The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
eng 4e first time we had ever put foot on

eng bae nrst time we had ever put foot on
other SOIL III martial attitude except in our
then mother state, Virginia. We did not
long enjoy the much needed rest i'm ourrole
or aggrcssors, for we were soon marching
ON tho macadcmized roads by the fine or
chards and farms tn invade yet another
state We left the Potomac to 90 into the
Quaker state of Pennsylvania but we never
entered with our infantry. The govern
mcnt at Washington had reinstatcd the
young Napoleon of Chickahomlny fame
and put Geo. B. Mcclellan ON the track of
us, with ropes army rc-organized and cut
Oil our communications at Boons-
borough Gap, and we had to rctrace our
stps when we had got within eight miles
of the Pennsylvania line.
we met the enemy ut the gap and held
them i'll check until the bulk of our army
had crossed the Antictam ut SharpsburG.
Here was fought the most gigantic battle
OF the war. Sharpsburg was the center of
thrce most stragetic points, Boonsboro, Har-
per's Ferry and the quiet little village of
Sharpsburg. Here it was that we luy i'm n
fine orchard of delicious fruits with no rn'
tons to eat and forbidden to pluck the
luclous fruit from the boughs, it was here
ina! the Yankee cannoncers came to our
| assistance by shclling the orchard and
knocking down All abundance of the mel
low fruit, with which wo appcused our
rapid appctitcs.
We then crossed back to the Virginia
side and rested in the valley ill recalled to
the RappahannOck We pnr,;cipntcd in
the battles of Frcdcricsburr, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania G. H., Old Coal ii lrbor, New
Coal Iiarbor, second battle mt Seven Zines.
siege OF Richmond and Petersburg We
were relieved from the fort of the historic
mine OF Petersburg just six hours before
the eXp.Oslo of the mine that caused the
death OF many noble men of the Eighteenth
and Twenty y-sccOnd South Carolina volun.
teers. Some of whom were the relatives,
nclghbors and friends of company "I,'
namely, John Callahan, John A. Hinton
VIM Fennell. Eliasp Gilstra andWm Martin,
also OF Anderson County. We were in the
battle ut Wills Valley, on the Tennessee
river, on the 10Th of October, '63, and at
the siege or Knoxville, also the fight a,
Bean Station and Campbels Station, also
the little fight with cavalry ut DanCiIidsc,
where the lamented w. A. Chapman lost
his llte. We were the rear guard at the
evacuation of Petersburg when that citv
was evacuated, aud we did duty all tho way
on that tortuous march from the city of
Petersburg to the court house at Appvmat-
tOx where we surrendered, and in stacking
arms we faced our old enemy of the
swamps of the Chickahomony; the rcyi
! ment of valiant soldiers with whom we
met at the battle of Gaines Mill; we stack,
cd arms TO the Sixteenth Michigan rcgi
mcnt.
We now turn to the last, but not least
OF the history of the glorious old company
,, The return to our mountain homes in tat.
tered garments and bleeding hearts, VIC
then had to put on all the armOr Of war.
1alc III different role, we had to rescue
our native soil from the tread of n most in
tolercnt foe and help to fight out the dcs,
mes OF the Palmetto State who was first il
war and and the last to wrench OFF the holt
OF the worst enemy she ever had.
List OF company ''I' Z. s. s. surrender
!; ; cd ut AppomattoX on the 9th day of April
1860: Capt. F l. Garvin; first lieutenant
NJ II Smith; second lieutenant, IT III WI,
; liAms; first sergeant, w B Allgood; sccont
sergeant, G. A. Smith; fourth sergeant, r.
,, Mcdlin; fifth sergeant, f. A. Perry; Cor
ptral w. J. King, Corporal D. II. Temple
ton, Corporal ID. T.. Barker.
Piivatrs-ltcubcn Arnold W. J. N
Barton, &. w. Bcckncll j. II. Boiling, G
w. Boroughs, w. n. Carr, w. Z. Dodd
> w. j. Fenncll, w. j. NJ. Ferguson. J. J
Garvin, w. N. Hughes, j. II. Hughes, j
Is. King, +. A. Lawson, b. +. Madden, r.
E. Madden, w. J.. Massengalc, w. III
, Perry, S. NJ. Perry, G. w. McWhorter, r.
1 w. Phillips, w. X. Power, j. G. F. Prince
}. Il. Rccks, Thos Mann, ID. Mills, II. Ro
per, w. G. Smith, Stephen Smith, J. B.
Stephens, l.. ID. Thrift, #. Il. G. Vandivcr
Il. O. Williams.
Armament of Co. II" p. 8. S.-33 guns,
80 sets OF accouirements, 355 rounds Of
cartridges; seven unarmed men. The above
ls correct from diary taken near the "Old
Apple Tree. Tom (BLuE) SMITH