Battle-Worn 1863 Flag Returns to University of Georgia Library
A battle worn 1863 Confederate flag, carried by Reuben Harris and linked to Port Hudson and Chancellorville, was presented to University of Georgia President Harmon Caldwell and placed in the university library alongside historic artifacts. The piece’s journey includes Civil War battles and Reconstruction era politics in Louisiana.
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Atlanta
Georgia
University of Georgia
Empire State
South
Bulldogs
Harmon W. Caldwell
T. Nicholls High School
New Orleans
Louisiana
Reuben Harris
Port Hudson
Baton Rouge
Harris
Mississippi
Chancellorville
Nicholls
Stonewall Jackson
Reconstruction
St. Louis
Ecommander
Association of the Army of Northern Virginia
Memorial Day Tale From Round the Circle Writer
In a Macon Telegraph reminiscence, Eugene Anderson recalls Memorial Day contrasts and a 19th century tale from Andersonville. Yankee prisoners offered to join the Confederacy, hunger and politics colored the 19th century memorial event, ending with a disrupted celebration as Pennsylvanians visited.
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Round the Circle
War Department extends enlistment deadline for wounded vets
Maj. Harold R. Yeager announced that the War Department extended the enlistment deadline for partially disabled World War II veterans. Former enlisted men may rejoin in the same grade if they apply by June 30, with officers and warrant officers also eligible in the first grade. The Army Recruiting mobile unit visits Butler each Thursday from 8 am to 5 pm, with full info at the Columbus recruiting station on Broadway at Teith Street.
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Harold R. Yeager
U. S Army Recruiting Service
Columbus
War Department
Army
Butler
Beauty Christens New Central Streamliner
Miss Margaret Jennings celebrated as Miss Columbus 1947 christened the Central of Georgia luxury streamliner Man o War with a champagne bottle. The $500000 train, showcased in Columbus with Central of Georgia and Budd Co. executives speaking, will run Columbus to Atlanta with inspections before replacing steam trains on the route starting Tuesday.
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Columbus
Margaret Jennings
Columus
Central of Georgia
High Central of Georgia
Fort Benning
J. W. O’daniel
M. P. Calloway
Fitzwilliam Sargent
Budd Co
George Humbe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. McKnapp
Bond Issue In Crawford County Fails In Vote
Roberta June 9 The Crawford county bond issue to raise 50000 for a new auditorium and canning plant failed. Voters reject in all nine districts with 53 for and 456 against the bond.
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Roberta
Crawford County
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University Library
F. E. Leister
Veterans’ Administration
Macon
Sam Neel
Thirteenth & Broad
Columbus, GA
Taylor County
Matthews
Spano’s
Spano
Eugene Anderson
Macon Telegraph
Andersonville
Jacksonville
General Grant
Grant
Frank Harrold
Chas
Ed Harrold
Frank
Sumter County
Harold
Americus
Americas
Savannah
Pennsylvania
Fens
Broadway
Teith St
New Central Streamliner
Persons Furniture CO
H. Rothchild, Inc
Maxwell Brothers
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