The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-20


was also in MEG owan brigade. Said
acknowledgement was later colonel Of
cavalry, and in an encounter with the
Union cavalry he lost one of his eyes.
l met this gentleman after the war
once in tic Charleston Hotel, and
later in Savannah, where relative Of
his is living, from whom / heard in
the year 1891 or 9 that Major i. T..
Haskell had died on his plantation at
or near Little Rock, Arkansas. ! en-
close letter dated Abbcvillc G. H.,
s. C., goth Nov, 1868 You may see
how kindly was remembered by this
noble soldier that he sent money to
| his old coiDrade at time when funds
were scarce in the Southern States,
that lie would cntrust me with bus
ness, etc. Said letter is dear TO me,
but am quite willing to let you have
| it. Col a. e. Haskell also made me
kind offer when he met me in Savan-
nah But the first who made me
kind offer when we returned to our
homes after the war, was my beloved
, Gen. S. McGowan, who took me to his
residence, took me with him to the
Episcopal Church in Abbeville, intro
duccd me to Mrs. Gen. McGowan, as
also to his daughter, Miss McGowan,
who dcclamcd to me poem, "Bingen
on the Rhine Before I left the
general S house to 60 to my old home,
Walhalla. he offered me position in
his law Office, complmcnting me on
my punctuality and the keeping Of his
papers. Gen. McGowan wished that |
should 1--we at his residence aud be a
permanent guest at his table. Thus
you see how kindly was treated by
these noble families.
must also mention the late Col.
Marshall, Col. Cothran, Lieutenant
Colonel j. Towncs Robertson, who
subscribed my parole (as paroled pris-
oncr of the army Of Northern Vir-
| ginia. having permission to 60 to his
home and there remain undisturbed).
This was after cur capitulation at Ap-
pomattox Court House, Va, April 10,
1865.
then went with Gen. McGo Gowan to
Abbeville, where delivered to him at
his house all the brigade papers and
books, and also piece Of the colors Of
the 14th Regiment, of which General
McGowan had sbecn colonel, Gf do
not err) before he was brigade general.
The day on which the agreements and
the terms of the capitulation we're
signed q. C., egcctod} several OF our
soldiers and non commissioned officers
began to destroy their regimental col
ors, ag-staffs, etc. snatched from
the hands Of soldier (who was tear
ing into pieces and cutting up the
beautiful blue silken flag with beau
tiful wreath, or palmetto tree, en-
broidered on said flag in white silk) q
piece of said flag and hid it under my
uniform, and as soon as / saw chance
hid it under my shirt, and after hav-
ing arrived at General McGo 8
house, l delivered, together with all
our archives, this remnant Of the said
blue flag Of the 14th Regiment. l
should like to know if the general is
still in possession of this relic Of the
war. What else could he do with it
than to keep it? To surrender it to
the State of South Carolina was shame
full, as it would have brought to light
the miserable conduct Of the destroy
ers of the beautiful colors. It was q
shameful act Of the soldier to commit
such an outrageous deed Of insubordi-
nation. II was against all usages of
warfare.
AS l keep on writing remember a
certificate which was written by G..
Med. Miller, Captain commanding
Orr's Regiment Rifles, S. G. ". It
was in camp ON the Rappahannock, in
Virginia, on January 18th, 1868, soon
after the battle of Fredericksburg. /
was, at my request, and endorsed by
the different commanding officers Of
regiment, brigade, division, army
corps, tranferred from the army of the
Confederate States to the navy of the
Confederate States by command Of
GEN. Robert Il. Lee, and signed !:
by command of Gen. Lee. W. FL.
Taylor, \. A. General took this
transfer, because considered myself
utterly unfit for further service in the
field on account of irreducible double
hernia. | felt unable to stand the
marching, and believed would be
better able to serve on Confederate
| gunboa: or some ether vessel stationed
on one Of the rivers or on the coast of