The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-16
DINGLE MILL BATTLE
MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED
AT ITS SCENE.
One of the Last Fights Between Con-
federate and United States Troops
in This State.

A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says Tuesday was the forty.
eight anniversary of the battle OF
Dingle's Mill, and Wednesday was
veterans day in Sumter. The events
were played in two scenes, the first
being on the court house grounds
and scene two at Dingles Mill
bridge. First was the annual din
ner that Dick Anderson chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, gives
to the veterans of the county. Then
came the unveiling of the memorial
tablet On the bridge recently built
by the county over Turkey creek.
where it crosses the Manning road.
three and a half miles from Sumter.
Under the big oaks back of the
court house, on the green sward sew
eral tables were laid, linen table
clothes, napkins and all, and on
these the ladies placed viands that
would tempt the appetite of society
bell who was reducing, much less
that Of a veteran who was fighting
the battles over. All the regular
Southern dishes were there. Then
there were coffee and soft drinks and
lastly cigars over which the veterans
passed "reminiscences till they were
later driven into automobiles to the
bridge. About seventy-fve veterans
enjoyed the dinner and baskets Of
dinner were sent into the country to
several who were prevented from at
tending.
Several hundred people gathered
at the bridge for the ceremonies
which began at 4:30 o'clock and
which were interesting and brief,
nearly every one being back in the
city by $50 o'clock. They found
the tablet on the bridge concealed by
drapery of Confederate colors, and
the parapet on which the tablet is
placed was decorated with Confed-
crate flags. After selection by the
Sumter band a prayer was offered by
the Rev. J. B. Wilson, himself a vet
eran. After thes prayer, while the
band rendered another selection. the
tablet was unveiled by Misses Aline
Hardy, niece of A. J. Moses; Cornelia
Brewer, granddaughter of Col. J. D.
Graham; Marie Covington, grand
daughter of Col. Geo. w. Lee, who
commanded the Second regiment,
South Carolina reserves; Eva Mi
chaux, granddaughter of NJ. ]. MI
chaux, all of the above gentlemen
having taken part in the Dingle's
mill fight. When the drapery was
drawn back the granite tablet was re-
vcaled, having this inscription in
raised letters:
This tablet marks the sight of
the Battle of Dingle's Mill, fought
April 8, 1865, between Potter's brl-
gade and the Reserve S. c. Militia
C. S. A. Erected by Dick Anderson
chapter, U. D. C..
Commandant Perry Moses OF
Camp Dick Anderson, c. s. A, then
introduced Prof. S. H. Edmunds, su-
perintendent of the Sumter schools.
for the address of the day. Mr.. Ed
ruunds introduced his speech by read
ing order No. 2, issued by COL Lee.
commanding the South Carolina re-
serves and instructed the men to
take three days cooked rations ano
to come mounted, if possible. Mr..
Edmunds read two extracts from the
report of Col. Lee few days after
the battle. He then said that II
was a high sense of duty that called
upon these home defenders to gather
in the face of overwhelming odds
and try to prevent the enemy from
entering their home. He read, by re-
quest, a poem that had been written
and published by Lieut.. Mcqueen,
who was killed in the fight, the poem
having been inspired by the killing
of Lieut.. Pringle in battle in Vlr-
einia, short while before.