Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-09-18
at Sandy Springs forty years ago,
and which he carried through the

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and which he carried through the
war.
The band was composed of the
following men w. M. Tribble, John
Cruise, August Brennecke, John j.
Ansel, S. w. Clinkscales, Harrison
Vandiver, John T. Kay, Francis
Cleveland, w. II. Ellis, p. G. Fant
and f. w. Piepers,
Companies d, X and L were re-
oruited in Anderson county; A, G,
L and + in Pickens, which is now
Pickens and Oconee !; b and G in
Abbeville, and III in Marion. These
latter are remembered as small men,
but in battle bigness of stature is of
no prestige, and the little follows
from Marion made as good soldiers
as any. The companies were quar-
tered around the square of wooden
tents, enciroling the big skeleton
arbor, in the following order On
the West, A, @ and f; on the North,
D and T.; on, the East, b and G 4;
on the South, e, II and X. This
arrangement threw companies from
the same county near to each other.
The regimental headquarters were
i'll the old church which stood at the
corner near the springs. Company drill
was held within the enclosure, con-
tanning perhaps two and a half acres;
but battalion drill and dress parade
we're held in corn field from which
the growing crop had been cut, and
tho ground made smooth and firm
with a heavy roller. Great crowds
fathers, mothers, wives and sweet
hearts, proud of the martial tread Of
sons, of husbands, of lovers, but
sadly conscious of the bereavements
that must follow the coming battles
tlocked there daily to see the soldiers
drill, and dress parade was the event
Of the day. A thousand we'll drilled,
stalwart mon, with flashing eye and
elastic step, the pick of the Piedmon-
tese, in their uniforms of Confederate
gray and stripes of green, and all
inpatient "to git a-holt of them
Yankees" must have been magnifi-
cent sight, and the pity of it is that
we shall never more witness it.
The men rendezvodsed there July
10, 1861, and named the place Camp
Pickens, in honor of the Governor.
EARLY in September they were moved
to Summerville, Camp Orr) where
or at Sullivan's Island the first deaths
in the regiment occurred three men
in Company f, John Bradberry, John
Ballenger and John Lyles, all corpu-
lent men.
The original captains were: Liv-
ingston, Co. A; Perrin, Co. B; j. j.
Norton, Go. G; Harrison, Co. d;
NJ. M. Norton, Co. e; Hawthorne,
Co. f; Miller, Co. &; Fairly, Co. l (;
Cox, Co. X, and Moore, Co. l.. Five
Of these, namely: Livingston, Perrin,
J.J. Norton, Harrison and Miller,
the latter being in command at the
last and captured with a portion of
tho regiment at Sutherland Station
on the south side of the railroad near
Petersburg April 2, 1865, became
colonels of the regiment by gradation.
While the regiment was at Sandy
Springs James l.. Orr was colonel {;
j. f. Marshall, lieutenant colonel
d. A. Ledbetter, major; Benjamin
Sloan, adjutant; T. B. Lee, sergeant
major; B. f. Crayton, quartermas-
ter; II. r. Vandiver, commissary;
It. A. Evins, M. d., surgeon, and
Rev. Mr.. Sloan, chaplain.
These were the old soldiers pres
ent to-day: r. r.. Hcmphill, Co. G;
j. w. Thompson, Co. G; w. #. Nc
Gill, Co. l.; w. D. Garrison, Co. B,
10Th S. G. Rcgt.; N. p. Cole, Co. G,
I'd S. G. Rifles; G.. J.. Reid, Co. G,
Palmetto Sharpshootcrs; w. A.
Fant, Co. G, Palmetto Sharpshootcrs;
S. p. Tannery, Co. f; w. F.. Brown
ing, Co. D, Cd S. G. Rifles; J. Pink
Reed, co. G, Palmetto Sharpshoot-
crs; r. Y. II. Lowery, Co. G; III.
J.. Brandt, Co. G; Robt. Stone, Co.
G, lst S. G. Art; II. j. Poole, Co.
d; r.. S. Bailey, Co. d; John Simp-
son, Co. ID; A. e. Browne, Co. T.;
}. Il. Burns, Co. F.; E. f. Miller,
Go. c.; j. G. Douthit, Co. G, Rut-
ledge Cav; w. II. Ellis, Co. G; w.
II. w. Harrison, Co. G, 1st S. G.
Art; II. A. McElroy, Co. +; l..
Garrison, Co. ID, I'd S. G. Rifles;
X. T.. Brown, Co. H.; III. III. GRAY,
Go. J.; w. A. Barron, Co. A; S..
Baldwin, Co. |, Hampton Legion;
w. w. Hamilton, Co. J., Palmetto
ID. II. Russell, 1st
S. G. Cav; w. Y. Miller, Co. b,
7th 5. G. Cav; j. A. McLcskcy, Co.
y, 2d S. G. Rifles; j. j. Gibson, co.
p; Il. M. Burns, Go. T., 7th S. G. |
CAV; IL. b. Brock, Co. T., goth S. |
G. Rcgt.; Samuel McCrary, Co. G.,