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Memoir of a Confederate recruit and Griswoldville march
Emory Spoor recalls joining Wheeler's cavalry near Macon in 1863, serving as a teen with the Orphan Brigade, enduring cold nights, hunger, and fearsome combat at Griswoldville and nearby towns, while praising officers like Captain Gaines and General Wheeler. He reflects on the legacy of Georgia's militia and the fallen.
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Macon
Apon
United States
Sancho Mauzea
Cromwell
Wheeler
Cavalry
Mulberry Street
Mavos
Stoneman
Monroe County
Alex. M. Speer
Atlanta
Napoleon
Jerry Spaulding
Senator Lindsay
Kentucky
Enfield
Blue Grans
Toon
Jerry
Home Corps
Imperial Guard
France
Fifth Kentucky Regiment
Lowin
Orphan Brigade
Forsyth Road
R. H. Mant
Sidger's Hill
Georgia
Breckinridge
Helm
Vineville School
A. S. Florence
Jasper County
Manassas
Vineville Branch
Cotton Avenue
Consolidated Street Railway
Central City
Dudley W. Hammond
Awp
East Macon
Ocmul- Ree
Central Railroad
Jine
Anderson's
Walnut Creek
Cross Keys
Cutter’s Green
Hood
Meogu
John T. Gaines
Crescent Will
Mend
Gaines
Seine
Kremlin
Colomn
Indian Mound
Griswoldville
Tour ‘Horacholdare
Forreat
General Wheeler
Bill Robb
Scott
Thackery
Dickens
Captain Marryat
Alison
Auateritz
Jena
Gagraui
Waterloo
Athens
Sherman
Dan Hughes
State Agricultural Society
Kent
McCoy
Dupont Guerry
Americas
Asbury Grandberry
Emory Spoor