South Carolina
C.S.A.
South Carolina
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South Carolina C.S.A.
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My thanks to Susan The U.C.V was formed as the men who had fought the war aged and desired a place to join and remember. The magazine helped to inform members and allowed them to share memories and ideas about the part of their life that they considered most important. It also worked with states to mark graves, preserve battlefields, educate children, and finally to lay the brothers to rest. Greenville had a chapter as did the lower end of the county and I am certain there were others as well within the county. This chapter had special meaning to the men of the Sixteenth. Please forward any information you have on other Greenville County Chapters. The following is taken from Mauldin Legacy. "Captain Manning Austin Chapter of the Confederate Veterans, Role of officers and members, Organized November 18, 1893." Wm. P. Gresham - Commander D.W. Holland - First Lieutenant Commander J.B. Garrison, Company B, Sixteenth S.C. - First Lieutenant Commander G.W. Goodwin - Third Lieutenant Commander D.C. Bennett - Adjutant T.J. Verdin - Quartermaster T. Manning Cox, Company A, Sixteenth S.C. - Chaplain T.C. Wood - Officer of the Day R.M. Gresham, Company F, Sixteenth S.C. - Treasurer J.D. Howard, - Sergeant Major R.L. Blakely - Vidette Lewis R. Cox, Company A, Sixteenth S.C. - Color Sergeant A. Abercrombie and E.S. Smith - Color Guards Privates O.L.Clark W.A. Bramlett W.G. Wood H.A. Smith Y.D. Eskew R.H. Bramlett J.W. Bramlett, Company A, Sixteenth S.C. J.L. Smith J.A. Bramlett J. Manning Austin was a member of the Sixteenth Regiment, Captain of A Company, he is buried at Christ Church Episcopal. |
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...After the War was over the survivors of this company and others organized Old Soldiers Reunion . This reunion was organized under the leadership of Capt. Billy Gresham who served as President for many years. After his death Captain John Bramlett was elected to succeed him serving until his death. He was succeeded by FN Blakely and later by Ira A. Gresham. The Celebration was held annually on the Twenty First of July under the Arbor. In Celebration of the Battle of Bull Run which was a great victory for the South, the Soldiers Reunions were held each year with large crowds in attendance until the year 1934. At this time most of the Soldiers had passed on and the Reunion was discontinued. Among the outstanding speakers on these occasions were Capt. Mauldin, Capt. Blythe, Governors Ansel, Blackwood, Blease, Dr. Ramsey, James W. Austin... |
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