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Week ending date Saturday, November 29, 1862
The Tri-Weekly Courier reported that “Lieut. V. A. Stewart from the Floyd Guards, at Fort Gaines, Ala. returned on Saturday last. He reports everything quiet there, but the impression prevails that preparations for an attack are being made by the Yankees.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 25 1862 tues.pdf
The 8th Ga. Regiment reports about various court marshal punishments for “absence without leave” and other crimes. They ranges from hard labor with a “twelve pound ball attached to a chain on his ankle” to being branded with “the letter D on the left hip, have one-half of the head shaved and be drummed out of camp.” “A few for minor crimes were condemned to stand some four or six hours per day for thirty days upon the head of a flour barrel, set in some conspicuous place in the Regiment.”
http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 25 1862 tues.pdf
News that a “government Agent has been in town for a few days, examining its eligibility, with a view of putting a hospital here” was published. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 27 1862 thur.pdf
Concern was expressed about the shortage of both wheat and corn in an editorial “What shall we do for bread. This was followed by an article about a new Georgia law designed to “prevent the unnecessary consumption of grain by distillers and manufacturers of spirituous liquors” except as needed for medicinal purposes. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 29 1862 sat.pdf
News that Private W. A. Barron, of the Rome Light Guards, who has been on parole since the first battle of Manassas, has been exchanged at last and will leave December 3 to rejoin his regiment. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 29 1862 sat.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, November 22, 1862An account of the operations of Col. Morrison’s 1st Georgia Cavalry was published. This would have included the Cave Spring Rangers under “the white haired hero” Capt. M.H. Haynie and the Cothran’s Dragoons under Capt. D. F. Booton from the time they left Cartersville through their encounters with the Federal troops in Tennessee. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 18 1862 tues.pdf http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 20 1862 thur.pdf
Correspondence from 8th Georgia Regiment and the Rome Light Guards indicated they were ordered to strike their tents and march toward Macon Georgia. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 18 1862 tues.pdf
That order was countermanded and they remained near Rapid Ann, Virginia. They have heard fighting in the area and “stirring times are expected, and another order to march will not be surprising at any time” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 20 1862 thur.pdf
There was a fire at the Gas Works this week. It seems there was some “derangement of the gasometer…which permitted the gas to escape, and the operator in endeavoring to ascertain the cause, brought his lantern in contact with it, when it caught and burnt brightly for a short time.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 22 1862 sat.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, November 15, 1862
“There has been some stealing, in a small way, going on in town lately, “ reported the Tri-Weekly Courier. “It would well for our citizens to secure their windows properly, and keep an eye on their wood piles.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 13 1862 thur.pdf
A case of small pox on a soldier in the Soldiers Relief Room was reported. As some citizens were exposed before the nature of the disease was known and they were requested to remain indoors for the present. Parents were requested to keep their children off the streets. “And what is more important than all else, let every body - old and young - be vaccinated.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 15 1862 sat.pdf
Members of the 8th Regiment Georgia Volunteers who were staying home but “not on genuine furloughs” and are able for duty were to be arrested and jailed if they did not report to the enrolling officer according to a noticed published by J. R. Towers of that Regiment. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 11 1862 tues.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, November 8, 1862
Correspondence from the 8th Georgia regiment stationed near Old Forge described what clothing the men would need for the upcoming winter. “A change of under clothes, a comfortable uniform, an overcoat, two blankets and a pair of shoes, is all the clothing a soldier can take care of, even in winter, and if more is sent to him, the chances are at least, that he will loose [sic] the surplus.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 4 1862 tues.pdf
Correspondence from the Cherokee Artillery summarized their “weary pilgrimage up and down the State of Kentucky.” It ended with: “The object of our expedition into Kentucky remains shrouded in mystery. We could easily have marched to and taken Louisville, after the battle of Perryville;…and we could have held the State during the winter…. Her sons were led to believe that her redemption was nigh; they are now disheartened…” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 4 1862 tues.pdf
A concert of young ladies in the Cave Spring area was held for the benefit of the soldiers. “ The evening was a delightful one, and the proceeds satisfactory.” In addition their citizens of Cave Spring resolved to raise local sales tax for the relief of the soldiers. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 6 1862 thur.pdf
Major R. H. Moore and W. DeJournett published a proclamation from the Freemen of Floyd paying tribute to the memory those in their company that had died since they were organized in May 1862. The names of Jasper Lumpkin, Dr. John Martin, and D. R. Mitchell, Jr. were listed in the proclamation. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/nov 8 1862 sat.pdf
Week ending date Saturday, November 1, 1862
As winter approached many articles in the Tri-Weekly Courier dealt with providing winter clothing for the troops and with the supply and price of salt which was critical for meat preservation. The troops is Savannah reported that salt was going for $150 per sack and although there was no sea salt in the city it was selling “at the works at $22 per bushel.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/oct 28 1862 tues.pdf
A recipe to make salt was also published which gave directions how to reclaim and recycle the salt from the soil beneath your meat house. http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/oct 30 1862 thur.pdf
The first snow of the season was reported on Saturday October 25. Although it had “melted by daylight, except what had fallen on the roofs of houses…. On Sunday morning the snow covered roofs, the cold, hard looking clouds and the cold wind, presented a decidedly wintry appearance. It is now clear and cold.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/oct 28 1862 tues.pdf
Captain Yarbrough, Lieut. John Harkins, Capt. Dunlap Scott were in town and were soliciting winter clothing for the men in their respective companies. St. Peter’s Church announced a special collection for that purpose.
Word from Savannah and the Berry Infantry told about an engagement with Federal troops invading South Carolina and damaging railroad rails and telegraph lines before being repelled. “The loss on our side was small--The enemy’s more than double us.” http://home.comcast.net/~rometwcourier/1862/4 Oct-Dec/oct 30 1862 thur.pdf
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