The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-30
WAR STORIES.
Untorgotten Heroes of the Great Lost Cause.

utlS vi tuc t2Outu SdTUllUd DlVlSlOD or
Confederate Veterans at Columbia
Gen. James ". Moore, the orator cf
the occasion, said:
Comrades Of the South Carolina Di-
vision Of United Confederate Neter.
ans: We have met again to renew
the scenes Of the past, to keep alive
the memory Of others who mingled
with US in those scenes and to recall
and common orate the heroic deeds of
those men who fought by our side'for
the rights Of our people, and fighting,
died for the honor OF our country. |
see around me now many who fought
for our Lost Cause, who bear on their
bodies, and will carry to their graves,
the scars Of wounds received in that
desperate s'ruggle;. men who went
forth at the first tap OF the drum, the
first blast of the bugle aud were ever
faithful throughout the deadly agony
of those four years of blood; and who,
when the great crash came, were
found faithful still, with their feet in
the stirrups and their sabres buck!ed
on.
But I miss the faces Of many who
mingled with US ia those scenes.
They lie beneath the broad fel6s Of
Virginia-the green slopes Of Mary.
laud-the hills and dales Of Pennsyl.
vauia-the red clay hills of Georgia,
and in the sacred soil of their own
loved Carc!ica. They will pever
stand shoulder TO shoulder in line Of
battle again. They have answered
their last roll call here. aud are sleep.
ing their quiet sleep in the bosom Of
mother earth--they await the sound.
ing OF that reveille which shall usher
in the dawn Of tho great hereafter.
Their work is over. But We, who
survive them, have yet our work to
do. Let us SEQ to it we'll that We so
perform our duty that ample, complete
and perfect Justice be done to the
memory Of men like these.
Justice to the memory of men like
these! How can it be done? Ne ono
man can pretend to do it; and each an5
every one of US, one and ali,
must respond to this labor Of love-
this sacred duty enjoined upon US.
All chs: ! csn hope to do todav-all
that [ shall attempt in the limited
time that shall occupy your atteu-
tion: will be to recall few scenes of
that great drama and to pay a passing
tribute TO the memory of some of the
actors in those scenes, who, having
played their parts we'll while with US
here, have gone forth from among US
forever. -.
AS soldier in the line Of battle
takes care alone of the eprmy in front
leaving the rest to the brave hearts and
the strong arms of his comrades on
his right hand and on his left hand,
so DOW when the battle is over and
peace reigus in the land, and we are
gathered tog:tnes to speak OF the
deeds Of OUT heroic dead, shall only
mention the names Of some OF those
with whom / was brought in more i'm.
mediate contact; those who slept in
bivouae by my side; those with whom
l fought in the skirmish line, and
rode with knee and knee in the head.
long charge; soldiers who knew but to
DO their. duty, whose spirits went up
au.id the smoke and roar 81 battle.
and whose bodies lie beneath the
gr:en fields Of that common country,
which guards saoredly in its bosom
the dead, Who, while living, loved.
that country so we'll. And going
forta ss it we're to visit tha last rest.
ing place Of our dead, I can Gully place
floral offerings on some Of these far.
off lonely graves, where, 'rerohanoe,
there may be no flowers growing-uo'
garland hanging; leaving others to the
care of those who ehall follow me year
BY year, until the grave of every dead
Confederate hero shall be entwined
with wreath unfadine and immor.
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1t is hard, indeed, to realize that
more than forty years have passed
avAy since We who survived the late
wai between the States. sadly.furlcd
our tattered battle aags, and before,
we took our weary way back to our
desolated homes turned aud took one
long aud lingering gaze oyer the feds,
where lay ons missing comrades, who
would never again answer roll call, Of
asar again the reveille. Since then
tho frosts Of forty.one .Wiussrs hsvs
whitensd the fields above which hung
the DARK, dark clouds and! smoke of &
battle; ana as many sumaes,ai ~. hav,i;as "a