The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-09-28
LAURENS COUNTY CONTRIBUTED
FULL QUOTA OF MEN TO CAUSE.
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moment this pretension is abandoned
the sword will drop from our hands,
and we shall be ready to enter into
treaties of amity and commerce that
cannot but be mutually beneficial"
AS to the mode of warfare of the re-
Spective beligerents, Sherman, in his
official report of his March through
Georgia said: Il estimate the damage
done to the State of Georgia and its
military resources at 500, 900 900. s2O,-
100000 of which have Injured to ourI
advantage and the remainder i; sim
ply waste and destruction" After
executing Grants orders to lay waste
the Shenandoah valley (the Eden ofI
the Confederacy) Sheridan made his
cruel boast that his work had been
done SO effectually that "a crow flying
over that region would have to carryI
his rations."
Contrast with these the conduct OIL
Lee and his men, On the march to
Gettysburg in general orders he said
to his troops: The commanding gen
eral considers that no greater dis
grace could befafl the army and
through it, our whole people, than the
barbarous outrages on the innocent
and defenceless, and the wanton de-
structfon of property, that have mark
ed the course of the enemy in our
country 1t must be remembered that
we make war only upon armed men,
toll
tor the wrong our people have suffer-
ed without lowering ourselves i'm ;he
eyes Of all those whose abhol renee
has been excited by the atrocities oil
our enemy without offending againstl
Him, to whom vengeance belongeth
and without whose favor and support
our efforts must all be in vain. The
commanding general. therefore, earn
eStly eXhorts the troops to abstainI
with most scrupulous care from un-
necessary or wanton injury to privateI
property and he enjons upon all OF.
ficvrs to arrest ard bring to summary
punishment all who shall in any way
offend against the orders on this sub
ject"
And there is abundant proof that
Gen. Lee and his officers did every.
thing possible to carry out these or
0sEs, and that they did practically car
ry them out. Again, the South held
first and last 270,00O prisoners. 23 .OOOI
OF them died. The North held of Con-
fedefate prisoners, first and last. 220. i
500, and Vet with all the means and
appliances at her command 10000
Southern soldiers died in NorthernI
Prisons.
The Confederate soldier surrend-I
e'a1 as the brave snytender His sur
'enlsr meant peace and cancellation.
He returned to the Union as an equal
Aa has remained iA the Union as al
.-ieni. WiJh no humble apologies. mol
anmanly seyility. no petty spite mo-
Sull:n treachegy, he is Il cheerful,
frank citizen of the United States, ac-
cepting the present, trusting the fu-
ture and proud of the past"
Amongst the sons of Laurens that
were greatly distinguished i'm the
struggle may be mentioned the names
OF Brig. Generals w. III Wallace, and
Samuel MCGOWAN; Cooneis George
s. James, Joseph ~ Brown, w. d..
Simpson. b. C. Darlington, r. p. Todd,
Chas. E Hooker, and Hilliavy A. Her
bert. Major William G.. Rice, Captains
II. w. Ball, Collier ID. Barksdale, A. W.
Burnside, III. p. Griffith, w. ID. Far
ley, II. l.. Farley, Tandy Walker, HON
er =. MCGOWAN, y. p. Irby. Robert S.
Ovens, w. A. Williams, Arnold Sulli.
van, ID. NJ ". Langston.
On the Mississippi the Tennessee,
The Potomac, the James. on the fields
of shiloh" "Chickamauga" "Frank
lin," Malvern Hill" Manassas"
Fredericksburg" "Cnancellorsyillc,
gettysburg" and the far off prison.
OF the North. the children of old I.au-
lena sleep their last sleep Rude.
!DarAers or the uuchseled stons.
muto seutmals viii tell through tba
ages, more eloquent than pen or
tongue thn story OF thoiY dealNes+
Gsei.
iNeir U.nS monument win be-.
in che i7Gs Of their children ANA
thair ch,id.ea chndren forever an.
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