Abner Alexander joined Co. F, 8th Reg, SC Infantry. Organized April 13, 1861, Company F was also known as the "Darlington Greys" and the men were from Society Hill, Dovesville, Lydia, and Stokes Bridge.
"At the beginning of the war, my only brother, Abner Alexander, enlisted for service for six months. He fought in the first Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (see NOTE). Six months he came home and found that I had entered the army. He regretted, very much, that I had taken this step. I went away while he was at home. My brother re-enlisted and went back to the same company. Just a few days before they went to Tennessee, I heard that my brother's command was about a mile from me. I got permission to go to him, and this was the last time I ever saw him. He came part of the way back with me. We sat on a chestnut log and he told me that he felt like that we would never see each other again, and he told me, also, where I would find his trunk and other belongings. He was killed at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. I found his things, as he told me, his trunk and picture, but his girlfriend refused to part with his jewelry."
"Reminiscence" by John Wesley 'John' Alexander - 1846-1934; dictated to his daughter, Maggie Louise Alexander, in 1932.
Note: Manassas I (aka, the First Bull Run) began July 21, 1861. A Confederate victory, Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre "Stonewall."
"At the beginning of the war, my only brother, Abner Alexander, enlisted for service for six months. He fought in the first Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (see NOTE). Six months he came home and found that I had entered the army. He regretted, very much, that I had taken this step. I went away while he was at home. My brother re-enlisted and went back to the same company. Just a few days before they went to Tennessee, I heard that my brother's command was about a mile from me. I got permission to go to him, and this was the last time I ever saw him. He came part of the way back with me. We sat on a chestnut log and he told me that he felt like that we would never see each other again, and he told me, also, where I would find his trunk and other belongings. He was killed at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. I found his things, as he told me, his trunk and picture, but his girlfriend refused to part with his jewelry."
"Reminiscence" by John Wesley 'John' Alexander - 1846-1934; dictated to his daughter, Maggie Louise Alexander, in 1932.
Note: Manassas I (aka, the First Bull Run) began July 21, 1861. A Confederate victory, Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre "Stonewall."
Abner Alexander joined Co. F, 8th Reg, SC Infantry. Organized April 13, 1861, Company F was also known as the "Darlington Greys" and the men were from Society Hill, Dovesville, Lydia, and Stokes Bridge.
"At the beginning of the war, my only brother, Abner Alexander, enlisted for service for six months. He fought in the first Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (see NOTE). Six months he came home and found that I had entered the army. He regretted, very much, that I had taken this step. I went away while he was at home. My brother re-enlisted and went back to the same company. Just a few days before they went to Tennessee, I heard that my brother's command was about a mile from me. I got permission to go to him, and this was the last time I ever saw him. He came part of the way back with me. We sat on a chestnut log and he told me that he felt like that we would never see each other again, and he told me, also, where I would find his trunk and other belongings. He was killed at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. I found his things, as he told me, his trunk and picture, but his girlfriend refused to part with his jewelry."
"Reminiscence" by John Wesley 'John' Alexander - 1846-1934; dictated to his daughter, Maggie Louise Alexander, in 1932.
Note: Manassas I (aka, the First Bull Run) began July 21, 1861. A Confederate victory, Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre "Stonewall."
"At the beginning of the war, my only brother, Abner Alexander, enlisted for service for six months. He fought in the first Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (see NOTE). Six months he came home and found that I had entered the army. He regretted, very much, that I had taken this step. I went away while he was at home. My brother re-enlisted and went back to the same company. Just a few days before they went to Tennessee, I heard that my brother's command was about a mile from me. I got permission to go to him, and this was the last time I ever saw him. He came part of the way back with me. We sat on a chestnut log and he told me that he felt like that we would never see each other again, and he told me, also, where I would find his trunk and other belongings. He was killed at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. I found his things, as he told me, his trunk and picture, but his girlfriend refused to part with his jewelry."
"Reminiscence" by John Wesley 'John' Alexander - 1846-1934; dictated to his daughter, Maggie Louise Alexander, in 1932.
Note: Manassas I (aka, the First Bull Run) began July 21, 1861. A Confederate victory, Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre "Stonewall."
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