Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-09-03
47th REUNION OF oRR's MEN.
FOrty-Seven Survivors We're Present
at PendletOn Last Thursday,

The battles were begun over again
on the Blue Ridge train which car
ried a number Of Confederate yete-
rams to Pendleton Thursday morning
to the 47th reunion OF Orrs Regi-
ment.
w. G. Brock, Of Honea Path; P. A.
Jones, L. j. Scott and John Thomp-
son were members Of Orr's Regi-
ment, McGowan's Brigade. j. T. c..
Jones, In his handsome uniform of
Confederate gray, and r. Il. Thomp-
son, were of the Second South Caro-
lima Rifles. j. B. Hubbard. of Ha-
goods Brigade, spent large part OF
his service in prison in Elmira, N.
Y. and he said that he had never
gotten enough to eat since he left
that prison. In Mr.. Hubbard's Con-
federate note book was found this
signihcant entry: "First fight taken
place on the Weldon railroad and
won and on the next day come back
and whipped them again."
ID. w. Greer, of the First South
Carolina, went in just a few months
before the close Of the war, at the
age Of 16. Mr.. Greer said that there
were sc in his company, and not one
over Is years Of age, and the most
OF 'em just 16. Out Of this boy com
pany there are only three living to-
day-Lieut. Thomas Hunt and Pri-
yate G. w. Taylor, both living in
Greenviiie county, and Mr.. Greer
himself. Mr.. Greer said: "Talk
ABOUT your equipment! We didn't
nave none--no grub, no uniforms,
no tents, no working utensils, no
blankets, and-no pay. All we had
III the way Of equipment was guns
n n
between Charleston and Savannah.
and an epidemic of measles broke
out, and having no in medical facilities
and nothing to eat, the boys died
right and left. For while all we
had to eat was one hard-tack a day
and "A canteen of black molasses.
and we didn't have anything else
unless some OF the boys went forag-
ing. G. Preston Thompson, brother
OF Ex-Governor Hugh Thompson, was
our captain"
w. l.. Carping, who was of Com
pany II. 7th Georgia, is preparing to
go back to Georgia to the reunion in
Atlanta in October. He is not only
making his arrangements to 20, but
he is not going alone, and has al
ready obtained % certificates for his
children and dchildren. Mr.,
Carping is quite proud Of the pay
he got a: the Greenwood reunion
($13.50)--a $40 Confederate bill.
81 bill. $ bill and a shinplaster.
lhis was the second pay that he has
received since Apo omattox--and he
says he is still due the $40 bounty.
ii. ID. Boggs was of the Hampton
Legion. Of which fact he is Justly
proud, and he was wounded in the
Battle Of tho Wilderness.
BY the time the train reached the
station at Pendleton the very atmos-
phere was surcharged with the
eVeH's Of the Conftd eracy, and it was
a iIttlng state Of mind to enter the
rea. gates OF the COnfederacy when
tie. forty-seven survivors stood at
attention when Rev. e. r. Pendleton,
III the uniform Of a secretary in the
service Of the United States, hay-
ing just returned from "Y" work in
France, asked the protection Of the
Father Almighty for these men who
had sacrificed SO much for their
country.
Tho Reunion.
The chairman for this occasion
was Col. w. r. McGill. In his open-
Ing remarks Col. McGill said that a
Confederate soldier would fight to
the last for what he thought was
right, and upon one occasion when
they were offered a dishonorable
peace, that COL Joseph N. Brown
gave the command for any soldier
who would accept dish onorable peace
to step forward. Not one stepped
forward-and 1t was probably good
thing that no one did, for IL some
one had done so he would have been
shot on the spot.
Mayor S. S. Eskew welcomed the
veterans to Pendleton, and told them
that the town was theirs to do with
as they pleased, and that Pendleton
considered herself honored to enter
tain such men as the Survivors of
Orr's Regiment
The sole survivor Of Camp Tally
Simpson. Col. ]. G. Stribling, well
coined the veterans in behalf Of this
camp and also the Farmers Society.
The responses were made by Col. Ben
Johnson and Lewis Campbell.
The United Daughters. OF the Con-
federacy were given recognition, and
.nrs c.. McC. Patrick gave n short
sketch Of what this organization ia
doing for veterans, their descend
ants, and also of the magnificent
monuments they had built t. the
nlontry Of those - them who la
gone on. IN this talk Mrs. Patrick
stated tha; she believed she could
say without cha lienge that the
United Daughters Of the Confe ler-
acy had built more monuments. and
haE .Somer monuments than any
other WomHn's orst LiZation in the
wtrlI.
The orators Of tie day were Hon.
W G. IuwhS of Mnlhalla and Prof