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Article from Confederate Veteran mag., dated
June, 1894.
[ I will allude to a few passages from this huge
article]
BRAVE AND TRUE OLD SOUTH CAROLINA
At a reunion in Summerville, S.C., there were
present about three thousand people. Addresses were made by Gen. Huguenin,
Senator Butler, Col. Coward, Col. Tupper, Commander of the Gen. James Conner
Camp and others. Many tributes were paid to the gallant CONNER, for whom the
Camp was named. Gen. Butler said, speaking of him, that it was a special
pleasure to be among men whose Camp bore the name of one dear to every
Carolinian, who was so distinguished in war, who was also distinguished in
times of peace; James Conner, whose beautiful blue eyes always filled with an
expression of love as he spoke of South Carolina; Conner, who, in 1876, next
to Hampton was the man who did most to liberate the State....
continuation Senator Butler said of Col.
Tupper; it was at Gravelly Run, he said, that he had seen Col. Tupper guilty
as cool a piece of impudence as he ever heard. A man who had been firing his
piece all day said to Capt. Tupper, " My piece is getting foulded". " Shut
your fool mouth, you fool, " said Tupper, " that man next to you will get
killed in a minute and you can take his gun ".
....We have in our own little State men whose
deeds should make them immortal, and their names should occupy a conspicuous
place in the temple of fame. Can we recall the magnificent courage of BEE,
GIST, JENKINS, and DONOVANT without a thrill of admiration and remember
without a pang too painful to express the names of FRANK HAMPTON, and HUGH
AIKEN, ROBERT JEFFORDS and GEORGE CUTHBERT, ALLEN MILES and SUMTER BROWNFIELD
and thousands of other comrades who fought , bled, and died as they did.
.... South Carolina- God Bless her ! - was
full of pure and noble blood and she poured it out like rain. Like the Spartan
mother, she sent her sons to battle with a proud faith in their manhood and
zealous care for their glory;
Comrades , let us stand by the dear old
State as long as we can, let us guard her interest and protect her rights the
best we can and above all things maintain her unsullied name.
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