The railroad track had advanced considerably, and in the Fall of the year, 1866, had reached Bartow, No. 11. My partner for some time had taken charge of the team while I attended to the store. Once he came home badly bunged up and a knife cut on his cheek. I said, What has happened? He said he had some difficulty with the Agent and they double teamed on him. So I remarked, Well, you can send Perry without you going. I wrote to the agent asking him to deliver to the bearer, Perry, a load of my merchandise then in his possession, to check off the same and send me a list. We had at that time two car loads on the track for the firm. When Perry returned he failed to bring the list, his wagon being loaded with corn and every sack ripped more or less. I said, How come you to accept merchandise in that condition. He answered, the sacks were allright when I took them out of the car, it was after they were loaded one of them fellows, a white man named Smith, run around the wagon and cut the sacks and I spilled lots of corn. I picked up some of it and put in that sack, indicating a sack ¾ full. I said, Do you know the man; would you recognizehim again if you were to meet him? Oh yes, Marse Ike. Saturday morning I took charge of the team and my partner remained at the store. I took dinner and fed my mules at my friends' Mr. B. G. Smith, to whom I stated the facts as told to me. He said, be careful, don't be too hasty. I said, Right is right and I don't want anything but my rights, and those I am going to have before I return.
We arrived at our destination about four o'clock p. m. The Sherman contingency had burned the warehouse as they did all the others along their march. Consequently the railroad Company used passenger cars on the side track to transact their office work, while freight cars served as a warehouse until discharged of their contents. As I entered the office car a young man met me. I remarked, Are you the agent? He said, No, Mr. Mims is at Parson Johnson's house. What is your name? My name is Smith. Then you are the scoundrel that mutilated my goods, and I advanced. He run out of the door and slammed it to with such force that he shattered the glass panel into fragments. When I came out to where Perry was, he said, That's the fellow that cut the sacks, there he goes. Well Perry build a little fire by the sideof this car for here we will camp until some one returns to deliver us the freight. The sun had set below the horizon and it had begun to get night, when Mr. Tom Wells, an acquaintance of mine, approached me. He was an employee of the railroad company also. Well Ike, old fellow, how are you getting along? All right Tom, how are you? I am all right. What brought you here, said he? I said business, I have goods here if I can find an agent to deliver them. I heard you came here for a difficulty, said he. I remarked, It seems I am already in a difficulty, I can't get any one to deliver me my goods. Well, I will tell you, Mr. Mims is a perfect gentleman. I am glad to hear it. Do you know him? No, I have never seen him, but up to now I can't have the same opinion of him that you have. I have not been treated right and I came here for justice. He said, Well, let me tell you; there are about forty employees here, hands and all, and they will all stick to him, right or wrong. I said, I came here to see Mr. Mims and I intend to stay here until I do see him, if it takes me a week. Well Ike, if you promise me that you will not raise a difficulty I will go after him and introduce you to each other. I said, Tom, there are other ways to settle a difficulty without fighting if men want to do right. Well I will go forhim; I know Mr. Mims is going to do what is right, and you too. Mr. Mims came presently, and a whole gang following him. I said, Mr. Mims, it seems you and my partner had a difficulty. I do not know the cause and I do not care to know. He said you fellows double teamed on him and he got worsted in the fight. To avoid a recurrence of the difficulty I sent my driver to you and a note. You ignored my note and sent me a load of corn with all the sacks ripped open, more or less, with a knife in the hands of one of your employees. I berated my man for accepting goods in that condition and he stated to me how all of it was done. I am now here to see what can be done about it. I have never done you any injury to be treated in that manner. He said, Mr. Hermann, I am sorry it happened. I will see that it will not be done again. I said, Have you discharged the fellow who did it? He answered, No, not yet. I said, Well, I demand that it be done now. And what about the damage I sustained. He remarked that the road would run to Tennille by next Wednesday, a distance of 25 miles, and he would forward my two car loads of freight free of charge from Bartow to Tennille. I said that was satisfactory. I wanted to load my wagon; he said, we do not deliver goods at night. I answeredthat if he had been at his post of duty on my arrival I would have had plenty of time to load and be on my way back, and I wished to load up at once for the morrow being Sunday I did not want to be on the road. He delivered the merchandise and Perry and I passed Sunday with my friend B. G. Smith, who was glad matters passed off as they did. Monday morning we took an early start and by twelve o'clock I was at home. That was my last trip as a wagoner, but not as a soldier, as the sequel will show.
When the commanding officers of the Confederate army surrendered and stacked arms the rank and file expected that the terms of the cartel promulgated and agreed upon would be carried out to the letter. The men laid down their arms in good faith, feeling as General R. E. Lee remarked in his farewell address to them, that under present unequal condition it would only be a waste of precious lives to continue the struggle. The following were the terms of the agreement entered into between General Grant and General Lee: The officers and men to return to their homes and remain there until exchanged and not to be disturbed by the United States authorities so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force in their respective states.
