Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
Chapman's History of Edgefi ell
Criticized. With an Interesting
Account of the Battles In
Which Co. b, 9th S. G.
G.. Was Engaged.

Account OF the BATTLES In
Which Co. b, 9th S. G.
G. Was Engaged.
EDITOR ADVERTISER: A friend has
placed in my hands copy of Chap
mans History of Edgefield, in which
propose to correct some errors that I
see in regard to CO. B, 9Th S. G. Cav
airy, as l belonged to that command
and commanded it at the close Of the
war.
] Joined Co. B in March, 1863. 1t was
then detached from the regiment and
stationed about one mile below the
Charleston and Savannah R. r. in COL
Teton District. Capt. Lewis Jones was
then in command; short time after
he resigned and j. J. Gregg became
captain. The company remained near
Jackscnboro detached from the regi-
ment till first of May, 1864, when it
moved to Virginia with the regiment.
During its stay in Colleton District
w. H. Briggs and Charles Glanton
were captured while doing picket dnty
on Ashepoo river. They were ex-
changed late in the summer Of 1854 80
broken in health that Glanton died in
Richmond aud Briggs never Joined the
company any more, Archy Funder-
burg died at that camp. During the
company's stay in this State it was in
only one engagement. Two OF the
enemy's gunboats ascended Edisto
river and were repulsed by two guns
of Capt. Waters battery. Co. B was
then under fire of the enemy's guns
before and after Capt Waters arrived
with his guns. He soon drove the
enemy back, one of the boats was SO
crippled that the enemy set it on fire
and abandoned it. No one OF Co. B
was hurt in this fracas.
Arrived in Virginia late in May.
On 11th June, early in the morning,
Buffers brigade, to which the 9Th Reg
iment belonged, attacked Sheridan's
army near Trevillian station driving
them some distance. For want of sup
port we were flanked and had to re-
I'treat. In this days fight j. Wiley
Meyer, (Chapman has it Mayers) was
killed. E. v. Steadman severely wound
ed, shot through the body; Capt. Gregg
wounded in the arm. The next day,
Sunday, June 18th, the enemy attacked
us behind railroad embankment and
temporary breastworks, after driving
in our skirmish line, killing ~. E
Padgett, w. B. Brooks and breaking
S. E. Mays thigh. This engagement
began about o'clock p. m. and lasted
till night, during which time the
enemy charged US seven different
times, but failed to dislodge US. Dur
ing this fight, beside those already
mentioned, John Moss and his brother
Matt Moss and Bill Claxton were kill
ed, Abner Bushnell, w. d. Rountree,
Sergeant a. N. Giles, (Giles mortally
wounded), Richard Berry, Press Will
liams, Sergeant Sam Cothran, all Sc
verely wounded, and probably others,
several slightly wounded. In the two
days fight 81 were killed and wounded.
j. w. Noble, Sam Blackwell and prob
ably others were captured.
Mr.. Chapman has 1T IN his book that
w. II. Mays lost leg at Trevillian.
Comrade Billy has two good legs now,
thorgh old. He was sick at hospital
during that battle and was not in it.
A few days later near New Kent G. H.,
(I believe it was), William Holloway
and Il. e. Seago were severely wound
ed. James Briggs died of disease in
Richmond. The company was often
engaged till near the close Of 1864, bu
had no other casualties.
In January, 1866, Buffers Brigade
came to Columbia, S. c., to oppose
Sherman in his destruction of the
country. While on picket below Co.
lumbia few days before it was burn
ed. Sergt. w. II. Winn was killed. At
the surprise of Kilpatrick's camp, II
miles west of Fayetteville, N. c., Sergt.
S. G. Cothran and David Quarles were
killed; G. w. Broadwater and Tom
Lanham severely wounded, and Thos.
E. Seaso mortally wounded. Mr.. Chap
man calls this place Catfish Creek, I
saw no creek there, nor never heard
the name before. Two days later while
reconoitering on east side of Cape Fear
river, below Fayetteville, G. NJ. Adams
was killed. guess it was 18th L arch.
Thos. Williams was killed near Bur-
CESS Mill in Virginia, November, 1854.
Killed in battle IL: mortally wound
ed 2, and about as many more severely
wounded, say Is. Mr.. Chapman has,
wounds not mortal 5.
When the company was ordered to
Virginia in 1864 it numbered about
100, rank and file, it was required to
reduce it's number to so rank and file.
The roll that Mr.. Chapman gives is
VERY incorrect. lie has names that l
never heard of being in the company
before. G. w. Crawford's name is not
there while the names Of w. B. Crane,
J. II. Ellis, .Tillmau S. Hudson, NJ. r.
Munale, w. E. Middleton, Geo. Rump,
1 never heard of being members.
| forgot to mention David Plunkett
as being among the killed. John Perry |
should be John Terry. Abe Gilchrist
was captured at Trevillian and w. E.
Gilchrist at Kilpatrick's camp. Wood
Mays, Charles Roper and Lewis Glan-
ton diod at home. James NJ. Holden
should be James NJ. Holder.
There is much of the history of this
part of Edgefleld not mentioned in
Chapman's history. In January, 1875,
company commanded by William
Olde, was called from this immediate
neighborhood to Sisters Ferry on Sa-
vannah river, near the city OF Savan-
nah, to serve against the British; they
returned in three months.
Respectfully,
Poverty Hill, s. c., Dec. II.
nsusr7srso ar7T nffoss 6o.