Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-11-22
ed as moderator of the Polk County
Baptist Association

baptlSt ASSOCIATION
| The funeral services were conduct
ed Friday morning at the First Bap
tist church, which was filled TO over
flowing with friends from all parts o.
the county. After Scripture lessor
read by Rev. II. NJ. Stribling, affect
ing talks were made by his pastor
Rev. J. ID. Larkins, and by a former
pastor. Rev. G. G. Heard. Of Forsyth
who paid beautiful tributes to his
memory. The pail bearers we're his
brother officers in the First Baptist
church, with the physicians of the
county an honorary pall-bcarers, and
with an escort composed Of his COM
rades Of the Polk County CamD of
Confederate Veterans, Of which he
had long been the commander.
Another old veteran has gone to
the grave in his beloved garb Of gray,
full of years and honors, and Polk
county mourns the loss of a useful
and honored citizen.
War Record.
The following brief and interesting
account OF Dr.. Russell's service to
the Confederacy was written by him
for his family several years ago:
In February, 1861, | volunteered
for the defense Of the State of South
Carolina. my term Of enlistment be-
ing twelve months. assisted f.. w.
Fitzpatrick in organizing a company
known as the Calhoun Mountain
GERS. That company, Of which
was member, elected the lamented
Fitzpatrick their captain. 1t was as
signed to the Fourth S. C. Regiment,
whose colonel was J. B. e. Sloan.
April 1ith, 1861, we received or
ders to report for duty, with three
days rations and two blankets. We
boarded the train at Pendleton the
next morning. expecting to go to
Charleston. but as Fort Sumter had
s"rrcEdercd We were stopped in Co
lumhia. In May following, the Con-
fedcrate government having been
fully organized. we transferred our
allegiance from the State to the Con-
federate States. Soon thereafter we
were ordered to Richmond, Va, and
from there to Leesburg, on the Po-
tomac river. From there we rushed
down to the plains of Manassas,
where we received our first chap
tism OF blood"
In the winter Of 1862 our term of
enlistment having expired, all but a
re,y few OF our company rc-volun-
tHercd for three years OF the war
All who re-vOluEteered OF the Fourth
and Fifth S. c. Regiments were. put
together. and formed into a regiment
known as the ''Palmetto Sharpshoot-
ers." Micah jenkins wal elected
colonel Of the regiment, Whit Kilpat-
rick captain, \. w. Harbin first lieu
tenant. myself second lieutenant, r.
l.. Lewis third lieutenant, of our
company.
was in the following big battles:
First Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven
Pines, Gaines's Mill and Frazier's
Farm. besides quite humber Of
skirmisheS. In the last named bat
tie was hit three times. twice on
the head and once through the left
ankle. The balls that hit me on the
head tore my little old Confederate
cap into shreds. The ball that went
through my ankle tor, up both my
shoes. A ball knocked my sword out
OF my hand and broke off the point
lay all night and till late in the
evening the next day near the battle
field, without any shelter. When |
at last was carried to a hospital in
Richmond, I was as wet as a "drown-
ed rat as muddy as hog, as bloody
as a butchered beef, and all the be-
longings | had we're shirt and one
pair Of pants. You can imagine what
sort Of looking "crittcr" | was.
During my service in the army |
never reported sick, never missed a
roll call, picket duty or a fight until
! was wounded
While lying up in Richmond nurs-
ing my wounds | received my COM
mission as captain from the Confedc-
rate War Department. That com
mission read "for gallant and merito-
riOus service on the battlefield" ap-
proved by Gen. I.ongstreet.
AS soon as | recovered sufficiently
from my wounds to travel was
given a 6o-day furlough. At the ex-
pirltion Of my furlough was exam
incd By the medical board !, Column