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Dec 1864 Waynesboro Battle

I'm trying to find out what Co and Regiment this story would have been about: Also where was this Waynesboro?

Kilpatrick's Last Charge routed Wheeler's Calvary
Sherman's March to the Sea

Battle of Waynesboro Dec 4, 1864

Decades after the war, Screven County's Captain William Henderson
shared his experiences as a soldier participating in the Battle
of Waynesboro:

"I was color bearer in my company. Well, the fight began near the
little creek below here-- McIntosh, and we fought all over the
field to the right. It was in that field that I dismounted an
adjutant of a Michigan regiment with my flag-staff and would have
killed him if it had not bent double. Afterwards I was glad I did
not kill him for he was a handsome fellow. In a few minutes, I
began to retreat and had reached the town and were right in front
of Dr. Whithead's home. I was standing shoulder to shoulder to
Captain Bess when he fell mortally wounded.

Being the color bearer I always felt that he received the shot
intended for me. We could not stop to remove him, but we heard
that some of the enemy picked him up and carried him into the
house. That night, we camped near Briar Creek--I think it was
nearly Christmas time."

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