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Tlio cadets were cncnnmcd nt Mijiodgo\)Uo iuntil Nmwr.l)ftr 1*4 when Sh nnan *march tl rough Geoi_, 'i p it thom again in acti m ►'1 hey wont tc (lord i imd on to Oconee br ago on. ti o leutil r idroad At Llie I. I'dgo soy .eml wcil killed a:i 1 woundo 1 I. inlet M idi of Cartel svillc. was wounded and ncd m ,Sa\vnnah In the a fto moon of the first day :of the battle at Oconee brulec the cadets w ore put into line in the swamp on the v ost sido ol the Oc nec rncr and mot Shermans men in that swamp At the bridge that day also Cadet Sergeant J S Todd oi West Point was wounded m the arm close up to the shoulder It was am nutated bv Irs S t Brantley an I J It Smith of “Sand»-wv»llc Ga Cadet Todd v*uo sc it ton Hospital where lie recovered from the illness continent to the wound and ^limitation After the close of the wm bn liecame a phjsiciau and practiced Dicdicmo at his homo TVe^t Point, Cxa In 18o ho moved to Atlanta to piuc ucc his niofos ion, and is now the pop nlai an 1 cust nirniKhed Ir Todd w ho ib so well known and beloved by people here ba-dot Hamilton of Columbia county and Cadet ■\1\rich of MillsIgevillo were wounded at Ocoi co bndge There u ero othor commands betides cadets at that engagement and soinn ,-f thmr members were killed and wounded The cadets then were in front of Sherman 9 army all tho way to the sea At sovoTal slices they wero in skirmishes From OJivei btation the cadets were Bent on to Savannah, where they were in line for about two weeks They were among the last trooj s to leave the city before Sherman entered and look posse ssion Fiom there they went into South Carolina and eventually j came ti \ii„ ista aid camped there a few weeks then wore veut to Miltcdgoville where they camped from 1 ehmary to AprilAbout tho Time tint General I-co surren rleiod the codots. wore sent: to Augusta It va supposed lliat tlu-v woie goiug on Jo join the army of General Johnston iu North Care-hni but In* sui render soon followed that of Leo and the cadets weri the last of the organ \7.t 1 forces of the confodoracy east of tho Mis-siteir pi river They were disbanded at Augusta and die bo vs went to their homes as did the other soldier submissive in the general defeat yet proud of thou service to their be | loved state j
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1890
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