Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-08-23
CAPT. w. H. BRUNsoN.
Gallant Confederate Veteran
Answers Last Roll Call.
Postmaster For Twenty
five Years

Captain William Henry Brunsor
is dead, having entered peacefully
into eternal rest Sunday morning
His life of service as citizen and
soldier earned for him that rest
which is prepared for all who are
faithful during their earthly proba
ton.
For nearly year Capt. Brunsor
had been declining in physical
strength but was not confined to his
bed until about two weeks ago,
when he suffered stroke of paraly'
sis from which he never rallied. He
gradually grew weaker and weaker
until life became extinct, as taper
that is spent.
Capt. Brunson was a positive
character. A man of unusual decis-
ion, firmness and determination. He
considered we'll before making de,
cision or taking a stand, but once
reaching a definite conclusion or de-
cision, as to which course was right,
he was uncompromising and un-
swerving. These traits stood out
prominently in his war record, win
ming for him the lasting respect and
admiration of his comrades in arms.
These same traits, to which must be
added honor and rectitude of char.
acter and life, were no less con-
spicuous in time of peace in the
faithful and Conscientious perfor'
nance of duty as a citizen in the
private walks of life.
OF the fifty thousand and more
postmasters in the United States ii
is doubted whether or not there can
be found one who is the peer of
Capt. Brunson, both in the length
of the term of service and in the de-
gree of, efficiency with which the
affairs of the office were kept. He
was appointed in April 1885 by
President Cleveland and SO satisfac.
tory has been his management OF
thesafairs of the Office that he has
Desn Repeatedly f-e-conlmissloned b
Republican presidents. Never at
any time has a semblance of irreg.
ularity been found in the Office by
the government inspectors. In fact
so accurately and Systematically
have the records been kept that only
a short time was required for the
inspectors to check up the Office.
Capt. Brunson was a gentleman
of the old school. His loyalty and
love for the old South and the prin,
ciples for which her people stood
were 6nabated to the day of his
death. One of his favorite topics
of conversation was the Civil War.
First, no doubt, because of his 10y
atty. and second because of his per-
sonal experience of four years. No
braver soldier ever drew sword
than Capt. Brunson, but his war
record will be given by another
whom he loved as brother.
Capt. Brunson, besides his only
child, Mrs. J. D. Holstein, Sr.,
leaves seven brothers, Messrs. John,
Joseph, N. L., d. D., A. L., w. p,
and Luther Brunson. He was a
member of the Edgefeld Baptist
church from which the funeral was
conducted Monday morning by Rev.
T. p. Burgess. His body was laid
to rest beside the grave of his be,
loved wife Mrs. Fannie Penn Brun-
son who died fifteen years ago.
Capt. Brunson's war record can
best be presented by the following
which was written by Capt. Geo. B.
Lake several years ago:
zone of the b-st soldiers of the
army of Northern Virginia, com
manded by the matchless Lee, failed
to attain to high rank on account of
his ugly habit of constantly getting
shot.
''In Edgefeld district (new coun-
ty) South Carolina lived Rev. d. D.
Brunson and his sanity wife, .Lu-
cretia, both in the glory land now.
In 1851 they had eight sons and one
daughter, the latter has Joined her
Christian parents in Heaven. The
sons are all living in 1907.
"In 1861, four of the Brunson
boys, who were old enough, entered
the Confederate army, and one of
the others died as soon as he was
large enough to shoulder gun. The
remaining three were too small for
soldiers, even at the end.
Capt William Henry Brunson
was orderly sergeant of Co. Q.
(Greggs) lst South Carolina regi-
ment volunteers.
''The company left home, Edge
field, S. c., the 9th day of January,
1861, and reached Charleston
the next day. We saw the first gun
fired on Fort Sumter the 18th day
of April 1861, and surrender Maj.
Anderson the 18th. A few days later
this Regiment of state troops volun-
teered to go to Virginia and was the
first command from any state to
reach Richmond. We marched some
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