The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08

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same time we put about gallon Of rice on in
sne same way. Before the rice got done IL had
sweiied SO that we had to take some of IL out of
the vessel In which We were cooking Il, and We
Kept taxing it out until We had filled all the
plates and cups We had, and then had to throw
some out to make room for the rest TO cook. I
think we had a bushel Of rice whom ws got done
| cooking 1t. Some Of the men said they didn't
nke mush and sweet milk 20 some Of Us
hao 70 worry" down the grits and sweet
milk, while others took the rice and Nassau
gravy. This was q Sundays work. We con-
adered 1t the work Of necessity and conse-
quently no disrespect for the Sabbath.
Il was perhaps tha. same evening that three
scouts came to US and took rooms in the upper
part Of Gov. Aiken's summer house, In which,
We wero quartered. We didn't like their 3D.
peorance' and concluded they were spies. The
upper part of the building was locked up.
ihey had key, and this wa, conclusive evi-
denoe that they were 'all right" They were
rather "dandy" set, and, of COURSE We had
not much time for them. They had spy glass
We would 60 up stairs and through this glass
see the yankees drilling on big Edi.to. We
troops further away on the Island We couldn't
see SO plainly. We counted ,ix stands of colors
within two miles Of US. As have already
sal d, these men occupied the upstairs in Gov.
Aiken's summer house while our pckets 90.
cupied the lower part. They had Just retired
"nen the RELIEF came in from the picket posi-.
AS Henry Ellis Fowler set his gun down the
hammer struck something and sent the whole
load OF fifteen buckshot through the ceiling
overhead, and some Of them stuck fast In the
ceiling over the upper room. This aroused our
VISITORS VINO came down stairs in hurry to
see what it meant. Everything was explained
aud they retired again.
AS our shotguns were not sufficient to reach
the Federals, who were in the habit of coming
within range ofus with their improved guns and
keeping US hugging the ground for hours at Q
time, we concluded to turn the tables on them
The shotguns were the very things we wanted,
II they would attempt to cross Watts Cut. From
our infantry We got q lot Of the best Enfield
rifles they had, and kept them on the picket
post, and when the Federas came up to annoy
us again, we drove them of in hurry. This
was on the 18th day Of April '62, and we never
had any more trouble with them while We stayed
on Jehosse Island. Soon after this our men
were withdrawn, and for the remainder of the
time that we stayed on the coast we had peace,
sHSePt WI on nth the & lss and Sd Of June 62 which
On the Sd day OF April, '62, Gov. F, W.
Rickens reviewed our commend. EARLY that
morning we were ordered to prepare for n gen
eral review by the Governor and by 10 clock
every man and horse able for service was in
line, armed and equipped, and marched to the
drill grounds Of the infantry. Our cavalry,
infantry and artillery were all in line by II M.
when the Governor, with his aids and General
Evans, rode up. Gov. Pickens was o man Of
fine personal appearance. They came up on
the right Of the command. The cavalry were
on tho right Of the line; then the infantry and
the artillery on the left. In line there was
about 600 men. TIE commands were in two
ranks. As they approached, the command
present sabre was given, and the same was
executed as il by automatic force. Then the
clear voice Of Col. Stevens, that prince Of Off
GERS, rang out in front Of the infantry, present
arms could not hear the command on the
extreme left. The Governor and his attendants
! then rode down the line, his hat in his hand.
/ He eyed every man so closely that some thought
| he knew how many buttons were on our coats.
They rode down in front and back in rear of
the line. He then took position and the COM
mand marched in review by pIatoous. Then
the command was brought up in front of him
by companies, and he spoke rs follows:
'Fellow-soldisrs, and citizens Of South Caro-.
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| congratulate you, officers and soldiers of the
Holcombe Legion, upon your efficiency in the
l several branches Of the military service which
you represent. The perfection Of your align
! ment and the celebrity with which the several
commands Of your officers are executed, 10 sat-
isfactory evidence to me that those to whom
/ your instruction In the military art and science
Of war has been committed, have done their
duty. Your command is cndeared to me by
tie that is as dear to mo as life itself, and
trust glorious future Is in reserve for It. War
In all its realities Is upon US, and we must meet
1t or disgrace our day and generation. Your
encampment Is within sound Of tho enemy's
guns, and almost within range Of their shells.
As the Chief Executive Of your State, II is my
duty to suggest to you the propriety Of your
enlistment for and during the war. Our COM
mon enemy has intrenched himself upon the
soil Of our sister State, Virginia, and you are
called upon to aid In driving him off. Will
you do itf Fellow-soldiers, aud sons Of South
Carolina, feel assured that in every bosom be-
fore me, that call will hnd responsive heart"
During his speech the Governor was cheered
at almost every sentence. He was plainly and
neatly dressed In citizens clothing. As he
spoke he swsyed back aud forth addressing
himself TO the different commands. lie rode o
large dark bay horse. There was nothing In