The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-06-20
!. the Negro,
HIS sERvICEs QUITE NorABLE.
10 Is Now Il Candidate Tor Tie
United s,ntcs scnatc. VIVA.
n Fricnd IIna 10 Say
Ahout Him. f
About hin

me following article was published
IN the BurnWell Sentinel IL few weeks
ago, and unpublished at the request
OF Col. Eliotts friends;
Among thi3 candidates fuI the Uni
ted States senate there is no one who
has such high claims upon tile State
as Col William Elliott. Ills career
brgan Will, the war, aud nc WIS never
absent but once from his post, and
then because incapacitatcd from duty.
IN 1884 he was chosen as the Dem
ocratic candidate for congress In the
BLACK District" to redeem the lower
section Of the State from negro rule,
and after lS years Of constant ligiting
he has redeemed II. During his ser
vice in congress he has fought pcrsis-
tcntly to get for his district and state
4 fair share Of public appropriation
and the money he has brought to his
district from the national treasury
amounts u MANY niiiiiols Of dollars;
and all Of It for purposes most bono
lcial 70 the people.
IIl6 WAX iECOuD.
Immediately upon the secession OF
South Carolina lie was appointed upon
the Statf Of Gov. pickens, ana served
actively for several months fortifyiug
the coast Of tho state. IN the At.
tack on Fort Sumter in Aprli, 1861,
he served with the Palmetto Guard In
tho Iron Glad battery On Morris is.
land, end with them occupied l'ort
Sumter On the night Of lis surrender.
Immediately afterwards Col. Elliott
Joined itcrshHwB regiment in Nir,
ginia rs first lieutenant Of The brooks
Guards Of Charleston, and took part
IN the first battle of Manassas, the
campaign on the peninsula and III
thc other service Of that splendid reg
imcnt during the first ycnr OF Tie
war. In 1862 with tho Brooks artil.
lcry or lshctts battery, and With II he
went through the seven days light,
second Manassas, SharpSburg and Tic
first battle Of Fredericksburg.
lie vas promoted captain and order
cd to Nicksburg as assistant adjutan,
general to Gen, stephen y, lee oI
South Oarollnai participated il Tile
! Nicksburg campaign, In the battle
Of Bakers creek IN which his horse
was killed, and in the i3 days Siege
OF Nicksbnrg was specially assigned
as artillery nnIccr To disl0dGc ;hc en-
cmy by hand grcnadoa, llnproviscd
from artillery shells, from ihe
ditch Of Il fort which had bccn cap,
trsNl during Gen. Grants assault on
our lines On The 2ad Of May; was
promoted major for aallantryi WAS ns.
Sistant adJutant general nf the Depart
mcnt Of Alabama, Mississippi and
cast Louisiana; took part In the bat
Tie Of Harrisburg, Miss; was trans
fcrrcd TO the army Of Atlanu aud wa.
present IN the battles OF 9 Ii Jul,
and Ioncsboro, went with Hood into
Tennessee and WAS III the ilghI al
Florence, Ala, and the BATTLES ot
Franklin and Nashville. or ~ daS
after the battle OF Nashville he
fought With the rear guard at
Franklin and the other desperate
lighting OF that terrible day, includ-
ing u hand-to.hand encounter Will
the cncmy's cavalry; WAS transferred
to North Carolina and Was III he bat.
ties Of ltinston and licntOnyillc, Ii
which latter lie wils severely wounded
This Is y record which speaksfor it,
self.