Killed in the War Between the States, he was unmarried (but dating and/or engaged to Anna Ware of Greenville, S. C.) and mortally wounded at Burnside's Bridge in the Battle of Sharpsburg in the afternoon of 9/17/1862 and transported to Winchester, Virginia.
The local newspaper in his home town, "Tri-Weekly Watchman" of 8 Oct. 1862: "...fell mortally wounded on the bloody field of Sharpsburg...lingered but a short time...Lt Pringle." Among those caring for him during the week in which he died was Mary Greenhow Lee who bought a private plot for his burial. His body is buried at Winchester, Va. under the misspelled surname of "Samuel McBride Primble". And there is a grave marker at Concord Presbyterian Church cemetery in Sumter County, S. C.
Mr. Pringle was the son of a planter at Shaws Crossroads (Sumter County, S. C.) and brother of a local area physician. And he started Furman College in Greenville, SC in 1859 to study for the ministry. His girlfriend was Anna Ware (dau. of Sen. T. E. Ware). In December 1860, the entire student body began to enroll in the Army of the South. In the spring of 1861, "Sammy" joined the Sumter Volunteers, Company D, commanded by Capt. J. S. Richardson and went to war under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's Army of the Potomac, Sammy being in the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers Regiment under J. P. Kershaw as a musician. They took part in First Bull Run (Manassas). In 1862, several members of the 2nd Regt. joined the Palmetto Light Artillary of Hugh Richardson Garden, Sammy among them. And he was promoted to Lt. after transferring to the Palmetto Light Artillery. At the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), at Burnside's Bridge, he had his foot shot off by an enemy cannonball; and the leg was amputated there. He was transported 40 miles away to Winchester and died a week later from the wound.
One of his best friends was James Henry Rice (who was at that battle). Letters from both Sam and this friend are in the James B. Duke Library at Furman University in Greenville, S. C., in the Special Collections Department (donated by great nephew, Sam McBride Pringle). A few letters he wrote to his oldest sister, Mary, are on-line, HERE: https://cdm16821.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16821coll3/search/searchterm/samuel%20mcbride%20pringle%20collection/field/relati/mode/all/conn/and/. Another close friend was William Alexander McQueen.
The local newspaper in his home town, "Tri-Weekly Watchman" of 8 Oct. 1862: "...fell mortally wounded on the bloody field of Sharpsburg...lingered but a short time...Lt Pringle." Among those caring for him during the week in which he died was Mary Greenhow Lee who bought a private plot for his burial. His body is buried at Winchester, Va. under the misspelled surname of "Samuel McBride Primble". And there is a grave marker at Concord Presbyterian Church cemetery in Sumter County, S. C.
Mr. Pringle was the son of a planter at Shaws Crossroads (Sumter County, S. C.) and brother of a local area physician. And he started Furman College in Greenville, SC in 1859 to study for the ministry. His girlfriend was Anna Ware (dau. of Sen. T. E. Ware). In December 1860, the entire student body began to enroll in the Army of the South. In the spring of 1861, "Sammy" joined the Sumter Volunteers, Company D, commanded by Capt. J. S. Richardson and went to war under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's Army of the Potomac, Sammy being in the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers Regiment under J. P. Kershaw as a musician. They took part in First Bull Run (Manassas). In 1862, several members of the 2nd Regt. joined the Palmetto Light Artillary of Hugh Richardson Garden, Sammy among them. And he was promoted to Lt. after transferring to the Palmetto Light Artillery. At the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), at Burnside's Bridge, he had his foot shot off by an enemy cannonball; and the leg was amputated there. He was transported 40 miles away to Winchester and died a week later from the wound.
One of his best friends was James Henry Rice (who was at that battle). Letters from both Sam and this friend are in the James B. Duke Library at Furman University in Greenville, S. C., in the Special Collections Department (donated by great nephew, Sam McBride Pringle). A few letters he wrote to his oldest sister, Mary, are on-line, HERE: https://cdm16821.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16821coll3/search/searchterm/samuel%20mcbride%20pringle%20collection/field/relati/mode/all/conn/and/. Another close friend was William Alexander McQueen.
