Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-04
GOOD GO 0 D OLD Ql | ] s. G. SOLDIERS.
Semethf0g About tho South Carolina
Regiments In the Civil War.

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Regiments In the Civil War.
There Is poetry In our past, there
lie deathless honor to South Caro-
llina's gallant sons, but in writing a
short account of the troops sent by
our State TO fight for her freedom,
there is space for little mere than
bare facts, and q list of names whose
glory furnishes all the beauty of my
theme. IT, .El..,s.
For much Of my information am
indebted to our own brave soldier,
Col. J. N. Brown, who not only bore
the sufferings and privations of the
Confederate camp, but won Confede-
rate laurels as well, having been pro-
noted to the rank of general. II
| To the call for troops to defend
the South this State promptly re-
sponded by raising $4,000 troops !;
10000 of these were State troops, or
reserves, principally old men and
boys, verifying her unparalleled patri-
otism, robbed the cradle and the
grave. .@.a
The first gun fired in that immor-
tai struggle was not at Fort Sumter,
April 18th, 1861, but three months
earlier, from Morris Island, January
9th, 1861, by South Carolina cadets,
commanded by Major Stevens. It
was discharged at the "Star of the
West," a steamer carrying supplies
to Fort Sumter. .. f..
The Fourth Regiment of South
Carolina Volunteers sent out
April ID, 1891, was composed of rol-
diers from Anderson, Ooonce, Pick
ems and Greenville. It's officers were
Col. J. b. T.. Sloan, Lieut.. Col. C. s.
Mattison, Major J. II. Whitner,
Adjt. S. M. Wilkes.
There was little fighting on South
Carolina soil ; our soldiers mot the
foe on the battlefelds of Virginia
and Tennessee and by the courage
and patriotism they displayed, proved
the spirit of 1776 was still vital
spark, and that the chivalry of the
South could produce the finest SOL
diers, as well as the finest gentlemen,
the world had ever produced.
The first important battle was Big
Bethel, June 10th, 1861. The South
Carolinians who participated in this
battle were commanded by Gen. d.
II. Hill. On July 21st, 1861, took
place the battle of Bull Run, or the
First Manassas. In this fight were
Generals Hampton, Kershaw, Bon
ham, Butler and Bee with their COM
mands.
1t was there Gen. Jackson was
given his soubriquet. Gen. Bee in
rallying his forces became impatient,
and exclaimed "Men look at jack
sons brigade, it stands like a stone
WALL" The name passed from the
command to the commander, and has
become immortal.
The next important battle in which
our soldiers engaged was on October
I'd, 1861, at Leesburg, Gen. N. G.
Evans in command of the South
Carolina troops.
In 1862 our men participated in
the following battles: williamsburg,
Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Frasier's
Farm, Mechanicsville, Savage's Sta
ton, Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain,
Second Manassas, OK Hill, South
Mountain, Harpcr's Ferry, Antietam,
Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Shiloh
and Murfreesboro.
In 1868 occurred the following
battles, in which the 10th, 10Th, 10th
and Oath regiments took part:
Chamcci!orsville, Resaca, New
Hope, Harrison's Mountain, Gettys-
burg, Mills Valley, Chickamauga,
Richmond, Perrysville. In the bat
tie of Missionary Ridge they did not
participate, because they had made
an unsuccessful attack on Knoxville,
November 25th, and then returned
through East Tennessee to Virginia.
In 1864 took place tho battles, of
The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
aarbor, cambridge, Fort Harrison
and Richmond.
Con. Gist was killed at Franklin,
November 80th, and was succeeded
by Col. Ellison Capors.
Probably the hardest fighting of
tho war was at Spottsylvania Court
House May 18th, 1864, in The Bloody
Angle. That battle lasted, without
interruption, for Is hours, and at
Murfreesbore, whom the fighting
began on the last day of 1862, and
lasted two days. The following is o
list of Confederate Generals from
South Carolina.
Lieutenant Generals: r. II. An