The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-19

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rams for Memphis will speed on thei
way, reaching that point early on th'
2S'h Of May. The other visitors vii
TAX" the train for North Cnruliua
Around tn" monument il u IL foo
circular pavement Of cement, fuceC
W III granitoid.
The markers for South Caroline
troops are placed on the battlefield
~ follows:
K"rshaw's Brigade On the slope
Of Sno igruss Range, ono for zach Of
tn" r"giruonts
For 10Th and 10Th South Caro-
lin" r"glments the position in general
during tive Afternoon is shown by the
guns of Dents battery Oh the crest
OF the ridge. Advancing from thi-
poln', 'h"y made repeated charges
on tho enemy, and the point Of fur
thest advance is shown by tho Sou,h
Carolina marker.
For the 24,h Sonth Carolina rcgi
ment the marker il placed on KelIy't
farm, near the "Bloody Angle" and
near tho Shell monument to their
brIgade c)mmnud"r, Colqnit.
F'r Cnlp"pp"r's battery, in th.
Po" field, near the Georgia monu
ment.
1t is hoped that Gen. Gordon,
commander of tho United Confede
rat" Veterans, on his way to Mem
p'is will be able to stop over and
TAX" part in the ceremonies.
Governor A. g. Gambler, Of
Geo'gia, has been most pressingly
invlt"d, and writes that himself and
etntf will b" present "uuless yrovi.
d"ntially hindrred
The commission had to fix tho day
for tho nnv"iling to take it on the
way TO the Memphis Reunion. At
the clu"a of these renniUns the Vete
rams scatter and it would be hard to
get them together for any ceremony
returning. The reunions usual,
comm"nco on "Wednesday, bnt thia
Year it hcg'ns on Tuesd y, who
nec"ssitht, d The selection 0! Mouda,
This f"rced the commencement of
the movpman" in Chiakamauga on
Sunday. While it will not prevent
the gr"a, mass of Veterans and visit
tors leavi' & h"m" on that day, there
are many who have conscientiou.
scrupl"s "gninst travelling on Sun
day. Tho nnvril'ng + Il monument
il held rs holy an Object M one could
have, and ~onld certu,nl, excuse all
snch. But the commission asked for
aud have secured the date of sellnA
tickets to c"mmence Saturday, 4"
any on" can reach Chattanooga from
South Carolina before Sunday.
The battle flag around which til.
Ve,rrnts of the IOth and 18th Sontb
Carolina regiments will assemble il
the worn AID tattered flag Of the l0u
South Carolina regiment. 1t wa.
SAVE Il from surrender almost provi
d"ntialy. AT the battle Of Bentons
VILE, the TO- Sonth Carolina regi
m"nt, then commanded by Capt. r.
Il HArll", penetrated the enemy's
line, bnt feiuforccmrnts coming NJ
the line WAS reformed and Capt.
Harllee, Sorgt Albert A. Myers, bear
ing flag, and about twenty mon, half
the regiment, so reduced was il,
were cut off; they took to the swamp
and hid until night. serg Myers
threw away tn" staff and put the flag
under his clothing. The party made
their way through the swamp and
got back to tho Confederate lines.
The remnants Of the 10th aud 10Th
5 nth Carolina regiments We're snbse.
qn"ntly consolidated into Walkers
S nth Carolina battalion, and 30 sur
rendered. When Col. Walker re
turned from wounded furlough he
c'uld learn nothing of the 10th regi
m"nt's flag, that Of tho 18th South
CArolin" n"ing used as the battalion
colors and at tho snrrender proprrl,
surrendered it as the n.g of tho bat.
talon. Az Col. Walker rode out OF
camp on the way home Capt. Harllee
banded h m " pnckage. giving it with
express stipulation that it should not
b" opened until he reached home,
" h'n he reached home he opened il