But the fellows who directed the ship of state and who were invisible on the firing line became invincible, when the South lay prostrated. The first order was from Secretary Staunton, for the arrest of our commanding officers. This order, however, was resented by General Grant as contrary to the cartel andshould not be executed. This caused a rupture between the two and the order was finally rescinded. The next step was to disperse all State authority and appoint a military Governor. General Wilson acted in that capacity in Georgia. The same year, 1865, negroes were proclaimed free and military garrisons established in every town, city or village throughout the South. Under the superintendence of those militaries the Freedmen's Bureau was established, forcing negroes to migrate from one place to another, thus breaking up the good relationship still existing between Masters and servants. The bureau was seemingly gotten up for the protection of the blacks, as if they needed any protection, they to whom we owed so much for their good behavior during the time when every available man able to bear arms was at the front, leaving their families in charge of the negroes. The gratitude of our people was or ought to have been sufficient guarantee in that line. Such harmonious condition did not suit the powers that be, there was venom in their heart for revenge, and punitive measures were concocted. Never were captives bound tighter than the people of the South. Is it a wonder that the men of the South became desperate and used desperate remedies to oust more desperatediseases? The carpet baggers made their exit. The negroes' mind had been prejudiced under the auspices of those vultures. They were forced into societies, one of which was the Rising Sun. Some called it The Rising Sons. God only knows what ultimate result they expected to obtain. Drums and fifes were heard in every direction at night times. The woods were full of rumors that the negroes are rising. Men in towns made ready for emergencies, every one on his own hook; no organization for defense, in case harsher measures should be needed. When the author of this sketch took up the idea of a reunion of his comrades and inserted a call in the county's weekly, calling on the members of Howell's Battery for a social reunion, their wives and children, when other veterans suggested why not make it a reunion for all the veterans of the County. I was only too glad for the suggestion and changed the call to include all veterans of the county, and on the day specified there was the greatest reunion Washington County ever had. It was estimated that eight thousand people participated. There were over one hundred carcasses besides thousands of baskets filled to overflow with eatables and delicacies. The object of the meeting was stated to form an artillery company as a nucleus or rallyinghead and to meet organization with organization not as a measure of aggression but as a protection. The author was elected Captain. Under his supervision he built an armory and eventually the State furnished him with two pieces of artillery. The day he received the guns he had a salute fired. The boys in the rural districts had not forgotten the sound of artillery and the town was filled with enthusiasm. Some of the negro leaders called on me to know what all that means, I told them it was to teach their misguided people that we can play at the same game and if they don't stop beating their drums and blowing fifes in the night time when honest people are at rest I would shell the woods. This admonition had a splendid effect and the people of Washington have lived in peace ever since. The author resigned his commission in the year 1881, when Honorable Alex Stephens was Governor of Georgia. And Washington County has the honor of having inaugurated the first reunion of Confederate veterans. The citizens of Washington County and Howell's Battery presented the author with a gold headed ebony cane, beautifully carved, as a memorial and their regard for him as a citizen and a soldier. Being taken by surprise I had to submit to the caning.
The South passed seemingly through the chamber of horrors of the Spanish Inquisition and punishments administered by degrees. First robbing the owners of their slaves, of their justly acquired property, after they, (the North), received from the Southern farmer its full equivalent in U. S. money. Second, in the promulgation of the Civil Rights Bill, in April, 1866. Third, in forcing the Southern people to accept the 14th and 15th amendment to the Federal Constitution, not as a war measure, as Abraham Lincoln claimed, when issuing his proclamation to free the negroes, but as political measures to perpetuate themselves in power.
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina and North Carolina refused to accept those conditions and in consequence were not admitted into the Union until 1868, although paying enormous taxes without representation, and finally had to submit in self defence. Virginia, Texas and Mississippi held out until 1870 before they succumbed to the thumb screw.
