[646] small engagements. On July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, he was seriously wounded, captured and held prisoner until December, 1863. He was surrendered with Johnston at Greensboro. He has been twice married, and has nine children.
Peter T. Hollis
Peter T. Hollis, of Chester county, formerly color-bearer of the Twenty-fourth South Carolina regiment, was born in Chester county, in 1844. His father, Peter Hollis, a native of Fairfield county, was a soldier of the Seminole war; his grandfather, Moses Hollis, was a brother of Capt. John Hollis, of the Continental army; and his great-grandfather, with two brothers from Virginia, first settled in Fairfield county, on Wateree creek. His mother's father fought with Jackson at New Orleans and is thought to have been killed on that field. Mr. Hollis enlisted in Company H, of the Twenty-fourth regiment, in 1861, and was first on duty on the coast, until the spring of 1863, when he went with Gist's brigade to Mississippi, participated in the first battle at Jackson, and in the subsequent operations under General Johnston for the relief of Vicksburg, until the evacuation of Jackson in July. He had volunteered as one of the color guard early in his service, and during the Mississippi campaign, on account of the wounding of the color-bearer, acted in his place, and he continued in this duty until the day of the battle of Chickamauga, when the color-bearer resumed his duty, but was soon shot down, whereupon Hollis again took up the flag and bore it through the fight. All of the color guard were either killed or wounded at Chickamauga, and a corner of the flag was shot away, but he escaped without harm though dozens of bullets passed through his clothing. He took part in the fighting near Chattanooga, the battle of Missionary Ridge, and the fighting on the retreat, and in 1864, with promotion to ensign, he bore the colors of the regiment in all the battles of Hardee's corps, from Dalton to Atlanta. After reaching the latter city he was badly wounded and disabled for two months. He then rejoined his regiment at Nashville, where he was captured in the disastrous battle. Subsequently, until the close of the war, he was a prisoner at Johnson's island, Lake Erie. Since then Mr. Hollis has been engaged in farming with much success, and has been active in public affairs and
