Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-02
OLD PENDLETON DISTRICT
IN THE CONEEDEItACY
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him from the uproar and turmoil Of
the battlefield He died the follow
ing day. July %. 1861, from the
wounds.
-, Pcndleton furnished another noted
brigadier general Of the war in the
person Of Clement II. stevens lie
| rendered gallant service until he
was mortally wounded in the Battle
, of Atlanta, July 20, 1864. After lin
gering for five days under great suf-
tcring from the severe wounds, he
died on July %, 1864. The last rest
ing place Of his body is in the Epis-
copal cemetery at Pendleton
John Baylis Earle Sloan was colo
mel OF tho Fourth Regiment Of the
South Carolina Volunteers. His COM
mand rendered gallant service at
rirst Manassas and in many of the
other hard-fought battles of the war.
col. Sloan died in Charleston, s. c.,
III 1906. and was brought to Pcndlc-
ton and buried in the Episcopal Gem
etery.
Benjamin Crawford Joined the
Confederate forces when he was only
| s years Of age. lie was a member
Of TrcnhO'm's Squadron. They were
first seat TO Pocot"li:,o. where they
spent about Il year i'm the task Of
guarding the coast. Then they were
sent to Virginia to assist Gen. Lee
in his campaigns in that State. They
rfys ,i,,l
Virginia until his surrender. This
brave boy IS also buried in the Epis-
copai cemetery at Pcndlcton.
PcndlctOn District also furnished
men for The navy as well as for the
array. Alex. WOrlcy was captain
in the Confederate navy. lie rem
dercd valiant service on the Gulf
Coast around New Orleans. Later he
died in the city around which he had
served so earnestly. His body was
brought back to the place where he
had spent many cherished days be-
fore the war, and was laid to rest in
that hallCwed spot of ground at the
| Episcopal church in Pcndlet0n.
Felix Wnrley, Il brother Of Capt.
Alex. Worloy. and also Il Confcdc-
rate veteran. died several years ago
IN New York city. the metropolis OF
the United States. At his request his
! body was crcmatcd and his sacred
| ashes were brought back to pcndlr-
ton and placed in his mothers grave
in the Episcopal graveyard.
John Calhoun Clemson served rs
q captain in the Confederate army,
and as described by Il close friend
OF his. was Il COURAGEOUS soldier and
Il very fine scout He was 4 son Of
| old Mr.. Clemson and Il grandson Of
the great and illustrious South Caro-
lima statesman, John G. Calhoun. He
was killed in a railroad accident near
Seneca. $. C.. in August. 1871. His
grave is in the Episcopal cemetery
at Pendlcton
Harry Miller, a youth Of 10, fell
in battle on October t3. 1864. The
inscription OIL his monument can
very appropriately express the cir
Lumstances under which many Of the
young men Of that time answered
the call. The inscription is as fol-
lows
"The youthful soldier. impatient
OF the dull routine within the halls
Of Chapel Hill. in the month of Aug
ust. 1862. and at the age Of II. bade
adieu to the duties of college life,
and with patriotic ardor and alacrity
sought the more exciting scenes of
the tented fields amid the camps OF
the Confederate army then quarter
ed around the city Of Richmond. The
Battle OF Malvern Hill soon trans
formed the student OF camp drill in
TO the trained soldier: and thence
forward. with .eteran steadness, he
| followed the fortunes OF the Army OF
Northern Virginia until the 10th of
october. 1864. when. during Il tri-
| umphant assault upon the third line
or the cnemy'S breas:works. at Mid
| dleton. Va. by Gen. kershaw's old
brigade. he fcll-~a noble sacrifice to
the cause he had 80 generously anI
earnestly cspous"d."
Just as young Miller gave up col
lcgc duties ana entered the war,
so, many other young southern bows
made the supreme sacrifice TO take
NJ the strife VIII tho foe. Doubtless
many OF them mHhn til" ani"c ;u-
prnmc sacrifice on the field Of bat
tie. But some one has said that vars
richest SDOjlS AFRO tho 1sbrS sr lie