The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-24


teenth and Twenty-second South
! Carolina regiments of Evans brigass
! In the same battle, great heroism
was also shown by the men of john
son Hagood"s brigade. In the fight
; at Bloody Angle, perhaps the most
sanguinary single days battle of the
entire war, the heroes were South
/ Carolinians and Mississipians.
/ In the army of the West throughout
the conflict there were three South
Carolina rgiments, commanded ~
Gems. S. R. Gist and A. NJ. Manigauit,
) that participated in almost every i'm
portant battle. South Carolina led the
fight at Murfreesboro, and helped
again the victory Of Chickamauga.
When Gen. Lee at last surrendered
! to Grant at Appomattox Court House,
Gen Bratton's South Carolina brigade
(! was the largest in the array. OF
Virginia,
Finally, the daring South Carolina
horsemen, under the leadership oS
/ Gems. Wade Hampton, N. G. Butler
| and Mart Gary, formed an indispen-
sable part in the Confederate army.
! After the death of Gen. J. E. 3. Stuart
! Gen. Hampton was elevated to th3
rank of lieutenant general, and put
in command of all the cavalry forces.
South Carolina lieutenant generals
of infantry were: James Lonstree.,
! appointed from Alabama; D. H. Hill,
appointed from North Carolina; R. H.
! Anderson and Stephen D. Lee. Among
the many brigadier generals not
mentioned above are: Stephen Ell
liot, Ellison Capers. Abner Perrin, 7.
E. Logan, James Chestnut and J. j.
Pettigrew, besides other brave OFF,
GERS. In the cabinet Of President
Davis there were three South Caro-
linian+D. G. Memminger and G. L
Trenholm, succesively Secretaries Of
the Treasury. and Lewis Crugec,
comptroller and solicitor.
The cost of the war 70 South Caro-
lima cannot be estimated. Besides the
vast amounts Of supplies furnished
to- the army much private property
vas sacrificed to the cause OF the Con-
federacy by many Of the States
i wealtihest citizens. amons who many
be mentioned Gen. Hampton and the
poet, William Gilmore Sinms. South
Carolina. suffered untold loss in the
burning OF her beautiful Capital, Co
lumbia. by Sherman, as he marched
through the State, destroying houses
and causing numbers of women and
| children to become destitute and
homeless. I
! She suffered her greatest loss, how
; ever, in the split blood Of her noble
sons. An accurate list of the lives
/ lost In the bloody contest has mot
! been kept, but it is estimated that
about 1900 OF the $4,000 South Caro-
! lima volunteers lost theirsliyes In be-
half of their nation Mae lives were
; on the deld OF deEeEsburg than
! Gen. scptt's entire ar lpst during
'the siegeaof Mexico City. Such was
the eaormity OF the struggle.
= The cause and spirit Of the whole
/ South. in the great contest was no.
where 20 aptiy expressed az Ia the
poems Of the three South aCrolina
peets-Gilnore simns, Paul Hanail-
ton Hayae, and Henry Tinrod. Dear
! to- the heart OF every Southerner are
Haynes my Mot, er;aoa," Tinrod's
| @Dthnogenesis." "A Cry to Arms" ;"
, snd lode to the Confederate Dead"
Nor have we forgotten the unsus-
-
by the women during that cal&mitous
! period. The part borne by them is
! craven forever upon the hearts and
minds OF her people. The story Of the
! want, hunger, and privation, suffered
by the women. in beraif of the Con-
,, federate, army is too long for repro
duction here The aid which they
! gave to the soldiers can be only
briefly touched upon. At one time
when Gen. Lee called upon the women
OF South Carolina for blankets they
stripped everyone from their beds ana
! promptly sent them to the troops. At
{ every battlefield were to be found
women from this State caring for the
wounded. They established "Wayside
hospitals" and cared for every Con-
federate soldiers who happened to pass
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