Issue: November , 1907.
JONESVILLE, S.C. MONUMENT
JOHN HAMES Chapter, U.D.C., was organized August 2,
1901, in the town of Jonesville, S.C. It was named in honor of a gallant
soldier of Union District, S.C.
Captain Hames was born Oct.23, 1836 near
Jonesville. He volunteered in June, 1861 and went to Virginia as an
'independent'. Later , because of impaired health, he returned home. Soon
afterwards a company of young men from his county was formed and John Hames
was elected its second lieutenant. That company became B of the 18th
Regiment , South Carolina Volunteers and was sent to Charleston. On the 6th
of May, 1862 at Camp Guerin he was elected captain. The next month they were
ordered to Virginia and in the second battle of Manassas, August 30, 1862,
Captain Hames and his brother, Sergeant C.A. Hames , were both killed. Their
bodies were brought home and rest in Gilead Cemetery, near Jonesville.
The chief aim of this Chapter was to erect a
monument to the Confederate soldiers of Union District. After nearly 6 years
their hopes were realized and on May 17, 1907, a granite shaft 23 feet high
and 7 and a half base was unveiled in the town of Jonesville....
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page 492-93 with photo of John Hames, the Monument and
also a photo of Rev. A.A. James, chaplain.
'The Colonel GADBERRY, would not appoint a chaplain but
submitted appointment to a vote of the regiment and A.A. James was elected.
At the unveiling of the Monument, Rev. A.A. James had
the opening prayer.
