Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-06-12

lost, Win dlgnlty ne met deteat, |
with fortitude he met imprisonment
and suffering, with entire devotion
he kept the faith"
The sentiment of Jefferson Davis
expressed in the United States Sen.
ate that is quoted above, will be in
scribed on the architrade at the top
of the collonade.
A deep and solemn hush prevailed
over the great assembly as the beauty
of the group came upon them. The
rcd and blue of flags, the music, the
crowds, the gaity, the joy of meet
ing comrades had prevailed in the
enoampment of old veterans until
this time, but in the presence of this
message of grief and pride from the
old South to the new, the message of
patriotism, bravery and proud grief,
preserved in stone and bronze, under
the imagination of master hand,
the old soldiers remembered the old
South, the comrades who fell before
the guns in that mad, brave contest
for what they believed the right.
There were many things that had
reminded the old soldiers of the early
days of their enlistment that seemed
barely forty-seven years in the past.
On the walls of the Jefferson Hotel,
in the halls Of the Confederates, a
calendar which reproduced the flag
of every State in the Contederacy
was hung. At the top of this en-
blem was the flag of Georgia of blue,
with the seal of the State upon it in
white.
The central flag was the Confede-
rate flag officially endorsed by the
government of the Confederate
States of America. Many of the
flags were not in existence to be
copied from. But from descriptions
the entire list wss made out and the
E sheet of flags is large enough fol
every soldier to find on it the one
under which he enlisted-the palm
tree of South Carolina upon blue
, surmounted by the crescent; Nortf
!, Cardinals flag giving dates of May
20, ITS, and April IL, 1776, tn.
dates upon which the State declared
its independence of England, while
there waved at the old two bars, on,
white, the other blue, and the fielt
held a single white star; Alabama
! Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Ten
q ncssee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas
Missouri and Virginia-the beauti
full flags were presented in tn,
beauty of color such as they carried
before the soil of battle sanctifet
them.
The reunion has been one of tn,
most notable ever held and upon it
last notes being sounded the soldier
6 will spread over the battlefelds the,
left in the COS, will visit the grave
of old comrades and resume the plea
, sures of camp life in reminiscence.
81 want to show you the tree be
hind which l was introduced to mus
kerry" a gray-haired wit told ano
ther upon asking his company to
nearby region.
The scenes have changed! o.
. crossroads, where the soldiers 50,
graves and desolated cottages, ther
have sprung up happy villages. Th
. fields of uncultivated land, owe
which they tramped YEARLY, no,
+ bear the promise of early fruitage {
+ grain and cotton. The little town
: that were so gray and desolate at tb
: close of the war between the State
: are now happy little cities with tn
! buzz of life that has left the clou
e of war far behind, though in ever
l. Virginia hamlet, at every cross road
g. in the heart of every son an
le daughter of the Old Dominion,
N carried the sacred memories of tn
nt struggle that the old soldiers migl
m think, specifically, was told of onl
e. by the scars and wounds they be;
re upon their bodies.