Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-08-24

old soldiers 1.-The grandfathers and
fathers of the rising generation. Let
us take up the mantles which fall
from their shoulders as they pass
over the river and wear them in
honor, in fidelity and in grateful
remembrance of their immortal
worth.
During his address profound
impression was created by the
speaker calling upon the survivors of
each company to rise to their feet.
As they did SO three cheers were
given for the old heroes.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Ansel's
excellent address the survivors of
Companies @ and e filed in regular
order by Mrs. Norton, widow of Col.
j. j. Norton, and paid their respects
by q hearty shake of the hand. 1t
was a pathetic scene, the tears of
sympathy freely flowing.
With tho Boys OF the Sixties"
AT the conclusion of the address
of Mr.. Ansel Miss Irene Strother
admirably recited "With the Boys
of the Sixties" (See same in
another column.)
Miss Strother was followed by
Misses Dora, Anna and Florence
Vissage, daughters of the late John
j. Vissage, who was a member of
Company F. They sang "The Girl
with the Homespun Dress" being
accompanied on the violins by Jaynes
aud Dendy.
Gen. HemphiII Reelected President.
Gen. r. r. Hemphill, of Abbeville,
was reelected president of the asso-
citation for the sixth year. In ac-
acknowledgement of the honor con-
ferred, he spoke in an impressive
manner and substantially as follows:
This is the sixth time that l have
been elected president of this asso-
citation and I will occupy few mo-
ments in expressing my high appre-
citation of the honor conferred on me.
was not a member of Orr's
Rifles when the regiment was organ
lied and went into camp of instruc-
ton at Sandy Springs. / first en-
listed in the Seventh South Carolina
Regiment year before Orr's Rifles
went into service. l was in the bat
tie of first Manassas and served as
orderly for Gen. M. l.. Bonham, who
held the center at Mitchell's Ford on
that historic day. The Seventh
Regiment was one of the best ever
organized in the State, and it is a
matter of history that before the bat
tie of Manassas, when encamped near
Fairfax Court House, this regiment
challenged the Seventh New York
Regiment to meet and settle the war
by fight between them. The chal-
lenge was declined.
At the reorganization of the
Seventh Regiment in 1862 my com
rades from Due West went into the
cavalry, and / remained in the Sew
enth Regiment, with the understand
ing that should go to Orr's Rifles,
if it came to Virginia and I Joined
that Regiment on June 25th, 1862,
and was with it until the surrender
at Appomottox Court House, with
the exception of short furlough and
the time / spent in Jail at Baltimore
and in hospital in the same city. l
was captured at Falling Waters July
IA, 1868. AS we retired from Get
tysburg nineteen of my comrades
and several from Company c were
sent to hold back the enemy until two
divisions crossed the Potomac. We
we're sacrificed to save the army, and
before surrendering we killed in front
of US a major, captain and nine
teen privates and must have wounded
many more, for the proportion of
wounded to killed was five to one.
This association was organized at
Anderson when the body of Judge
Orr was brought home from ST.
Petersburg, Russia, in 1873, while