The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-09
Correspondence "r the Union TIMES.
DR.. Iittlc's Wsr Record.


ETA JANE. II. 5.-NIR. EuITon: Had
the last chapter # "Recorccti' ms of the
McK'ssck hangers been published, it
would q, this time lie nece ssry for me
to ask ace in YOU paper 10 g;vc skstc5
Of Dr. Little's war record.
Tho rc.!cr of those articles will remcm-
Der that Dir. litI!c's name was ment onrh
incidentally It different times and places,
bnt noi so rs To give the general Italcr
distinct ida of The composition of the man
whose untime death his constituents have
go recently been called upon t. mourn
Should | ,rr in what i am abour t. say, |
hope come competent authority will correct
ue:
Tho writer first met DR.. Robert .it'le at
Camp iiiDpton, miles below C'lumiih,
s. c., on The l3'h Of December, 1861. lie
was u member of Capt. Nick ssick's Com
pnny, and with it was mustered into the
service OF the Confcdcra States by Col.
John s. Pre- ston on Dec. II, 1861, aud with
il share the vicissitudcs of 4 soldiers If
until tic PRONUNCIATION of Gen. Lees vrlcr
surrender ng 'hr amy Of Northern Virginia
t, overwhelming force, and resources, at
Appomat OK Court House. Va. April Q,
1865. Du,iug the dark days intervening
between the above mentioned periods, VIC
find DR.. Iiti e u tcruat'ng between the
dauntlcSs Cavnlryman, riding erect AMID the
huzzahs of II charging Legion while The roar
OF caunors and the rallc of muskctry
Mingled with The eroars If the wounded
and dying TO give pathos to the scene, or
with he go"tlcness of woman STING hy
the side Of a sick or wounded solder ad-
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f,ss;onar kill was b"iticd by the Iapii APP
| d, a:h of death, we hear him recommending
10 the sufferer the Great Phys clan of souls
| la, lao
| Chri, the m,y depc, with imp icit conf-
dencc Such was DIR. Robert Lutte, the sol
der, physician, gentleman u Il tue christih'
When uur command went into service On
the coast ,f South Carolina in lS6l. the
men unanimously az eel that DIR. Little be
| exempted t, ON military duty ana DC KEPT /"
camp to look nf;cr the sick or Such cth'
casualties ,s night require his professional
seryi.c. The impression he made upon the
officers and men Of the other companies was
such rs TO secure t. him ther confluence
a.. resulted in his r,fus'l to accept inc
position of Ass staut SUI ge"n OF the lie /
combc Lvgi IL. lie hal cast his lot WI
Co ID" and in its ranks hc chose to act the
part ofn so dicr. But nc vas he'e''"'''
mad c II Sergeant.
| H., tr,, :, ,;ut Of success was score IN
treating the measles, which made their az
near nee soon after We had gouc ln'o c'ml
nt Adams Run These, with other disease
incident t. camp life, gave the menlca
forces of the command much to do, anu III
Little was given full control OF the pnac'ic'
in McKisscks Company. As the SCI
would rccovcr suiiicien ly to be moved II
would 4, commend few day 5 fur. .ouSh' nc
Q ! cordinr TO the nature OF the case. and III
! SUGGESTIONS were always hon"reu at h"hu
, quarters. AMI what is no dou't with'u'
tyl n
< ity, that know of.
Uur nr the Summer of 1862, when the me
t were falling on ali ii les, from mal.ri;
c fever, an; the hoSpi ais were filled wit
. sex. DR. Little kept all his men IN cam
IS tha; he could provide FIR, ami as fa I rs the
= got able to travel sent them home. For Pc
Il hars six weeks hs shoes were MT OH Ii
X feet. cXcep; fra few momcntS at TIN
Ii During t%iS time his brother, ii. Caml!l;
It IA,,lc, did Il; Camp Williams.
l. Wheu we g,tto Virginia ard the cor
&c mand was calc into more active s'rSlcc
was preset OF "accountcd for at c't
l. roll call. When II fight was on hand he WI
" in ranks and ally t"r duty. At VII l'm
IS burg, Va, on tic 9th OF Sertemher. l0"
n he was am ny the men Who with Colon
81 i-,-.-;-l- ..h,zGnl nI- -hreko LILO n und
:, ,t-nre, yet he behaved like iA-.n.-'
, Ag"Ia, ai Olive Branch, on the Ith
february, 1853, when two companies of II
u Hole mGc Ic.io u2dcr Gel. McKi> sic
AMI The oHtI Virginia lnfantry, under Co
" Table, met the 9TH Pennsylvania Cavalry
= ho:'i'e combat saw in Dr.. Little the his!
" c't evidence Cf christi an VIXEN ii
0 fight was ever and The %elcra,s were drive
: from the field. enc poor fellow, dressed
blue, with his brai cozing out at the bu
= let h"lc, lay or the roal side in he'd ,
! snow and mud. In this semi conscou
coadl ioI lie w0ul try to raise himself
hl' feet AMI say "llurrnh for the Un.on
Or. lh'tl' d smoInted from his horse, an
raising this wounded man to n sitting pc 81
non 'h' red hlm an op ate tD quit tn y. con
rulsions which he knew must soon be stille
: IN death. Instead of leaving the voor iclloY
!, there to die uhnUticcd, he asked ore of tn
men to remove him into the church buitdin
and there placed him on an improvisvd bed
Where lie lay until death came to his relief
In this decd a'onc we find in DR.. Lltl.
; modem Samaritan and The answer to job
question: "liow shall man be Just Wit
God?'
These are but q few Of the many recol
'e't'oTs7tfrr fmye flashed upon my MN,
slnce the death of Dr.. Robert Little, and
give them merely that his biogrAphcrs ma,
arrange them in the galaxy of virtues thai
centre around his name. They are rot ,hc
eife' e'vecsing of an enthusiastic Spirit actua
ted by popular sentiment, but Ihcv ar,
Jewc Of truths brought from the hbvrintl
yeirS To emba!m the memory of a noble and
worthy man.
on lanes eternal camping ground,
His humble tent is spi cad:
Nhie homer marks as solemn ground
His hvOuac with the dead
JAMES l.. STRAIN.