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Departure of the Independent Blue*The ninth company from this city, for the service of the Confederacy, has now left us. The Independent Bines, commanded by Capt. Edwix Richards, took their departure for Richmondlast Tuesday.About 5 o'clock P.JM. the Richmond Hussars, Capt. T. P. Stovall, formed in front of the City Hotel, and being joined by the Independent Blues, escorted the latter to the residence of Mr. J. W. Meredith, in the First Ward, where a handsome e flag, the gift to the Blues of that proverbially pa-0 tnotic gentleman, wr.s presented them. The pre-! sedation was made in an exceedingly neat and appropriate address by Miss Lavra Hubbard. Capt. Richards responded Jin a speech fraught with patriotism aud deep feeling. The scene was well calculated to enlist emotions of the tenderest and most irrepressible character. The gift will be dulv prized by the Blues, and we have uo fears that they will bring disgrace upon its sacred folds.The interesting ceremony being coocluded.Vhe two corps took up their march for the.South Carolina Depot. It would ouly be a repetition of our previous notices of the [departure of our brave volunteers to detail the scenes at parting. The most cordial good wishes sud heartfelt prayers for the success of theBlues were uttered by manya looker-on.an pmml r.MT»rd for them as for our othere 1
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Augusta Weekly Chronicle and Sentinel
Augusta, Georgia, US
Wed, Jun 05, 1861
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