In writing the foregoing reminiscences I came near omitting an incident that unless inserted would make them incomplete. In 1868 I went to New York, via. Charlotte, North Carolina. It was a long journey by rail, on account of many disconnections and lay overs. On arriving at Greenville the South Carolina Legislators had adjourned in Columbia and boarded the train enroute for Washington, D. C. to see General Grant inaugurated as President of the U. S. The body at that time was composed of a mongrel set of coal black negroes, mulattoes and carpet baggers. Cartoosa, a mulatto, was then Treasurer of the State. A negro named Miller was General in chief of the S. C. militia of State troops. They came prepared to have a regular holiday. They carried large willow baskets full of the best provisions and champagne by the quantity, all at the expense of the State of South Carolina. On arriving at Aqua Creek, which was about 5 o'clock p. m., we took the boat up the Potomac and were furnished with dinner. When the bell rang, one of the South Carolina Legislators, a coal black negro, took his seat at the table when one of the waiters, also a negro,whispered in his ear. He replied in a very boisterous manner that his money was as good as any white man's. The waiter reported to the Purser, who took the would be gentleman by putting two fingers in his collar, lifted him up and gave him a kick that sent him reeling into the engine room. The white carpet baggers seemed not to have noticed this little side show. However the black brute continued his boisterous remarks and abusing the white race, and that he, a South Carolina representative had his dignity grossly insulted and that he was going to report the incident to General Grant on arrival. When an old gentleman who must have been between 65 and 70 years of age could not stand his abuse any longer, although the balance of the passengers were amused at his discomfiture took a pistol from his coat side pocket, shoved it near the negro's face and remarked, I stood that abuse as long as I intend to; one more word and I'll send you to hell where you belong, you black brute. The representative, seeing that this man meant what he said, kept mum. The South Carolina delegation undoubtedly made a report at headquarters of the above incident, for in the winding up of President Grant's inaugural address he expressed the following sentiments: That he hoped that whiteand black races would conform to the situation and that by mutual good conduct would maintain the peace and harmony so necessary for both races, or words to that effect.
Arriving in New York I took in the City. It was my first trip there since I had landed at Castle Garden from the four masted schooner, The Geneese, nearly ten years previous. I visited the large firm and emporium of H. B. Claflin & Company and spoke to Mr. Bancroft. I gave him a statement of my commercial standing, such as it was, and asked for his advice, as it was my first attempt as a dry goods merchant. My means being very limited I wanted to make them reach as far as possible. He treated me very courteously and furnished me with a salesman, whom he introduced as Mr. McClucklan. On our way to the basement he asked me, What State? I said Georgia. D——n Georgia. I stopped at once, looking him squarely in the face I said, You can't sell me any goods, I am going for some one not prejudiced against my State, and started back, when he exclaimed, Hold on, you misconstrue me; I have been a prisoner at Andersonville and I hate the name of Georgia. I do not mean to say that there are no good people in Georgia, like everywhereelse. Noting a keystone that I wore on my watch chain he said, I see you are a Mason? So am I, displaying a square and compass pinned on the lapel of his coat. We can talk together, said he. If it had not been for a brother Mason I don't think I'd be here today, I think I would have died of starvation. He told me of his transit from Andersonville to the Coast. When the train stopped at a country station, the name of which he did not know but he knew it was on the Central railroad, he gave the words of distress. It was a dark night, he could hardly have expected anybody to answer it, but someone did and before the train left some one brought him enough fried ham and biscuit to last him several days. So I said, It was wrapped in a home made napkin with blue borders. He looked at me with astonishment, saying, So it was; what do you know about it. I said, I am the fellow, and told him what I did and that Mrs. Hardwick commended me for it and would not take any pay and that the station was Davisboro. The man was beside himself. He hugged me, tears ran down his cheeks; he acted like a crazy fellow. He said, You can't buy any goods today, you are my guest. He ran to Mr. Bancroft to get excused, saying that I was an old friend and that he wanted to get off thatday. He hired an open carriage and we drove over the whole city, showing me everything worth seeing. He carried me around to a fine restaurant and ordered an elaborate dinner, spent his money with the most lavish hand, regardless of my protestations, for he would not let me spend a copper. The following day I made my purchases. It is useless to say that he dealt squarely with me and with his advice and experience I made what small capital I had purchase me a very decent stock of merchandise.
Again when President Lincoln in 1863 issued his edict to the Commanding Generals in their respective territory to proclaim all the negroes free, as a war measure, as he claimed, he attempted on a large scale what John Brown failed to make a success of on a small scale, namely to create a servile insurrection, and thus exposing the helpless and defenceless to the rapacity of semi-savage hordes. But it failed, as all other attempts in that line have failed, thus again proving the good relationship existing between the masters and their servants. Compare the situation now with that of the ante-bellum days. When a white emissary from the North hired a horse and buggy from the proprietor of the hotel in Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, and left with the same for parts unknown, he was finally located in Florida and captured and brought back and put in jail. The lock of the jail was so rusted for the want of use that it took the assistance of a locksmith to open the door to let him in. How is it now? A commodious building has had to be erected to accommodate the masses who trample under foot the laws of their country; the jailsand chaingangs are full to overflowing, with the perpetrators of crimes. Those are the results of the so called reconstructionists. Lynching was an unknown quantity in those days; there was no necessity for it. The laws of the country were administered, justly and loyally. Courts met at regular periods and often adjourned the same day for the want of patronage. Some say we are progressing. That is true, but in the wrong direction. Retrogressing is the proper word to apply, especially in morality.
