er any other field officers of this regiment were ever appointed,
but I think not. Lieutenant John R. Carwile, who had been acting
Adjutant of the Seventh for a long time, was now assigned to duty on
the brigade staff.

Captain William Wallace was promoted to Colonel of the Second, with
Captain T.D. Graham and B F. Clyburn, Lieutenant Colonel and Major
respectively.

Colonel Rutherford, of the Third, having been killed on the 13th
of October, and Lieutenant Colonel Maffett, captured a short while
before, Captain R.P. Todd was made Major, then raised to the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain J.K.G. Nance, Major.

Many new Captains and Lieutenants were made, to fill the vacancies
occasioned by the above changes and deaths in battle, but I have not
the space to mention them.

Our last Brigadier General, J.D. Kennedy, was a very good officer,
however, his kindness of heart, his sympathetic nature, his indulgent
disposition caused him to be rather lax in discipline. There was quite
a contrast in the rigidity of General Connor's discipline and the
good, easy "go as you please" of General Kennedy. But the latter had
the entire confidence of the troops, and was dearly loved by both
officers and men. He was quite sociable, courteous, and kind to all.
The men had been in service so long, understood their duties so
well, that it was not considered a necessity to have a martinet for
a commander. General Kennedy's greatest claim to distinction was his
good looks. He certainly was one of the finest looking officers in the
army. I fear little contradiction when I say General Kennedy and Major
W.D. Peck, of the Quartermaster Department, were two of the finest
looking men that South Carolina gave to the war. I give a short sketch
of General Kennedy.

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GENERAL JOHN D. KENNEDY.

General John D. Kennedy was born in Camden, South Carolina, January
5th, 1840, the son of Anthony M. and Sarah Doby Kennedy. His mother
was the grand-daughter of Abraham Belton, a pioneer settler of Camden
and a patriot soldier in the Revolution. His father was born in
Scotland, having emigrated to the United States about the year 1830,
at which time he settled in Kershaw County, S.C., where he married.
(He has been engaged in planting and merchandising for many years.
Two sons and two daughters were the issue of this marriage.) General
Kennedy obtained his early scholastic training in the Camden schools,
a