The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-03
REUNION OF VETERANS.
The Survivors of Company "G'" Have q
Pleasant MeetinS-History OF the
Company


Pleasant Meetins-History OF the
! Company.
Company G., of the l3th Regiment,
! S. G.. Volunteers. held its annual re-
union at Prosperity Wednesday, Aug.
18th. About thirty of the surviving
members answered to roll call.
The old officers of the survivors were
reelected, as follows: J. b. Feller5,
! President: John +. Banks, Secretary :;
J. NJ. Wheeler, Treasurer.
The following Committee Of Arrange
ments was appointed for 1882 JAS. NJ.
| Werts, Anderson \. Mates, Jacob II.
Dominick.
sL. S. Bowers and J. II. Counts were
appointeI q committee TO prepare AID
| publish resolutions in memory of Hen
~ BooZer and Harrison Mates, mem
bers of the company who had died
since the last reunion.
John +. Banks, William Griffin and
Jefferson kinard were appointed a
| committee to revise the list Of survl-
vors of the company.
After the business meeting at Pros
perity, the "boys Of the grey" repaired
to Toung's Grove about mile below
Prosperity to hear an address by Maj.
D. r. Duncan, Of Spartanbnrg. HIS
%;eech was well delivered, graphically
describing many incidents Of the war,
at times arousing the enthusiasm of
1.-The boys" He urged it as the duty
of every true Southerner engaged IN
the contest for States Rights in incul-
cate in the minds of the young the
nobleuess of the mission in which they
as soldiers were engaged, and never to
be ashamed to own that they had
fought for the rights Of their Sunny
Southland.
After the address barbecue dinner
furnished by Mr.. w. J. Mills, was ell
joyed.
4 LITTLE HISTORY.
Company G was raised in the coun-
try roundabout Prosperity, and left
August 26, 1861, for the war. The
company was organized with 50 men.
The following were elected officers at
the organization Of the company: Cap
tain, VIM. Lester; lst Lieutenant, J.
B. Fellers; 2nd Lieutenant, John +.
Banks; 3rd Lieutenant, J. H. Cannon;
1st Sergeant. J. NJ. Wheeler :; 2nd Ser
geant, J. D. A. Kibler; 3rd Sergeant,
]. l.. Fellers 4th Sergeant. w. C.. Hus-
sy; 5th Sergeant, a. P. Domlnlck :;
1st Corporal, H. NJ. Singley 2nd Cor
poral, 3. A. BooZer ; 3rd Corporal, NJ.
NJ. Pitts ;4th Corporal, A. H. Wheeler.
DIED IN WAR.
The following were killed, CT died
during the war: Corporals Boozer and
Pitts, and Privates G.. S. Bobb, J. +.
Bo5b, J. R. G.. Bobb, J. B. Boland,
w. A. Bedenbaugh, P. W. Counts, J.
A. Counts. P. B. Cook, William Chap
man. J. W. Dennis, NJ. Y. Dalton, A.
B. C. Dominick, w. l.. Fellers, J. NJ.
| Duncan, H G. Hartman, J. G: Griffith,
| L. P. Hawkins, J. A Rikard, George
| Livingstone, G. Livingstone, John
| Mccullough, J. D. Morris, ". G. Nc
| Ninch, D. T. Reid, w. NJ. Stockman,
!. D. Shealy, W. H. Shealy, J. Z.
Smith, J. NJ. Smith, D. c. Singley, J.
H. Wise, F. P. Shealy, L. +. Wise,
| Charles Wilson, w. G. Aull, r. B.
Moore, Drayton Taylor, John Rikard,
| S. P. Quattlebaum, J. NJ. Rikard, JoaO
Mathis, Ben Mathis, w. P. Counts,
P. C. Cook, w. F. Noble, J. S. Bowers,
Carwile Clamp, David Duncan, Will
liam Connolly.
| DIED SINCE THE WAR.
! The following have died since the
war: Captain VIM. Lester and Pri-
Yates R. G. Boozer, D. F. Holloway,
| Henry Boozer, Harrison Mates, J. Il.
| Mccullough, '"dipand Morris, f. X.
Schumpert, Joseph NJ. Bowers, B.
King, J. A. Kinard.
STILL LIVING.
| AUofthe remainder are still living, so
far as known, as follows: Lieutehants
| FelIers. Banks (who became Captain),
| Cannon, Wheeler, Kibler, Fellers, Hus-
sey, Dominick g; Corporals Singley,
| Wheeler, and PrivatesS. n. Baird, Car
vile Baird, L. S. Bowers, J. H. Counts,
J. A. Connelly,J. c. Counts, John Shee-
ley, Frank Moss, W. T. Dennis, A. q.
Enlow, D. l.. Dennis. W. w: Griffith,
| G. E. Hawkins, J. F. kibler. NJ. ID.
Kinard, S. J. kinard, D. T. Kinard,
Andrew Kinard, ]. \. G.. Koon, P. B.
Lever, Charles Lester, Leander Long,
B. H. Miller, F. S. Moore, A. A.
Mates, G. H. Mates, J. \. Parrot, j.
z. Quattlebaum, A. J. Rankin. II, {.
Rankin, J. H. Stockman, D: Il. Tav-
lor, Simeon Werus, James Wood, S.
Lag grone, J. NJ. Taylor, S. P. Taylor, J.
| T. P. Crosson, Jefferson Quattlebaum,
James Werts, D. It, Dominick, J. H.
Dominick, NJ. L.Long, J . NJ. Aull, D. L..
Moore, Nathan Enlow, John A. Long,
A. II. Miller, F. w. Bobb, W. Lever,
Joseph Hitler, NJ. NJ: Long. NJ. L. Kin
ard, G.. P. Griffin, VIM. Jennings, j..
P. Kinard, Joseph Mobiles, John Tay-
lor, Jacob Hawkins. D. NJ. Ward, Geo.
B. Aull, Jefferson Wicker, J. J. Sum
rners, Newton Boozer, Wilson Reid,
John Elmore, Henry Daniel, Ed. Cox.
SUMMARY.
Total officers and men, 139, of whom
40 were killed in battle, or died from
wounds or disease; II have died since
the war, and 10 are still living.
ALPHA.