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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 2.9 (search)
wspaper accounts of Sherman's march from Georgia through South Carolina are heartrending. An extract from one of them says: Sherman burnt Columbia on the seventeenth instant. He had burnt six out of seven farm houses on the route of his march. Before he reached Columbia, he had burned Blackville, Graham, Bamburg, Buford's bridge and Lexington, and had not spared the humblest hamlet. After he left Columbia, he gave to the flames the villages of Allston, Pomaria, Winnsboroa, Blackstock, Society Hill, and the towns of Camden and Cheraw. Would that the prisoners at Fort Delaware could be exchanged and sent to confront this ruthless, heartless destroyer of the homes. and subsistence of helpless women and children. We would teach him a wholesome lesson. The paragraph quoted reminds me of a letter written by General Sheridan. After the battle of Fisher's Hill, he wrote from Strasburg as follows: Lieutenant J. R. Meigs, my engineer officer, was murdered beyond Harrisburg, near Dayton.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 206 (search)
ail, courthouse, and young ladies' seminary. Left Tuskeegee at five o'clock. It began to rain just as we left Tuskeegee, and continued to do so for two hours. Camped at last at seven o'clock at a farm house forty-eight miles from Montgomery, and thirty-six from Columbus. April sixteenth. Commenced our march at seven o'clock. The country passed over is not so fertile as in the immediate vicinity of Selma, and has been worn out by the defective system of agriculture. We passed through Society Hill and two other small villages on our route. General Upton again led the advance; weather was fine and the roads were in good order. We arrived opposite Columbus at three P. M., and found General Upton preparing to attack the works. The attack began at seven o'clock, P. M., and notwithstanding the resistance of the enemy, who were intrenched on the neighboring hills, our forces drove them from their breastworks, and captured the bridges leading over the Chattahoochie river to the city Th
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 40: (search)
d, and the attempt to exculpate him in this particular is but little consistent and plausible in view of his general conduct from the moment when he entered South Carolina. He had burned six out of every seven farmhouses on the route of his march. Before he reached Columbia, he had burned Blackville, Graham, Ramberg, Buford's Bridge, Lexington, and had not spared the humblest hamlet. After he left Columbia, he gave to the flames the villages of Allston, Pomaria, Winnsboroa, Blackstock, Society Hill, and the towns of Camden and Cheraw. Surely when such was the fate of these places, the effort is ill-made to show that an exception was to be made in favour of the State capital of South Carolina, the especial and notorious object of the enemy's hate and revenge, and which, for days before the catastrophe, had been designated as the promised boon of Sherman's army. Fall of Charleston. The march of Sherman, which traversed South Carolina, was decisive of the fate of Charleston. At
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
unity in which they live. Major James Lide Coker Major James Lide Coker was born at Society Hill, S. C., January 3, 1837. He is the oldest son of Caleb and Hannah Lide Coker. He was educated re at school. Captain William Caleb Coker Captain William Caleb Coker was born near Society Hill, S. C., June 8, 1839. He was educated at the schools of his native town and at the South Carolillege, graduating there in December, 1859. He commenced teaching in the St. Evans academy of Society Hill and was thus engaged when the war broke out. He enlisted April 13, 1861, in Company F, Eighthlington, at Darlington, S. C. Major James Jonathan Lucas Major James Jonathan Lucas, of Society Hill, was born at Tiller's Ferry, Kershaw county, November 21, 1831. His father was Benjamin Simoas, Jr., of the Savannah offices of the Plant railway system; Benjamin Simons, a planter near Society Hill; Fanny McIver, wife of J. Francis Wilkes; Elizabeth Wildes, Mary McIver, and Melita Eleanor.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.3 (search)
somebody is gwine to get hurt. I soon discovered that she was right; my horse was shot and so was I, but the poor horse had strength enough to take me to the swamp, where McDaniel and I held a council of war and decided to separate at once. Poor fellow, I hope he is doing well; I have not heard of him since. I wandered about in the woods, dodging blue coats until dark, when I met an old citizen who gave me his hat and said: Here is a good negro who will conduct you through the woods to Society Hill to Dr. Pressley's house, and he will let you have a horse. Upon our safe arrival, I gave this faithful negro all I possessed, which was a five dollar Confederate bill. Our scouts took the bummers in at Campbell's Mill, and ate the dinner which they made old Mrs. Campbell prepare for them. At Dr. Pressley's hospitable home I fortunately met Colonel Zimmerman Davis, and the next morning I was mounted on Dr. Pressley's horse, and with Colonel Davis crossed the Great Pee Dee, and went in t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), First shot of the war was fired in the air. (search)
Island, and the gun being fired from James Island, I know nothing of my own knowledge as to who fired it. But I do know that who fired the first gun was the subject of much talk during the bombardment of the fort, and some days after Major Anderson surrendered. At that time and place I only heard that Lieutenant Wade Hampton Gibbes fired the first gun at Sumpter; none disputed it; all conceded it, and I have always believed, and do now believe, that he did it. Major J. J. Lucas, of Society Hill, who commanded a battery of heavy artillery during the war between the States, writes Colonel Manning as follows: It was my privilege to share in the defense of Charleston during the entire war between the States, and although not a member of Camp Hampton, have thought a short paper on the beginning of the struggle for Southern independence would be of interest to my brother veterans, and herewith submit the same. Major Lucas's paper, which is entitled Recollections of the Begin
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Homicide. (search)
Homicide. --The Darlington Southerner says that Capt. George F. Williams, of Society Hill, was shot and instantly killed, on Saturday last, by Capt. William H. Wingate, of Darlington. Wingate was arrested and lodged in jail.