Another illustration worthy of mention in connection with the others is related here. A friend of mine named John J. Jordan, wounded at Vicksburg, Miss., one of the cleverest and inoffensive beings, owned several slaves by heritage. Among them was one John Foster, a mulatto. He was an accomplished carpenter and very active. His master gave him his own time and he was comparatively free all his life, he was devoted to the Jordan family and was a very responsible negro, however, his newly made friends the carpet baggers filled his brains with such illusions that he became a leader among the negroes, making speeches and made himself very obnoxious to those who were his friends from infancy. All at once Foster disappeared. He was gone a couple of years when his former master received a letter from him, dated New York, begging assistance to enable him to return to Washington County. Notwithstanding his master's impoverished condition, the money was sent him and Foster came back entirely reformed. He had no more use for the Yankees, his short stay among them cured him. What a pity the authoress of UncleTom's Cabin did not take John Foster under her protecting wings. What a lost opportunity! What a fine additional illustration that picture would have made to her already fertile imagination as the sequel will show.
One day John Foster came to my house to see me. Good day, Marse Ike, said he, I thought I'll come to see you it has been a long time since I sawn you, and the following conversation took place: Where have you been John? I've been to New York. How do you like New York? I don't like it at all, let me tell you Mass Ike, those Yankees are no friends of the negroes. Well John I could have told you so before you went. Mass Ike, let me tell you what they've done. They told me I could make a fortune in the North, that I could get four and five dollars a day by my trade as a carpenter. Who told you so? Why John E. Bryant and his like of carpet baggers. Well did you not get it? I got it in the neck, I tell you what they did. I left here with right smart money, Marse John let me pay him for my time and got nearly three hundred dollars that I saved. I went to New York, and after looking around the city for a few days I commenced hunting work, but wherever I went they shook their heads, for no. Ispent the whole winter there without striking a lick until I spent all my money. I finally applied at a shop where a dutchman was foreman, I was willing to work at any price for I had to live but do you know what they did? No John, I don't. Well they every one of them, and they worked twenty-five hands, laid down their tools and walked out of the shop declaring that they would not work by the side of any damned negro, and the boss had to discharge me. No, Marse Ike, the Yankees are no friends to we colored people, only for what they can cheat us out of. I worked all my life among white folks here at home and it made no difference, I tell you Marse Ike, the people of the South are the negroes friends. Well John, you did not say so before you left here. No, I did not appreciate what the people here done for me until I went North. Well, John, you ought to go among your people and disabuse their minds and tell them what you know from personal experience. I am doing that Marse Ike every day. I have not long to stay here below, I have contracted consumption from exposure and am hardly able to do a day's work. I am taking little jobs now and then. Well John, if you stand in need of anythingcome to see me. You will always find something to eat here and some clothes to wear. John died six months later.
Before concluding these reminiscences I take pleasure however in stating that Capt. Howell and myself met after the surrender and after a thorough understanding agreed that honors were easy and by mutual consent to bury the hatchet and eventually became warm friends. A little incident, however, is worth relating here. I was a delegate to a Governatorial Convention from Washington County. Capt. Howell also was a delegate from Fulton County, the vote was very close. We were each for the opposing candidate, the convention lasted for several days and could not agree. Capt. Howell came to see me, stating that he was a committee of one appointed by the caucus to come to see me and influence me to change my vote and vote for their candidate. I said "Capt. what did you tell them?" He said, "I said I doubt very much that my influence would have any effect, darn him I could not do anything with him when I had the power to control him and I am satisfied that my mission will be in vain." I said, "you spoke well, Captain, go back and report failure."
Conclusion.
I would be derelict in my duty and the gratitude I feel towards the noble women of the South who shared the brunt of misery while their loved ones were at the front suffering the hardship and rigors of camp life, and were fighting the battles for what they deemed their most sacred duty. With aching heart and burning tears she bade her dear ones God speed and a safe return, shouldering all the responsibilities of providing for those who were left behind and not able to provide for themselves. Did they stop at that? Many delicacies and garments were sent to the front by them to cheer those in the field. They organized wayside homes for those soldiers who were in transit. They visited the hospitals and administered to the sick and wounded. They organized the ladies' relief association and in every way imaginable added to the comfort of those who shared the brunt of battle. The Confederate veterans felt grateful to their wives, daughters and kinswomen who banded themselves together under the name of U. D. C. They have proclaimed in songs and stories the righteousness of the Confederate cause and even at late date forced our adversaries to admit that the cause we fought for was right and the Courts so hold it. Would it be too much to ask the United Confederate Veterans to see that enduring monuments of imperishable material be erected in the capital of every Southern State to perpetuate the memory and the fidelity of those noble heroines?
"I've stood that abuse as long as I intend to; one more word and I'll send you to hell, where you belong—you black brute."
