Category Archives: Eighth Georgia

19th Century Weapon: The steam train

“In today’s world of tanks, bombers and submarines, it’s perhaps hard to believe that the train was once an amazingly mobile weapons platform. They might be locked to their rails, but for over a century trains were the fastest means … Continue reading

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Gettysburg’s 150th

I’m not sorry to be missing Gettysburg’s 150th anniversary these next three days. Too much of the occasion will be taken up by reenactment events, which reenactment participants call “impressions.” But too many of the reenactors are too corpulent and all … Continue reading

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Regimental Histories: “A Scythe of Fire”

“A Scythe of Fire is the history of the Eighth Georgia [Infantry Regiment] as experienced by those who carried its standard into battle: doctors and farmers, landowners and simple folk — each dedicated to victory, yet proud and unbroken in … Continue reading

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Private R. Cecil Johnson

Private Johnson, of the 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment, in Anderson’s Brigade. The 8th made the second assualt on Fort Sanders from the north, with the same result as the one by Barksdale’s (Humphreys) and Wofford’s brigades.

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