Before concluding these reminiscences I take pleasure however in stating
that Capt. Howell and myself met after the surrender and after a
thorough understanding agreed that honors were easy and by mutual
consent to bury the hatchet and eventually became warm friends. A little
incident, however, is worth relating here. I was a delegate to a
Governatorial Convention from Washington County. Capt. Howell also was a
delegate from Fulton County, the vote was very close. We were each for
the opposing candidate, the convention lasted for several days and could
not agree. Capt. Howell came to see me, stating that he was a committee
of one appointed by the caucus to come to see me and influence me to
change my vote and vote for their candidate. I said "Capt. what did you
tell them?" He said, "I said I doubt very much that my influence would
have any effect, darn him I could not do anything with him when I had
the power to control him and I am satisfied that my mission will be in
vain." I said, "you spoke well, Captain, go back and report failure."
CONCLUSION.
I would be derelict in my duty and the gratitude I feel towards the
noble women of the South who shared the brunt of misery while their
loved ones were at the front suffering the hardship and rigors of camp
life, and were fighting the battles for what they deemed their most
sacred duty. With aching heart and burning tears she bade her dear ones
God speed and a safe return, shouldering all the responsibilities of
providing for those who were left behind and not able to provide for
themselves. Did they stop at that? Many delicacies and garments were
sent to the front by them to cheer those in the field. They organized
wayside homes for those soldiers who were in transit. They visited the
hospitals and administered to the sick and wounded. They organized the
ladies' relief association and in every way imaginable added to the
comfort of those who shared the brunt of battle. The Confederate
veterans felt grateful to their wives, daughters and kinswomen who
banded themselves together under the name of U. D. C. They have
proclaimed in songs and stories the righteousness of the Confederate
cause and even at late date forced our adversaries to admit that the
cause we fought for was right and the Courts so hold it. Would it be
too much to ask the United Confederate Veterans to see that enduring
monuments of imperishable material be erected in the capital of every
Southern State to perpetuate the memory and the fidelity of those noble
heroines?
[Illustration: "I've stood that abuse as long as I intend to; one more
word and I'll send you to hell, where you belong--you black brute."]
Sparta heroism was tame indeed in comparison with that of Southern
women, especially those who were left in the wake of the invading armies
amidst the ruins of a once happy home. It is a half a century that has
elapsed since the thunder of Fort Sumter shook this hemisphere. New
generations have appeared on the scene, fraternization is progressing
slowly, but surely, the past is relegated gradually to the rear and the
States again assert their rights, as they see it. Therefore it behooves
the National administration to see to it that equal rights to all and
special privileges to none, is its duty to enforce so as to maintain
this nation the greatest nation on the globe. The sections must get
together and look to the wants and needs of their associates and as far
as lies in their power assist in bringing relief. Thus past differences
will vanish and brotherly love will again prevail and this United States
of America will forever be united to stand in bold relief the model
government in the world.
APPENDIX A.
LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE WASHINGTON RIFLES.
Capt., S. A. H. Jones.
1st Lt., J. W. Rudisill.
2nd Lt., B. D. Evans.
3rd Lt., W. W. Carter.
Ensign, C. M. Jones.
1st Sergt., E. P. Howell.
2nd Sergt., G. W. Warthen.
3rd Sergt., J. M. G. Medlock.
4th Sergt., A. D. Jernigan.
5th Sergt., P. R. Taliaferro.
1st Corpl., W. J. Gray.
2nd Corpl., A. T. Sessions.
3rd Corpl., W. H. Renfroe.
4th Corpl., John R. Wicker.
Color Bearer, J. T. Youngblood.
Surgeon, B. F. Rudisill.
LIST OF PRIVATES.
Allen, G. R.
Arnaw, James
Bailey, J. W.
Boatright, B. S.
Barnes, A. S.
Barnes, M. A.
Barwick, W. B.
Brantley, J. E.
Brown, Jos. M.
Collier, Ed.
Curry, David
Curry, S. K.
Curry, J. S.
Curry, J. H.
Cullen, S. E.
Cullen, W. A.
