The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31
oGLETHORPEs TO VISIT RICHMOND.
To Attend the Davis Monument Tn
yelling With Fifty Men.

The Oglethorpe Light Infantry has per
fected the plans for its trip 10 Virginia.
leaving here in the latter part
Of June. 10 attend the unvail-
ing Of the monument 10 Jeffer-
son Davis az Richmond. The corps Will
take fifty men. exclusive Of a number Of
its veterans. and VIII be under the com
mand Of Capt. W. s. Rockwell. major-elect
OF the Second battalion. First regiment In
fantry. Georgia Volunteers.
II was thirty-hve years. the 2lst Of this
month, that the first company Of Ogle-
thorpes left Savannah for Virginia, under
command Of the gallant and lamented
Barlow. It was the first company Of war
volunteers accepted by the confederate
secretary OF war. The company was there
after known as Company B, Eighth regi-
ment Of Georgia Volunteers, and for the
greater part of the war was attached to
Gen. @. T. Andersons brigade, Hoods di-
vision, Longstreets corps. II partcipa-
ted in numerous engagements, the most
important Of which were:
Manassas, July q, 1861
siege OF yorktown, April, 1852.
Mechanlcsviue. June a, 1852.
Gdrnetts Farm. June 30. 1852.
Malvern Hill, July l, 1862.
Eappahannock Bridge, Aug. 26, 1862.
salem, Aug. II, 1852.
Ihoroughfare Gap, Aug. %, 1SG2
Manassas, ID, Aug. 30, 1862.
Chanully, sept. J. 1852.
South Mountain. Sept H. 1852
sharpsburg, Sept ~, 1862
tredericksburg, Dec. l3, 1862.
suffolk, March, 1868.
Gettysburg. July %, 1853.
Funkstown, July Z, 1853,
Lookout Mountain 1863
Knoxville, Nov. %, 1868.
Dean Station, December, 1853.
Wilderness, May ., 1864.
Spottsylvania. May to 49, 1864
Hanover Junction, May q, 1864.
New Hope Church, june 2, 1854.
Cold Harbor, June g. 1864.
bean station, June 16, 1864.
Fort Harrison
Fort Gregg.
Deep Bottom. June q, 1854.
petersburg, Siege of Petersburg, 1SGi-G5.
Amelia Court House, April z, 1865.
tarmville, April Z, 1865.
AppOmattOX, April 3. 1850
After four years of arduOus and contin-
nous service the company surrendered
at Appomattox the remnant of its bat
tle-scarred veterans, consisting Of one
lieutenant (E. $. Law and thirteen men,
W. A. Burney, W. B. Nell,
a. Davis, g. H. Mock,
J. 0. Davis, 3. Morgan,
w. b. Dasher, S. A. She'll
O. Dauvergne T.. A. Sturtevant
s. I. Izlars A. r. Tlnsley,
John H. Wright
Al the Dattle OF Gettysburg the com
pany had ten men killed out of seventeen
for duty.
The second company Of Oglethorpas.
known as Company II, First Volunteer
regiment Of Georgia. participated i'm the
defense of Fort Pulaski April 10 and H.
1862, when it was captured, and Battery
wagner, Charleston harbor, from July III
1858, up to the time Of Its evacuation. and
was also present IN the following en-
gagements:
Lost Mountain, June Il, 1864
kennesaw Mountain, June o. 1854
Chattahoochee river, July a. 1854
Peach Tree creek, July p 1864
Atlanta, July % 1854.
gonesboro, July 30 and 81 1864.
Bentonville, March 81 1854
1t surrendered twenty-four men at Colds
boro, N. C., with Johnston's army
The rank and file of the Orle-
thorpes of to-day are made up of the
same material as the old company. Young
men Of good moral character from al the
walks of life. While it does not claim to
be a prize drill organization. 1t is one
OF the best drilled and disciplined volun-
teer corps in the state; and worthy of rep
resenting those who, in the words Of the
trate GeOreia"