The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-26

1853, in Wills, Valley in Tennessee,
inear.Ksoo oolZuut AfoRntEip. Told of an
address that night about IL o'clock
rom Gen. Mart Gary. who knowing
thera WIS q het time ahead sfos
4 s....ssii, hem a1hrd Iifut all who felt they
fGealdn,B stand the racket to- step to
| the front, but not man moved. That
nismt: the Ic;;II;s c-sisn 1sas jackson :"
| Mr. olifsone Hays ne thinks it q mi
iFacle- how men escaped with their
lives He told OF one battle where they.
foughtTfor two hours wftfffn ttiifty-fve
yards OF the enemy. Mr.. TolIison
fins reason foFn believing war g the
Qtsst inssDli,eaF ItelEinE for!
f4he5 war three 1brothers and two
tbTothersin-Iaw accompanied him
tand out OF the six only two returned
4 Mr.. STolliseh and one brother in Law.
fand this brptheF-in-law more dead
| than alive. Almost shot to pieces,
and has been helpless cripple ever
fSince.es Them continued AFrs iTollfs6H
tile death of my three brother killed
my parents. They died with a hrok-
en- heart. Mr.. Tollison was in many
severe battles but never wounded
only heart sore because he, was the
i4eIfls boy Ito come back tor the old
/ homo. g<s
r. j. W. SIMPSON Began service Oct.
10. 1852, joining Co. E, Fourth South
Carolina Cavalry, Buffers brigade,
\ 1Hampton's, division - MI Simpson
was but 16 year ,Jf age, only a boy
in years, but r,fter serving till the close
he had experience that few men have
i Es An auYaiieeu age, sste was ssri-
ougfy wounded twice. His afst
wound received at the battle of
Esamsa' Station, next at the battie OF
Burgess, MIll. where Preston Hamp-
ton lost his life. He and kfr. Simp-
fs6f8 were nsar each other when young
4 Hampton Rfas3 dam ngerb bnsiy wounded.
IE1ivtnB oHIy thirty niuteB after the fal
rtal ashet. His; father Gen. Wade
4 4 IIffarfp ton, was on the right on the line
lat ehe. time. Acoiirieia dashed to him
1 with the news tyouE Es5i is dying -
The father hurried TO tho scene where
he found his son gaspiig for hfeafll,
ffaised him UP In his arms, and with
j tears streaming down his face, ,itrpf
tipeated Bain ind assasS S5sareFeIl my
tdErliRg boy, n he old g4aerTsf pr esssd
1 his son 10 his bosom till he afaw chat
alife was extinct, then he gently laid
t1iifn down and orSiereSS sts Hitter beer-
1a-s To carry the beds back to Ile
4 rear ct the same tifia AsssFss Sin ssop
II Was 1klt tffl-Glftl tttl1 rGclFs9 AIIGf
Il llteGoveFins ffa1a his wounds MIR. Sifnpl
sen went to Danyiiie, va; from there
4 home where he 'wasE placed In COM
4 tfiahd or the provost guard son TnEa-
Il loo river where aleS relleyed Dfl RUS
q sell who WnB needed SO ~ badly iit
NJ; ,,tsfsis {; fsHiained
with this igdard tiiI .,thes cI6sa OF the
WAR. -. Z
r.. III: ~. fEsf & iEiifers5 lAc ser
& yic6 Sd the first OF 1869 with Ia. q;
a Sixth South GarcffIia Cavalry. FongiIi
l5if niazE Biie 4 iss.y as an GaeensEoFt
when Tered. bat Hike the other
q 1lli heroes says IN n comEnaEa:ne
: 4ltoIes 'dlon es0u put IT. down tIias ]
1sfelld eEed came home because
Z home kIr. HkIlf
4 lf5arrafiye oe a akirrnfs early onE
lfllesnip with y ne gro brigade is both
81 fexeitfng and laug gfia'6 se. laaf OF an,
iotheE skffmish WAeFe nc had 70 iice
q for his Isfe and il liis rsssss iiS lost hott
!, shoes mud on tile same eyt7fSis. 4
Il heavy sttnsF came Oh and lH nilpd
81 niles itliotlts foote fiifg - Tllen
81 the old soldier told OF hss Home -coin-
ftgs How his appear &c i'E 10 p.tti.
4 Enl that asis moth Ter faiftets wsaeis III
g Ientefss eeEs home,
q 4l.ssi.l =. AcCtI Y az Iva s-sst the agt
! Of sl6 ioilied Co. n, Ffrst Sodlis arc.