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HISTORIC IMAGES
- We will add images as we progress toward the event. If you
have any images that you can e-mail to us relating to Sherman's
Troops or Georgia Militia, please click
here. The Four Confederate Images at the bottom of the page are
from
“Joe Brown’s Pets, The Georgia Militia 1861-1865” by
William R. Scaife and William Harris Bragg, Mercer
University Press, Macon, Georgia 2004. All others are from
Library of Congress (click
here).
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A
STARK Reminder
of Sherman's Visit to Atlanta. |
MILLEN
JUNCTION, GEORGIA
- December 3, 1864. |
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A
Typical Foraging Visit by
the "Bummers". |
Sherman's Staff
for the Famous March to the Sea. |
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Sherman's Men
Practice
their Specialty in Atlanta. |
The
"Bummers"
Create Chaos in This Image. |
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Pvt. James D. Means,
Fifth Georgia Reserves (Referred to as Militia at the time of
Sherman’s March to the Sea.) |
Pvt.
Ashford M. James,
Company C of Whitehead’s Battalion, Ga. Militia, from Habersham
County, Georgia. |
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Gustavus
W. Smith,
Commander of the First Division, Georgia Militia. Smith was also
the commander of the Confederate Army on the second day of the
Battle of Fair Oaks after Joseph Johnston was wounded.
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Henry
C. Wayne,
Georgia’s Adjutant and Inspector General. West Point educated
and Mexican War Veteran. He was chief administrator of the
Georgia Militia during the war and led the Georgia Militia in a
few skirmishes.
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General
Howell Cobb - Georgia Militia -
From
“Joe Brown’s Pets, The Georgia Militia 1861-1865”
by William R. Scaife and William Harris Bragg, Mercer University
Press, Macon, Georgia 2004. |
Private
Moses Speer - Georgia Militia
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From
“Joe Brown’s Pets, The Georgia Militia 1861-1865”
by William R. Scaife and William Harris Bragg, Mercer University
Press, Macon, Georgia 2004. |

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