Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-21
DIARY OF S. c. LOWRY
Brother Presents Volume to y. D. G.
Preservation at Richmond. q.

Brother Presents Volume to u. D. c.
Preservation at Richmond. .
At 3 o'clock, during the afternoon
session, Capt. Sumter L. Lowry pre-
sented to the United Daughters Of the
Confederacy, to be placed in the South
Carolina room of the Confederate Mu-
scum, at Richmond, frayed and yell
lowed volume, the diary kept by his
brother, Samuel Catawba Lowry, dur
ing the three years of the young officer
fought on the bloody battlefie!ds of
the Civil War.
The book is a voluminous one, its
pages filled with fine handwriting, leg
ible as the day they were written. On
the front page, in old English printed
characters, are these words:
"The war for Independence :" !"
North and South. My experience,
containing different battles, marches,
skirmshes, piekets, ETC., in which my
regiment, the II S. c. Volunteer,
commanded by Col. John H. Means,
participated. Containing sketches of
his service on the coast of South Caro-
lima, as we'll as Viroinia-more ,parti-
cularly referring to the Carolina Rifles,
C. S., to which | belong, commanded
by Capt. John. w. Avery, Yorkville,
S. c."
On the back page are the words: Il
wish this book to be kept inviolab!e.
Remember this. Do not disfiGure, but
keep it sacred. l desire to keep it as
long as | live for certain reasons
When am gone, guard it with care
If you love me. This is my wish. Ca
tawba Lowry"
Volunteered at 10.
Samuel Catawba Lowry volunteered
! for service when he was but IL. DE
| fought on the battlefields OF the south
until he was wounded three times,
after which he was discharged, on ac-
count of being under age. He was
then sent by his father, to the arse
nal a military school in South Caro-
lima. which is now the state govern
or's mansion. He was there but three
months when he started rebellion
among the cadets against the author-
ties, because they were refused the
privilege of forming a company Tor
actual service. He sent out a call for
volunteers among the cadets. The
news reaching the cadet commandment,
the entire body was drawn up on the
campus and all implicated asked to
step forward and make it known.
Sam Lowry stepped boldly from
the ranks and declared himself the
leader in the movement, and turning
to his comrades, called for volunteers.
Nineteen lads with soldiers hearts
beating with loyalty to crumbling
south responded and took their place
beside their stalwart young leader.
They were all expelled.
Sam Lowry then went to Ebenezer'
s. c., the home of his grandfather, AV-
ery. and attempted to organize a cav
airy company. Failing to get the re-
uuisite number of volunteers for thls'
he abandoned the idea and with two
or threc of his faithful followers
Joined Co. f, 18th regiment, com
manded by Col McMaster. Of the 7th.
Only one of these lads lived to return.
| Sam Lowry. the brave young lad,
who would fight for his south in the
face of every opposition, laid down
his life at the age of 10 on the bloody
battle field of Crater, at Petersburg,
! Virginia.
His faithful negro body servant
Henry Avery, accomplished the Won
derful feat Of getting the body of his
beloved young master through the
lines back to the home he died to de-
fend. at Yorkville, S. c., where he was
laid to rest.
A pathetic attendant upon the
death of this young southern hero
lad. was the dumb devotion of his
beautiful dog Major. The dog seemed
10 know that the body of his young
master lay in the grave which was
never to open again and his faithful
dog heart broke with the ycarning to
see a beloved face one more. The
morning following the funeral, the
big. furry body of Major WAS found
cold in death on the newly made grave.
Tampa Tribune, November IS.