Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-13
.KoBERr q. GRAHAM DEAD.
Well Kohwn Confederate Vete-
ran Passes to Beyond.

his son, Z. c. Graham, at Ruth
erf0rdton, N. c., of Robert G.
s"Peg Leg'0 Graham. former
Fort Mill township citizen and
well known Confederate veteran,
brought sorrow to. his friends,
and especially to his old army
comrades, in this community. Mr..
Graham had been i'm i'll health for
several months and while it was
known that he could not long
survive the illness which had
worn away his strength. the news
of his death nevertheless caused
universal regret among those who
had known him.
Mr.. Graham was born i'm Fort
Mill township about IS years ago
and continued to live on his farm
in this community up to about ID
years ago, when he moved across
the State line into the Sharon
neighbOrhoOd in Mecklcnburg
county to live with his son. AS
boy II years old he volutccred
for service in the Confederate
army, joining Company b. 9th
South Carolina regiment, in 1862.
the captain of the company then
being the late John Nj. White,
gallant Fort Mill soldier who af-
forwards became lieutenant colo.
mel of his regiment. Mr.. Graham
saw his first service as soldier
at Williamsburg, Va. and with his
company Composed almost en-
tirely Of Fort Mill mem and reg
iment participated in the battle
o. Seven Pines, the Seven Days
Fight Around Richmond. Second
Manassas, BOoneSboro. Sharps-
burg, fredericksburg, was with
Longstreet at Suffolk, III the bat
ties around Chattanooga ana
Knoxville, and on May &. 1864,
participated in the tremendous
battle of the Wilderness and later
was at Spottsylvania. AT Cold
Harbor he received n wound
which necessitated the umputa-
tion of his left leg. ending his
active service in II cause to which
he was aS devoted on the day of
his death as he was when as Il
boy he put on his first gray un-
form. Up to the time he was
wounded at Cold Harbor Mr..
Graham had taken part in many
major engagements and numerous
skirmishes and relatively unim
portant battles without so much
as receiving "A scratch, ycS1cr.
day said Mr.. Bowman Merritt of
Fort Mill, who also was in Com
pany b and was with Mr.. Gra
ham during his entire army Srrv-
ice. "And no finer soldier ever
wore the Confederate uniform
than Bob Graham, added Mr..
Merritt. Mr.. Graham s name is
on the Confederate monument in
Fort Mill.
For 40-Odd years following the
close of the Civil war Mr.. Gra-
ham took an active interest III
politics. In 1876 he was II wheel
horse in the Hampton campaign
to rid the State of the carpcthag
government, being IA member OF
the Red Shirts and ii never firing
worker for the Democratic party.
He also is said to have been ii
member of the ku kluX organi-
zation. along with practically all
the other good citizens OF the
community. BY nature Mr.. Gra'
ham was genial and was always
in n good humor, and when he at
tended u political meeting or 9th
er public gathering usually he
was surrounded by IL party OF his
friends anxious to have him draw
on his fund of anecdotes Tor
their entertainment.
The body of Mr. Graham was
buried in the Sharon churchyard
Tuesday afternoon i'll his Con
fcderate uniform. He is survived
by the following children +. G.
Graham, Mrs. Leona Mclean and
Miss Kate Graham of Rutherford
ton, n. c., Lester Graham OF
Granite Quarry, n. c.. Mrs. IL
NJ. Strout of Broadway, n. G..