Killed in the War Between the States, he was unmarried (but dating and/or engaged to Anna Ware of Greenville, S. C.) and mortally wounded at Burnside's Bridge in the Battle of Sharpsburg in the afternoon of 9/17/1862 and transported to Winchester, Virginia.
The local newspaper in his home town, "Tri-Weekly Watchman" of 8 Oct. 1862: "...fell mortally wounded on the bloody field of Sharpsburg...lingered but a short time...Lt Pringle." Among those caring for him during the week in which he died was Mary Greenhow Lee who bought a private plot for his burial. His body is buried at Winchester, Va. under the misspelled surname of "Samuel McBride Primble". And there is a grave marker at Concord Presbyterian Church cemetery in Sumter County, S. C.
Mr. Pringle was the son of a planter at Shaws Crossroads (Sumter County, S. C.) and brother of a local area physician. And he started Furman College in Greenville, SC in 1859 to study for the ministry. His girlfriend was Anna Ware (dau. of Sen. T. E. Ware). In December 1860, the entire student body began to enroll in the Army of the South. In the spring of 1861, "Sammy" joined the Sumter Volunteers, Company D, commanded by Capt. J. S. Richardson and went to war under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's Army of the Potomac, Sammy being in the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers Regiment under J. P. Kershaw as a musician. They took part in First Bull Run (Manassas). In 1862, several members of the 2nd Regt. joined the Palmetto Light Artillary of Hugh Richardson Garden, Sammy among them. And he was promoted to Lt. after transferring to the Palmetto Light Artillery. At the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), at Burnside's Bridge, he had his foot shot off by an enemy cannonball; and the leg was amputated there. He was transported 40 miles away to Winchester and died a week later from the wound.
One of his best friends was James Henry Rice (who was at that battle). Letters from both Sam and this friend are in the James B. Duke Library at Furman University in Greenville, S. C., in the Special Collections Department (donated by great nephew, Sam McBride Pringle). A few letters he wrote to his oldest sister, Mary, are on-line, HERE: https://cdm16821.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16821coll3/search/searchterm/samuel%20mcbride%20pringle%20collection/field/relati/mode/all/conn/and/. Another close friend was William Alexander McQueen.
The local newspaper in his home town, "Tri-Weekly Watchman" of 8 Oct. 1862: "...fell mortally wounded on the bloody field of Sharpsburg...lingered but a short time...Lt Pringle." Among those caring for him during the week in which he died was Mary Greenhow Lee who bought a private plot for his burial. His body is buried at Winchester, Va. under the misspelled surname of "Samuel McBride Primble". And there is a grave marker at Concord Presbyterian Church cemetery in Sumter County, S. C.
Mr. Pringle was the son of a planter at Shaws Crossroads (Sumter County, S. C.) and brother of a local area physician. And he started Furman College in Greenville, SC in 1859 to study for the ministry. His girlfriend was Anna Ware (dau. of Sen. T. E. Ware). In December 1860, the entire student body began to enroll in the Army of the South. In the spring of 1861, "Sammy" joined the Sumter Volunteers, Company D, commanded by Capt. J. S. Richardson and went to war under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's Army of the Potomac, Sammy being in the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers Regiment under J. P. Kershaw as a musician. They took part in First Bull Run (Manassas). In 1862, several members of the 2nd Regt. joined the Palmetto Light Artillary of Hugh Richardson Garden, Sammy among them. And he was promoted to Lt. after transferring to the Palmetto Light Artillery. At the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), at Burnside's Bridge, he had his foot shot off by an enemy cannonball; and the leg was amputated there. He was transported 40 miles away to Winchester and died a week later from the wound.
One of his best friends was James Henry Rice (who was at that battle). Letters from both Sam and this friend are in the James B. Duke Library at Furman University in Greenville, S. C., in the Special Collections Department (donated by great nephew, Sam McBride Pringle). A few letters he wrote to his oldest sister, Mary, are on-line, HERE: https://cdm16821.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16821coll3/search/searchterm/samuel%20mcbride%20pringle%20collection/field/relati/mode/all/conn/and/. Another close friend was William Alexander McQueen.