Cullen, E. W.
Commings, G. E.
Clay, W. S.
Cason, G.
Cason, W.
Cook, A. T.
Dudley, J. A. Q.
Dudley, W. H.
Durden, M.
Fulghum, J. H.
Fulford, T. B.
Fulford, S.
Flucker, M. R.
Gray, W. B.
Grimes, W. B.
Gilmore, J. N.
Gilmore, T. J.
Gilmore, S. M.
Gilmore, E.
Godown, James
Gaskin, J.
Haines, S. S.
Haines, C. E.
Haynes, T. H.
Hines, W. H.
Hines, A. C.
Hines, S.
Hines, R.
Hicklin, A. F.
Hicklin, W. P.
Hermann, I.
Honard, W.
Jordan, N. J.
Jordan, J. T.
Jordan, J. J.
Jones, W. H.
Jones, S. B.
Kinman, W. H.
King, Jas. R.
Kitrell, G.
Knight, W. G.
Kelley, G. W.
Knight, W. K.
Lamb, I.
Layton, J. H.
Lawson, W. H.
Lewis, W. H.
Lewis, W. B.
McCroon, J. J.
Medlock, E.
Morgan, John H.
Mason, G. L.
Matthews, W. C.
Massey, S. N.
McDonal, J. J.
McDonald, A.
Newsome, J. J.
Newsome, J. K.
Orr, T. A.
Peacock, G. W.
Parnell, R. J.
Pittman, W. H.
Roberts, J. B.
Parker, W. J.
Roberson, W. G.
Roberson, J. A.
Robison, R. T.
Robison, W. R.
Rodgers, L.
Riddle, A. M.
Rawlings, C.
Rawlings, W. H.
Renfroe, J.
Stanley, J. S.
Scarboro, A. M.
Stubbs, J. N.
Smith, J. C.
Smith, J. P.
Smith, J. H.
Smith, W. H.
Smith, John H.
Slate, S. L.
Solomon, H.
Sheppard, J. J.
Spillars, J.
Tarver, F. R.
Trawick, A. J.
Trawick, J. T.
Tyson, T. L.
Tookes, C. C.
Tarbutton, G. A.
Turner, N. H.
Veal, R. H.
Whitaker, G. W. H.
Whiddon, B.
Whiddon, M. M.
Warthen, T. J. W.
Wall, C. A.
Wall, W. A.
Waitzfelder, E.
Wagoner, W. H.
Wessolonsky, A.
Wicker, T. 0.
Watkins, W. E.
APPENDIX B.
The Newnan Guards, A.--Capt. Geo. M. Harvey.
The Columbus Guards, B.--Capt. F. G. Wilkins.
The Southern Rights Guards, C.--Capt. J. A. Hauser.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry, D.--Capt. J. O. Clark.
The Washington Rifles, E.--Capt. S. A. H. Jones.
The Gate City Guards, F.--Capt. W. F. Ezzard.
The Bainbridge Independents, G.--Capt. J. W. Evans.
The Dahlonega Vols., H.--Capt. Alfred Harris.
The Walker Light Infantry, I.--Capt. S. H. Crump.
The Quitman Guards, J.--Capt. Jas. S. Pinkard.
J. N. Ramsey of Columbus, Ga., was elected Colonel.
APPENDIX C.
1st. Lt. John W. Rudisill became Capt. of Compy. C. 12 Ga. Battalion.
2nd. Lt. Beverly D. Evans became Col. 2nd. Ga. State troops.
3rd. Lt. W. W. Carter became Capt. Compy. G. 49 Ga. Regiment.
Ensign C. M. Jones became Capt. Compy. H. 49 Ga. Regiment.
1st. Sergt. E. P. Howell became Capt. of Martins Battery.
4th. Sergt. A. D. Jernigan became Capt. Compy. H. 49 Ga. Regiment.
5th. Sergt. P. R. Taliaferro became Capt. Compy. E. 32nd. Ga. Regiment.
1st. Corporal W. J. Gray became 1st. Lieut. Sandersville Artillery.
