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The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sunday, April 21, 1861. (search)
The South Carolina troops. --These chivalrous and gallant defenders of their natal soil left Weldon, N. C., yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, to the number of 450, under the leadership of Col. M. L. Bonham, late a representative in Congress from the State of South Carolina. Col. Bonham is a brother of one of the Texan heroes who fell with Crockett, Bowie and others, defending the Alamo from the Mexicans during the Texan revolution, and he and his "boys" may be confidently calculated on to give a good account of themselves when brought face to face with the hired mercenaries of Lincoln who are now making attempts to subjugate this free land. The South Carolinians will go into camp at the Central Fair Grounds immediately on their arrival here, which was expected to take place yesterday, via the Petersburg Railroad. P. S.--The South Carolina troops arrived here at 6 o'clock, in the Petersburg cars, reaching that city via Norfolk Road. Gen. Borham's headquarters will be establis