The daily times., 1921-05-14
IBrrr no pEP.AHrEp HEROES.

camp:
acc the last meeting of this
one year ago today, the angel
cath has taken away many Of
comrades from it's ranks, their !
is irreparable. They have an
red the last roll call, and cross
1ver the river to rest under the
lie OF the trees. With profound !
'ow l announce the names OF
10 departed comrades as follows:
llison High.
ardy Boykin.
ephen Peele.
enry L. Graves.
Williams.
loma6 Felton,
muel d. Marshbourne.
njamin E. Thompson.
vim Watson.
T. Pittman.
Coley.
Ison Murray.
w. Roberts.
SO men were our comrades in
nd friends. Sixty years ago, in
by motives of patriotism and
hey left their firesides, and
one with you, to join the great
olunteer army that ever drew
}rd. The wonderful individuality
8 noble army, was the embodf-
of the spirit, and soul Of the
ederacy. They went forth with
ntry and indomitable courage to
II 70 rthe imperishable principles
constitutional liberty, freedom
/ self determination. They fought
ch you with Interpolation under
g immortal Lee and Jackson, fight
-tg for three years with victorious
achievements that amazed the world.
They fought against a remorseless
foe of Two Million, Eight Hundred
Thousand soldiers. including one half
Million of Gremans and Huns, who
Were paid a bounty to come and
subjugate them and devastate the
property and deprive them of their
rights under the Constitution and
declaration of Independence.
- 100000 Confederate soldiers
fought four long years against ar
+ army of inexhaustible resources. Sen
ator Toombs of Georgia remarked
that we wore ourselves out whipping
the Yankees. North Carolina furnish
ID 10000 of these of which a thiri
!. sVer returned. Tho South tried it.
It Mr.. Lincoln backed by the fan
zeal abolitionists of the Nortl
AIDED the South to separation. Th,
selty and barbarism practiced b,
b., Federal army in this great wa
tween the States was thorough
known by Mr.. Lincoln who was Com
w nander in Chief of the armies H
aid not restrain Sherman in hi
march through Georgia, when he de
vastated everything in reach for fort
miles square o neither side of hi
march. Sherman boasted that he lai
waste by fire and depreciation of On
Hundred Million Dollars of propert,
He also permitted his brutal hord
of soldiers to burn Columbia and ro
the women of their jewelry and ou
rage many of them in the most br,
tai manner.
Sheridan, a cohort OF the SAN
black heart in his march through tt
valley of Virginia boasted that /
had burned Two Thousand barns, ar
this was done by men who professt
ito be civilized Americans. Compal
this vile conduct with our great lea
er, President Davis and Gen. Rob
E. Lee, in Lees march throug
Pennsylvania. They gave positive o
ders not to molest private proper
DR. it's citizens. This order was rigid
enforced, as you doubtless know tn
/; Gen. Bob Ransom cut an officer ov
& IN the leg for breaking ranks to tai
apples out of an orchard of priva
property.
Many of you were associated wi
n his campaign in Pennsylvania al
we're with him in the great battle
Gettysburg, where fifty Thousal
hen were killed and wounded. Nor
arolina soldiers immortalized the
leeds in this battle and cover
v themselves with glory when they q
anced beyond the bloody angle wi
aunt1ess courage farther thar a
ther troops in that great line of b;
e.
They were in the first and seco
attles of Manassas. Spottsylvan
yilderness and at Chancellorsvil
here they held the line and repuls
he enemy with such bravery a