
land Gap, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, the
Regiment pr0cml"rl TO MurrccSbnrn, where
il went into winter quarters in the Fail OF
lNi2. 1t was Ia here THAT General ltnSrcrTlnH
advanced from Nashville toward the t'onlrd-
ate forces with II view 10 engaging them IN
battle. The COnfrlcratcS. nnthin" lnath to
mc;ISur" arms with their Tbc, left their quar-
tcrS and un the 3>I of DccrmhCr lSi2. an OK
ircmrly bloody fight rnsurd. The nth South
Carolina Regiment won great distinction lnr
Its heroic conduct. Having captured battery
of brass artillery, the General commanding
the army ordered the name Of Colonel Lyth-
gaG and the name Of the Regiment To be en-
gravcd upon the cannon.
The battle Of Chirkamalgl, as everybody
knows, WIS one uf the most tCrcrly contested
fights of the war. The 10Th South Carolina
Regiment WAS on the extreme lett nf the Con
i;'lrratr army in that bloody conflict of Sep
tcnhcr Is, 10, and ~. lHis. and were met by
heavy forces from the Union side. NOiwii IL
standing the fact that the Federal forces lay
i'm the LuSlcs and were unseen by oar forces
until they had delivered q murtlrrOuS fire
from their hiding places ana had greatly
thinnch The ranks OF the 18th South Carolina
Regiment, they pressed forward capturing
aud Staying great numbers of their foes.
At Missionary Ridge i'll October cf lSG3, the