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Sandersville Volunteers Recall Civil War March and Siege
The Sandersville Volunteers recount a brutal 1862 winter march from Bunker Hill to Guinea Station, near Fredericksburg, and the Wilderness and James Island campaigns. They describe shortages, vivid artillery actions, notable leaders, casualty details, and garrison life at Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner.
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Bunker Hill
Blue Ridge
Snickers Gap
Orange Courthouse
Guinea Station
Rapahannoc River
Port Royal
Fredericksburg
Colquitt
Col. Graybill
Wim
Sveed
Tennille
Mr. Sneed
Virginia
Burnsides
McClellan
Rappahannock
Hill
Isordon
Chars
Gordon
Sore
Macon Warthen
R. R. Cobb
D. H Hil
Burnside
Jeff Warthen
Jeff
Lee
Hooker
Packingham
Stonewall Jackson
Maries Heights
Stonewall
D. H. Hill
Cwlquitt
Jeff Davis
War Department
Gonl Rhodes
Rhodes
Georgia
Charleston
James Island
Island
Wilmington
Seceasionville
Neal
Secessionville
Fort Sumter
Battery Wagner
Morris Island
James Wood
Co. H
Maj. Elliot
Maj
Elliott
Sandersville Volunteers
Fort Sumpter
Howell Jones
William
Boss) Jones
Howell
Richmond
Fort Sampter
Wagner
Richochet
Cnveras
John Haines
Lefl
Alan
John Matthews
Capt Haines
G. Wash Cummings
Wating