Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-08-28
The Reunion.
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previous annual meeting, all the sur
viYors in the counties of Abbeyille,
Anderson, Oconce and Pickens were
invited to DO present and participate
in the pleasures of tho occasion,
which was one OF more than usual
interest.
The plan of assembling ard re-
kinalilg tito c,,mp-fires OH the night
previous to the festival day was
observed this year, and in tho after
noon and evening of tho 18th,
wagons and buggies, laden with pro-
visions, bedding, &C., were seen
vending thcir way to The rendezvous,
and more than a hundred veterans
bivouaeked and spent the night on
the grounds in ~rccounting the hard
ships Of the march aid camp life,
and in rcciting thrilling incidents of
battle and scenes of tho late war.
This is said by those who observe it
to be II of the most pleasant fca-
lures of these reunions.
Notwithstanding the morning of
the 18th dawncd with lowering
clouds, threatening rain, yet these
soon broke away and the day dcvcl-
opcd into a very rropitious one, and
before eleven o'cloci' a. NJ, there was
gathered on the grounds n very large
asscmblagc of ladies and friends
from far and near, to greet the sir
viyors and to contribute by their
presence to the pleasures of the day,
and prominent amongst them | may
mention Mrs. Orr, the mother of
Orr's Regiment, and Mrs. Lcdbcttcr,
widow Of the lamcntcd Col. d.. A.
Lelhcttcr, who, besides many other
brave members of this Regiment,
surrendered his life in defence Of
the South on the bloody field of
Second Manassas. These devoted
women never fail to attend these re-
unions when it is practicable for
them to do so, thus manifcsting the
abiding interest which they still
retain in the survivors of this splon-
did regiment.
An interesting programme had
been arranged by the committee for
the occasion, but conflicting duties
and engagements prevented the at
tendance in person of some of the
selected speakers, and the pleasures
of the day thereby curtailcd.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Col. G. Med. Mil
Ter, and the exercises of the day
were inauguratcd with an appropri-
ate prayer by the Rev. --, after
which the address, prepared by Judge
j. j. Norton, giving a history of
Orr's Regiment, from it's organiza-
ton to its departure from the Coast
Of South Carolina to the battlc-ticlds
of Virginia, in his absence, holding
court at S%partanburg, was admirably
read by Col, Cothran. This very
carefully prepared and interesting
address forms, we learn, the first
chapter in the history of Orr's Rcgi-
mcnt, and is to be followed by others
in succession, covering the entire
period of its service during the war,
until the whole has been completed.
The audience was next entertained
by Col. II. Il. Bowen, who gave a
complete history of the services rem
dercd by the I'd Regiment of South
Carolina Rifles during the entire
period of the war, with the cxccp-
ton of two campaigns, when he was
prevented by sickness and wounds
from being present with the Rcgi-
mcnt, to-wit: The first Maryland and
East Tennessee campaigns, which is
to be supplied by other members of
this regiment in the future, and the
whole to he put together and care
fully compiled for publication.
This Regiment was organized by
the gallant Col. John Y. Moore, Of
Anderson, S. G., who also yielded up
his life IN devotion to his country in
the second battle Of Manassas.
At the close Of Col. Bowcn's
address, the President announced n
recess Of II hour and half for din
ncr, which consisted of a splendid
basket picnic of substantials and
d]clicacics, prepared by the ladies and
friends Of the survivors, which was
in keeping with the wcll-known hos
pitality of the good people of that
community, and was most heartily
enjoyed by all the participants.
DurinU The recess tho busy .conIi-