Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sergt. William M. Hitt” in chapter 12 of Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia:
...y-fifth and Twenty-seventh Georgia regiments furnished half the victims.
On one occasion, when Fort Sumter was undergoing a heavy bombardment, the flagstaff was cut in two and the flag came down.
Sergt. William M. Hitt and Private Bob Swain, both of the Twelfth Georgia battalion, witnessed the fall of the colors.
At imminent risk of their lives, they restored the flag to its proper position, the sergeant standing...
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