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One of "OH Rocks Brigade


fist, of the 18th Georgia. and the other
Methodist, of the 18th Georgia regiment,
who Is yet living and is the loved and hon
ored pastor of a church at Eatonton Ga,
Rev. w. F. Robinson.
The interest rapidly grew in religious
zeal and soon developed into a genuine
revival. Many old seasoned vets were
happily converted and joined the church
es by letter; and at the close of the meet
ing they all repaired to the creek close
by camp and all were baptized by i'm
mersion al the same time. Some by the
Baptist minister and others by the Meth
odist, and the Impression made on the
mind of your scribe, who was not then
a member OF the church, was that re-
ligion is certainly genuine reality and
the work Of God. l heard men who had
been noted for their extreme wickedness
up to that time shout aloud with the
joys Of the new born soul But all these
happy peaceful scenes were soon to be
marred. The enemy by some means,
found out how weak our line was 1
heard the day before we were attacked
by two corps that captain in charge Of
the picket line, believe that he belonged
to the 18th Georgia, had deserted and
gone over to the enemy, giving away our
whole situation. I can't vouch for this
fact, but 1t was currently reported about
camp the day before they attacked. I
the morning of the 18th of September, our
line was attacked simultaneously at two
points over a mile apart, one in our i'm
mediate front by one corps and the other
at Fort Harrison. We fought them in
our front and repulsed three successive
charges before breakfast. About this
time we were ordered to double-quick to
the relief of Fort Harrison, which we did
as quick as possible. But alas! when we
got I'm sight of 1t and while quarter OF
a mile distant, the enemy, another corps
had already taken it and were pouring
over our lines without opposition. We
took position as near as possible and gave
them all we could for breakfast, but we
were soon fanked out of our position.
My right was stampeded and your scribe
with quite a number of others were taken
in out of the wet and in few days
sailed down the James to spend the win
ter at Point Lookout. So closed my war
record there. freezing and starving In
cloth tents. I have seen but few of my old
regiment since the,war, but my heart goes
out to them in loving regards. wherever
they may be.
w. s. MEL.
Co. X. 18th Reg. "old Rocks Brigade.
Social Circle, Ga. ut va
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r=.n you please give space to a few re-
marks about this great fighter. A sol
der on the western frontier in the same
regiment with Johnson, Lee, Hardee. Hood
and Sheridan. Why I wish 10 speak o. his
services there has been many unjust accu-
sations about this great man, since his
demise, and a few words In his behalf
would be IN place. He entered the Con-
federnte army as lieutenant OF cavalry,
promoted 20 major. promoted to lieuten-
ant colonel. ordered 20 Richmond. pro-
NOTED TO colonel, directed to organize
9Th Texas regiment, infantry: appointed
brigadier general: assigned to command
Texas brigade, Wigfall then commanding.
but election TO senate took him from field
service; placed under arrest for refus-
ing TO turn over three ambulances, cap
tured by his brigade at Manassas; sus-
pended from arrest to fight the battle OF
Sharpshurg. Promoted TO major-general
for gallant service. placed In command
OF division Sept. 1862. Promoted again
to lieutenant general by order of General
Bragg and Longstreet. for meritorious
conduct on field OF battle; wounded I'm arm
at Gettysburg with shrapnel shot; fought
battle Chickamauga while still suffering
from wound: lost a leg In this fight.
Placed in command army OF Johnston
July 1S,1S64, relieved from command of
same January %, 1865. His career was
smooth for three years OF destructive
warfare. Hood mounted on his spirited
roam horse "Jeff Davis" believed he was
secure from bullets; had fought one of the
most illustrious divisions in army of
Virginia General Lee knew no better
troops either in advance or covering a
retreat before an adversary. He had
fought these men TO a finish. who were
destitute Of almost everything except
pride. fortlrude and forty rounds of am
munition. His command bore a conspi-
cious part I'm almost every fight in his
toric Virginia. His constant service is
a proof OF his extraordinary fidelity from
first 70 last, and was especially conspi-
cuous on the left Of plank road at Wilder
ness. where the tide OF battle as IL were
hung upon a thread, and when the adj
vance guard struck General Hancock's
corps, he remarked that IL doubled his
corps back like a wet blanket. We find
him at Manassas striking sledge hammer
blows. We find him covering the retreat
from BoOnsboro Gap for two days and
nights. and then striking hands on the
hottest contested and bloody battle of
Sharpsburg with all the herceness in his
power. and again won his promotion to
major general for conspicuous gallantry.
