The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-07-25
FRAGMENTS OF
OUR HISTORY.
Some Curious Facts of Confederate
Days That Are Almost Forgot
ten.

>, Some Curious Facts of Contcdcrat
II Days That Are Almost Forgot
J. ten.
The following article was printed i
- the reunion issue of The State on tn
= Slh OF May, 1901, and il deserves t
|, be read by every man, woman an
child in South Carolina, as it deal
9 with facts that arc not generally known
c The history of South Carolina dur
: ing The "war between the States
G should be written and the sacrifices O
:, our people should be made known
u The glorious conduct Of our own sol
dicrs in the great battles has been re
corded Ill Il mcayrc way, but othc
trials and sulfcrings have not beer
= hearG OF. Brief mention of a few facts
that shoula bc included in the hlstor,
OF our State is proper and timely.
On December ii, 1868, The Senate
concurrcd in The following resolution
"Rcsolvcd, That the General Assem-.
bly, do tender to Mai. Gen. Wade
Hampton the revolving cannon now in
It's possession, satisfied that it cannot
DC placed IN more worthy hands, and
!hcy protest against his proposition To
replace it by another"
"Rcsolvcd, That the other revolv.
ing cannon, us they arc completed,
be disposed Of by the Governor in the
way he may deem best"
How many in South Carolina ever
heard of this revolving cannon? An
article from Gen. Hampton about il
Won Il certainly be read with interest
and might lead to an Improvement in
artillery just us the Stevens Floatiny
battery suggested lronclad vessels OF
war. The Stevens battery was used in
Charleston h"rbOr and was the design
OF one Oi South Cardinals SONS. Iiis
idea was adopted and The Merrimac
was built and clad with iron. The
battle between the Mcrrimac and the
| Monitor rcVOluliUniZcd the methods of
naval warfare.
When The war began there was a
student i'll T.. skinc College named j.
+. q. I.amodc. lie was Frcnchman
and when he came about Due West he
first worked at the harness making"
trade with Col. ID. O. Hawthorn. He
was amblLiouS and determined to Sc
cure an education, paying for it by his
own work. He went into Co. &, Sew
cnth >. &. ", when the war broke
out. lie Invented 4 double. .barrellen
cannon. He had Il brass model Both
barrels were to be loaded AT once, the
balls to be held together bv a strong
chain. When fired The double load
| would do fearful work, for the balls
would stretch the chain at full length
and ii would cut down vcrything in
front Of its full length. This invcn-
ton did mol meet with favor and that
such a cannon was ever thought of has
| long ago passed out Of the memory Of
most persons.
On December ,, 1868, the Senate
concurrcd in the following resolution
of the House:
| "Resolvcl, That the State assumes,
with pride and grauticauon, the GUS
tody OF the banner committed to her
care Ivy the gallant Thirteenth; and
will keep it carefully as another valued
emblem Of the devotion and patriotism
Of her CHERISHED sons.'
| "Rcsolvcd, That the flag be COM
mtlcd to the custody of his cXccllcncy
! the G0vcrnor.'
The Thirteenth >. v. ". belonged
TO Greyg's, afterwards McGowan's, bri-
gadc, and was not cd for its gallant ser
wees. How many know that its flag
was given to the State for safc-kccping
as early as December, 1868? The gal
Ian, Thirteenth carried the battletlag
after this until AppomattoX.
The names Of many of the nOblcst
sons Of South Carolina who fell in that
great struggle have almost been for
gotten or people have no knowledge OF
how or where they fell. Who knows
of Col. j. Foster Marshall except that
he died at Second Manassas? He was
Il captain of lhc Palmetto regiment in
the Mexican war, and one of the most
pubic spirited citizens OF Abbcvilc.
lie was Senator, and when Col.
Thomas Thomson announced his death
! he paid the following tribute TO the
memory of his predecessor on Novcm-
Der 2lth, 1862:
"I.Gadmg his Tilcmcn into the bap
, tlsm and blood OF Il battle on the
Chickahominy, with Il PATRIOTS five
i glowing in his heart, he addressed &c
his soldiers, at the moment Of the
charge, these memorable words: 'Re
member the State you arc from. Pu
your trust in God. Acquit yourselves
like men and follow me- Well wa
this appeal answered 10y that regimen
OF heroes. In the harvest Of dcatl
5 that ensucd, onc-half fell killed an'
wounded, their noble leader himscl
Z passing through the battle mhurt
But on the bl0od-stuincd and glOriou
field of Manassas, so fatal to many O
South Cardinals leading sons, he CAV
his life an Offering to his country
y cause. lie died as brave man woul
V wish to die, at the head of the reg
i mcnt he had led so long and loved s
u well, their steady and onward tram
- around HIM, and their carthuuak
% ~ shouts of victory ringing in his ear:
= llc tcli soldier of his country; h
i; rose, hope, a soldier of the cross"
we ought not to let die such an c.
ample of heroism and patriotism.
1T is impossible for the present gcr
he nr1,j0n To Dnnrnoiotn ,rI,o