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l-U uunimoiiu ux A’iUKJyot Knoxville, Tenn., and the Eighth I'exas to command of Captaiu “Doc” Matthews, a gallant youth of about 25 years of ago* who, although able, bxave and well qualified to handle the veterans at bis heela, yec pro* pen ted an ungainly and unnaUUary aspect* H’he writer, who for four months during the trying and excising march from Atlanta to Ben tony illo bad been ab eent by reason of wounds received near Macon* Ga-, joined the regiment on the day leiex^ed to above—the 2'21 ol M*rah, I believe* Havtrg passed through Rddlgb,. whtxe he met uap tain Say ere, adjutant K*c-brigade, and called on General Kir* tisod, botn suffering trcm their B-*e:ou-villa wounds, he ascertained the wn*re abcuta of his rsptment, and for the firas lime In lour months obtained inf or za^uon ot iie movements. On the road from Ri-leipb to SiuitbGeld he mot Colonel Cook eid Major Jarmon In an ambalaoe. both wottrlt;!*• d. Proceeding in a southeast; direction, Captain Shannon, with hie Texas scouIf, were found encamped on the north pfilA nf Mill r.reok. nsar Kmlthftrtld.
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1887
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