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

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swelled so that we had to take some Of it out Of
the vessel in which we were cooking it, and We
| kept taking 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.
think we had bushel Of rice when we got done
cooking it. Some of the men said they didn't
| IKE mush and sweet milk 20 some Of us
had to "worry' down the grts and sweet
milk, while others took the rice and Nassau
gravy This was Sundays work. We con-
sidered it the work OF necessity and conse-
| quently no disrespcct for the Sabbath.
| II was perhaps that same evening that three
scouts came to us and took rooms in the upper
part of Gov. Aiken's summer house, in which
we were quartered. We didn't like their -p-
pearance, and concluded they were spies. The
upper part of the builling WAS locked up.
| Ihey had key, and this was conclusive evil
dence 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 go up stairs and through this glass
see the yankees drilling on big Edsto. We
| could see the stripes on their uniforms Other
troops further away on the Island we couldn't
see so plainly. We counted ,ix stands Of colors
| within two miles of us. A. l have already
| said, these men occupied the upstairs in Gov.
| Aiken's summer house while our pickcts oc-
| cupicd the lower part. They had just retired
when The relief came in from tho picket post
| As Henry Ellis Fowler set his gun down The
hammer struck something and sent the whole
load of ft'cen buckshot through the ceiling
| overhead and some Of them stuck fast in the
| ceiling over the upper room. Thi. aroused our
visitors who came down stairs in hurry to
see what it meant. Everything wa. explained
| and they retired again.
AS our shotguns were not sufficient to reach
| the Federals, who wore 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 tho tables on them.
The shotgnns were the very things wanted
| if they would attempt to cross Watts Cut From
! our infantry we got a lot Of the best Enfield
rifles they had and kept them OH the picket
post, and when the Federals came up to annoy
us again, we drove them off in hurry. This
| was on the 18th day of Arril go, 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
| except on the !st and Sd of June G2 which ]
On the Sd day OF April, 62, Gov. w
| pickens reviewed our command. Early that
morning we were ordered TO prepare for n gen
| eral review by the Governor, and hy 10 o 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. Pickcns was man Of
| fine personal appearance. They came up on
the right Of the command. The cavalry were
| on the right Of the limo; 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 if 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 attc nlants
| then rode down the line, his hat in his hand.
| lie eyed every man 80 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. lie then took q position and the com
mand marched in review by platoous. Then
the command was brought up in front of him
by companies, and he spoke rs follows:
'Fellow-solliers, and citizens Of South Caro-.
lima and the Confederate States of America |
| congratulate you, officers and soldiers of the
iIolcombo Legion, upon your efficiency in the
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, is sat-
| isfnctory 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 cndoarcd to me by n
tie that is as dear to me rs life itself, and
trust glorious future is IT, -escrve for it. War
in all its realities is upon IFS and we must meet
| it or disgrace our day and 'neration. Your
encampment is within sound f the cnemy's
guns, and almost within range their shells.
AS the Chief Executive of your State, it is my
duty to suggest to you the propricty Of your
enlistment for and during the war. Our com
mon enemy has intrenchci himself upon the
soil of our sister State, Virginia, and you arc
called upon to aid in driving him off, vii
you do it? Fellow-soldcrs, and sons of South
Carolina, feel assured that in every bosom ne
fore me, that call will fnl responsive heart
During his speech the Governor was chccrcl
, at almost every sentence. lie was plainly and
neatly dressed in citizens clothing. KS he
spoke he swayed hack and forth addressin,
himself 10 the different commands. lie rode