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Ladies and Gentlemen,

This is a follow up from my previous post where I did not type out pages 170-171 of "Four Years on the Firing Line."

The person speaking is Lieutenant Colonel Algernon Sidney Hamilton, formerly of the 21st Georgia where he was a company commander of Company B. He had just returned from furlough while the Army of Tennessee was at Dalton in the winter of 1864.

Page 170. "As I came up from Atlanta, the train was crowded with soldiers

Page 171. returning to the army. I heard a big racket in the next car, and some one said there was about to be a fight. I went in there, thinking it might be some of our men. I was surprised to see our old friend, [John H. Hart] former captain of Company "E", 21st Georgia, now colonel of the 6th Georgia Cavalry, 'drunk as a Lord' and threatening to clean up everybody and everything in sight, swearing he was the 'game cock' of Wheeler's cavalry." Said Hamilton: "You will remember, Nisbet, when we organized the 21st Georgia Regiment in Virginia, he would have his company to kneel after roll call, at night, in prayer. That was all right, but we thought then he was most too good to hold out. War is a severe strain on religious habits."

"We afterwards learned that Colonel Hart was one of General Wheeler's best officers; a gallant soldier, a dashing cavalryman, if he did "love licker" and would at times imbibe too freely."

I hope this helps. "Four Years on the Firing Line" can be hard to find unless your near a large research library.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
War Between the States Historian
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html

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