Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-23

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dent his studies, the rich planter
his pf,ncely home, the white la
.borer his labor. and even the min
lister his church to battle for whal
they deemed arighteous cause.
They did not consider the conse-
qaences, for to them the call to
war was the call of duty, and they
would obey it, let come what might.
And the women of the South,
reared in refinement and luxur;',
did they shrink back from the ter
rore and hardships of war and
seek to withhold their loved ones?
No! in their bosoms too burned
the purest patriotism, and although
their hearts were torn with an
guish at the thought of giving
them to their country, the sense of
duty rose above human emotion,
and. with fearful smile they
buckled sword on father, brother,
son, and husband and bade them
go, fully resolved to nobly do the
harder woman's part of taking
care of the homes, and watching
and waiting. This lmpulsive zeal
and fiery patriotism could it with
stand reverses and privation, or
would it not rather die as quickly
as it came?
For answer I beg lou turn the
pages of adverse historians and
read from the fall of Fort Sumter
to the sad but shameless day at
Appomattox. OF how a country
of five million inhabitants, practi-
cal1y without arms and equip
ments, with no navy or merchant
vessels, and. shut out from the re-
sources of the world, maintained
for four long years against a ra-
ton of more than four times ils
area and population, with an or
ganized army and well equipped
navy, and with the resources and
mercenary soldiers of the world
from which to draw. a NJ ghty
struggle for freedom that caused
outside nations to look OH in ad-
miration and wonder and with
doubt as to the result. A struggle
unequaled in the annals of history
for it's ferceness, bloodshed and
valor. Of how during those four
years 100000 Confederate soldiers,
poorly clad and half starved, copsd
with 100000 we'll fed and we'll
equipped Union soldiers. +.
I would picture to you some of
the battles Of this war. First
Manassas, where the untried
Southern troops proved their valor,
and convinced the North that the
South meant war, and war to the
death. Where Beauregard, Jack
son, johnson, Barlow, Bee, and our
own Hampton, Butler, and Evans
led the gallant charges that wrest-
ed a glorious victory from conti-
dent enemy and wrote their names
in immertal letters or the pages of
their country's history. 1t was
here that T. J. Jackson was fret
called "Stonewall" Jackson Ivy
Gen. Bee, whowas killed the same
day leading a gallant charge on
the Union batteries.
The terrible battle Of Shiloh,
where the Confederates led by
Bragg, Polk, Hardee, Brecken-
ridge, and Albert Sidney johnson
in irresistible onslaught drove the
brave and stubborn forces of Grant
from the field and won a brilliant
victory, but too dearly won for it
cost the South the life of Albert
Sidney Johnson, the bright star of
the Western army, an irreparable
loss.
fredericksburg where Lee with
an army of $4,000 troops COM
pletely defeated Burnsides' army
of 145, 900. Where Kershaw ard
his Carolinians won fresh laurels,
and where the confident Confed-
crates sang:
'Lee formed his line of battle!
Said, Boys, you need not fear,
For Longstreet's in the centre,
And Jackson in their rear"
Charlottesville. where Jackson
won his last victory and lost his
life. Of whom the defeated Union
General Howard said: "Stonewall
Jackson was victorious" Even his
enemies praise him; but
providentially for US it was the
last battle that he waged against
the American Union. For, in
bold planning, in energy of execut-
ion, which he had the power to
diffuse, in indefatigable activity
and moral ascendancy, Jackson
stood head and shoulders above
his confreres, and after his death
General Lee could not replace
him."
Yes, the name of Stonewall jack
son will go down in history as the
ablest and most brilliant officer
produced by the Civil War.
Gettysburg's three days fight
The first. our men drove the
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