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REM|N|SCENSES
Of AN OLD MAN
(Continued)

he was retlflnS TaLHel PIeClplIateiy
from the fight, when it was getting
very warm. When the Colonel of
the Regiment stopped him and be-
gan to demonstrate with him about
running away from his post of duty,
and ordered him to return at once
10, his place, the Major replied,
: AColonel, the spirit are willing, but
the flesh are very weak" So it IS
with this writer, ''The spirit are will
ing, but the flesh are weak" In
INV last l finished with the Third
Company of Infantry that was raised
at Bradley's Old Field.
There was company of old men
from forty-fve to fifty years old, but
who the officers were, if l ever
knew. do not remember now. But,
/ do know this, they were first car
ried to Adams Run, and from there
to Florence, and possibly other
points to guard prisoners, commls-
sary stores and police duty. There
was also g battalion or regiment OF
BOYS from II to Is years old VINO
were doing the same kind of duty,
and as fast as they reached IL
wears, they were ordered to join the
different commands at the front.
There were only a few boys from
that section left for the militia, as
soon as they became 16 years old,
most of them went to the front, and
from that on did the duty of man,
and many of them sealed with their
life's blood their devotion to the
country.
While this company of old men
were camped at Adams Run, many
of them died from cerebro spinal
meningitis, among whom from the
Bradley's Old Field community, were
William Gibson, Elias Gibson, Will
liam Sullivan, William Puckett, Al
len Puckett, two of the Beasleys,
and I have no doubt others that L
fail to remember. William Sulli-
van reached home before he died,
the Gibson brothers died In day
or so of each other. The Puckett
brothers in about a day OF eacn
other, the Beasleys very close TO-
gether. Nearly every train brought
home a corpse. They were moved
soon from their unhealthy surround
ings, when their health was improV-
ed. But we must move on. .
Gen. J. B. Stuart use to sing, If
YOU want to have a good time, join
the Cavalry" A number of men
from this community Joined Co; A
and Co., G. of the first Cavalry.
Others Joined Co. G. Second S. G.
Cavalry, others joined the 4th, 9th
and 9Th Regiments OF Cavalry. Inc
first officers of Company A, First
South Carolina Cavalry were Capt.
M. H. Owens, Lieutenants Lomax,
Russell and Jones, with T. B. Crews
as orderly sergeant. The last OIL
GERS of the Company were Capt.
Henry Jones, T. B. Crews, first lieut.
enanr, w. G. Roberts, End lieut.
enant, and Ed Moore as 3rd lieuten-
ant, with John Knox as orderly ser
geant. Capt. Owens was woundet
and died from tetanus, Lieutenant
Lomax was retired on account OF
health, Lew Russell shot himself ac-
cidentally and was put on light duty,
serving as enrolling officer till the
end of the war.
The roll of company A. at the first
of the war was quite different from
what it was the last IA months OF
the war. The roll as RECALL 1t
the last of the war was, Capt, Henry
Jones, 1st Lieutenant, T. B. Crews;
End Lieutenant, w. G. Roberts; 3rd
Lieutenant, Ed Moore. The roll was
as follows:
Mug Belher, Lew Blackwell, Ar
chic Boyd, Ben Bouchillon, Sam
Brown, Drayton Brooks, John Bull
lock, Tom Clark, Chestut, Burt
Cobb, Frank Cowan, Charley Dendy,
John Crawford, Jim Crawford, Tobe
Cothran, Bert Dill, John Evans, Jim
Evans, John Ford, White Jones, Ben
Harvey, Cicero Hughes, Zack
Graves, A. M. Hill, Pat Hazard, Tom
Hazard. Tom Hutchinson, John
Knox, Sam Knox, Cato Ligon, VIII
Lyon, Lockey, McCuoir, DAVID
Morrah, Billy McClinton, Billy Nc
MILAN, w. McCord, Bud McCord,
William Moore, Tom Moseley, John
Martin, Tom Martin. Jim Martin,
John Murrell, John Miner, w. G.
Neal, Geo. Patterson, l. L. Gilbert,
Bill Sprouse, Bill Robinson (whlte
eye,) David Wardlaw, J. A. Wide
man, ]. w. Wideman, Bill Williams,
Jim Shillito, Harper Shillito, jim
Verrell, Belt Verrell, w. T. Penny,
John Penny, and John Young. These
men helped to give General Stuart
HIS name" and Wade Hampton his
glory. The first Regiment did duty
on the coast, on Johns and Wadma-
lows Islands. When they were car
ried to Virginia and made part of
Hampton's Brigade, which was COM
posed of the First N. c. Cavalry,
the First and Second S. c. Cavalry,
the Phillips, Jeff Davis, and Cobb
Legions and Hart's Battery, a noble
and dashing band of men, not only
rode around McClellan's Army, but
were engaged in every Cavalry bat
tie fought in Virginia till they came
back to this State. Many thrilling
adventures could be told of the
gallantry of some of them if time
and space permitted.
At the battle of Gettysburg, the
regiment was in disorder for time,
when Capt. Jones saw member of
90 Fl surrounded by the enemy.