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JOHN ABBOTT.

Born December 27, 1835. near

Ridgev6ay. Entered Army atcommencement of War in Com-pany B 9th Regiment. Slightlywounded Aug. 21. near Peters-burg, Va. Has farmed sincethe war.

JAMES S. ALLEN.

Born in 1845, and enteredArmy in 1863, Company B, 7thBat. Inf. Now farming near

Blythewood.JA3IES M. BLAIN.

Born .August 6, 1842, nearBlackstock. Entered Army atthe beginnirg of the War as amember of Little River Guards.Afterwards transferred to theCompanies of Captains EdwardMeans and Boykin Lyles.Wounded four times at Drains-ville, Seven Pines, SecondManassas and Fort Harrison.Now farming at place of hisbirth.

"The Little River Guards

which I joined in organizationearly in 1S61. or the latter partof 60, disbanded at S2mmer-ville the greater part. joininlgCapt. Ediward Means' Company,Buckhead Guards. at OrangeCourt House. Va. At expirationof one year's service' we weremusterei into service for threeyears o:f the W~\ar undter Capt.Boykin~ Lvles combined withCapt. W~eston's Company fromRichland. Surrendered at Ap-pomatox under Capt. RobertClowney."

LEFROY D. EL.CK.Born Dec. 20. I16:3. in Chester

County. Entered Army Dec.1861i. Cc.. B. 6tzh Reg. Now asubstantial farmer of the Stoversection.Has been very feeble the past

few months. and suffered heavyafriiction~in his faulyI.

R. D. BOLICK.

Born Oct. 22, 1846, nearLebanon church. Entered Army1863 in Black's Reg.. underCapt. Barber. Later transferredto Haskell s Bat. of Art. Re-

oeived slight wound from spentball. Surrendered at Appoma-tox Va.. in April. Got home inJuly, 1865. Now living at Ridge-way.

CHESLEY G. BOULWARE.

Born May 29. 1844, at Crosby-vjlle. Eentered Army April 1861in Co. B. 20th Miss. Reg.. underCapt Massey. Wounned at

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selves, Cont;Kennysa. Ga. Was prisoner atclose of War. Now farming.

JOHNR. 3OYD.

Born July 23. 1846. EnteredArmy June 1, 1863, in Co. B. 7tl

S. C. Bat., under Capt. LukEKennedy.Farming near Rion.

W. WATT BRICE.

Born July O. 182. near

Winnsboro. Entere:, Army inspring of S161. Co. F. 12th S. C.V.. under Capt. Hayne McMeek-ing. -Wounded in the battic oL

the Wilderness."I was capture1 on line be-

low Petersburg on March 25. be-fore the surrencder and carriedto Fort Lookout as a prisoner.On the morning after the assas-sination of Lincoin we wereformed by Divisions by order ofthe fact. The next 'morningMajor Brady congratulated thEprisoners on their not makinoany demonstration the day be-fore, as his orders were to firE

on the point with the gunboatsand batteries while there wvasa prisoner left. Was releasedabout July ist."

THOMAS SCOTT BRICE.

Born Sept. 16. 1840 in theNew Hope Section. Graduatedat Erskine College with the firsthonor. Entered Army April 10,1861. in Little River Guardsunder Capt. Michael Brice.Promoted to Corporal and ColorGuard of Reg. Wounded at

Seven Pines and Fort Harrison.Represented Fairfield County

for several terms both in theHouse and Senate. Was for anumber of years County Chair-ran. Now living at Shelby,N. C.

.JESSE R. BRYCE.

Was born July 23. 1847, andjoined State troops July 18, 1854.Co. B. urder Capt. McClurkin.W~asnever v:oundied.

Now+famingo nea Winnsboro.

LIRF'I]['ogether Withining Much His

SAMUEL W. BROOM.Born January 2. 1848 at placi

of present residence. Entere(Army April 9, 1861 in Co. C 1.S. C. V. promoted to OrdSergeant. Wounded Dec. 131862 at Fredericksburg, VaWent out first in Capt. J. RHarrison's Co. 6 S. C. V., unde:Col. J. H. Rion. When a

Summerville two Companiepulled out. The one I was itcame home, organized. electe<o,ficers and as placed in Gregg'Brigade. later in McGowan's.was present at Charleston wheiFort Sumter was surrenderedand was present at Appomato:when Gen. Lee surrendered.

DAVID BRANHAM.Born July 9, 1836. near plac,

of present residence. Entere<Army in the spring of 1861 iiCo. D, 1st Reg. S. C. Inf., undeCapt. Thomas Bovkin. Waprivate prisoner at close of War

"I was taken prisoner a

Gettysburg in July. and wataken to Fort Delaware on Delaware Island and remained unticlose of war. Rode on ship fronNew York to Charleston an<walked home at close of war

Fought at the bombardment o:

Hilton Head Island. Was at th,siege at Fredericksburg.Va., arnother skirmishes too numerous timake mention of here. Farmxing."

WILLIAM E. BRAZIEL.Born May 31. 184.5, near Ridge

way. Entered army April 121861 in Cedar Creek RiflesTransferred to Co. C. 12 RegWounded at Wilderness an<Gettysburg."At Deep Bottom, Va., Jer

kins, Kershaw and McGowan'Brigades were sent to capturthe breastworks. Negro tried tpush off with loaded gun, whic1was shot of? behind his knapsack. 500 were captured."

JA3MES EDWARD CRAIG.

