Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-17
IN REMINISCENT VEIN.
Company that Was Overlooked In
Naming OcOnee's Soldiers,

IN giving the names of companies
that went to the war from Oconee 1t
was hard matter to get them all
and to get them correctly 1t has
been called to our attention that one
company was entirely overlooked.
This information is given to us by j.
Il. Tribble Of Walhalla, who was a
member Of this company, which was
known as Company II, Barnett's Bat
TALON. Mr.. Tribble could not recall
many of the members Of the com
pany. j. ID. Kay was the cnntaia
and w. II. Werner, first lieutenant.
They were mustered into service in
July, 1864, and did home-guard work
FOR short while before being start
ed to the front. Among those Mr..
Tribble recalled as members Of this
company were John l.. Reeder, Ezra
Cromer, w. NJ. Brown, Trenholm
Jenkins, Robert S. Hayes, w. II. YER
ner, j. ID. Kay and himself.
Found ii Out Through Courier.
j. o. Riley, one of the veterans
who spent the day in Walhalla on
the 2lst Of July, was here again last
Saturday. In speaking Of the occa-
sion he stated that it was through
the account published in The Cou-
rier in regard to the wounds receiv-
ed by G. L. Reid at wills Valley that
he knew that G. l.. Reid was in that
light. He, too, was there, though in
a different command, and it was at
that same time that he received two
wounds, one in the hand and one in
the hip. These were the only
wounds he received, but by pecul-
lar circumstance he was struck ten
nt lao
only leaving their marks on his
clothing. One of these bullets enter
ed his haversacH, tearing up a piece
of bread--and that, by the way, the
last he had on hand. Rations had
given out, and for three days, he
says, members Of the Fourth Regi-
ment, TO which he belonged, had
been subsisting on acorns and hick-
ory nuts, this being their main diet,
except where the soldiers had been
very saving Of their rations previ-
ouSly, and few OF the men had on
nand few pieces Of hard bread.
They were after Il cOmmissary wagon
OF the Federal forces at the time he
received his wounds, and he lay on
the 1iold wounded for quite 4 while,
finally dragging himself behind an
Old pine stump for protection from
the bullets and shells that kent con-
stantly falling and whizzing too close
for comfort.
Rev. w. Il. LowIancc.
Elsewhere In this issue will be
found letter from Fred Chase, edi-
tor OF the Quanah (TeXas) Observer,
written to Capt. S. X. Dendy In this
letter reference Is made to the Rev.
w. l.. Lowrance, veteran OF the
Civil War, and who will be recalled
possibly by many who will read The
Courier this week. He was not
known personally by many in this
immediate section of the country, but
DN reputation was known over a
wide territory. He Is thus recalled
by Capt. Dendy, who knew of him in
the service. At that time he was
known as a colonel Of 4 North Car
olina regiment, this being early in
the campaigns and before his promo
ton to the brigadier-generalship.
The acquaintance and friendship
that has sprung up between Mr..
Chase and Capt. Dendy is somewhat
peculiar, they having never seen
each other Some time ago Cant,
Dendy wrote to Mr.. Chase, referring
TO an article written by the latter
ana published in The Courier few
months ago in regard to the old-time
Texas dance caller. Since that time
the two have been corresponding at
intervals, and Il strong friendship
exists between them, which Cant,
Dendy prizes most highly. He speaks
OF Mr.. Chase as though he knew him
and says that TO him Mr. Chase seems
as one OF the old boys OF the sixties