The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-02

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sunday Advertiser.
P,nnsyieapia cl%ampionci the Nortl
IN The contost for The first place on
,nc roll II honor, and a trinc over :.
yer cent Of her quota Of soldiers met
cath on The battlefield. South Caro-
ma led the Southern States. and sac
6rci over =; per cent Of her military
population as it stood in 1861. Had
the combat been left To these two
commonwealth the Keystone would
have annihilatcd the Palmetto, and
Rave conc III Of tie contest with an
army large enough, To 'ntimidatc the
..miirc. if 50 disposed.
South Carolina furnished the reei-
'nen. ;ila, Lost the ii~hr, number
killlri halll anrinsilcw WAR Urr-
South rarpiina lti Which pli,! ~.
.caih snli q. .,'. ~..r also fnrni H.
~ pm" frr .osl Ilitr VIZ The ~on'.r
.rn.s j,lo ,ht iAi s,uih ,sroi.na Nol
ntorr, "~i.:rl e~.F, T..
Tic ir~' M.ltre Oh ti" I nion iie
,..i- ,a,.cn Ms il1- H,i s., i!a.Auslirp.
~iil i Sc j, nf-yF. .ul the second
nlaec icli toa irNas>'..ni %r.simcut.
,hc 81. ~:jcl Mad . t+' al -.
Here h,e;n- nuoilrr lucl bctwcen
NE kry~tuac arl i'aIm,tio. The @3d
~voilc,i uiia score ef ~ KILLED a"l
~oundcl. ne Geaih, %,rorin@ 81.
The ~.;i Pennsylvania c;.nr into b.
ing - :, rccr.anizn,inn Of Il regiment
comir..s. of volunteer and militia
co.Aia.4.. that ~rSrnn,lcd To Frcsi-
dent Lincoln Iirst csil, and served
three months.
The colonel at the head Of both reg
iAAcnts, John w. McLanc, had served
IS a volunteer officer in the Mexican
war, and distinguished himself as a
master in organization and drill. The
LIST South Carolina had Il similar his
tory. for it was formed out of the dis
banded Ist South Carolina Of the Pro
visional army, called into being by
the Convention when the State %Sccc,l-
Cd in December, 1850. That rcgi
Mcnt was made up Of the old militia
companies and volunteers, enlisted to
serve the State six months.
This Provisional regiment and the
one Formed out al it were created and
led by the same crluncl, Marcy Gregg.
Who had been volunteer oniccrin the
Mcxican war. and had acquitted him
sell as M able disc!pl,narian and mas
ter of drill. .Nnl it happened that at
the very time 10 II mouth, and almost
to a day, when Col. Gregg was getting
his Palmetto men nut nf the old har-
ness int" the new and touching them
ur with his Mexican war rcminis-
rcnccs, Col. McI.anc was doing the
samc with his keystone boys. The
sd was ready for orders in the fell Of
1861, and the list South Carolina also.
Each went TO its respective station
Tor assignment to place in line. and
both began their fighting careers on
the same day aud on the same field,
within long range rifle shot Of each
rthcr. The Pcnnsylvanians numbered
about $50 men, the Carolinians but a
triic less. They were not directly op-
posed on that field, Gaines Mill, June
~, 1862, nor upon any other except at
North Anna, Va, May p, 1862, but
were engaged for the whole three
years in the opposing army Of North
crn Virginia and the Potomac, often
n the same battle ground.
\" f%anciful comparison could
hci"htcn the parallel. The regiments
stated fairly equal. and both were in
;hc tli'he>t III the fight, with varying
,."!nhcrs engaged and varying losses
~ different battles against metal tenn
cred by tnc same heat. They emerged
with u mel result almost equal. Oh,
no. twas not q duel: but twas very
like il.
The South CarolinianS struck hard
lines in that first light at Gaines
Mill. They were hrigadcd with four
other regiments from the same State,
9th. 18th, ll,h and nrr's Rifles.
mentioned above, and Col. now Gen.
Gregg became leader of the whole col
ulnn.
The color guard went down 20 a
man, and the colonel. u. II. lIanll-
ton, took the flag and called on his
mcn to stand. Gregg. seeing the
slaughter and the uselessncss of trying
to advance. ordered the regiment to
retire by filing through the intervals
Of the second line. Pho licutcnant-
colonel, augustus NJ. Smith. Of Alb
hcuillo \ ann contain ~ H.. l