Sparta heroism was tame indeed in comparison with that of Southern women, especially those who were left in the wake of the invading armies amidst the ruins of a once happy home. It is a half a century that has elapsed since the thunder of Fort Sumter shook this hemisphere. New generations have appeared on the scene, fraternization is progressing slowly, but surely, the past is relegated gradually to the rear and the States again assert their rights, as they see it. Therefore it behooves the National administration to see to it that equal rights to all and special privileges to none, is its duty to enforce so as to maintain this nation the greatest nation on the globe. The sections must get together and look to the wants and needs of their associates and as far as lies in their power assist in bringing relief. Thus past differences will vanish and brotherly love will again prevail and this United States of America will forever be united to stand in bold relief the model government in the world.
List of Officers of the Washington Rifles.
Capt., S. A. H. Jones.1st Lt., J. W. Rudisill.2nd Lt., B. D. Evans.3rd Lt., W. W. Carter.Ensign, C. M. Jones.1st Sergt., E. P. Howell.2nd Sergt., G. W. Warthen.3rd Sergt., J. M. G. Medlock.4th Sergt., A. D. Jernigan.5th Sergt., P. R. Taliaferro.1st Corpl., W. J. Gray.2nd Corpl., A. T. Sessions.3rd Corpl., W. H. Renfroe.4th Corpl., John R. Wicker.Color Bearer, J. T. Youngblood.Surgeon, B. F. Rudisill.
List of Privates.
Allen, G. R.Arnaw, JamesBailey, J. W.Boatright, B. S.Barnes, A. S.Barnes, M. A.Barwick, W. B.Brantley, J. E.Brown, Jos. M.Collier, Ed.Curry, DavidCurry, S. K.Curry, J. S.Curry, J. H.Cullen, S. E.Cullen, W. A.Cullen, E. W.Commings, G. E.Clay, W. S.Cason, G.Cason, W.Cook, A. T.Dudley, J. A. Q.Dudley, W. H.Durden, M.Fulghum, J. H.Fulford, T. B.Fulford, S.Flucker, M. R.Gray, W. B.Grimes, W. B.Gilmore, J. N.Gilmore, T. J.Gilmore, S. M.Gilmore, E.Godown, JamesGaskin, J.Haines, S. S.Haines, C. E.Haynes, T. H.Hines, W. H.Hines, A. C.Hines, S.Hines, R.Hicklin, A. F.Hicklin, W. P.Hermann, I.Honard, W.Jordan, N. J.Jordan, J. T.Jordan, J. J.Jones, W. H.Jones, S. B.Kinman, W. H.King, Jas. R.Kitrell, G.Knight, W. G.Kelley, G. W.Knight, W. K.Lamb, I.Layton, J. H.Lawson, W. H.Lewis, W. H.Lewis, W. B.McCroon, J. J.Medlock, E.Morgan, John H.Mason, G. L.Matthews, W. C.Massey, S. N.McDonal, J. J.McDonald, A.Newsome, J. J.Newsome, J. K.Orr, T. A.Peacock, G. W.Parnell, R. J.Pittman, W. H.Roberts, J. B.Parker, W. J.Roberson, W. G.Roberson, J. A.Robison, R. T.Robison, W. R.Rodgers, L.Riddle, A. M.Rawlings, C.Rawlings, W. H.Renfroe, J.Stanley, J. S.Scarboro, A. M.Stubbs, J. N.Smith, J. C.Smith, J. P.Smith, J. H.Smith, W. H.Smith, John H.Slate, S. L.Solomon, H.Sheppard, J. J.Spillars, J.Tarver, F. R.Trawick, A. J.Trawick, J. T.Tyson, T. L.Tookes, C. C.Tarbutton, G. A.Turner, N. H.Veal, R. H.Whitaker, G. W. H.Whiddon, B.Whiddon, M. M.Warthen, T. J. W.Wall, C. A.Wall, W. A.Waitzfelder, E.Wagoner, W. H.Wessolonsky, A.Wicker, T. 0.Watkins, W. E.
The Newnan Guards, A.—Capt. Geo. M. Harvey.The Columbus Guards, B.—Capt. F. G. Wilkins.The Southern Rights Guards, C.—Capt. J. A. Hauser.The Oglethorpe Light Infantry, D.—Capt. J. O. Clark.The Washington Rifles, E.—Capt. S. A. H. Jones.The Gate City Guards, F.—Capt. W. F. Ezzard.The Bainbridge Independents, G.—Capt. J. W. Evans.The Dahlonega Vols., H.—Capt. Alfred Harris.The Walker Light Infantry, I.—Capt. S. H. Crump.The Quitman Guards, J.—Capt. Jas. S. Pinkard.J. N. Ramsey of Columbus, Ga., was elected Colonel.
The Newnan Guards, A.—Capt. Geo. M. Harvey.
The Columbus Guards, B.—Capt. F. G. Wilkins.