achievements in the army, OF Virginia. But
now must come down 10 his Dalton-At-
lanta campaign, and see II an impartial
mind cannot draw some good reason from
IL. He fought with the same dash as I'm
Virginia, and under the most trying cir
cumstances, and placed in the crucial test
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Once upon a time, when the world was
young, and the United States was young
er, the little fog-covered island of Eng
land, alone boasted that the sun never
set on her dominions. Now a new power
has appeared in the land. and this baby
giant shares honors with England in the
proprietorship of "dominions" or posses
sions," in widely different degrees of lon
gitude,-cTis true, some modest citizens
of this new country think 1t unbecom-
ing to speak of ''dominions," but prefer
to think of these annexed countries as
"proteges;" but such have not learned
the sweetness of possession, or, perhaps.
still retain the old original long ago spirit
of democracy and therefore, hatred of
everything monarchical in tendency,-they
are in the minOrity)
OF these different possessions, any coun-
try might be proud and few governments
would resist the temptation to retain
them under its rule. The proudly ambi-
tious young republic in which we live
is not exceptionally strong In resisting
temptation; so it is that American citi-
gen. even as the Britisher. points with
pride TO the fact soon after the sun sets
over the volcanoes and plains OF Luzon,
II is throwing early beams of light upon
the fertile lands of Cuba; and latter STILL
upon the snow-eapped mountains Of Al
aska.
With Cuba. wilful and rebellious; the
PHILIPPINES in open revolt; and Hawaii
arrogantly deriding the mother-country
and demanding the rights of state at
the same time, the United States is hav-
ing some trouble with these colonies. But.
of course, there are no kinds of posses
sions" from money to children, that do
not give the owner trouble. And, in this
instance the wonderful promise of future
dnOTascfnR
effect of present annoyance,-(Just as
fond mother, realizing that Johnny has
broken his little sisters nose In his en-
orts to ride broom handle. sees him, in
her hopes. a future Rough-rider, possibly
a Teddy RooseveltD
In the hostile little PHILIPPINES. proper
chastisement and parental authority is be-
ing constantly administered; and con-
ditions are changing for the future paci-
fcation Of the same. There are many
OF the better classes of Filipinos who
are now ready to take advantage of the
help and encoura cement that the United
States is offering; but away to the South,
In the heart of a hundred islands. there
are many who would hardly be a credit
to us, as an American citizen. However,
the fertile spice-scented Islands, all COW
cred with fruits and flowers, and only
awaiting the hand of energy and pro-
gress to wake into rich life. are no unim-
portant possessions; and, although the s.
900, 900 or more Filipinos will be long time
gaining education and civilization, they
will soon show great advancement and
will be a source of profit and pride, as
well. The gems Of the Pacific are rough
diamonds. and the cutting viii be diff
cult; but no one can estimate their posi-
BILE valuel
And Cuba, the picturesque. the fertile.
the ragged, the insolent. the gay, was
there ever such another land and peoplei
Long years of Spanish rule made her
what she is; and it will take patience,
time and a firm hand to get order out OF
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FoRTvILLE. Ga. March Il, 1902

FoRTVILLE. Ga. March II. 1902
Editor Journal:
There is one subject that always de-
lights my mind and IL 1t TO see a piece
written out by some old comrade.' II Is
a little strange that / have never seen a
line published by one OF my old regiment,
9th Ga). know they are not all dead,
and would like TO hear from some of
them have been persuaded TO write out
some little Of my. past war experience. so
viii give a small sketch OF the first
December 18th, 1S62. which battle COM
menced on the evening OF above date with
a brisk artillery duel. AS the dead OF
winter was rapidly approaching General
Burnside had decided to pay General Lee
one more visit before the weather should
get too bad. So General Burnside with
his immense army OF infantry crossed
over the Rappahannock river on pontoons
and soon We were all engaged in deadly
combat
StOnewalls foot cavalry had had a very
tough time marching and fighting, and 1
had about concluded that had rather be-
long to the artillery service, but this bat
tie convinced me. We were supporting
our batteries. I noticed a rifle ball from
the yankee battery struck one OF our
heavy tired wheels and tore out large
piece OF tire and fellow just the size Of
the bali. and a few minutes later on come
another ball struck one OF our pieces
square in the mouth and tore out all Of
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PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Samuel Burwell founded the West Union. o.,
Scion on February II, 1853, and is still its
the late Colonel John o. CoclSerill learned the
rudiments.
