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Confederate Veteran, December, 1929.
H.W. HOLLIDAY, eldest son of JAMES B.
and EMILY JANE DUNLAP HOLLIDAY, was born March 1, 1846, and died on the
27th of November, 1928, at Greenville, S.C.
When the war came on in the sixties,
this young boy joined the ranks of the Confederacy in his father's
place, first serving with the 3rd Regiment of State Troops at
Charleston. When this regiment was disbanded, he joined Company E, of
the 16th South Carolina Regiment, this on the last day of Feb., 1864 and
went through the Georgia campaign under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He was
in all of the battles around Atlanta, then followed Hood into Tennessee
and took part in the fighting at Franklin and Nashville. When the
surrender came, he was at home on sick furlough. His command was a part
of Gregg's Brigade, Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of
Tennessee.
Comrade HOLLIDAY was a member of R.C.
Pulliam Camp, No. 297, U.C.V., of Greenville, S.C., also a member of the
Masonic Lodge and the Methodist Church. He was three times married, his
last wife, who was MRS. MARY R. PAYNE, survives him.
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