Butts County GaArchives News.....An Old Sword  May 4, 1900
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Jackson Argus May 4, 1900
An Old Sword 
The following letter from Major C. O. Beauchamp appears in the New York Journal 
of May 8.

Sword for the McDowells
W. R. Hearst, Editor the Journal.

I have a sword given me by my father, which was presented to Captain John S. 
McDowell, a gallant hero of the Seventy-seventy Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, by the members of Company F of that regiment, for meritorious 
services upon the battlefield, April 1, 1868.

This sword was picked up on the camp field near this city in November 1864, 
after that regiment decamped on their way to Savannah.  It was afterward 
purchased by father.  Though I prize very highly this sword given to the brave 
Pennsylvania captain by the members of his company for gallant services midst 
shot and shell, yet if Captain McDowell is still living, it will afford me 
great pleasure as one of the youngest Mayors in the Empire State of the South 
to return to him or his family this sword of honor and bravery, to keep as a 
priceless souvenir of his brave deeds in the bloody war between the States.

The hatred that once existed between the two sections involved in that terrible 
war is now dead; we are reunited again, and all stand ready as a unit to defend 
the glorious Stars and Stripes from any foe that may seek to destroy the 
Union.  This regiment destroyed considerable property belonging to my 
grandparents and other relatives in this county, yet “all is fair in war;” 
therefore we have no malice or hatred in our hearts against this captain or any 
member of the Seventy-seventh Regiment, for we are now as one family, defenders 
of the same flag.

The following is the inscription on scabbard on the sworn: Presented to Captain 
John S. McDowell by members of Company F. Seventy-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, or any member of his family, so I can return the sword to the 
rightful owner the price less gift from his brave men.

On the afternoon of May 7 a telegram from Capt. John S. McDowell, mayor Smith 
Center, Kan., to Mr. Beauchamp read as follows.
	Hon. Charles O. Beauchamp, Jackson, Ga.  I am the person wanted in 
yours of 
	April 30th published in New York Journal May 8.  Write you fully today.
							J. S. McDowell

Mr. Beauchamp has received numbers of letters from fathers throughout the 
country complimenting him and the magnanimous offer made by him in the above 
letter.  It may be mentioned incidentally that Capt McDowell belonged to the 
regiment that burned Jackson, but that belongs to the past and no one hold 
ought against him now.

Jackson Argus – Butts County - Week of May 4, 1900


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