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Jonathan Lucas was in Pinckney's Coniipanv, then in the 

 Nitre Bureau; R. H. Lucas, in the engineer corps. (}. Mc- 

 Duffie Cordes was in Pinckney's ('oni])any and quartermas- 

 ter. Dr. John DuPre was Surgeon, (J. S. A. Last, but not 

 least, Mr. Peter Manigault, though over age, went into the 

 ranks to. do his part and was killed or died in camp. 



During the War the Federal gunboats Avould make raids 

 up Sautee River, the men wovld burn houses, mills, etc., 

 and take off the negroes. At one of these times they were 

 met at Blake's plantation by Gaillard's Battery, Byrd's 

 Battalion and Pinckney's ('ompany. A skirmish ensued, but 

 neither suffered and the enemy withdrew alter burning 

 Blake's house and mill. 



About this time Mr. Mclnness, Blake's manager, was 

 killed by mistake at night on the rice field bank by Confed- 

 erate pickets. 



Near close of AVar these same men made night raids, aided 

 by negroes, on some of the planters' houses, carrying off' all 

 they wished — horses, cattle, poultry, household supplies, ar- 

 ticles of value or whatever took their fancy. I went through 

 two of these incursions as a boy, and can speak of the hor- 

 rors of being^ waked up in the dead of night and having 

 the house ransacked by hordes of Northern vandals and ne- 

 groes. Just after the War a negro company was stationed 

 at McClellanville, and later white infantry. It is but fair 

 to say that the Federals, who looted and taught the negroes 

 to loot, were only the men from the gunboats which steamed 

 up the river. For the regular United States infantry, who 

 came afterwards, were a better class of men and behaved 

 themselves as soldiers should. They were otficered by gen- 

 tlemen. Affiliating with our people, they did all in their 

 poAver to restore order and to keep the negroes within 

 bounds. They even went so far as to disarm and punish the 

 unruly. 



While some of the negroes during the War went off" to 

 the enemy the majority staid at home, faithful to the task 

 of making i)rovisions, serving their mistresses and doing 

 all that could be exjiected of them to fulfil the trust im- 

 posed by their masters, who were away. 



