The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-26

CAPT. j. II. Dunlap. he old w:r
Morse. aEd the only Confederate sur
vlVor now holding Office in this coun-
~. was In the city yesterday on bu::-
mess and yielded To Il long time ago
request from this paper to geo mn OLD
testament lie ha; in w!ic:. he had in
scrited his war record. Capt Dunlap
went INTO The wnr private ana came
out an ensign and carried the colors
0f Orrs regiment. He expects TO
have the col0rs ut the reunion OF the
regiment ut Walilalla this summer.
The following Is - -.ntobi0graphy.
simple and modcs., ar he wrote It
years ago In his te3tancn: as Il |. .-..t-
age to his children:
j. Marshall Dunlap. born April u
lsil.-Son OF John II. Dunlap an,l
Martha A. Greer. Father was born
April 2Gth. 1878. Mother was born
Feb. 2G. ls22. Married 18th Of MAY.
1870. They were OF Scotuh-Irish dcs-
cent. Grandfather Greer landed in
Charleston 1880 and built tnc first
liouS" in Ilonea Path
j Marslivll Dunlap jOircd Orru reg
!mcnt july .ist. 1861 I.ncampod Il.
sandy Springs from .IulY 2lst. 10 De
t"brr LIST. on which date We started
t1 Sullivan Island, !aading there VIII,
Il regiment Of ."n0 inrn
.-"ft for Vir",r'a ..pr'! I.;. 1867. g.
the 1ith Of JIrc !vc. we went into
battle ut Gaines Mill .t which Battle
] rcrc.ycn three slight wounds. The
Son'herm army was V.c;uru,i'.
Oar next battle was Secon;! nlana3-
nnH. which contiE,Icd two days. Tnc
Soulhcrr army was victorious From
there t. lIarrer'n ferry at Witch
place The Northern army surrendered
10 ns.
Our next move was into Maryland
end engaged with Northern army
three days ut ShurpsLuig, frCm wh:ci.
l'iace va returned To Virginia. nnl or
next battle w.is ... .-....cK5b,,r.
fought battle luIting iro days. From
tl:is battle we went inin winter quar-
ters. Spent winter ut Camp Gregg on
Rappahannock river.
On the 9Th. Of May VIC waro called
oat tt,. battic et t:hanceae;.orsville.
Stonewall jackson was killed. In this
battle and wns Swounded in. the neck,
Camc home on furlough und was home
30 days, We then marched through
Marylund into Pennsylvania. Gettys-
burg, Penn, was our. newt engage
mcnt. This was a hard fought battle,
lafting about ) days. The Northern
ait"y drove us back into Virginia
where we went into winter quarters at
Orange court house, 1854
In the Spring of '64 the battle of tho
Wilderness was the noyt engagement
Tho next hard fight was SpottsylvanIa.
court house in the Horse Shoe bend
wns shot through side behind the
tree that was cut down with balls
We had continued fighting from this
on through 1864. Was wounded again
In Deep Eottom In Aug. 1864. Re-
mained ont. until Jan. 1st 1865.
Wo remained in winter quarters till
Arril End, 1S6l. We went into battj >
from Jan. End, to the 9th, of April
Lee surrendered his army on the 9th
of Apri! ut Appomattox court house
Il left the army April 1Sth( 1865 and
walked home. Ar / April 27th. 4
was sergeant In co. II. Orr, regiment
afterwards promoted to ensign. Bore
the colors OF Orr's regiment and had
them when Ice surrendered 10 Grant
After surrender I worked farm
near Honea Path. Tart Of this farm
lay In yAbbevillc cc!r.ty as lived just
across tho count line in Anderson
county On Dec. I'll. 1866. married
Miss Mary A. Co. daughter OF Joel
and Elizabeth. CO. We settled one
and 1-2 nile rc;. II Of ,Holiea Path
whore I now Ere and farming has
been my occr, ;ion. ever since.
Capt. Dunlc lag the old haveraack
which he CT Ell through the war.
and It conta cd many mess OF ba,
con md ott.r "ra9:,uns." Although
he saw SER 20 throughout the whole
time OF tn" war and 30 73 years old,
Capt. Dnn,..p IS q :ap:y us man OF
FG ta