Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-31
Wednesday, December 81.
Tribute to Gallant Confed-
. crate Veteran.

Owing to a combination of circum-
stances, absence from our office and
the omission of last weeks issue of
The Advertiser, our tribute to Mr..
Hugh Henderson Scott, who died
December z, has been unavoidably
delayed. Mr.. Scott was a man who
was loyal in every exigency to his
community, county and State, and he
made a record as Confederate sol
dier that is surpassed by few, if any,
men who donned the gray uniform
in the sixties.
The Advertiser gives in Mr.. SCOTS
own words as taken from Gen. U. R.
Brooks book entitled "Butler and
His Cavalry" his account of enter
ing the Confederate service, as fol-
lows: "I first entered the Confeder-
ate service in January, 1861, and was
between the ages of sixteen and sew
enteen years of age. l enlisted in
Gregg's First Regiment, South Caro-
lima Volunteers. I was on Morris Is
land and Sullivan's Island while.
We were state troops then, and af-
ter the capture of Fort Sumter the
call was made by South Carolina for
volunteers to go te Virginia, and
about half of the regiment went. l
was one of them. I went there to
serve but was furloughed on the 14th
day of July, just before the first bat
tie of Manassas. I came home, got
horse and went back to Manassas and
joined M. C. Buffers company at Ba-
con Race church. He was then Cap
tain Butler, and his company the
"Edgefeld Hussars," Hampton Le-
gion. l served as private in that COM
mand until 1862, when l was detail
ed as scout in "Hogan's Squad of
Scouts" for General Wade Hampton.
Ask any Confederate veteran in
Edgefeld county who knew anything
about the services rendered and re-
cord made by Mr.. Hugh Scott and
you will receive words of the highest
commentator. The writer never met
Mr.. Scott at any time, here at Edge
field when. he came to the county
seat or wherever we chanced to meet
and greet him that we did not feel
like raising our hat to one so brave,
so true and so worthy of every hon
or and respect that could be shown
him. We have on repeated occasions
heard the late Gen. Butler, with
whom he was intimately associated
in the war, speak in the highest terms
of Mr.. Scott, Hugh Scott as he called
him. Great is the pity that some
record in written form, accessible to
the generations that shall come after
has not been made of the gallantry
and distinguished service of such
tried and true men as was Mr.. Scott
Again we repeat, it is regrettable
that, while such men in the course
of time are taken from US one by
one, some record of what they
achieved through sacrifcial service
has not been preserved.
Not only was Mr.. Scott soldier
who immortalized his name as a
scout, but he was sterling citizen
whose life is worthy of emulation.
He possessed keen intellect and was
naturally leader of men. A man of
magnetism and power, causing his
fellows to unconsciously defer to
him. Mr.. Scott possessed remarkable
gifts as a conversationalist and al
wavs attracted persons to him. When
he passed away not only the Meri-
wether community but Edgefeld
county sustained heavy loss. A gen.
Grafton produces few we'll rounded
men of the type of Mr.. Hugh Scott
whose sterling qualities caused him
TO tower above his fellows.