Josiah Lynn. once partner of Jay Gould in
the tannery at Gouldsboro. Pa, is now blind
N. j. F.,
Count Boni de -casteIlane's constituents in
the Department Of the Lower Alps have pre-
sented him with a royal eagle of enormous
size. The bird. It is. said, was caught as it
was flying away toward lofty Alpine regions
with little lamb stolen from flock in its
beak. ~
The Marquis and Marquse de Castrone, of
Paris. both OF whom are past eighty, cele-
brated their golden wedding in Paris on Sat
urday. The Marquise is better known Nine.
Marchesi, the famous teacher of great singers.
Sake Martin. though totally blind since the
of the fire department. Of Port Chester n r.
for seventeen years, running with the ma
chine" to all fires. D<
The death OF Cecil Rhodes recalls Alfred
Belt, the German who was his partner in
making a fortune out OF the diamond fields
gold mines, railroads and land. and who is now
said to be the wealthiest in the world
with securities and investments estimated at
from. $500, 100000 to $1,000. 600. 900. Belt has a
spendid mansion in London facing Hyde park.
as well as palatial homes in South Africa1and
in Hamburg. Unlike Rhodes. he has not had
political ambitions
1.-THE keenest sense OF humor ever dis
covered found in the American INDIAN said
Emma c. Sickles to Chicago interviewer.
She has just been awarded medal by the
Society lie Savateur, of France, for exception
al bravery in checking the Indian war of 1880. "
Il attribute my success in controlling the
Indians to the fact that I appealed to their
sense of humor. When 1 was threatened with
death at the time Of the Indian outbreak in the
Bad Lands my knowledge Of the Indians pos
session of this characteristic served me in good
stead she added.
Rev Felix Mariana Lepore, leading italian
priest of Denver. leaves this week for New
York. London and Italy, and incidentally to
sell some of the fourteen patents hospital
and domestic devices which he has invented.
Herbert Gladstone, who was married recent
~. once addressing Woman's Suffrage
meeting in Leeds and paid a graceful COM
pliment to the eloquence of the women who had
addressed the meeting. He further remarked on
the great pleasure which IT gives the other sex
to listen to women talking. Pausing for a
ment after this observation, Mr.. Gladstone, like
his audience, was thrown into unexpected
state of meTriment by a male voice, which pro-
oeeded from the back Of the hall and proclaim
ed in the broadcast Yorkshire dialect: Eth lad,
thou'rt moan wed yet / see'str
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-28
CIRCLEO WORLD IN
FORTY-NINE DAYS
MISUNDERSTANDING TOUR MADE
BY CHICAGO MAN WAS A
PLAIN BUSINESS
JOURNEY.

CHICAGO. April 24.-Joseph Haworth
who landed in New York yesterday. and
will reach Chicago tomorrow, has just
beaten all records for a trip around the
world. He has made the complete circuit
in 10 days.
Previous to this the record was held by
Cecil Fitzmorris. a Chicago boy, who
made the journey in a few hours over 50
days. Before that the records were 81 days
made by Citizen" George Francis Train,
and Y days. made by Nellie Bly,.
Strangely enough Haworth did not make
the trip on a wager. He simply was sent
to Irkutsk to deliver some papers. He
Travelled westward, passing through Chi
cago on his way, and was lucky enough
to make close connections at every point.
