Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-11
STATE iiiST0aikHS kNNUaL REPORT.

sTkTE iiiSToaikH's hNNUaL REPORT.
Valuable Facts and Flgures-South Carollna's
Par! In tho War Between inc States.
Tho annu"l report Of tho State histo-
rian, Col John p. Thomas, has boon com
pletad and placed In the hands OF Gov
ernor McSweeney for transmission to tho
Legislature. 1t is valuable historical
document, full of information collected
during the years that have intervcncd
since tho surrender at Appomattox, and
which Is now accessible in condensed
form for tho first time. Col. Thomas
has labored faithfully during tho past
year without compensation to complete
tho records and put them into shape, SO
that tho future historians will have facts
and figures furnished by tho survivors
themselves for their guidance and in
struction. lilo has prosecuted this work
Oh his own responsibility Gas volun-
tary contribution to tho Confederate his
tory of tho State, and especially to tho
cause of tho rank and file of a noble sol
diery." The result of his years labors
will appear in tho annual report, and wo
give herewith tho concluding statements,
which arc roploto with i. crest:
Tho official records in TIC Office of tho
State Historian of Confederate Records
show that South Carolina put in tho
armies of tho Confederate States 81 regi-
monts and four battaliions of infantry
371 companies, seven regiments, ono
squadron and ono company of calvary
7:' companies; and thrco regiments, two
battalions and 10 unattached batteries of
artillory-55 compani9s-the tabulation
of tho rolls, including the field and stan,
regimcntal and battalion, giving tho fol-
lowing result:
Enrolled. Effective.
infantry ....... ,I2S :iS,3li
cavalry ................ 9,0G7 S,OlI
Aftlllcry. S,213 1857
Total. 81 sos 81, 9ti5
In addition, tho official records show
so companies Of State troops or reserves,
with an enrolment, including field and
staif, of 1911 enrolled, or 1911 total
tho actual figures, since there wer,
organized at least II regiments of re-
serves i'll addition to other State troops.
1t thus appears, from tho figures of the
rolls in tho State Historians custody and
duly filed, that South Carolina furnished
for Confederate service G1 ,GOS officers and
men total enrolled, or 3d. 0G5 total efrcc-
tive, and for State service 1911 officers
and mon total enrolled, or 4,0l1 total
effective.
Making now the moderate estimate,
and tho estimate that the truth of his
tory warrants, that ) per cont. of Con-
fcdcrate and 23 per cent. of State troops
arc not carried Oh the rolls, it further
appears that South Carolina gave to the
Southern Confcdcracy total Of 7I,0S3
officers and men enrolled, or 81, ,S3S clIcc-
tive, as follows:
Enrolled Effective.
Infantry. ry............... ,iG, ,:144 10, 229
Cavalry ....... ......... $500 Sill
Artlllcfy.. y......... ..... $3.50 S,0lS
totai. Ill ,!O3 III, ,t61
State troops enrolled 6, $50, or effective
Gill aggrcgatlng, as above stated, Il, ,OS:5
officers and men enrolled, or G2 ,S:;S circc-
tive.
The magnificent way and the rare
unanimity with which South Carolina
stood by her colors and redeemed the
plcdgc Of 1850 OF life and honor is best
illustrated by the simple fact that the
voting population Of the State was but
GO, 600 in 1860
But this does not limit the contribu-
ton Of tho State. Entitled to equal
honor with the officers and men of the
limo arc those Sclfsacrilicing and skillful
mon who composed the engineer corps,
the medical stati and the band of chaD-
lains, as well as the quartcrmastcr and
commissary departments.
Nor should we overlook tho services of
the signal corps; the "Captains Coura-
goous" Of the blockade runners, and the
officers and men that South Carolina gave
to the iron-clads in the harbor of Charles
ton and to Confederate States Navy, tho
hcroism of which is a matter of history.
In reviewing further the contribution
of this State tho cause Of secession and
State rights, must be taken in account
the military skill Of the general officers
from South Carolina in the Confederate
armies, of whom appointed from South
Carolina or from other States, the records
show five lieutenant generals, six major
generals, besides a long array Of brica-
dior generals, colOncls and majors. OF
other commissioned, non-commissioncd
officers and privatcs coming under this
head there is no record.
So much, contiscly stated, for South