The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-24
COL. MCINTOSH WAS PERSONAL
FRIEND OF BOTH LEE AND Wis
Knightly Military Man Recently De.
ceased Was Native of Society Hill
-OrgaRizer of Pee Dee Light
ARTILLERY.
Darlington Press.


The recent death Of this knightly
gentleman, distinguished soldier and
patriotic citizen will bring a pang Of
regret to many Of his old friends. es-
Recially those who served with him
during the great struggle for South
ern independence and who remember
his dauntless courage amid the storm
of battle and how high he stood in
the estimation Of his superior officers.
70 show this it is only necessary to
mention that he was promoted to>the
rank Of colonel of artillery by Gen.
eral Lee himself, position of great
responsibility, and never conferred ex-
cept on a true and tried soldier.
Colonel Mcintosh was born at So
eviety Hill, a community noted for its
culture and refined social life, and the
influence of such surroundings were
never forgotten, and in every word
and act he was a gentleman without
fear and without reproach. He was
of truly noble ancestry, as his ances-
tors on both sides of the family
figured in the Revolutionary War,
the remembrance of which helped to
nerve his heart and strengthen his
arm in the supreme hour that tried
mems souls and covered with udying
honor the deeds of the soldiers Of
the South.
Colonel Mcintosh was born in 1885
and was nearly eighty years old at
the time of his death, but mis- health
was SO perfect and his form so erect
that he looked a great deal younger
than he really was, and his sudden
death was a painful surprise to his
many friends both here and in the
home. Of his adoption in Maryland.
He was graduated from the South
Carolina college several years before
the war, and was admitted to the
bar and settled in Darlington for the
practice of law. He was just begin
ming to acquire a fine practice when
tne State seeded and there was a
call for her young men to defend her
honor.
About year before this a military
company was organized by the late
Colonel Marley, an honor graduate
of the Citsdal, and while Colonel Nc
Intosh had not at that time received
any military training he was held in
such high esteem that he was elected
first lieutenant of the new organiza-
ton and it is almost needless to say
that the choice was a very happy one,
as after events proved.
The Guards and the Richland
Rifles were the first two companies
ordered out from the interior, hav-
ing already offered their services;
and on January 8, 1861, they went to
Charleston. After remaining there for
several months a call was made for
volunteers to go to Virginia. A part
of the Guards responded. They had
had no time to arrange their busi-
ness affairs, and went there under
the command of Lieutenant McIn-
tosh.
When the time for their enlistmen.
six months-had expired, Lieuten-
ant Mcintosh returned home and i'm
mediately organized company, the
Pee Dee Rifles, of which he was made
captain. Some time after going toj
Virginia, the command was changed
to an artillery campany, and there
after was known as the Pee DeeI
Light Artillery and as such made a
record to which rnef country can
point with pride.
Captain Mcintosh was promoted to
the rank of major, then lieutenant
colonel, and finally made full colo
mel, and his brillisnt' record as an
officer has already been referred to.
He was one of four brothers who
were in the army, all noted for their
courage. Only one of them, DR..
James Mcintosh, now survives. One
sister also survives Colonel McIn-
tosh, Mrs. Bell, of Tennessee, as do
several nephews and nieces, in this
section and in Newberry.
"a. short time after the war, Colonel
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