The Southern Rights Guards, C.—Capt. J. A. Hauser.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry, D.—Capt. J. O. Clark.
The Washington Rifles, E.—Capt. S. A. H. Jones.
The Gate City Guards, F.—Capt. W. F. Ezzard.
The Bainbridge Independents, G.—Capt. J. W. Evans.
The Dahlonega Vols., H.—Capt. Alfred Harris.
The Walker Light Infantry, I.—Capt. S. H. Crump.
The Quitman Guards, J.—Capt. Jas. S. Pinkard.
J. N. Ramsey of Columbus, Ga., was elected Colonel.
1st. Lt. John W. Rudisill became Capt. of Compy. C. 12 Ga. Battalion.2nd. Lt. Beverly D. Evans became Col. 2nd. Ga. State troops.3rd. Lt. W. W. Carter became Capt. Compy. G. 49 Ga. Regiment.Ensign C. M. Jones became Capt. Compy. H. 49 Ga. Regiment.1st. Sergt. E. P. Howell became Capt. of Martins Battery.4th. Sergt. A. D. Jernigan became Capt. Compy. H. 49 Ga. Regiment.5th. Sergt. P. R. Taliaferro became Capt. Compy. E. 32nd. Ga. Regiment.1st. Corporal W. J. Gray became 1st. Lieut. Sandersville Artillery.2nd. Corp. A. T. Sessions became Lieut. Compy. B. 12 Ga. Battalion.3rd. Corp. W. H. Renfroe became Lieut.4th. Corp. J. R. Wicker became Lt. 32 Ga.Private G. R. Allen became Lt. 57 Ga.Private James Arnau became Lt. 49th Georgia.Private B. S. Boatright became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.Private James M. Brown became Lt. 5th Georgia Reserve.Private M. R. Flucker became Orderly Sergt. 12th Georgia.Private T. J. Gilmore became Lieut. Martins Battery.Private Wesley Howard became Corp. Martins Battery.Private J. T. Jordan became Col. 49th Georgia Regiment.Private W. H. Jones became Lt. 32nd Georgia Regiment.Private S. B. Jones became Capt. 8th Georgia Cavalry.Private James R. Kinman became Lieut. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.Private W. G. Knight became Sergt. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.Private Isaac Lamb became Lt. 53rd Georgia.Private W. H. Lawson became Capt. 5th Georgia Reserve.Private W. C. Matthews became Capt. 38th Georgia Regiment.Private J. J. Newsome became Capt. Company E. 12th Georgia Bat.Private Geo. W. Peacock became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.Private J. B. Roberts became Capt. Company D. 49th Ga. Regiment.Private W. J. Parker became Capt. Cobbs Legiose.Private W. G. Robson became Lt. Martins Battery.Private J. A. Robson became Sergt. Company B. 12th Ga. Bat.Private H. T. Robson became Sergt. 12th Georgia Bat.Private J. N. Stubbs became Sergt. 12th Georgia Bat.Private J. C. Smith became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.Private H. Soloman became Capt. 14th Georgia Regiment.Private G. A. Tarbutton became Capt. Hillards Legion.Private G. W. H. Whitaker became Capt. 12th Ga. Bat.Private Benj. Whiddon became Capt. 5th Georgia Reserve.Private T. O. Wicker became Adjt. 28th Georgia Regiment.Private W. E. Watkins became Sergt. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
1st. Lt. John W. Rudisill became Capt. of Compy. C. 12 Ga. Battalion.
2nd. Lt. Beverly D. Evans became Col. 2nd. Ga. State troops.
3rd. Lt. W. W. Carter became Capt. Compy. G. 49 Ga. Regiment.
Ensign C. M. Jones became Capt. Compy. H. 49 Ga. Regiment.
1st. Sergt. E. P. Howell became Capt. of Martins Battery.
4th. Sergt. A. D. Jernigan became Capt. Compy. H. 49 Ga. Regiment.
5th. Sergt. P. R. Taliaferro became Capt. Compy. E. 32nd. Ga. Regiment.
1st. Corporal W. J. Gray became 1st. Lieut. Sandersville Artillery.
2nd. Corp. A. T. Sessions became Lieut. Compy. B. 12 Ga. Battalion.
3rd. Corp. W. H. Renfroe became Lieut.
4th. Corp. J. R. Wicker became Lt. 32 Ga.
Private G. R. Allen became Lt. 57 Ga.
Private James Arnau became Lt. 49th Georgia.
Private B. S. Boatright became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private James M. Brown became Lt. 5th Georgia Reserve.
Private M. R. Flucker became Orderly Sergt. 12th Georgia.
Private T. J. Gilmore became Lieut. Martins Battery.
Private Wesley Howard became Corp. Martins Battery.
Private J. T. Jordan became Col. 49th Georgia Regiment.