A slight accident to his train at Irkutsk
allowed him to deliver his message there
and take the same train eastward
George DIETRICH, Haworth's employer, is
at the Palmer house now and today he
told how his clerk shaved II days off the
record.
"Of course. / can't give you the details
until I see him. said he. but I can tell
you how he beat Fitzmorris by FIVE of the
IL days, anyway, for / travelled with that
young man for nearly week. Fitzmor-
ris was compelled to take boat part of
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WHEN you ARE FEELING KINDER
BLUE.
BY Frank A. Reiman.

Say. Pardner. when you are feeling like this
world Is going wrong, +s
And your heart IS kinder heavy, and refuses Of
song.
Don't hang your head in misery and NOPE
around all day.
And keep your friends a feeling like that some
ones in the way.
Just lift your head and walk along and let
your face be bright
With smiles for every one you meet as AZ your
heart light.
Speak a word of cheer and lend a helping
hand,
To the brother tie sister who is sinking on
the strand.
You have no idea. Pardner. how these things
will add
To the pleasure of a living. when your heart is
feeling sad.
It seems to kinder cheer you and drives away
the pain,
Like the sun coming from cloud drives
away the rain.
You forget your troubles when you see your
brother look
Up to the heavens with a smile and bless the
sacred book.
And your heart grows hight with knowing that
a word two from you
Has kept another fellow from feeling kinder
bl.c.
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General Hood, the Soldier

of an army who mad been fought upon
entirely different school Of tactics from
the ono ne left.
Just on the eve of a great battle and
confronted b. vastly superior forces OF
100000 men. who had been pushing General
Johnston back for &C days. General Hood
was not the only one who made mistakes,
and believe any other of the corps COM
paneers would have met with the same
fate.
In order to illustrate what 1 wish to
say, I must make a comparison of Lee
versus Johnston tactics Both armies
composed OF same material, but drilled In
& school OF warfare Numerically the OPP
posite Of Lee-Jaclxson tactics. would not
the 10000 men at Dalton handled accord
ing TO Lee and Jackson, been made the
equal of the army of Virginia, while the
one was digging. falling back, constant
entrenching teaches troops to look and
depend upon It, A retreating army is not
an enthusiastic army, and has a depress-
ing effect upon its morale, while bold,
aggressive front will always elevate and
inspire. Gen. S. d. Lee remarked he
would never select troops who fought con-
tinually behind breastworks to capture
breastworks-a good war maxim.
Now again let us look at Lee, the SUI
perb, who actually cut roads in the wild
erness to get at the enemy. With As. 900
fierce onslaughts destroyed the equilib-
rum of troops attacked, and winning a
victory brought about such achievements
as the world never knew.
Now. before l close. 1 hope these NAL
contents who make such unjust criticism
about my old division commander. / will
here tell an anecdote: A fine looking fell
low passed along on crutches; some one
remarked: suppose he lost his leg at
Gettysburg repuls4ng Hood or Pickett's
charge. Yes, he lost. his leg at Gettys-
burg-but a monument fell on him and
he had to amputate his leg.
Now anything against this great soldier
would be at variance and poorly harmon
lie with his merited and rapid promotion
with the recommendation of such able
military men as Magruder Bragg. Jack
son and Longstreet / think he fairly won
his spurs. held out till the last stroke had
been given. retiring under a storm of crit
icism- II he made mistakes let us throw
the mantle Of charity over his shortcom-
ings and concede the irrefutable fact that
General Lee had no harder fighter than
Gen. John Boyd Hood. Respectfully.
JAMES G. RAMSEY,
Palmetto Battery, A. n. Va.
At,anta, Ga. -----
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Oar Colonial Possessions.
BY MYRTLE BAYNE PAISLEY.

chaos, and bring Cuba to the point whers
she will appear to be what she really is,-
a rich, beautiful country, brimful Of every
gift that nature can bestow and capable
of the greatest advancement.
