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Tboy wore proud of their going and do lighted with the prospect Of active service hut there was an undercurrent of sadness Probably not one of them over saw tho old institute again before it was destroyod uud burned bv the federal armyFrom the institute the battalion was sent to West Point Ga and was camped on the banks of the Chattahoochee tiv o or six wooks In July tliev cainc to Atlanta and took tneir place in the line at the river Over tho river they had to eioss nu open field aud then a show or of shells was sent tow urds them from federal batteries but 110 one of the boys was hurt Majoi Capers was in front of tho cadets and said lie never saw any soldiers more steady than 'his boys wcro under their fi*9t bre of artillery When the army foil bach to Atlanta the cadets were in line, and almost ovory day wore under tire of the cnecnj The some* in tnn trenches was very hard and sevoro lor such young soldiers, and it soon began to tell heavily on the Jittle battalion Several of thorn bee sure sick and died Cadot Samuel W Goode was struck by a miniue ball in tho shoulder His wound was severe but he hnally recovered, and since tho war ho has become prominent as a lav\\cr and real estate dealer nil everybody in Vtlunta knows him now Howasacudet from Stewartcounty ,It was in the afternoon of that same cay there was considerable finng on tho lines ami cannonading whoa Cadet ^.loxander of cor syth (ra waMnstaiUly killod by a cannon ball twelve pounder solid shotAlxmt ktb.uta other cade 3 wore wounded I ;o ilenaut Conr-.oiaio nf Savannah, was wound* dm hie right lnp bv a mmuie ball Jlo recov ©rod and since two war has been connected with tho Contral railroad of Geoigia aa paymaster Cadet Anderson of South Carolina was wounded in tho feneo and vrna sent to tho host ital and died llio cadets did goo . s«n\-;co m tho sie.ro « t \tlanta and 1 romntly responded og best they could do to every demand and command for duty Many oi them became sil.1v by tbo severe e-cponi roe in the iron 1 ts In bei tomber ISM thoy w ero sent to Mil led-ovLl'c whero they went into cnuip on the ground around the ol 1 capitol borne of them wore givon furloughs and several of thvso who went home on furloughs never i©turned to onr camp They were token silk an 1 diod, and wont to their long home to rust from war Amongst tlioce who died aft©! *bo went on furb ugh wore Johnnie Wet cod of Emanuel * untv Seab Montgomery of Schley county and Edmund Jordan of Y\ aslnr.gton county
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1890
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