The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-07-18
NEWS FROM PEA RIDGE.

write up OF some OF the Union COun-
ty delegation who attended the great
reunion of the Blues and the Grays
at Gettysburg. However was
pleased to see letter in the Times
from our old comrade George Buch-
anan, for he always has something
good to say. BY your permission I
will. give the readers a few dots of
what l saw and heard. left home
on Sunday evening, June 20 and
boarded the Southern train, No. 13
at Lockhart Junction. l soon found
Comrade j. G. Long and Barney Will
burn and Mr.. Arthur Long. We
were soon in Spartanburg, we left
Spartanburg about 8 o'clock p. m,
with many others on their way to the
reunion. Our car was transferred
at Charlotte to the Columbia special
to Gettysburg. We arrived there
about $3.50 O'Clock, the 30th of June,
and found our headquarters in
short time but very few cots or blan-
kets and some of us pretty hungry
and too late for supper. Some of
us began to feel little blush and
you could begin to hear it whispered
around "I am going to leave on the
first train. said to the boys eff
we leave let's leave in body" But
it was soon circulated that our con-
dition would be improved and cots
and blankets were being brought in
and everything quieted down. Our
little Union squad had some rations
they had brought from home and we
ate supper. Next morning we began
to study the great battlefield where
two of the grandiest armies faced
each other in a bloody fight. The
first day l met T. M. Littlejohn and
Asbury Goforth. We went along in
part where they fought the first day
and through Gettysburg over to the
cemetery and back to camp. We
could not get conveyance around
the battlefield, so the second day I
tried in vain to find some one of the
old 18th regiment S. c. V. to go with
me. l decided to make the trip alone
but there were thousands all over
the battlefield searching and reading
the monuments and markers. / be-
gan at Cemetery Ridge where the
Union soldiers had their strong line
down the edge of the valley of death
to the DEVILS Den U have heard of
the devil all may life but never was
in his den before.) Many men in
both armies were killed right there.
kept right on over to the wheat
field and near the old peach orchard,
right there I met Confederate who
belonged to battery in Kershaw's
Brigade and an old Union soldier,
they were talking about the battle.
The Union soldiers name was Rob-
ert c. Dunlap. l think he belongasi
to the 14Oth Pa. Infantry and was
captured by the 3rd S. C. Battalion
Kershaw's Brigade. He went to the
spot where he was captured and
close by where Capt. Wier, of Lar-
rens, county was wounded and he,
Dunlap and another Union soldier
carried him to the Rose House lie
went in the house and showed us the
room where he laid him down. Capt.
Wier was killed after at Richmond.
Va. The next morning 1 went down
to Cemetery Ridge where they are
erecting a monument to Gen. Lee
near where he had his headquarters.
There are hundreds of monuments
and markers on this famous battle
field. man could not take it all
In In a month. l do not know who
was to blame for the great blunder
OF our army invading the northern
territory. All admit, both north and
south that if Stonewall Jackson had
been living things would have been
different. You could readily learn
from the Union veterans that Jack
son ranked far above any other Cen
eral as soldier. If he had been
there he would never have carried
his men in that bloody angle where
so many brave men fell. Well the
Yankees treated US just as nice as
could be. You could see in their
faces their welcome was genuine.
The Union soldiers said they wanted
the Southern soldiers pensioned and
were willing to cut their pay in order
to pension us. The ladies in great
numbers visited our camps giving us
hearty handshake I had rather
shake their hands than the men, 1
think every one who attended this
meeting was doubly paid for his sac
rifice. l wish every veteran, espec-
tally those who were in the battle