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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)	3	1	Browse	Search
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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans)	2	0	Browse	Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Twelfth Georgia Infantry. (search)

our own regiment, or the general cause, as may likely interest or instruct the reader. The Twelfth regiment of Georgia volunteers was organized in Richmond, Va., on the 3d day of July, under the following officers: Edward Johnson, colonel; Z. T. Conner, lieutenant-colonel; Abner Smeade, major; Edward Willis, adjutant; Dr. H. K. Green, surgeon; Robert J. Lightfoot, quartermaster, and Richmond A. Reid, commissary. The following companies compose the regiment, viz: Muckalee Guards, Sumter county, Captain Hawkins. Davis Guards, Dooly county, Captain Brown. Calhoun Rifles, Calhoun county, Captain Furlow. Lowndes Volunteers, Lowndes county, Captain Patterson. Davis Rifles, Macon county, Captain McMillan. Central City Blues, Bibb county, Captain Rodgers. Muscogee Rifles, Muscogee county, Captain Scott. Marion Guards, Marion county, Captain Blandford. Putnam Light Infantry, Putnam county, Captain Davis. Jones Volunteers, Jones county, Captain Pitts. On the

Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Andersonville prison. (search)

held in Confederate prisons was 270,000. It is to be observed that in all of the calculations of mortality made by the writers of these articles the figures relate to Andersonville, which was acknowledged the most unhealthy of any of our prisons, and yet the mortality rate will compare favorably with that of Alton, Ill., which was 509,4 annually per thousand. Camp at Andersonville. The camp at Andersonville was established on a naturally healthy site in the highlands of Sumpter county, Georgia. The officers sent to locate this prison were instructed to prepare a camp for the reception of ten thousand prisoners. For this purpose twenty-seven acres, consisting of the northern and southern exposures of two rising grounds, between which ran a stream from west to east, was selected. In August, 1864, nearly thirty-three thousand prisoners were crowded together in this area, in consequence of the refusal of the United States Government to exchange prisoners, we having no other

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