H.W. HOLLIDAY,
eldest son of JAMES B. and EMILY JANE DUNLAP HOLLIDAY, was
born March 1, 1846, and died on the 27th of November, 1928,
at Greenville, S.C.
When the war came on
in the sixties, this young boy joined the ranks of the
Confederacy in his father's place, first serving with the
3rd Regiment of State Troops at Charleston. When this
regiment was disbanded, he joined Company E, of the 16th
South Carolina Regiment, this on the last day of Feb., 1864 and
went through the Georgia campaign under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
He was in all of the battles around Atlanta, then followed
Hood into Tennessee and took part in the fighting at
Franklin and Nashville. When the surrender came, he was at
home on sick furlough. His command was a part of Gregg's
Brigade, Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of
Tennessee.
Comrade
HOLLIDAY was a member of R.C. Pulliam Camp, No. 297, U.C.V.,
of Greenville, S.C., also a member of the Masonic Lodge and
the Methodist Church. He was three times married, his last
wife, who was MRS. MARY R. PAYNE, survives him.