The National tribune., 1892-10-27

| army!" Another, when asked, said he was
with the rebels at Bull Run, but they made
! him 60. He was at Hilton Head when the
forts surrendered, and when tho chance pre-
| sented he deserted. He is proud of a Yankee
| ball he carries with him in his leg, which he
received at Bull Run. Though be fought for
the rebels he prayed for the Union sogers. He
became a Corporal, and if scars ana herosm
entite men to preferment, he stands good
chance to
MAKE HIS MARK.
The men were now plainly told why they
had been called together. They were in
structed as to the duties and hardships OF sol
diers who guard the interest of freedom, and
they were then informed that they might re-
main or return to their families on the pianta-
tions, as they chose. Nearly every one promptly
declined to stay. For freedom and the Union
they would fight with good heart, but for the
Union and slavery for themselves and their
families they saw no motive OF war. In TINS
they were as sensible as white men.
Their first lessons were taken under great
drawbacks They had only their threadbare
and ragged Clothes and most of them were
barefooted but when Gen Hunter explained to
them that they were now free men, all seemed
willing to do their part fer the success OF the
Union arms. After they had been III camp one
month only one had been put in the guard
companies all testified as TO their good conduct,
obedience Ga virtue brutally taught them by
slavery, and proficiency in their first military
lessons. To their praise it can be said that
there was no profanity, drunkenness, or vulgar
songs among them.
At one time when they were being addressed,
all who decidedly preferred TO remain and
become soldiers were told to raise their right
hand Many raised both, and many, leaping
up said they wished they had four hands to
fight for their freedom. They manifested
strong love for their families. and knew full
well how distressing to them their departure
was. Still neither by the past, nor by the
want of comfortable clothing or the want of
arms. were they discouraged. They were per-
mitted, in small squads.
TO VISIT THEIR FAMILIES,
collect any money due them for their labor,
and d. what they could to make their homes
comfortable; and i'll nearly every instance
they returned to camp at the time set
Gen. Hunter dealt wisely and kindly with
these men, Tho wisdom that has marked
every step Of this movement may safely be
trusted for the future. Ii became evident to
the rebels that God was against them, as it was
TO the colored man and his friends that He
had raised up one for them who had 10 helper"
Among the friends of the cOlored man, no one
doubted that at the sight of a regiment of
wel-armed negroes, their former slaves, old
fears Of retributiou and sense OF guilt would
so terrify our common enemy, that their hearts
would fail them, so that lone shall chase
thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight"
As retaiatory measure, JEFF Davis issued
the following General Order:
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTAST AND)
IEsPECToR-GESERAL'so OFFICE.
RICHaoSD. Va, Aug. q, ls62
General Order. No. co.
Whereas Maj-Gen. Hunter, recently in
si.n
Carolina, has organized and armed negro slaves
for military service against their masters, citizens
of this Confederacy, and whereas the Government
of the United States has refused TO answer an
inquiry whether said conduct of Gen. Hunter
meets its sanction, and has left to this Government
ot her means of repres-ing said crimes and out
alton shall serve 10 prevent their repetition;
Ordered. That Maj.-Gen. Hunter be no longer
held and treated "A public enemy of the Confed-
crate States, but as an outlaw; and that. in the
event of his capture, or that of nnv of his COM
mssioned officers employed III drilling. organizing,
or insiTucilng slaves with view 10 their armed
service ia this war, they shall not be regarded
prisoners of war. bat held n close confinement for
exccut feloUs at such times and place rs the
President shall order. :. COOPER,
Adjutaut and Inspector General.
Some complained of the arming of the freed
men because it weakened the farming force
and threatened the loss Of some of the cotton
that had been planted. Superintendents of
the plantations had very laudably urged the
people TO vigorous labor for large yields. and
some on this account objected to the movement;
they soon began to understand that liberty had
its price well as its sacrifice.
LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 1sT S. C.
Captains Charles T. Trowbridge, John D. B.
Goddard, James II. Harold. Wn. Churchill
Erastus II. Case. of New York; William J.
Randolph, Robert McWeIcr, Robert Hamilton
VIM. James, and Joseph L. Brown, of Penn
sylvania.
First Lieutenants-GeorgeW VI. Reeder, Thos
X. Durham, Alexander Heasley, George s.
Thomas and Thomas H. McGlathery, OF Penn
sylvania: Robert NJ CASTOR, VIM. II. Donnel-
son. Israel 7. Sickle, OF New York, and Luther
q. Riggs of Connecticut
Second Lieutenants-John A. Trowbrdge
and George ID. Walker, of New York; Edmund
T. Oliver James +. Johnson, Robert q. Christie,
Stewart Afford, james Pomeroy, Thos. &. Ran
dolph, and John o. Kerr, of Pennsylvania
Harry West, of New York, appointed
Quartermaster, Thomas K. Durham Adjutant
and VIM. J. Randolph Surgeon.
Lieut.. Arthur NJ. kinzie, nephew and AID
de Camp on Gen. Hunters staff, was its first
Colonel. He was afterward succeeded by Capt.
James ID. FessendeD, Aid-de-Camp
A son OF SENATOR FEssESDEN, OF MAINE.
On May 10. 1862. the writer of this article
received the following special order:
DEPAKTIEST OF THE SOUTH,
HHToS HEAD, :. C., May 10, 1862
Special Orders, No. l02
The folIowing-namcd enlisted men hereby
detailed extra duty at Department Headqusr-
ters and will report TO Lieut.. A. NJ. kinZie with
out delay, VIZ Serg't James ii. Harold, Co. /, Vol
unieer Engineers.
by order of Brighten. H W. BESBAA.
l. W SMITH, Acting Assistant Adjutant-GeneTal.
On reporting TO Lieut.. Kinzie lie Informed
me what Gen. Hunter had in contemplation,
and that on the day previous general order
had been issued freeing all the people hereto
fore held as slaves in the Department of the
South. ] saw no reason why these men should
not do their part towards suppressng the re-
bellion, of which they seemed 10 be the bone of
contention. From my own personal knowi-
edge, and from the information obtained from
those who had escaped to tho Union lines, |
knew that they were tillng the soil and con-
structing the intrenchments on James Island,
S. c., for the enemy. Thus they became con-
trabaud of war. After somewhat lengthy
interview with Lieut. KinZie ] concluded to
accept an appointment IN the lst s. {. Vols,
and he instructed me to proceed to Drayton's
Plantation and take command Of whatever
colOred men ! found in that locality. On ar
irving at Draytons found a large number of
freedmen waiting to be made soldiers. After a
short address line was formed, and from these
picked out the foil, wing men as privates aud
non-commissioned officers:
ROSTER OF THE FIRST COMPANY
Sergeants, Sampson. Green, Gabriel; Andrew
7. Naring, of Co /, 1st n. Y. Eng. as First
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