Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
ANUNDELIvERED ADDRESS
That Was to Have Been Deliver.
ed at PaRkSville Some
Months Since.

Comrades Of the Jim n,Tillmal
Camp:
The opportunity Of appearing
before you on this interesting re
union is highly appreciated by me
The gallant soldier after whom 20,
have named your camp deserve
we'll to be thus remembered, for h
was a worthy representative of th'
fighting young soldiers who tool
service in the Confederate srmieI
from Edgeheld, and By his gal
lantrJ and fidelity to the cause
earned the compliment you have
bestowed on his memory.
Let me commend to the genera
ton that followed his time anc
may come hereafter, his patriotic
example and devotion to his coli
victions. To the younger people o.
our time the war of 1S61-65 with
it's sacrifices. gloriea, great achieve
ments, is little more than tradi
ton, but to those of-us Who par
ticipated in the triumphs and de-
feats of the great and splendid Con
federate armies the reality is still
present, and with the lapse OF time
bonds of soldierly eomradeshil
and soldierly sympathy are 81
strong as ever, and grow stronger
as we approach the grave. Thirty
two years have come and gone since
we gave our paroles of honor. al
vanquished veterans OF as granc
srmies as over took the field il
ally period OF the worlds history
Some OF those years have beer
long and weary and dismal, fal
more trying than the years of ac'
tive, terrible warfare. Each sue.
ceeding decade brings out more
conspicuously the splendid valoi
and heroism of the Confederate
soldiers. and in the coming ages
they will receive, as they deserve,
the homage and admiration of the
world.
1t is only necessary that we pre-
serve in some durable form and
not leave to tradition the truth OF
our desperate struggle, to command
the just appreciation of all civil
lied and enlightened people of the
world, and for all time.
Each one of you veterans here
present. and those elsewhere, can
contribute something to that end.
Elaborate, formal preparation is
not necessary. A simple narrative
in the homeliuot phrase
# you please, Of what fell within
the personal knowledge of each
soldier, private and officer, will be
to the impartial historian
If the future, aud. may tend to
clear up and elucidate some con-
point, which might not
,e arrived at in any other way. OF
ate it has frequently fallen to my
ot to receive communications from
nen of my command and to read
others in the newspapers and Pc
.iodicals giving accounts Of events
heretofore little understood or
which settle and
clear up points of history of great
value. Reports of commanding
officers are necessarily limited in
their scope, outlining the general
operations of troops. Many inter
esting details, which could not in
the nature of things fall under
their observation are omitted,
sometimes important details
These can only be supplied to his
tory by subordinate officers and
private soldiers. Won't you there
fore let me urge upon you, vetsr-
ans to address yourself to this duty
Select some march or combat OF
battle and tell i'll your own way
what you know about IT. The part
that your company or regiment OF
detachment took in it. What your
comrades did and what you saw
others do.
Many acts of heroism and devo'
ton would thus be preserved
which would otherwise be lost
Such papers would prove interest
ing at the meetings of your camp
and preserved by it's officers TO:
contribution to the cause of truth
full history.
"The Veteran" a monthly pc
riodical published at Nashville
Tenn, would be too glad to ge
such papers, and publish then
from time to time in durable form
The auryiyors of the Fedora