Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield, SC, 22 July 1863Lieut. Co. John C. Simkins, of the 1st Regt. Regulars, was killed Battery Wagner on the night of the 18th. Son of Edgefield and adopted son of Abbeville, these two Districts will mingle their___ freely above his grave. He was a gentleman of the very highest tone; a patriot of the very purest type; a soldier of the very highest mettle. Edgefield will write his name in blazing __ upon her Roll of Honor.