The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-12
CONFEDERATE RECORDS
WHAT THESTATE is DOING 70 PRE-
SERVE THEM.
Tbs Bsp,-. CT the HEs:ortsn-zfuoh work
Has Yet to Be Done-ScIne Records Ehas
RSvs NosYct Bsen Scared.

Hss Yse to Be Done--scms Records Ehas
aavs Not Yet Bssn Scared.
TIE snnual report OF tie State His
tcria2, Colonel John P Thomas, was
presented to Governor E!ier5e Thurs
day, Colonel Thomas giv&s tee his
tory CT the conception Of the work N
1872. when I,rcf WG1. james Rivers
0: tie Sou:h Carolina College collect.
ed the nsmes O. 10000 and mere OF
the Confederate dead. Then came
Prof. Rivers work in 1854 cf collecs
ing statistical and other information.
TIE third movement 70 collect Con
tcGerste records in South Carolina
was By Inc State Survivors association
during the years, 1859, 1870 and 1871.
He quotes from the repcr. OF lhe asso-
citation en- what was accomplished,
shomirg that Gu: Of 2 population CT
IS 0CQ, tie State gave II 600 volGn-
:eeys during the first is months OF tie
war, st least one soldisr for every
vote cas- for secession; that tie State
probably gave 1900 lives to the
soulhsra cause. All ,ol?s collec.ed
were turned over to ihe State.
II 1882 the general assembly took
action passing al act putting the work
IN the hands Of the adjltant general.
Gen. Manieaul! did some admira be
work during his term Of ct6co. He
sscert5i5ed the organization Of 1876
companiss Of October 81, 1885. Gen:
Bonham aod Gen. Farley also cid
good work during their terms OF Of
ice.
II 1888 the general assembly, on
The 33rd anniversary CT the passing OF
tae orGinaGce OF secession, passed g
ioiat resolution placing the work IN
Cen. Kershaw's hands. He Wes per
miiteG to do no more than prepare the
creface before he was called 10 his
rest. Gen. Farley's work as State
Historian is detailed and highly con-
merded. This brings the matter down
to the appointment Of Colonel Thomas
10 succeed General Farley in October
last.
The following extracts frocl the re-,
port will be found CT interest:
Finding that 8 large number OF the
printed rolls that had been ssnt cut by
Gen. Farley for revision bad ct 5een
returned to this Office, I proceeded
forthwith to make every effort at my
command, through individual cores:
pordence and appeals in the press OF
the Ssa-e. tc secure the prompt return
OF the rolls given out. I further call
ed for other rolls to complete the rec.
ord Of the troops furnished by South
Carolina to the Southern Confederacy.
The next subject that engaged my
attention was the careful examination
OF ali the rolls and papers turned over
to me by the late historians represen-
tative, as well as the Confederate rec
orGs transferred November 22j iaS5,
bv your exceliepcy's order, from tbs
Office of the adiutant and inspector
general to the ofice CT the Confederate
historian.
All these rolls and papers of every
kind have, with the jealous snd eth
cient assistance of Cap. Wade &
Manning, been overbauled, analyzed,
Systematically classified, and securely
filed in logical ordsr.
The total number OF rolls printed
and turned over to the present histo
rian by Mr.. L. E. Farley, represent
ing his brother, my predecessor, is as
follows: Filed. Infantry, 2l0; artll
lery, "a; cavalry, 81; total, 26S. Miss
ing: IpfsnIry, 146; cavalry, 81; total,
1873; fled and missing, 451.
With the rolls were also turned
ever: Cd two memorandum books; !;
(2) the Kershaw pre- see, and 81 Gen.
g. Irvine Walkers sketch of the
Tenth ard Nineteenth South Carolina
reeinents-1S61-65.
TIE papers, other than company
rolls, obtained from the Office of the
adjatant and inspector general, coz
sis. Of the two vsluable works o: Pro
fessor Rivers, hitherto referred TO; e
roll of field agd staff Of South Caro-
lima regiments, infantry, artillery and
cavalry and miscellaneous notes, be-
ing mainly individual records OF Con
fsderate soldiers.
The results OF ny work, sincs ny
assumption OF Office in October last,
and tie present status appear IL the
tabulsted statements herewith e1clos-
ed, marked 8 and B.
1t will be seen from schedule 4 that
10 70 this date, January 5, 1898, the
exhibit stands thus. On file snd pri1
TED:
Infantry companies. ...........320
Batteries artiIlery~.~ss...,.. 81
Calvary troops.....s.......- 43-397
Out for revision and missing:
Infantry