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Dr. G. R. Dean Confederate Veteran Vol. XIV Oct. 1906   'INQUIRIES FOR AND ABOUT VETERANS'. Dr. G.R. DEAN, Spartanburg, S.C. seeks information of a gallant young soldier boy with whom he fell in during the latter part of the war. He was on his way to join his command, then stationed on James Island, and on the train to Columbia he met this young man from North Carolina, who was on the way to join his command in Virginia. Floods had washed the tracks away, and the train stopped at  a small station about 35 miles from Columbia. As it could go no farther south, the two proceeded on foot to Columbia, from which they were to catch an early train, one for Charleston and the other for Virginia. Before going far it began to snow, and by night they could hardly walk. They stopped at the house of a MR. WILLIAM SOMMERS, who treated them hospitably, and the next morning his young son took them eleven miles on the way, after which they brought a ride on a wood wagon to within a few miles of Columbia. They stayed together that night and the next morning set out on their different ways after exchanging addresses and vows of eternal friendship. DR. DEAN says Sherman burned all his letters and other things he had sent to Columbia and in this way the address of his friend ---- PALMER, was lost. He hopes that the boy is still living and that he may hear from him of some of his family. The doctor says " His memory comes into my life as a beautiful ray of sunshine."