r fell in the front of
his regiment, there was naught but sorrow for his untimely end.

In March, 1862, he married the beautiful and accomplished Miss Sallie
Fair, only daughter of Colonel Simeon Fair, of Newberry. The only
child of this union was Kate Stewart Rutherford, who was known as
the "daughter of the regiment." Kate is now the wife of the Honorable
George Johnstone.

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CHAPTER XXXIX

Peace Conference--State Troops--Women of the South.

The civilized world, especially the Monarchies of Europe, which at
first viewed with satisfaction this eruption in the great Republic
across the waters, now anxiously watched them in their mad fury,
tearing to tatters the fabric of Democratic government. This
government, since its withdrawal from the Old World influence, had
grown great and strong, and was now a powerful nation--a standing
menace to their interest and power. But they began to look with alarm
on the spectacle of these two brothers--brothers in blood, in aims,
ambition, and future expectations, only an imaginary line separating
them--with glaring eyes, their hands at each others throat, neither
willing to submit or yield as long as there was a vestige of vitality
in either. Even the most considerate and thoughtful of the North began
to contemplate the wreck and ruin of their common country, and stood
aghast at the rivers of blood that had flown, the widows and orphans
made, and the treasures expended. They now began to wish for a call
to halt. This useless slaughter caused a shudder to run through every
thinking man when he contemplated of the havoc yet to come. The two
armies were getting nearer and nearer together, one adding strength
as the other grew weaker--the South getting more desperate and more
determined to sacrifice all, as they saw the ground slipping inch by
inch beneath their feet; the North becoming more confident with
each succeeding day. It began to look like a war of extermination of
American manhood. The best and bravest of the North had fallen in the
early years of the war, while the bulk of the army now was composed of
the lowest type of foreigners, who had been tempted to our shores by
the large bounties paid by the Union Government. Taking their cue
from their native comrades in arms, they now tried to outdo them in
vandalizing, having been taught that they were wreaking vengeance upon
the aristocracy and ruining the slave-holders of the South