Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-10-25
"UNCLE w" WRITES
Gives Some Interesting Facts
and Amusing Incidents of
the War. Mr.. Scott's
Letter.
Harlem, Ga,
r. 2, Box Ill.

Dear Advertisers just to let you
know that am alive, but not well.
Bu9 that is alright. / have walked
Hugh Scott mp, and his enclosed let
ter will tell you what was the mat
ter with him and how fast he can
run.
He speaks in his letter of Tom
Grafton (Dr. j. N. Grafton of Col
lier's father.) Yes, Tom was a
good soldier and was killed on
Johns Island in August 1854, and
in the same fight, Johnnie Mays,
Bill Bolton, Nose Bruce and An
drew Bates, "a mere boy.) Jim
| Taylor was also fatally wounded,
and died at a hospital in Charleston
soon after he was carried there, Six
or seven others wounded.
Sarena Parkman, Bill Frazier,
Jim Forrest and three others whose
names / cannot just now recall,
possibly Henry or Sam Roper. Can
remember the names of the others,
and there was only 81 in the squad
that shey were killed out of, leav-
ing only nine or ten unhurt.
Capt. T. II. Clark was in COM
mand of the squad, and Lieut.. Nj.
A. Markert in command of another
squad of 81. One of the men in his
squad was wounded.
A t times we had some fun. l
laugh as / write of the time Tom
Grafton tried to make his horse
! (Tomtit) jump and run through the
tents of Co. 1. He had about done
the Job and was headed for Clark's
tent IA big wall tent.) The Capt.
caught Tomtit by the bride and
stopped the fun. Tom Grafton and
Tomtit also stopped a fist fight be-
| tween the writer and Bob Grafton
(half brother of Tom.) We were
in a little A tent and had just pass
ed a blow or two, when we heard
some one say, Come over Tomtit,"
and over went the tent. [ went out
one side and Bob the other, aud
saw Tom and Tomtit making for
the Captains tent. We forgot we
had started fsticuff and had a big
:. laugh at the condition of Go. Is
tents. That was better than hstl-
cuff, don't you think?
1 visited my children in Emanuel
county week before last, and all of
them had gathered fine crops OF
corn and cotton, making from eight
to twelve bales of cotton and from
100 to $50 bushels of corn to the
plow. Will. with US in McDufie,
have made only about bales of
cotton and 50 bushels of corn to the
plow, and possibly next year it may
be the reverse. We don't know,
but we dou't want them to make
less, and we hope more. We hope
that we both may make good crops
next year.
The sun does not shine every day
in the year, and if it did, we would
be that much worse off. So the
} thing 1 think to do, is to do our
part, and not let failure in crops
one year discourage us. Am |
right? Uncle ly.
P. S. Am writing again, but
have to be short. l send you Hugh's
letter. If you want to, you can put
it in print, if not, alright. L am
still Your Old Friend,
Z. G.. Morgan, Sr.
Dear Uncle Iv:-I read in the
Advertiser few days ago, asking,
"What had become of Hugh Scott?"
The inquirySwas made by you, and
I want TO say 10 you Thank God, l
am still in the land of the living,
and don't need DR.. Taylor, or any
other DOCTOR" I am getting along
towards the 74th year mark, and /
tip the scales at 143 lbs without any
coat on. / have three boys married
and can out run either one of them
so yards at the drop of hat, and |
will venture to say, l doubt if there
is a man in Edgetield county that
can beat me riding horseback. |
ride my mare every day, and one of
my boys will not ride her. asked
him, What is the trouble with
herr" She picks up her feet too
quick for me.
You intimated in your letter to
the Advertiser, that perhaps | was
in the same predicament as Sam
Roper. will say, No. Augusta,
Ca, bas gone dry, and it is the
| first time in my life tnat ] ever saw
such, but nevertheless, it is true.
You can bank your last dollar that
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