![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Captain & Assistant Commissary.Ī, Acworth Infantry, Cobb County, June 13, 1861.ī, Newton Rifles, Newton County, April 30, 1861.Ĭ, Jackson County Volunteers, Jackson County. Folsom author of Heroes and Martyrs of Georgia - 1864ġ8th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Field Staff Nameĭate of Enlistment, and Other AppointmentsĪpril 25, 1861. The sufferings of our forefathers at the historic Valley Forge, can scarce compare with the sufferings of the members of this and other regiments, but amid all their privations, when hunger with its gnawing pangs attacked them, and they suffering with a hundred discomforts, at the call of their leader, they would spring to their arms, and rush into the midst of the fray, caring for nought but for victory to again perch upon their banners."_James M. The soil of Virginia has "drank, deeply drank" the life blood of many of these noble Georgians, as half clad and freezing, with feet bare and bleeding at every step, they plunged, with the startling, piercing, enthusiastic yell of the Southern soldiery, into the midst of the fight, driving in utter rout, the well dressed Federals before them. Georgia in the Civil War Lumpkins' Company, Georgia Artillery (Confederate) Contents 1 Brief History 2 Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin 3 Other Sources 4 References Brief History 'Units of the Confederate States Army' by Joseph H. Twenty times has its battle flag, the glorious Cross of the Confederacy, been observed with its fiery folds flashing brightly over as many gory fields. Though no minstrel has tuned his harp to sing the praises, though not seeking, and therefore not obtaining a newspaper reputation, this noble regiment has gained a name which will live through all future time in the memory of those who have so closely watched its career of glory. "Among the historical regiments of Georgia proudly stands the battle-scarred Eighteenth. ![]()
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