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John S. Fox

== John S. Fox was born in 1805. As a survivor of the Civil War he wrote about his experiences. He had a first-hand experience of the time in February when General Hugh Kilpatrick’s troops captured Lexington. In the war, he thought that it was wrong that the South wanted to secede, yet he thought they had the right to declare secession. Fox wrote about how when the soldiers came, many were stationed at the courthouse. He wrote that his home’s things had been taken by the Union soldiers, saying ==

== “The camps were near my residence and in a very short time another party came armed with guns and in a very rough manner saying they were looking for arms and tobacco. There [pronounced they] were informed there were none there. They paid no attention and went into every room in the house, every chest trunk, box, drawer, closet and every conceivable place that it was possible for anything to be and carried off everything valuable they could lay their hands on, provisions, clothing, bed furniture. Myself and family were left so bare that it was the greatest difficulty we could change our clothing of the most common kind, and were left very bare of bed furniture, shoes and hats, I had none left except that I had on.” ==

== He was a large profile resident and later served as the sheriff of Lexington County, and served several terms. After that, Fox was elected to serve in the South Carolina House of representatives, then the South Carolina Senate. John Fox died in 1884. ==  Credit: Riley, Louise J. __Sherman's Army Marches into South Carolina and Lexington County February 1865__. 2010.