The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-04-03
Mrs. B. c. Clifford Receives Letters
From Only Surviving Sister.
Also Receives Communication From Miss Deaplane,
Who Nursed Major Steedman When Wounded
Old Letters From Major Steedman to
Union Citizen in 1S61-62.

by DIR. Watts and his wife as their
son. He was wounded in the hip and
the hip bone was crushed. His leg
was put in a sling hung from tho
ceiling and all that could be was done
Tor him but we could not save his life.
t'ls room was upstairs and, when
rnder the influence of morphine, he
Wouid drlll his company at midnight.
we could hear him cry, Forward
march! he could be heard all over
sne mouse. When he was gone and
Maj. Steeman did not hear that souno.
ne sald' Il 90 not hear poor Pullion's
groans-is he better Sister Marv
had to tell him then and he said. tPoor
Drave fellow! Another sacrifice On
the, altar of liberty And he law
there and wept for some time
"Dr. Watts and his wife got to us
a few days before the end and tool
his remains home. Sister Mary wen,
with them as far as Culpepper Cont
House. l never saw greater distresS
nor more gratitude for all that bao
been done than theirs. Mai. Steea.
man felt this all deeply. One NIGHT
ABOUT three weeks after he was
brought to us, he was taken with q
severe hemorrha2e and we all Thought
tne end was near. He said in such
calm voice, Sister, l am afraid af-
ter all your care you are going to
lose your soldier W.
we sent for DR.. Leach and as soon
as ne got to us he said the hemor-
rhage was from the wound in the
luns and the throwing off the blood
was tne best thing, for him, and so ~
proved. ,.sfs f1sl-- - -
!, AS the beautiful autumn came and
ne could be moved, he was carried
out INTO the yard, a large comfort
was put In the wheelbarrow. and h.
was put on 1T and wheeled around tho
yard. He ate his dinner out under
tne trees and did so enioy it He
would say, This is peace. comfort
ana rest His was a beautiful Cbr;s'
tian character and life. His prants,
son, James Steedman Thorne was
raised at Kinsley, the old home t.
was Adde'S request. She said to INV
sister Yacy one. day, Aunt Yacv r
anything should happen to me 7 wan
Jimmie raised here by YOU alp ann
SO ne was brought to US when he ,yo,
tnree years old. Capt. Thorpe's home
was about three miles from rs
~. MY niece, Lora Glascock. lives
hlnsley, the old place, now Tbev
nave a full house every sumn,er
Jimmie Thorpe goes there and Iora;:
orother, DR.. Glascock, who is one ~.
the professors at Yale. 1t was I,ora,s
mother who said, Is Bunyan brinpino
your master here?' Mai. Steedma5
was very fond of her and her dan~bI
Ter Is named Lora Steedman.
!, MY mother died the last wear or
tne war and we continued to live On
aI hlnsiey and fearful life il was
we were all the time on contested
ground. We'd go to bed at nigbt
with Southern scouts around nc enJ
get up in the morning surron,ded h,,
the Yankees" But nv oldest s;c
ter, Mary, who was very brave al
ways went to the head officer and
demanded guard. She always got
one, too.
"She lived ten years after the war.
and then she was taken from u.s. One
by one the rest Of us have gone until
am the only one left of family of
SIX sons and six daughters-and all
the family but two of the sons are
buried in the garden at cold Kinsley"
under cluster of grand old oaks.
Maj. Steedman wrote the epitaphs
for the stones that mark the graves
OF my mother and my sister Mary.
They are all gone, these dear ones
OF mine, and l am living now at
Delaphane with nephew to whom I
nave always been devotedly attached.
he has beautiful home, a sweet
wife, and one son now at school,"