The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Z GOOD WAR STORY.
A Msina Yankee who Served in the
Confederate Army.

II was up in tie northern part OF
Maine the ether Cay and heard a
story which was a little oua OF the
ordinary line Of civil wsr stories
have read about" said q drummer
whose territory is Nsw England. l
had noticed !. funeral il Tie tom, the
turnout CT which indicated that the
deceased must ha7a bsen prominent
man IN MS life time.
"a cisizsa ssid IN answer to ny IN
q7iry tj:a0 the man had retired from
business several years batore his death
TIE cilizea added, His funeral to
dav is much larger than it WoUld
have been some yea-s ago.
y then heard the StGry.
When L ncoin called for troops
there were feT men IL the state OF
Maios wno OPP .sed coercion OF the
sol.th. This mao Ta5 an except.
| ion.
Although Nss Eag'ander from
q col3nial family Wajse ni5tor; goss
back 20 the colonial wars, this man
was at the call for troops, what was
known il the North as a copperheaa. 4.
He was az otIicar IN the militia at the
tine Of L ncoin's election. EyerE
man in bis command except hinsel!
volunteered il answer to L:ncoln's
proclamatian.
He not ocly refused to 50, but be
bodily conteDded that it was an out.
rage to oppose the secession OF the
southern states. He was ostrac;sed
socially and commercially. His bus
iness dwind!ed away.
During the second year OF the val
be lefS the community. Nobody
seemed to care where he went.
Two years later be returned. He
vas physical wreck. The fesling in
the community was not quite SO bitter
as in the beginning Of the war
However the nan was not cordially
received.
he had Dot been back long when
it was learned that be had besD
in the Confederate army and vas dis
charged on account Of his liability to
do duty. Tais information did not
tend to increase his popularity.
He came into possession OF ccns!o
cradle monsy soon after bis return.
Meanwhile some OF the shattered
rex nants OF the Maine Companies be
gan to dr:fs bcne. Most Of the 10
were broken in health and most OF
them were 1epEileSS.
This man began contributing tc
the relief ct the peeaY. A 10 iority
OF the ben iciairs did no5 kuo8 the
source Of their help.
After the war was ever il
Leaked out little by little that the
osaefac5o: was the man who had been
ost5acisea. II eEe credit OF many
be was again admitted to fsllowsEiE
and his busiuess began 20 thrive. He
became indapen6an5.
- fe7 Yeas later ne was elected
to c1ice on tie republican tiokei
The nomination cane to him
unsou"h5. q to 5:2st tins be haa
never afh ;ated wish tie party that
elected him.
'.He served his term OF cfce, but
whenever there vas township o.
county election he v3ted the cemo
cratic t:ckat This was understood
20 be his right. II vas never qa2s
| toned.
Before he re ;tea fron BUSH ess be
was OF ore cccasion visited by 3 man
from the s:uth who h36 baen TIE Col
ocel of the Coo.aGecats regiment c1
which Ee was g member The ex
Confederate vas down at the heel In
very way.
M o5a k2ew what happened du1'
irg his visit ic Maine, but few!sar>
ago it bsc. ne knc~o to q teT pe2cls
Ia the riciuity tau tie Maine man
helped his Old con oancer 70 re>ouI
| his fortu.e. T..st man Until 1901,
vas successful broker and banker il
that city snd his silent partner fol
nearly fifteen years vas tie Maine
Yankee wt:o as oeNcc1at nell re-
publican tfice.
"I have travelled al oye, United
States, and m:5 al sorts cf people.
bud have usveT heard q civil wal
story tas5 vas any tniug ike this.
Nv iutos ma1sis a. The head CT a big
incuS57y ia Mzire, be told nee that
Only a few persons knew the facts a
II Rave ssa:ed them. "-Washicgtoc
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