The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-10

who sleep their last sleep, to cheer
the declining years Of those who yet
survive, and to teach the children
Of succeeding generations the true
story of the deeds Of those who made
the Southern Confederacy, while
short lived, the brightest and fairest
nation the world has ever seen.
There are five organizations in
Newberry today of Veterans, Sons of
Veterans, and Daughters of the Con-
federacy-the James D. Nance camp,
United Confederate Veterans; the
John NJ. Kinard camp, Sons Of Unit
e6. Confederate Veterans; the Dray-
ton aRutherford chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy; the
Calvin Crozier chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
the D. A. Dickert chapter, Children
of the Confederacy.
The James D. Nance camp, United
Confederate Veterans, takes it's name
from Col. James D. Nance, who was
killed in command Of the Third regi-
ment, at the Battle of the Wilderness
May 6, 1854 He was succeeded as
colonel of the regiment by William
Drayton Rutherford, for whom the
Drayton Rutherford chapter is nam
ed. Col. Rutherford was killed IN
the battle of Strasburg, Va, October
13, 1864. On the same day, in
fight in the Shenandoah valley, near
! Strasburg, and not far from Win
chester, Capt. Jno. M. Kinard, for
whom the Jho. M. Kinard camp OF
Sons is named, was shot through
the heart while acting ieutenant'
colonel. Col. D. A. Dickert, than
whom a more gallant soldier and Of
dcer never fought, for whom the D.
A. Dickert chapter is named, is liv-
ing in Newberry. He is the author
of Dickert's History Of Kershaw's
brigade, and a number Of other
works. The Calvin Crozier chap
ter, U. D. c., named for the
gallant Texan, who was murdered in
Newberry by negro soldiers follows
/ ing the surrender because he had
sought to protect a Southern woman
from their insults. His remains now
rest in Rosemont cemetery, under an
imposing monument erected to his
memory by the people of NeWberry'
From Newberry county came all
these brave men for whom the or
ganizations are named, with the ex-
ception of Crozier, who met his death
in Newberry, and whose body re-
poses here.
With love for the cause for which
the Southern soldier fought, and with
love for the Southern soldier, hold
ing in sacred memory the dead, and
seeking to cheer and to honor the
living, Newberry comes to the obsey-
vance Of another Memorial day
There is naught of bitterness no1
any regret tenderness, and g
firm belief in principles which still
live and will continue to live fol
principles cans not die.
In closing his history Of Kershaw'
brigade, Col D. A. Dickert quotes al
extract from the speech of one d
the Southern governors at Chicka'
mauga at the dedication Of monu-
ment to the dead heroes from his
State, which is tender in it's senti,
ment, beautiful in it's diction, and
fair with the light of truth. It is:
"a famous poem represents a.
imaginary midnight review of Ma
poleon's army. The skeleton OF {
drummer boy arises from the grave
and with his bony. fingers beats 9
!: long, loud reveille. At the sound
the legions of the dead emperor como
from their graves from every quartz,
where they fell. From Paris, frop:
Toulon, from Rivoli, from Lodi, fro1i
Hohenlinden, from Wagram, froFr
Austerlitz, from the cloud-cappe;
summit Of the Alps, from the shad'
, oWs of the Pyramids, from the SHOWS
of Moscow, from Waterloo, they gath
, er in one vast array with Ney, Nc
, Donald, Masenna, Duroc, Kleber
Murat, Soult, and other marshals il
: command. Forming, they silently
pass in melancholy procession before
the emperor, and are dispersed with
France as the password an st
Helena as the challenge.
"Imagine the resurrection of tht
> two great armies of the civil war
, We see them arising from Gettys
, burg, from the Wilderness, frou
= Shiloh, from Missionary Ridge, from
| Stone river, from Chickamauga-yea