. Stories of the confederacy . things he said, he gave expres-sion to two sentiments which seemed to stir the hearts of those but the old soldiers of the Confederacy, he said, and those whoselives and fortunes were committed to their keeping, everything being leftto the chances of war, have ever understood or ever can understand thegreat motive principles that stirred the heart of the South. No one outsideof the old boundary lines that marked off the Confederacy from the restof the world can understand or appreciate the thoughts and feelings whichkept keyed to concert pitch every
. Stories of the confederacy . things he said, he gave expres-sion to two sentiments which seemed to stir the hearts of those but the old soldiers of the Confederacy, he said, and those whoselives and fortunes were committed to their keeping, everything being leftto the chances of war, have ever understood or ever can understand thegreat motive principles that stirred the heart of the South. No one outsideof the old boundary lines that marked off the Confederacy from the restof the world can understand or appreciate the thoughts and feelings whichkept keyed to concert pitch every Southrons heart in their four yearsstruggle for independence. In conclusion he said: I want, when I die, this sword to be presentedto my little grandson, Uly Brooks Carter. A day or two after the fight in which General Kilpatricks headquarterswere captured, he sent to General Hampton a note asking him if he wouldbe so kind and gracious as to return to him his horse. The sword was notmentioned, as it was useless to ask for vv Sketches of Hamptons Cavalry 67 SKETCHES OF HAMPTONS CAVALRY 1861-2-3 Being a Reprint of a Pamphlet Published in Columbia Latter Part of 1864, Author Unknown—The Printing Press and Pamphlets Destroyed by Shermans Army—Copy from Which This is Reprinted Loaned by J. H. White of Graham, N. C. CHAPTER I. FORMATION OF THE BRIGADE—FIRST SKIRMISHES. We propose now to speak of the part this brigade took in thesummer, fall, and winter campaigns of 62, through Virginia andMaryland—including Stuarts daring and successful raid into theState of Pennsylvania, itnd in Burnsides rear after the battle ofFredericksburg. The brigade was organized immediately after the battlesaround Richmond, comprising the following cavalry regiments,all of which had acted simply as regiments, attached to differentinfantry corps, viz: the cavalry of the Cobb Legion, commandedby Colonel P. McB. Young; the Second South Carolina Regiment(formerly of Hamptons old Legion), commanded b
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