Private W. H. Jones became Lt. 32nd Georgia Regiment.
Private S. B. Jones became Capt. 8th Georgia Cavalry.
Private James R. Kinman became Lieut. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private W. G. Knight became Sergt. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private Isaac Lamb became Lt. 53rd Georgia.
Private W. H. Lawson became Capt. 5th Georgia Reserve.
Private W. C. Matthews became Capt. 38th Georgia Regiment.
Private J. J. Newsome became Capt. Company E. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private Geo. W. Peacock became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private J. B. Roberts became Capt. Company D. 49th Ga. Regiment.
Private W. J. Parker became Capt. Cobbs Legiose.
Private W. G. Robson became Lt. Martins Battery.
Private J. A. Robson became Sergt. Company B. 12th Ga. Bat.
Private H. T. Robson became Sergt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private J. N. Stubbs became Sergt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private J. C. Smith became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private H. Soloman became Capt. 14th Georgia Regiment.
Private G. A. Tarbutton became Capt. Hillards Legion.
Private G. W. H. Whitaker became Capt. 12th Ga. Bat.
Private Benj. Whiddon became Capt. 5th Georgia Reserve.
Private T. O. Wicker became Adjt. 28th Georgia Regiment.
Private W. E. Watkins became Sergt. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
Robert Martin, known as Bob Martin, from Barnwell, S. C., was elected Captain.
Evan P. Howell, 1st Lt.W. G. Robson, 2nd Lt.Reuben A. Bland, 3rd Lt.H. K. Newsome, 1st Sergt.S. J. Fulform, 2nd Sergt.W. H. Hines, 3rd Sergt.J. B. Warthen, 4th Sergt.W. H. Dudley, 5th Sergt.W. M. Cox, 6th Sergt.Haywood Ainsworth, 7th Sergt.W. B. Hall, 1st Corp.W. B. O'Quinn, 2nd Corp.W. F. Webster, 3rd Corp.J. E. Cullin, 4th Corp.
Privates.
H. AllenA. C. HinesJ. F. BaileyJ. D. HardyJ. F. BrooksGabe KittrellW. A. BrownJ. E. JohnsonB. L. BynumA. R. LordW. T. C. BarnwellM. B. CoxR. W. CullenJ. CurryR. DixonR. E. CaudellW. E. DoolittleJ. E. EllisGeo. T. FranklinE. T. FordS. M. GilmoreJ. A. GodownW. N. HarmonGabrill S. HooksV. A. HortonC. HowellJ. J. HaddenBen JonesR. E. JacksonT. M. LordJ. E. MullenH. C. LordJ. W. MasseyJ. J. O'QuinnS. B. PoolN. RaifieldWm. F. SheppardW. L. StephensG. W. ThomasW. H. ToulsonF. A. McCaryJ. C. WallerD. G. McCoyF. M. LodenJ. B. OxfordJ. H. PittmanH. L. SkelleyJ. F. SalterW. A. SmithJ. P. ThomasR. TompkinsD. B. TannerJ. H. VealJ. J. WallerT. WebsterSimeon BlandJ. ArmstrongHenry AchordC. BlizzardT. J. BrooksJ. J. BraswellT. M. BarnwellW. B. BarwickH. L. CoxT. C. CullenA. DixonR. L. CampbellE. D. ChaplenJ. C. DurhamB. O. FranklinH. FordW. R. GilmoreT. J. GilmoreW. A. GrimesG. W. WebsterT. J. HamiltonGeo. D. WarthenW. H. HortonLawson TaylorW. C. HowardAll ArmstrongL. W. HinesW. D. BodifordRed JonesW. J. BrooksJ. JacksonB. S. BraswellF. A. LockmanW. J. BellJohn L. LaymadeJ. N. BentleyN. A. LordS. B. CoxW. J. MasseyE. W. CullenW. OxfordT. A. CurryF. PoseyJ. H. ColemanG. B. RogersD. F. ChambersJ. F. SheppardT. C. DoolittleJ. P. SmithA. E. ErwinW. C. ThomasH. FieldsJ. F. TompkinsB. GarnerH. T. ThompsonE. T. GilmoreW. WallerR. A. GodownT. C. WarthenIsaac HermanJ. WoodH. J. HodgesT. R. GibsonR. H. HalesA. P. Heath
Transcriber's NoteObvious punctuation errors were corrected.The use of quotation marks is inconsistent. The text has been transcribed as printed.Hyphen removed: breast[-]works (p. 84), horse[-]back (p. 7), light[-]wood (p. 90), look[-]out (pp. 42, 52), out[-]flanked (p. 107), quarter[-]master (p. 111), re[-]inforcement (p. 116), turn[-]pike (p. 18).Space added: "carpet[ ]baggers" (p. 234), turn[ ]pike (p. 60).Space removed: "knap[ ]sack" (p. 98).The following variant spellings occur and have not been changed: "Allegheny" / "Alleghany", "a. m." / "A. M.", "p. m." / "P. M.", "sabre" / "saber".P. 14: "Allaghany" changed