2nd. Corp. A. T. Sessions became Lieut. Compy. B. 12 Ga. Battalion.
3rd. Corp. W. H. Renfroe became Lieut.
4th. Corp. J. R. Wicker became Lt. 32 Ga.
Private G. R. Allen became Lt. 57 Ga.
Private James Arnau became Lt. 49th Georgia.
Private B. S. Boatright became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private James M. Brown became Lt. 5th Georgia Reserve.
Private M. R. Flucker became Orderly Sergt. 12th Georgia.
Private T. J. Gilmore became Lieut. Martins Battery.
Private Wesley Howard became Corp. Martins Battery.
Private J. T. Jordan became Col. 49th Georgia Regiment.
Private W. H. Jones became Lt. 32nd Georgia Regiment.
Private S. B. Jones became Capt. 8th Georgia Cavalry.
Private James R. Kinman became Lieut. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private W. G. Knight became Sergt. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private Isaac Lamb became Lt. 53rd Georgia.
Private W. H. Lawson became Capt. 5th Georgia Reserve.
Private W. C. Matthews became Capt. 38th Georgia Regiment.
Private J. J. Newsome became Capt. Company E. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private Geo. W. Peacock became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private J. B. Roberts became Capt. Company D. 49th Ga. Regiment.
Private W. J. Parker became Capt. Cobbs Legiose.
Private W. G. Robson became Lt. Martins Battery.
Private J. A. Robson became Sergt. Company B. 12th Ga. Bat.
Private H. T. Robson became Sergt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private J. N. Stubbs became Sergt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private J. C. Smith became Lt. 12th Georgia Bat.
Private H. Soloman became Capt. 14th Georgia Regiment.
Private G. A. Tarbutton became Capt. Hillards Legion.
Private G. W. H. Whitaker became Capt. 12th Ga. Bat.
Private Benj. Whiddon became Capt. 5th Georgia Reserve.
Private T. O. Wicker became Adjt. 28th Georgia Regiment.
Private W. E. Watkins became Sergt. Company B. 12th Georgia Bat.
APPENDIX D.
Robert Martin, known as Bob Martin, from Barnwell, S. C., was
elected Captain.
Evan P. Howell, 1st Lt.
W. G. Robson, 2nd Lt.
Reuben A. Bland, 3rd Lt.
H. K. Newsome, 1st Sergt.
S. J. Fulform, 2nd Sergt.
W. H. Hines, 3rd Sergt.
J. B. Warthen, 4th Sergt.
W. H. Dudley, 5th Sergt.
W. M. Cox, 6th Sergt.
Haywood Ainsworth, 7th Sergt.
W. B. Hall, 1st Corp.
W. B. O'Quinn, 2nd Corp.
W. F. Webster, 3rd Corp.
J. E. Cullin, 4th Corp.
PRIVATES.
H. Allen
A. C. Hines
J. F. Bailey
J. D. Hardy
J. F. Brooks
Gabe Kittrell
W. A. Brown
J. E. Johnson
B. L. Bynum
A. R. Lord
W. T. C. Barnwell
M. B. Cox
R. W. Cullen
J. Curry
R. Dixon
R. E. Caudell
W. E. Doolittle
J. E. Ellis
Geo. T. Franklin
E. T. Ford
S. M. Gilmore
J. A. Godown
W. N. Harmon
Gabrill S. Hooks
V. A. Horton
C. Howell
J. J. Hadden
Ben Jones
R. E. Jackson
T. M. Lord
J. E. Mullen
H. C. Lord
J. W. Massey
J. J. O'Quinn
S. B. Pool
N. Raifield
Wm. F. Sheppard
W. L. Stephens
G. W. Thomas
W. H. Toulson
F. A. McCary
J. C. Waller
D. G. McCoy
F. M. Loden
J. B. Oxford
J. H. Pittman
H. L. Skelley
J. F. Salter
W. A. Smith
J. P. Thomas
R. Tompkins
D. B. Tanner
J. H. Veal
J. J. Waller
T. Webster
Simeon Bland
J. Armstrong
Henry Achord
C. Blizzard