Cuba offers happy refuge to those un-
fortunate beings who have an aversion
to manual labor. The mild weather
makes the great expense of this country
clothes, many of them-unnecessary;
the trees furnish food free; and the
rich chocolate loan is so productive that
a patch of cane, once planted, viii yield
a bounteous crop for several years with
out cultivation or re-planting. 1t is said
that If one plants dimes, he can reap sill
yer dollars IN. the fall! And IN one sense
of the word this is not an extravagant
assertion. fstr
An idea of the wonderful work that Is
being done in Cuba may be gained from
the fact that, whereas there were only
four thousand children in the public
schools when Cuba was freed from Spain.
there are now over four thousand teach
ersl The fairest city of the West IndieA
once a place to be dreaded as the home
of the awful plague, yellow fever, has be-
come in the short time that she has been
under the government of the United States,
healthy and happy and very loyal.
CThey do say that the citizens OF
as 'the American princess" Alice Roose-
this city bow low with uncovered heads
welt. goes byD III
With the great natural resources, and
the brain and work and capital or the
United States to develop them, who can
estimate the promise for the future OF
Cuba
And far away, across the breadth Of
the country in the blue waters OF the
Pacific, lies another of Uncle Sans fair
countries Famed by the warm breezes
from the wide expanse of the sea; lulled
by the tapping Of the waves around the
low-lying, fower-covered shores; enliv-
ened by the brief visits Of passing ships
on their long voyages from. San Francisco,
Yokohoma and Bombay; fed by the
bountiful providence of a tropical coun-
try; enraptured by the gorgeous flowers
and bright-winged birds; surrounded by
a wide, wide sweep of blue waters. loved
by tho beautiful. dark-eyed women,-such
is life in dreamy Hawaii" (At least.
that is what we suppose it Is to the few.
There may be others who have to work
for living, as we do in this prosaic part
of the world. But 1t is best when speak
ing periodically, not to remember that
there are wet uncomfortable seasons;
and storms, from across the blue waters
of. the Pacific: that snakes and cholera
Turk in the luxuriant flowers and rank
vegetation; and that some of the women
are uglyD
oAHCc ndNlnS Decn tIceu AEOiH the Auic VI
a native queen, Hawaii has made advance
ment; and now. at least one city, Homo
lulu, has caught the true spirit Of American
progress. There is no more interesting
city in the world nor one where life Is
pleasanter than in this fair city Of Ha-
wall. half way between the old world and
the new.
The oldest Of Uncle Sans far-off posses
sions is Alaska. Unlike the other bright
tropical countries, Alaska is rugged and
hard and cold. Uninviting in aspect, her
only charm lies in her wealth, hidden in
her rugged breast.
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First Battle of Fredericksburg


the under jaw. After this made myself
cOntented and remained with the infan-
try. During this engagement served on
the litter corps. which was my first and
last service in this department. l was
shot down in this engagement by por-
ton of a shell. thought that my leg was
torn off. but soon recovered and contin-
ued to help carry of the dead and wound
ed from the field until late in the night.
/ also had the good luck to capture a
yankee hid under the railroad crossing.
He claimed to be wounded. but pulled
him out by the leg and sent him to the
rear. In traversing over the battlefield 1
found one yankee who was not quite dead.
Under HIS head lay very fat knapsack,
which was very anxious to get into. for
my wardrobe was in very bad shape. Mr..
Yank soon expired. then drew II out
from under HIS head and snatch out some
nice clean clothes while the enemy was
annoying me with some scattering bullets.
General Burnside met with such a warm
reception he moved back across the river
during the night as many OF you will re-
member, was seen the great Northern
lights, beautiful and bright.
T. B. c., Comp. B, 18th Ga.
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the way in Siberia because the Siberian
railroad was not finished. Now IT has
been completed. Then Haworth saved
three days at Vladivostok, where the
Chicago boy was compelled to wait that
length of time"
Then the mining man-for DIETRICH has
mines in the west, Australia and Siberia
went on to tell how six hours had been
picked up here and so many minutes
there, until ne had made up the entire
II days.
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So Captain Clark is too poor to attend
the coronation. Had he been with Samp-
son and Chadwick. ten miles away. In
stead of In the tfickest of the fight he
might have gotten enough prize money to
defray all expenses of the trip.
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