Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-22

| cnce. furnished a SOOuiy number of
! soldiers to the cause of the Confedc-
! racE--men who stayed not to count
the cost OF their going, who rocked
| not OF the dangers that lay before
| them, who rcsolutcly closed their
Hearls TO the call Of love, Of home.
aud OF peace, and donning the gray
| went forth as did Knights Of Chiv-
alr' to do battle in Il cause. which
| 20 them was sacred
In the Fourth Regiment. S. G, V..
| Commanded by Col }. b. f.. Sloan.
! there were three companies OF in
! !anlry from l'ickcns District, COM
| mandcd as follows: Capt. T.. l.. Gar
YIN. Capt, james Griffin and Can't.
/ !. w. Fitzpatrick. '.his regiment was
enlisted for twelve months, ana at
( the end OF that time Il rcorganiza-
! iion was effected. Tho companies OF
GarNin and Fitzpatrick Joined the
Palmetto Sharpshootcrs. Capt. Grif-
lin organized 4 cavalry company
which was attached TO Il Virginia
regiment, and. ! believe, served with
it throughout the war. Capt. ELAN
Sharpe commanded company OF
cavalry in the S. G. Cavalry Rc2i-
ment commanded BY Col. J. l..
Black. Capt. a. 7. Clayton also
commanded a troop OF cavalry. but
don't know to what regiment il
was attached. Capts. J. Y. l.. Part
low and }. J. O'Connell each COM
mandcd 4 company Of infantry, but
am not advised OF their rcgimental
or brigade assignments.
In Orr'S Regiment there were four
companies from Pickcns, as follows.
the name Of the commanding officer
hNi,
pany: Capt. j. w. Livingston. Capt.
NJ, NJ. Norton, Capt. J. j. Norton and
Capt. Il. a. Hawthorne. In Me
Gowan's Brigade there was one
PickcnS company, commanded by
Capt. Gaillard. and one in the 18TH
Regiment. same brigade. command
ed by Capt. }. G. Neville. TO che
Rc&imcnt OF Rifles Pickcns furnish
ca six companies, commanded lc-
Sp"rIN"Iy by Captains X. y. ThOmp-
son, .. NJ. Doyle, K. T.. Bowen. H.
{. Pulliam, Philpou and Grubhs.
| ThiS makes total OF nineteen com
! pauicS, sixteen OF infantry. and
| three Of cavalry. Besides these
| there was a company OF boys. in
/ point OF agc, but rull-ncdgcd men in
| courage and determination. COM
mandcd by Capt. }. G. uollin2,-
, worth. This company surrendered
! with Johnstou's army.
The. companies averaged one
| hundred men. In addition TO these.
| numbers OF men Joined. ndiIidu-
! ally, other comnlmds. SO it is fair
| to estimate that Pickcns District
| contributed OF the flower OF Ter man
| mood. moro than two thousand men
! to the service OF the Confcdcrary.
! or this number probably one-half
! resided in that part OF the District
which was afterwards cut of. and
which now forms the county OF Oro-
nee. For these figures | am i'll
Grbtcd to your wcli-bclovcd fellow
! citizen, Col. K. y. Thompson. him
! self 4 gallant veteran, who did la!-
| liant service beneath the flag that
| bore the southern Cross. We are
! profoundly grateful that he is yrt
among us. iull OF years and OF hon
ors. II should attempt to follow
III" history OF these troops through
all the scenes iii which they played
heroes parts in those four years |
should d"tuin YOU till the sun goes
GOWN. Where the fighting MAS hot
test. where the bullets few lhickcsI.
WhClc hardShipS Cnlailrd SuiIcrng
dud duty demanded sacrifice, lnrrc
W"r" they, FUN OF hopes, full OF tor
trudC and lull OF courage.
The Fourth South Carolina Rcgi~
mon; at First Manassas, by its drs-
p"ratc iighting at the stone bridge,
unQurSi.rnablE prevented the sue
C"ESinl issue Of MCDOWollS flank
. movement II had NOT been aMlici-
Rated by R"aurcGHrd and Johnston
that the attack would be delivered