The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-27
A Silent MementO of the Past.

In the battle Of Frazier's Farm, Va,
June 3Oth, 1862, Capt. Geo. r. Dean, of
Spartanburg, S. c., commanded COM
pany of South Carolina infantry, his
brother Thaddeus being first lieuten-
ant. Thaddeus was killed while bearing
forward the colors, and his canteen has
lust been recovered for his brother Capt
Dean, who had one like it, after these
long wears, from Wonderland Museum
in Detroit, through the instrumentality of
our fellow townsman Gen. I. ID. Toll,
assisted by our comrade Joseph S. Keen,
of Detroit, Company D, thirteenth Michi-
gan, whose history of prison life in Rich
mond, Danville and Andersonville is
most interesting. Capt. Dean was Gene.
raj Tolls physician at Spartanburg, and
is most genial gentleman. The recovery
and return of that canteen adds one more
to the acts of kindness and courtesy be-
tween the Blue and Grey, whose devotion
question. -Petoskey (Mich.) Record.
In 1890 while Mr.. B. B. Bishop, of this
city, was in Detroit, Mich, he, while
looking through the "Wonderland Muse
um," saw a canteen with the inscri ption,
"Lieut. T. G. Dean, killed at Frazier's
farm" AS that name was very familiar
to Mr.. Bishop as being the same as an
other of the younger citizens here, Mr..
Thad. C. Dean, Mr.. Bishop wrote to DIR.
Geo. r, Dean, the father of T. G. Dean
here and informed him of what he had
seen. The Lieut.. T. C. Dean on the can
teen, was indeed no other than an older
brother OF DR.. Geo. r. Dean, of this city,
for whom T. G. Dean is named and who
was killed at Frazier's Farm, June 30th,
1862.
DR.. Dean entered into correspondence
at once and kept it up for five years with
out making any headway. Still he kept
up his efforts. To recover this relic Of
one of the most gifted and gallant men
who gave his life for the cause he felt it
his duty to defend, at last strange myste-
rious chance brought from the colder
regions of the great northwest one of her
gifted sons, the octogenarian hero OF
General Israel Dy Toll, who needed the
warmer breezes of the Southern lands to
renew the strength Of youth in his frail
body. he came to this city. In his strug-
gle against grim death, he called to his
aid Dr. Dean, and in the long interview
between doctor and patient, the story OF
the canteen was tod. General Toll
promised DR.. Dean that if his health
would permit, on his return home he
would procure this relic ofa long lost
brother. How we'll he kept that promise
the above clipping from Petoskey paper
tells General Toll called to his aid
gallant Union Soldier, Joseph Keen,
who succeeded sitter many efforts III
obtaining from the museum the long
sought memento of q bloody fight fought
more than thirty-six years ago.
The canteen arrived here yesterday and
DR.. Dean now has it. Only those who
know DR.. Dean closely, can appreciate
the feeling be experienced when this
silent, voiceless reminder of hero's life
aud death, for cause that was lost, when
he received it from the hands Of his
friend.
DIR. Dean was not surprised at receiving
the canteen, after having had Gen. Tolls
promise to recover it; for he realized that
q true soldier had taken up his cause, and
true soldiers delight to serve each other
All good men will join DR.. Dean in COM
mending the spirit that prompted Gen.
Toll and Mr.. Keen to seek this relic and
restore it to the one who could rightly
appreciate it,
Mr.. Keen has promised at future day
to furnish history Of this canteen from
the time it was taken from the dead body
of Lieut.. Dean until restored to his
brother. 1t may be interesting to note
the fact that Lieut.. Deans body was
brought by his father back to his native
State and lies in the churchyard at Beltsn,
S. c., beside that father who long since
has died.-Spartanbu'y Herald, l7M INST.