The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-22

a gallant lot, and the record of the bat
terry is a proud one
The Savannah Volunteer Guards were
organized in 1902, and some of the leading
men OF Georgia have been numbered
among the commanding officers OF the
corps. In 1861 it became necessary to form
Two companies, SO great was the number
OF volunteers The battalion was known
as the Eighteenth Georgia Battalion, and
served around Savannah and Charleston
participating in the defense of Battery
Wagner Late in The war the battalion
was ordered to Virginia, and at Sailors
Greek was badly cut up. 1t was included
in Lees surrender.
The Republican Blues were organized in
lSOS. 1t served around Savannah notably
at Fort McAllister and was afterwards
ordered to join the Western Army in which
II served with a part of the First Regi-
ment.
The Phoenix Rilemen were organized
May !, 1880. This company was a popular
one, and the formation of two Others was
made necessary, the three constituting a
battalion that was later incorporated with
the SiXty-third Georgia. The regiment
under Col. George A. Gordon served
around Savannah and in the Western
Army.
The Irish Jasper Greens were organized
Feb. S 1913, and served in the Mexican
vannah and in the Western Army during
the Civil War as a company of the First
Volunteer Regiment of Georgia.
The German Volunteers were organized
Feb. %, 1916, and served around Savannah
It constituted part of the defense C
Fort Pulaski, where 1t was captured. II
afterwards aided in defending Battery
Wagner where its captain, Werner was
killed. 1t was also in the First Georgia in
the Western Army
The DeKalb Ri1emen We're organized In
1856 The company served along the coast
and in 1868 was placed in the Georgia
Sharpshooters' Battalion. 1t served
around Savannah and win the Army of
the West
OF those nine companies, organized in
ante-beilum days, all but two the Phoenix
and the DeKalb Rifemen rSmain in Sa-
Vannah to-day II Is with pride that they
review the records made for them by the
gallant veterans of the Civil War and
veneration, admiration and the utmost re-
spect will stir the breasts of the mem
bers of those commands as they partic-
pate tomorrow in the parade in honor Of
the Confederates.
Capt. A. McC. Duncan, than whom
there Is no one more familiar
with the history of the Confed-
crate troops of this section, is pre-
pairing a hist of all the commands that
Joined the Confederates from Savannah
and Chatham county. IL has not yet been
completed, there being a few to be added,
but Capt. Duncan says the story of the
war should include the names of more
than sixty such commands. The average
membership of each was eighty men, so
it may be seen that more than 4800 were
furnished the Confederacy from this coun-
! ~. 1t is to what was a hotbed of seces-
sion that the veterans are coming for
| their reunion.
In addition to the original companies
noted, the following Il a list of those
| formed for the war; some of them belns
organized as portions of those commands
| that were in existence as militia before
the war: Savannah Artillery, Pulaski
| Guards, Chatham Rifles. Savannah Vofun-
| teer Guards Company b. Blue Cap Cav
airy, City Light Guard, Coast Rifles, Gov.
Browns Guard Cherokee HID, Mounted