The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-03

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Though this last onset with che South
i Carolinians did not last over fifteen
minutes, the 10th lost over 22O killed,
j wounded and prisoners; the prisoners
were few. including Col. T. W. B.
I Stockton. who was related to zen.
Longstreet. Therefore, your Excel
i .iilency, although we lost our flag, we
nobly defended it. until by overwhelm-
/ ing force it was wrested from us, and
/ we appreciate the fact that no Drawer,
! no nobler men ever marched into bat
tie than the Palmetto Sharpshooters !;
but it might yet, I hope, not appear
invidious for me to discriminate where
all the troops on that field fought so
we'll.
When Gen. Lee surrendered at Ap-
pomattox the Palmetto boys stacked
their arms in front Of the 18th Michi-
gan. One Of their officers on inquiry
Learning who we were, remarked to his
men the incident Of us firing on them
| in the hollow and the capture Of our
| flag. We were glad to mees on friend
| " terms and would have gladly shared
with them our last morsel Of food or
orr ST nenny. Some time last fall a
discussion arose between several sur
yivors Of that struggle as 30 what bri-
gade FIRST penetrated our lines and
wound up the fight on the left. It all
appeared in the Confederate,
Veteran, Of. which / am q sub
scriber; and to give credit to
Hoods Texans and Jenkins's South
| Carolinians. / wrote the Veteran in
January last. After its appearance |
received score Of letters from Con-
federate Veterans very compliment
tary to me, especially one from Pal
metto boy. l have sent it to the
J Veteran for publication. The flag in
question was, by permission Of Gen.
r. E. Lee, presented to the Governor
Of South Carolina, and I believe is
now :c the archives Of your State Capt.
toll.
And now that all sectional feeling Is
ob!iterated. the North and the South
uaited BY the tenderest ties Of broth
erlood under one flag that binds with
golden links these glorious United
States through these circumstances of
glorious change, [ appeal to the kind
ness Of your Excellency and the Vet
erans Of the lst Palmetto Sharpshoot-
ers that the flag be returned to our
organization, and not without giving
in return some lasting memorial to its
gallant captor that will bear his name
down the ages of fame and the organi-
zation to- which he belonged. We,
too, will have the flag, not for its in
trinsic value, but in remembrance of
those who presented it to us. Mrs.
Dunks is dead, and Mrs: Elliott,
whose husband, R. T. Elliott, was my
captain and Major commanding the
regiment when he was killed at Golopo-
tony Greek, Virginia, May 20, 1854;
Major Welch. afterward colonel, killed
! at the battle of Peables Farm, Va,
September 80, 1864. Another brother
Of Major Elliott, a major also, was
killed in the Wilderness; one aged
brother now survives Richard Elliott,
who contributed to the flag. I learn
ed through the daily press that a
NorthC Carolina regiment returned a cap
tured flag to the 14th Michigan. which
caused me to write Col. Hill, with
the hope and prospect in view Of get
ting our flag returned. Hence my
! appeal to your Excellency in behalf Of
..'our association and the memory of
those loved ones now passed to the
other shore. / have given your Ex-
cellency all the facts in this matter as
I know them, and now fully believing
that your Excellency will give them
due consideration, will await your
reply, with the hope and prayer that
the gallant heroes Of Jenkins's Pal
metto Sharpshooters will consent-to
return our long lost flag, SO gallantly
captured. and so honorably lost, | have
the honor to be very respectfully your
obedient servant,
T. r. LAcKIE.
The flag was not turned over to the
State during Governor Ellerbes term,
and nothing seems to be known about
it at his Office. If there is anything
known about the matter Governor
Ellerbe would be glad to hear about it
and it would be we'll to communicate
directly with the Michigan officers,
who have taken up the matter; the
;. addresses are given In the correspon-