The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-12-01
THREE HEROE OES OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Great Partisan Generals,
Marion, Sumter and Pick
ems.

ems.
Erou The Charleston Post.
The following paper was read be-
fore the Daughters Of the American
Resolution 10 Columbia by Mrs. Fred
Robertson of the Rebecca Notice
Chapter Of this city
From Monltries 9 sand covered
slopes Gharle eston's silvery ribboned
harbor, through the green loulands.s
che high hills of Santee. the disputed
back country, Cowpens. Kings
AEonntain every foot Of South Caro-
lna's soil has been uptnrned by the.
rough ploughshsre Of war, watered
3by the best blood of her sons pa
tfiots al who made the last great
sacrifice villingly il defence of home,
Iberty and the right of self govern
nent.
Napoleon observed Z. Men grow
old upon the battlefield In all rev
;olutions arise men Of full stature,
upon whom is laid the burden .
hon shalt lead. Shown by q
ilargerrevelation the heavenly Yision,.
they are not disobedient unto it.
Such men. native to our soil, partake
our character, understand our heart
thfobs. shsre orr lives. JET standing
head and shoulders above their fel-
lows. represent all we hold most
dear
THUS Marion, Pickens, Snmter.
born of the people. in the darkest
hour Of the Southern revolution shine.
forth as stars, to which the respond
ent at unyiel ding patriots hitched,
If not their wagons almost literally
their war worn horses ~
Sumter, Marion, Pickens-T These
are names ortalized in South Car.
.olins history For a time the destiny
of the State was IN their keeping );
no sooner did lincoln surrender at
Charleston than from every swamp
as from the field Of Cadmus, rose up
bands Of resolute men out of the
wreck of Gates army, Poenix like,
anew form of opposition, Tarleton
and Marion, Rawdon and Sumter,
chasing each other. now back, now.
forth, now pursning. now pursued,
like to specifies Of Tam @ 'Shanter or
'headless horsemen Of Sleepy Hollow.
I. And a,.ho' the band i. fsv, tits tried and
true,
TIE leader svift aud bold
The British soldier trembles when Aarion's
name is told r
Francis Marion was born of Hague
not parentage near Georgetown in
1872. and from his majority passed
shis life al Belle Isle, il Johns,
Berkeley, BY ayocation farmer. At
27 he volunteered private in the.
French and Indiaa war. is advanced
q lieutenant under Moultrie, ana leads
the forlorn hope Of thirty one men
against the Indian hordes at Ensan-
guined etchsee The long marches,
the nightly bivouscs in the primeval
foress, the eleepen vigilance, the
hardships and difficulties innnmera-
:bfe were doubtless pondered by
Farmer Marion, when the war over.
at Belle Isle he must have watched
the clouds of colonial wrath gather,
9darken, until the heavens black with
tempest, Massachusetts fipgs her
thunderbolt of defiance to England
and makes her appeal to the colo
MES.
South Carolina responded, voting
one million dollars, and Immediately
commences raising an army Moul
trie is appointed colonel and
Marion captain. same regiment.
Troops are recruited, discipliniDg his
men, improving patriotism now
legion the deathless fame of Marion
Ready to battle. 1.On June the 28th
the British feet appeared off Charles
ton barbor"
Marion's men were of that gallant
few who for eleven hours held 1.-The
palmetto pen'' of Monltrie until the
ships disabled, doundered. slipped
their cables, and as the 'oud huzzas
of Victory! Victory ! rent the sir.
Marion sends once more the we'll di
rected shell as message of the future
to them
In the defence and fall Of Charles
ton Marion took no part, escaping
the fate Of prisoner of war through
an accident Charleston evacuated,
Marion, with broken ankle, hidden
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