Born Sept. 29, 1846. nea:Ridgeway. Entered Army Dec,28, 1862, Co. C 6 S. C. Cavalry,under Capt. P. WV. Goodwyn,Was never wounded. Nowmerchant at Blackstock."Capt. Goodwyn's company

was originally made up of twcCounties. Abbeville and FairfieldThe Captain was fiom Abbeville,and the 1st Lieut. R. WV. Ken ne-dy of Fairfield. 1 mention this

to show that Capt. Goodwyn wasnot a Fairfield man. I had thegood fortune not to be wounded,although- I was in every engage-ment that my Company was mn.Met Sherman in Columbia, andwas in front of him every dayuntil the surrender. I neversurrendered, leaving the armythe night before, my whole cornpany leaving at the same time.'THOMAS FRANKLIN CURLEE.

Born Aug. 24, 1847, near RiorEntered Army Nov. 1864 in Go.B S. C. Re res under Capt.

J,hn McT.nin Was never

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tory Never Pubbwounded. Now farming near!Rockton.

"I went with the Reserves toguard prisoners at Florence, S. C.Went to Goldsboro, N. C., Feb.1865, until we exchanged all ofthe prisoners we had in charge,and then came back to Chester,S. C. Our captain gave all thattwere able.to come to Fairfield a

furlough for ten days, so beforeI was able to go to my Companythe War closed.

GEORGE W. COLEMAN.

Born Sept. 4, 1844 at Feaster-ville. Attended FeastervilleAcademy and Kings Mountainunder Cols. Jenkins and Col.Coward.Entered Army in 1861 in Buck-

head Guards. 6th S. C. V., underCapt. E. J. Means. Transferredfrom 6th to 17th S. C. V., J. H.Means' 1egt. At close of Warwas Sergeant of Co. B, W. P.Coleman being Captain. Was:wounded at Second Manassas:and Sharpsburg.Now farming near place of

birth."I and brother. Allen G. Cole-

Sman, swapped placed with .John

1st

Banks and Andy Mobley, theye to the 6th and I and brother-1AlIen to the 1th We enteredoservice in Means' 17th Reg. the

- day previous to the secondManassas. There were five:brothers there then, Henry.Preston. Allen. Franklin and'George, now the only survivor.Capt. Preston lost a leg there,-came home and died. Lieut.Frank died at Brucetown, Va.and Alien was killed in front ofPetersburg. Henry came home,as well as I. Jacob F. Cclemandied at Wilimington. N. C. Hewas a member of this same com-Spany and Regiment."

- .JOHN HAMPTON COOPER.

Born Nov. 22. 1842. nearRidgeway. Entered A r m yrApril 9. 1861 in Company C,.12 S. C. Regiment. under Capt.*H. C. Davis. Was a Corporal atclose of War. Was wounded atGaines Mill and Second Manas-sas. Now farming near Ridge-iway.

"Was in the battle of Gaines'

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shed Before.Mill, Second Manassas, Chan-cellorsville, Fredericksburg,Deep Bottom, Ridley Shops,Jones Farms, and the battlesaround Petersburg and manyothers that I cannot recall.Served in Stonewall Jackson'scommand, and was on picketduty near the point where hewas killed. Heard the report ofthe gun that killed the greatwarrior, and this was perhapsthe turning point in the greatstruggle for States' Rights."

JOSEPH W. CLARKE.Born March 14, 1844, in Union.

Entered the Army in the fall of1861 as a member of Macbeth

Light Art., under Capt. R. W.Boyce. Was wvounded at Antie-tam in 1863.Raises the finest horse apples

in the countyv. 'Now farming.CHARLES MAZISON CHANDILER.Born August 20, 1848 at

Columbia. Entered service ofConfederate States as Clerk inCommissary Department a,tWinnsboro, February 1765, whenbe was only fourteen years old.Later enlisted as a member of

Co. H 3 Reg. S. C. S. T. NowJeweler at Winnsboro.

ISAAC SMITH CHAPPELL.Borrn Dec. 9, 18R48. Entered

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CHA.E MASOCHANDE.Born Augt.120,1884ntdConfedat StatesCo as Cler ieg.Commisapt. Derm. cle, at

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Company B, 17 S. C. V., underCapt. W. P, Coleman. Promotedto private sergeant. Was prison-er at Fort Look Out. Wounded.at Fort Sumter, Nov. 21, 1862.Farming.HENRY KENDREE DELLINGER.Born Nov. 24, 1844, Gaston

County, N. C. Entered ArmyFebruary. 1863, in Company E,34Reg., under Capt. Hoy. Was

captured at Petersburg andtaken to Harts Island until afterthe close of the War.Now a policeman in Town- of

Winnsboro.ALEX.A-NDER SCOTT DOUGLASS.Born Dec. 25, 1833, in Fairflield

District between forks of LittleRiver. Received college educa-tion at Erskine and legal educa-tion at University of Virginia.Entered Army August. 1861 inCompany C. 13 Reg., S. C. V.,under Capt. T. S. Farrow, whowas succeeded by Capt. D. R.Duncan and later by Capt. JohnW. Carlisle.At close of War was 1st Lieut.

of Company C, 13 Reg., Mc-

Gowan's Brigrade. WoundedAugust 16, 1864, near Richmona,

"Went with 13 Reg. to theCoast of S. C.. in Oct. to Fort atmouth of Edisto River, oppositeJohn's Island, thence to Coosa-hatchie, Pocotaligo, Combahee

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