The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-04-28

Of AN OLD. MANI

In my first letter in giving de.
names of Co. C. 7th Regiment "
failed to mention the names Of JdEae
and George Sibert, and I have ns-
doubt many others whose namE
were forgotten, or overlooked m&
was entirely unintentional on M~,
part. I do not want to slight anE
man, as there is glory enough tn gps"
around.
When six hundred thousand mHn.
can hold at bay, and entertain tame.
million five hundred thousand ssf-
diers for four long, weary, Moady
years, there is no necessity t0 DE-
prive any man of the honor xrdK
glory of having belonged to> tEsasr--
army.
Another call was made, and agaM7
Bradleys Old Field responded. TaEH.
time Co. G.. Fourteenth S. C. Imm-
try was formed. When the offcGYs
were elected, William Jay IVES eIeEtts-
ed Captain, and DR.. NJ. C.. raggart..=:,-
Ed Cowan and C. Wesley Cewza,
were elected in the order in wfSE0,
they are named as lieut,Eants. witFs-
Johnnie Jordan as orderly Sergc1usc:-
I think Colonel Jones was the frxir:,'
Colonel of the regiment. Sam Nc
Gowan was Lieutenant Co!onel!- H
am not positive who the first CotdaRt12
was, anyway it was not long tiEK
MCGOWAN was Colonel, and not vsxy
long before he was made BrigadIss-
General. When there was murHE'.
fighting, promotion was very rapid I'm
our war.
Frequently men who started LIN xS
non-commissioned officers were made
lientenants, and confined to rise. KIM
rank as long as the war lasted EME
this. letter has to do with Co. e.
Fourteenth Regiment. 1t was; mat:
long before Capt. William jay re-,
signed and returned home. Thrrn
DR.. M. C. Taggart was promoted ED
the command of the Company: TMs
made Ed. Cowan First Lieutenant,
C. Wesley Cowan was discharged mr
account Of his eyes. He got one al
the men to lead him into battle twhtf.
discharge in his pocket) detefmira-
ed not to go home till he had thaf
auch experience.
DR.. Taggart was handsome man1
and made fine appearance in ma--
form. His men also claim for Mrr1
that he was very brave man. He
was not in service long before he
was badly wounded, and retired frur.
active service. After Cowan Has=
promoted to Captain Johnnie Jordauz =,
James Truitt, and Frank Young
were made Lieutenants. JohrntIts>
Jordan lost his life at Gettysburg:
These men received their baptism O r.
fire time after time under McGowzrx-
and I think were always a part AT
his First Brigade. ,AlI of the oficsEx:
of this Company were wounded nseElta>
than once. Capt. Cowan was deg
perately wounded, and never whIe=
he lived, was he we'll from ones IF,
these wounds.
Now as to the privates and Em-
commissioned officers, there wer4s-
Bradley's, Bowicks, Browns, Beas-
leys, Bouchillon, Berdishaws;, gir55ts-
lers, GOWNS, Creswells, Cowans,
Drennans, Edmunds. Oillashaws, Glyy-
christ, Guillebeau, Goodwin, Hanvzsy,
Horton, Hunters, Jay, Leard, LinS-s:.,
Langleys, McCombs, McClintnrz,.
Neel, McBrides, Purdy, TaIberesr
Truitts, Wideman, Weed, Wardtaw--
Youngs, and host of others that
my mind will not call up just nux-
l hope you may be able to find Tx
first roll of the company. ETeE1
this will not tell the names. of hzAE
of those who joined at differsn:r
times. Recruits were going to- t2h1
Company all the time to take alS,
place of those who had fallers ~
were disabled. Still at Appomansa,:1
only a handful was left.
There were six of the Bowick Ean:--
lily that went to the army, anCl sa:l'
show with what zeal the South sm.-
tered into the great struggle, thsas,
Bowick men all together did nxst: