The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-29

Michigan Regiment landed on Whit
marsh, and a sharp fight took place
on Gibson's plantation. The enemy
drove a detachment of the Thirteenth
Georgia back but Col Marcellus Doug
lass arrived just in time with reinforce
ments to drive the Michiganders back
to their boats. In the fight the GeOr-
gians lost killed and Is wounded.
am indebted to DR.. B. r. Doster
of Blakely, who was a member OF the
Early County Guards, Company G.,
Thirteenth Georgia Volunteers, for a
brief but interesting history of his gal
liant company. The Early Guards were
organized in Blakely in 1860, and mus
tered in Thirteenth Georgia Regiment
at Griffin July S, 1861. The regiment
served under Gen. Floyd in West Vir-
ginia until Novem Der 1861, when it was
ordered to Savannah, and camped at
Caustons Bluff. The company was in
two skirmishes on Whitmarsh Island,
one on I'd of March and the other 18th
of April, 1862, and Private 1. N. Brown,
of the Early County Guards, was the
first man killed on its soil in defense Of
the state. In the second skirmish
Thomas Allen, Talcott B. Andrews, NJ.
Mccormack were killed. Sergt. S. 7.
Howard, Z. V. Cowart, John Tuggle
Lieut. r. T. Bewh were severely
wounded. On the 9TH of June, 1862
the Thirteenth was ordered back to
Virginia, with the regiment of Gen. a.
r. Lawton's Brigade and joined
Stonewall Jackson at Staunton. 1t
fought through the war from Seven
Days battles around Richmond to APP
pomattox. On April it was engaged
in the last charge under Gen. c. A.
Evans, and Private William Reynolds
was severely wounded. The enemy
were being driven back when the flag
of truce stopped the victorious Geor-
gians. OF the $50 men who were on
the muster rolls of the Early County
Guards from first to last, 70 were killed
or died from wounds and disease, 40
discharged from wounds and disease, 6
transferred by promotion, SO died since
war, live in Early county, in other
counties and states, and of remaining
s their fate is unknown. These noble
boys did their duty we'll on every field
and what few are left are as good citI-
zens as they were soldiers.
The following are some of those whom
I had the pleasure of meeting, in adj
dition to those already mentioned, dur
ing my sojourn in the pleasant metrop-
oils of Early county Messrs.
J. j. Smith, w. c. Cook, r. T.
K. Beauchamp. S. j. Stuckey, r. H.
Stuckey, c. E. Boyett l.. N. Ham
mock, e. L. Fryer, j. B. Grimsley, Jr.,
j. w. Bridges, w. d. Ray, G. d. Oil
yer, w. ID. Hodges, j. N. Haley, j. L.
Kicks of sowhatchee, r. w. Brown,
w. o. Mcdonald, ID. A. Mcdonald, o.
d. BRONSON, II. B. Mcdowell, w. l..
Mcdowell, A. j. Fleming, w. w.
Fleming, d. w. James, j. d. James,
j. E. CLANCY. c. H. Robinson, c. e.
Morse, A. d. Harris, w. A. Barksdale,
j. w. Strickland, Adolphus Owens, r.
II. Brooks, j. l.. Brooks, DR.. w. H.
Alexander, DR.. b. r. Doster, w L.
Elder, r. l.. Howell. DR.. J. II. Hand,
Walter Thomas, d. A. Alexander, r.
w. Alexander. j. W. Alexander, Jr,
H. c. Fryer, j. B. Livingston, William
Bryant, N. T. Spivey, w. II. Alexan-
der. l. Stein, Sam Stein, NJ. Rosenthal,
and T. F. Cordray.
I left Blakely in the afternoon, and
after a pleasant drive of fifteen miles
through a fine country, l arrived at
Damascus on the Georgia, Florida and
Alabama Railway, where l had the
pleasure of calling on the merchants
of the town and meeting a number of
farmers A couple of hours more
found me safely ensconced in the ele-
CANT hOstelry, the Hotel Wainman,
kept by that most agreeable of hos
tesses, Mrs. B. d. Fudge. cambridge
does not claim to be a summer or win
ter resort, or a hotel town, but, never
theless, it has two of the handsomest
and best kept in the state. However,
1 expect to write a letter about Balm
bridge and Decatur county, and shall
then have my say about the city, coun-
ty, and people who, like Early county,
stood by the South Georgia candidate
j. H. ESTILL.