T. J. Brooks
J. J. Braswell
T. M. Barnwell
W. B. Barwick
H. L. Cox
T. C. Cullen
A. Dixon
R. L. Campbell
E. D. Chaplen
J. C. Durham
B. O. Franklin
H. Ford
W. R. Gilmore
T. J. Gilmore
W. A. Grimes
G. W. Webster
T. J. Hamilton
Geo. D. Warthen
W. H. Horton
Lawson Taylor
W. C. Howard
All Armstrong
L. W. Hines
W. D. Bodiford
Red Jones
W. J. Brooks
J. Jackson
B. S. Braswell
F. A. Lockman
W. J. Bell
John L. Laymade
J. N. Bentley
N. A. Lord
S. B. Cox
W. J. Massey
E. W. Cullen
W. Oxford
T. A. Curry
F. Posey
J. H. Coleman
G. B. Rogers
D. F. Chambers
J. F. Sheppard
T. C. Doolittle
J. P. Smith
A. E. Erwin
W. C. Thomas
H. Fields
J. F. Tompkins
B. Garner
H. T. Thompson
E. T. Gilmore
W. Waller
R. A. Godown
T. C. Warthen
Isaac Herman
J. Wood
H. J. Hodges
T. R. Gibson
R. H. Hales
A. P. Heath
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Transcriber's note:
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
The use of quotation marks is inconsistent. The text has been
transcribed as printed.
Hyphen removed: breast[-]works (p. 84), horse[-]back (p. 7),
light[-]wood (p. 90), look[-]out (pp. 42, 52), out[-]flanked (p. 107),
quarter[-]master (p. 111), re[-]inforcement (p. 116), turn[-]pike (p.
18).
Space added: "carpet[ ]baggers" (p. 234), turn[ ]pike (p. 60).
Space removed: "knap[ ]sack" (p. 98).
The following variant spellings occur and have not been changed:
"Allegheny" / "Alleghany", "a. m." / "A. M.", "p. m." / "P. M.", "sabre" /
"saber".
P. 14: "Allaghany" changed to "Alleghany".
P. 17: "missel" changed to "missle" (the whiz of the missile).
P. 48: "picketc" changed to "pickets" (they drove in our pickets).
P. 77: "rendezvoued" changed to "rendezvoused" (we rendezvoused at
Sandersville).
P. 87: "fiften" changed to "fifteen" (fifteen minutes past eleven).
P. 104: "enables" changed to "enabled" (enabled our skirmishers to come
in).
Pp. 119, 121, 222: "Pemperton" changed to "Pemberton".
P. 128: "statue" changed to "stature" (Thomas is a man of small
stature).
P. 154: "decripid" changed to "decrepit" (leaving the old and decrepit).
P. 158: "paroxisms" changed to "paroxysms" (the paroxysms of pain).
P. 166: "hunded" changed to "hundred" (one hundred slaves).
P. 167: "run" changed to "ran" (he ran his whole plantation).
P. 180: The song in French has not been edited except for adding spaces
in the words "Mon helvretie" and "O ciel".
P. 210: "run" changed to "ran" (ran the gauntlet).
P. 211: "excrutiating" changed to "excruciating" (gave me excruciating
pains).
P. 246: "paraphernelia" changed to "paraphernalia" (all of the
paraphernalia for the brewing of coffee).
P. 246: "pssed" changed to "passed" (passed my lips).
P. 254: "wright" changed to "right" (right or wrong).
P. 260: "as" changed to "and" (as a citizen and a soldier).
P. 268: "anti-bellum" changed to "ante-bellum" (the ante-bellum days).
P. 270: "where-ever" changed to "wherever" (but wherever I went).
P. 280: "Batalion" changed to "Battalion" (2nd. Corp. A. T. Sessions
became Lieut. Compy. B. 12 Ga. Battalion).
P. 282: "Batt" changed to "Bat" (Private G. W. H. Whitaker became Capt.
12th Ga. Bat.).
P. 282: "Adgt" changed to "Adjt" (Private T. O. Wicker became Adjt. 28th
Georgia Regiment).