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march through Georgia, ho Bays “It was during the advance of that day, May 9,1804, that we came fn contact with the Georgia Cadets from the Military institute at ^ Marietta, who had come out from the woods at Resaca, and formed their lino bohrad a rail fence After a volley from the cadets, wliush killed several of oar men, our regiment charged them Thus it »fl shown and acknowledged hy ono of our opponents that the cadets were intrepid and effective in their very first engagement Tho battalion was commanded hy Major Capers, the superintendent Company A was commanded hy Captain J S Austin company B was commanded by Captain Victor E Man got, who was the junior professor of French at the institute These officers were skilled tacti cians, and had the confidence of the cadets Tn the charge upon them at Ttesaca, the cadets acted with remarkable coolness anddisdrotion, as though they were votcrana, and wore com phsnentod and p raised hy their officers though it is Acknowledged that they killed several of the federals, not one of tho cadets was hurt in that charge They were elated with choir first experience m war, and it was almost the solo topic for many days, and the friends of the corps, atMariella, wore equally jubilant with ‘ the boysBut that little brush of a battle could not long remain for discussiou, OS other important moi oments woro succeeding each other ovorv day Tho armies were coming nearer to the inbtitute For some days the cadets did provost duly about Marietta alid Kennesaw mountain After about a week m this sort of duty orders came tor thorn to le^vo tho msti tale
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1890
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