Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1891-01-29
af.e'noon eriii from 81 to AZ II. III, and
dress parade at g II. M.


afternoon Grin from 81 / o AZ il. III. and
dress parade at g II. hi.
onr hdjatant was !. graduate. OF Wsss
Poiny and our Sergeant Major Oh tho
CsadAs and s5H ~ Ga 49, ss rgga sssess
from the Citadel, who had been assi8ned
p assist In drilling us, arrived. OIL fhese
Cadet Charles Yves Afterwards q valued
Lieutenant in Company O.
On the 26thof July, 1881, news feacbcd
our campof victory I'm tho battles IN Buis
Y and Manassas, which greatly en-
lthuaed us. One twho was afterwards d
brave captain) says that " he then greatly
'os.etf :isat tho g WWoo;ai..da close before he
could get into q battle, but that the first
battle hewas in Satisfied him." NJ y1mer,
with perhaps the sarne fear, frequently
asked mo when 7 Thought the war would
n q l told them In about two years. I
for by that time tho Yankee
army will be tired Of chasing us back
wards and forwards over the Confederate
States n q newly elected Democratic
Congress will say, Maynard sisters, 90
IN peace" "A gaess erroneous In etery
PARTICULAR. as
But, every rose has its thorns, and at
this suspicious moment wo were troubled
because we had no bake oven, and for
three long weary days, II we had hot
bread for breakfast it was privately
cooked How; ridiculous IL now seems.
especially, when we recall the boxes Of
d~elicaoies from home and the luscious
fruits often presented by fair and beauti.
full visitors, Indeed sqnioti, Old Sandy
Springs, where the Gospel Of Peace was
periodically preached to crowds of q
listeners, was now, occupied by real carnai
soldiers, and was daily thronged with
vis'toI 8, some to see tho hitherto unseen
81 rctacio, some 10 lid farewell to fathers.
brothers, husbands or s~weethearts, some
to bring us solid comforts, all to O
ago us to fight bravely for tho land we
loved. ".' 500
Among tho notable gifts were some
beautiful company flags, one by Mrs.
Oetgen to Company G, and two by Mrs.
Lieutenant Colonel Marshall, ono to Com
pany G and the other to Company X. A
Regimental Confederate States fac al
ready foated on q forty feet pole in tho
camp. Tho ladies of Columbia also
presented each soldier with q Palmetto
badge. ,.
On the 18th of July, 1901, Company d
was armed and sent to bury Adjutant s.
NJ. Wilkes, of the Fourth Regiment, with
military honors. He had been killed. in
Tho battle of Manassas and his body
brought to Anderson, S. c., for interment.
On the 25th of August, in obedience to
the thoughtful orders of the Colonel,
many were v~accinated. About the same
time humps appeared in the regiment.
At 400 A. Nj. OH the Sd Of September,
1851, Companies A, b, d and III embarked
for camp duty at Summerville, s. G., and
on the 9Th, ut the same hour, Companies
c, E, +, G, X embarked for the same
camp. The citizens gave the latter de-
tachment a most enjoyable breakfast at
Donald's. Tom Long, tho jolly one-syed
orderly eerReant of Company F, came
ne -. losing that on this trip. A comrade
threw him a peach at baseball speed. He
failed to catch it and it hit him on tho
eye and seriously bungcd it up.
Company l., which had been left be-
hind for police purposes, followed on tho
9th.
J On tho 7th j. w. Holleman, of Com.
pany O.. wn6 apr ointoa BtasinprriTfs HOG
gage Master.
Onr rccellections of camp duty are
most ~unsavory. 1t was pitched in an I'M
drained fold, where q part of East Sum-
merville now Is, which tho rains had sup
piled with a running stream in tho mid
die and Shiny mud all over, and naturally
we had much sickness, but not of a seri-
Gus nature. Here, too, on the 10th three
deserters were d%ishonorably discharged,
ono of whom was Of feeble intellect, and
the other two wore drummed out, as the
diary says, "marched in front of the regi-
ment. drawn up in line, from the right to
the left, followed by a corporal and two
privates with fixed bayonets and a drum
NOR and fife, playing a pitiful tune"
On tho 18th tho right wing and on tho
18th of September the left wing of tho
regiment moved to S%ullivan's Island.
Surgeon Evins' horse foil from the ferry
boat between Charleston and S%ullivan's
Island. Six companies wero quartered
in the Moultrie House" and the other
our in private houses.
On the 10th q company, furnished with
three horses for messengers, was posted
at Thompaon;s Point, oil tic East side Of
the Island, near where Fort Marshall,
named in honor Of our gallant Colonel,
was afterwards built.
In addition to our rifles, we here man.
ned n small cannon The pickets wore
relieved monthly by a fresh company.
The ocean was seen for the first time
by the greater number of tho soldiers,
and the sight of tho British and French
men-of-war, and of the ~blockading squad
ron, were the source of continual inter-
est. The blockade had been established
18th of May, 1851. 1t was wonderful how
accurately tho privates learned of the OK
peetea arrivals and departures of block
ado unners and how they would spend
dark night after dark night in trying to
catch glimpses of tho darkened boats as
they passed along the channel near orr
beach, with precious freights both ways.
The 18th of October. 1901, is especially
memorable for the safe running of the
blockade by OR Ministers, Mason and
Slidell.
In fact, tho soldiers were we'll posted