eon--Dr. Maxy.
Company A--John H. Muldrow, Darlington.
Company B--Richard T. Powell, Chesterfield.
Company C--Thomas E. Powe, Chesterfield.
Company D--Robt. P. Miller, Chesterfield.
Company E--M.E. Keith, Darlington.
Company F--T.E. Howle, Darlington.
Company G--C.P. Townsend, Marlboro.
Company H--Duncan McIntyre, Marion.
Company I--A.T. Harllee, Marion.
Company K--Frank Manning, Marlboro.
Company L--Thomas E. Stackhouse, Marion.
Company M--Thomas E. Howle, Darlington.
Company L was a new company, and T.E. Stackhouse was made Captain;
also A.T. Harllee was made Captain of Company I. Company M was also a
new company.
After the reorganization the Generals' staffs were reduced to more
republican simplicity. General Kershaw was contented with--
Captain C.R. Holmes--Assistant Adjutant General.
Lieutenant W.M. Dwight--Adjutant and Inspector General.
Lieutenant D.A. Doby--Aide de Camp.
Lieutenant Jno. Myers--Ordnance Officer.
Major W.D. Peck--Quartermaster.
Major Kennedy--Commissary.
With a few privates for clerical service. General Kershaw had two
fine-looking, noble lads as couriers, neither grown to manhood, but
brave enough to follow their chief in the thickest of battle, or carry
his orders through storms of battles, W.M. Crumby, of Georgia, and
DeSaussure Burrows. The latter lost his life at Cedar Creek.
As I have thus shown the regiments and brigade in their second
organization, under the name it is known, "Kershaw's," and as all were
so closely connected and identified, I will continue to treat them
as a whole. The same camps, marches, battles, scenes, and experiences
were alike to all, so the history of one is the history of all. South
Carolina may have had, and I have no doubt did have, as good troops
in the field, as ably commanded as this brigade, but for undaunted
courage, loyalty to their leaders and the cause, for self-denials
and sacrifices, united spirits, and unflinching daring in the face of
death, the world has never produced their superiors. There was much to
animate their feelings and stimulate their courage. The older men had
retired and left the field to the leadership of the young. Men were
here, too, by circumstances of birth, education, and environment that
could scarcely ever expect to occupy more than a secondary place in
their country's history, who were destined to inferior stations in
life, both social and
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