to "Alleghany".P. 17: "missel" changed to "missle" (the whiz of the missile).P. 48: "picketc" changed to "pickets" (they drove in our pickets).P. 77: "rendezvoued" changed to "rendezvoused" (we rendezvoused at Sandersville).P. 87: "fiften" changed to "fifteen" (fifteen minutes past eleven).P. 104: "enables" changed to "enabled" (enabled our skirmishers to come in).Pp. 119, 121, 222: "Pemperton" changed to "Pemberton".P. 128: "statue" changed to "stature" (Thomas is a man of small stature).P. 154: "decripid" changed to "decrepit" (leaving the old and decrepit).P. 158: "paroxisms" changed to "paroxysms" (the paroxysms of pain).P. 166: "hunded" changed to "hundred" (one hundred slaves).P. 167: "run" changed to "ran" (he ran his whole plantation).P. 180: The song in French has not been edited except for adding spaces in the words "Mon helvretie" and "O ciel".P. 211: "excrutiating" changed to "excruciating" (gave me excruciating pains).P. 246: "paraphernelia" changed to "paraphernalia" (all of the paraphernalia for the brewing of coffee).P. 246: "pssed" changed to "passed" (passed my lips).P. 254: "wright" changed to "right" (right or wrong).P. 260: "as" changed to "and" (as a citizen and a soldier).P. 268: "anti-bellum" changed to "ante-bellum" (the ante-bellum days).P. 270: "where-ever" changed to "wherever" (but wherever I went).P. 280: "Batalion" changed to "Battalion" (2nd. Corp. A. T. Sessions became Lieut. Compy. B. 12 Ga. Battalion).P. 282: "Batt" changed to "Bat" (Private G. W. H. Whitaker became Capt. 12th Ga. Bat.).P. 282: "Adgt" changed to "Adjt" (Private T. O. Wicker became Adjt. 28th Georgia Regiment).
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
The use of quotation marks is inconsistent. The text has been transcribed as printed.
Hyphen removed: breast[-]works (p. 84), horse[-]back (p. 7), light[-]wood (p. 90), look[-]out (pp. 42, 52), out[-]flanked (p. 107), quarter[-]master (p. 111), re[-]inforcement (p. 116), turn[-]pike (p. 18).
Space added: "carpet[ ]baggers" (p. 234), turn[ ]pike (p. 60).
Space removed: "knap[ ]sack" (p. 98).
The following variant spellings occur and have not been changed: "Allegheny" / "Alleghany", "a. m." / "A. M.", "p. m." / "P. M.", "sabre" / "saber".
P. 14: "Allaghany" changed to "Alleghany".
P. 17: "missel" changed to "missle" (the whiz of the missile).
P. 48: "picketc" changed to "pickets" (they drove in our pickets).
P. 77: "rendezvoued" changed to "rendezvoused" (we rendezvoused at Sandersville).
P. 87: "fiften" changed to "fifteen" (fifteen minutes past eleven).
P. 104: "enables" changed to "enabled" (enabled our skirmishers to come in).
Pp. 119, 121, 222: "Pemperton" changed to "Pemberton".
P. 128: "statue" changed to "stature" (Thomas is a man of small stature).
P. 154: "decripid" changed to "decrepit" (leaving the old and decrepit).
P. 158: "paroxisms" changed to "paroxysms" (the paroxysms of pain).
P. 166: "hunded" changed to "hundred" (one hundred slaves).
P. 167: "run" changed to "ran" (he ran his whole plantation).
P. 180: The song in French has not been edited except for adding spaces in the words "Mon helvretie" and "O ciel".
P. 211: "excrutiating" changed to "excruciating" (gave me excruciating pains).
P. 246: "paraphernelia" changed to "paraphernalia" (all of the paraphernalia for the brewing of coffee).
P. 246: "pssed" changed to "passed" (passed my lips).
P. 254: "wright" changed to "right" (right or wrong).
P. 260: "as" changed to "and" (as a citizen and a soldier).
P. 268: "anti-bellum" changed to "ante-bellum" (the ante-bellum days).
P. 270: "where-ever" changed to "wherever" (but wherever I went).
P. 280: "Batalion" changed to "Battalion" (2nd. Corp. A. T. Sessions became Lieut. Compy. B. 12 Ga. Battalion).
P. 282: "Batt" changed to "Bat" (Private G. W. H. Whitaker became Capt. 12th Ga. Bat.).
P. 282: "Adgt" changed to "Adjt" (Private T. O. Wicker became Adjt. 28th Georgia Regiment).