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ANOTHER GEORGIA HERO.While the praise of the young Brigadier G years of age,) is sounding from all lipa i the Southern Confederacy, for his dar-ig and successful exploits on the Cumber-uid, we take pleasure in associating with 10 name of Wheeler another gallant oung Georgian whose feats of chivalry at 10 battle of Cedar Run are handsomely oticed by a correspondent ot the Rich* lond Whig.' It appears that the 14th I legknent was on 11*e extreme left of homas’ Georgia Brigade, and which ad-anciitg in double quick, this Regiment as severed from the Brigade by the dis~ rderly retreat of another Brigade which ■as hotly pursued by the enemy in aupe-ior foice. At this critical juncture, a oicc was heard, “Dont give way, 14th, )r the honor of old Georgia, stand. All yes looked in the direction of the voice, hi a little hillock some sixty yards off, jero stood the Lieutenant-Colouel, the outhful Commander of the Regiment, with ue battle flag waving in one hand and a Utol in the other, his fnce beaming for lie conflict in the face of the advancing'3c. “Follow me, my Georgia boys, don’tlesert your Colonel.” With a wild shout n they rushed, heedless of the leaden rain ipon them. Their fire began to tell on he enemy, who commenced yielding, and inally retired, as other Regiments came o the support of the 14th Georgia. T.he lay was carried, and the youthful leadervasCol. Folsom, late a stadeut in Ogle'* horpe Uuiversity. Well may Georgian* ight bravely under such inspiration.
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Milledgeville Southern Recorder
Milledgeville, Georgia, US
Tue, Feb 10, 1863
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