The 21st Regiment of S. C. Militia was called out at this place on yesterday for the purpose of raising a Company of Volunteers from each Battalion, under the late Act of the Legislature. A company from the Upper Battalion had previously been formed. When the call was made upon the Lower Battalion, near one hundred persons promptly stepped forward and tendered their services. The Regiment was then marched to the Court House square, where it was addressed by Dr. R. L. Crawford. The address was one of the most chaste and patriotic that it has ever been our good fortune to listen to. It was received with loud applause. We believe that our people are fully aroused to the struggle which now seems inevitable. Serious and stern resolve was visible in the countenances of every thinking man.
The Lancaster Ledger, Lancaster, SC