The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-27

While it will not prevent the great
mass of veterans and visitors leaving
home on the. d=y, there are many who
have conscientious scruples against
travelling on Sunday. The unveiling
Of monument is held as holy an OBJ
ject as one could have, and would GER
tainly excuse all such. But the con-
mission asked for and have secured
the date Of selling tickets to commence
Saturday, so any one can reach c. at
tanooga from South Carolina before
Sunday.
che battle Gag, around which tho
veterans of the 10th and 10Th South
Carolina regiments will assemble, is
the worn and tattcred flag of the 10th
South Carolina regiment. It was
! saved from surrender almost provi-
dentially. At the Battle Of Bentons-
vile the 10Th South Carolina regi-
ment, then commanded by Capt. r.
u. Harllee, penetrated the enemy's
line, but reinforcements coming up,
! the line was reformed and Capt. Harl-
lee, Sergeant Albert A. Myers, bear
ing the flag, and about twenty men,
half of the regiment. 80 reduced was
it, were out off, they took to the
swamp, hid until night. Sergeant
Myers threw away the. staff and put
the flag under his clothing. The
party made their way through the
swamp and 60. back t. .hs Coaesd
crate lines. The remnants OF the 10Th
and 18th South Carolina regiments
were snhss enea.ly consolidated into
Walkers South Carolina Battalion,
and so surrendered. When Col. Walk
er returned from wounded furlough,
he could learn nothing Of the 10Th
regiments flag, that of the 10Th South
Carolina being used as the Battalion
colors and at the surrender properly
surrendered it as the flag of the Bat
TALON. as Col. Walker rode out of
camp on the way homo Capt. Harllee
handed him package, giving it with
express stipulation that it should not
be opened until he reached home.
When he reached homo he opened it
and found the flag Of the 10th South
Carolina regiment. He has treasured
it most sacredly ever since. The up
per half Of the flag staff is piece of
the flag staff of Fort Sumter, which
was used by Maj. Anderson during
the attack on the Fort Of April, 1861.
It was given to Col. JOSEPH Walker,
the father Of Col. G. l. Walker, by
Gen. Beauregard.
Altogether the flag staff is most
historically valuable memento.
It was proposed to first lay the COR
ner stone Of tho monument before the
dedication, but the elaborate masonic
ceremonies would have taken too
much time from the limited time
available, SO this function had to be
reluctantly dispensed with. The
monument has corner stone and in
it will be deposited:
PRINTED BOOKS.
1. Col. Dickert's s valuable sketch of
Kershaw's Brigade.
2. Col. G. I. Walkers sketch Of the
10Th South Carolina Reaiment. tyne
written manuscript.
3. Sketch of 10th and 10Th South
Carolina regiments, by Gen. Ellison
Walker for Adjutant General Of South
Carolina. M
4. Sketch of 18th and 24th South
Carolina regiments, by Gen. Ellison
Capers.
8. Sketch of Culpepper's Battery.
6. Rolls of 18th and 24th South
Carolina regiments and Culpepper's
Battery-the rolls Of Kershaw's Rri-
gade being in Capt. Dickert's book,
and Of 10Th South Carolina regiment
in Col. Walkers book.
Z. commissions as follows:
Commissions appointed under au-
thority of the State Of South Carolina
to locate positions of South Carolina
Troops, and to ercct Monument and
Markers TO the sams, on the Battle
field of Chickamauga:
First commission, TO locate posi-
tiens of South Carolina Troops, Wis
tied the battlefield, Nay 18th, 1894,
and located the position thereof:
Gen. Hugh L. Farley, Adjutant and
Inspector General, South Carolina;
Maj. @. X. Henderson, Capt. E. j,
Goggans, Maj. J. D. McLucas, Vete-
rams Kershaw's Brigade.
Gen. G. I. Walker, Capt. r.. T. Nc
Oaslan, L. P. Harling, veterans Of