Appling-Wayne-Bacon County GaArchives Military Records.....Moody, George March 26, 2010
Civilwar Georgia State Troops
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Shane Forrester robertforrester@rocketmail.com March 27, 2010, 7:30 pm

Camp Harrison
Camp Harrison
Written By Shane Forrester of the Appling Grays #918

      Georgia has been known for its pleasant timbered mountains and rolling
foothills of plains, marshes and islands of ocean beaches. The people of this state
consider themselves as Americans, Southerners and most important Georgians. As
Americans they impart the pride of the world’s prosperous and magnificent continent
while as Southerners they share a warm human kindheartedness toward others which
ardent courage is mélange with a gentle civility. As Georgians, they know the songs
their people sing, the stories that have been told and the heritage that their
people share (Sell, et al., 1942).
   The first shot was fired from Fort Sumter. At that time all awareness was
directed on the Union aggression that had formed around the coast of Savannah,
Georgia. In that year of October at the age of 47, George W. Moody and his two sons
swore allegiance to Governor Joe Brown by joining company “K” the 2nd Regiment of
the 1st brigade of the Georgia State Troops with many other men from Appling County.
John Overstreet from Appling County would serve as the company’s captain. At Camp
Harrison located at Screven RR#7, George would encounter William Barkuloo the
Colonel of the 2nd Regiment for the first time. Colonel Barkuloo baffled George, due
to the colonel’s foreign brogue from New York. The Colonel had an insistent behavior
of a tried “fearless leader.” Barkuloo demonstrated a passion for “the cause” and
was the most “persistent creature” that had ever came out of North. Colonel Barkuloo
illustrated immense spirit and devotion for the men of Appling County. He was a
seasoned vet from the Mexican War. Once the Colonel was trying to supply his men
with the gear and weapons they needed and actually commandeered a train of supplies
to appropriate what he needed for his regiment. The Colonel was slapped on the hand
for this misbehavior, but his men found his brazen character gallant (Walker, 2005).

Many of the men of Appling County had a deep respect for the colonel and would name
their children after the Colonel that included George Moody.

While at camp many of the soldiers became lonely for their families even though they
were still in the same county that they lived. One woman writes about her experience
at the Camp Harrison located in Appling County at that time that was later to become
Wayne County:

It was once the lot of the writer to dwell in the white tents of Camp Harrison in
Georgia - in that lower part of the State where families are always far between and
much more so in war times. For long weeks we had not seen a woman or child.
At last the railroad through the camp was repaired and in the first train there was
a lady with just such a wide awake kicking baby.  Some hundreds of rough soldiers
were around the cars, and Captain Story was the biggest and roughest among them, if
we judge of the tree by its bark. The lady with the baby in her arms was looking
from a window and he took off his hat and said “Madam I will give you five dollars
if you will let me kiss that baby.” One look at his bearded face told her that there
was nothing bad in it and saying with a pleased laugh “I do not charge anything for
kissing my baby” and it was handed over. The little one was not afraid and the bushy
whiskers an eighth of an ell long were just the playhouse it had been looking for.
More than one kiss did the captain get from the little red lips and there was energy
in the hug of the little round arms. Then other voices said “Pass him over here Cap”
and before the train was ready to more half a hundred men had kissed the baby.  It
was on its best behavior and crowed and kicked and tugged at whiskers as only a
happy baby can. It was an event of the campaign and one giant of a mountaineer who
strode past us with tread like a mammoth, but with tear dimmed eyes and quivering
lips said By George it makes me feel and act like a fool; but I’ve got one just like
it at home.  Other lands have owned the power of this young immortality, and the
Hondo hails the little stranger with the words. Young child as thou hast entered the
world in tears when all around thee smiled so live as to leave the world in smiles
while all around thee weep (Lady, 1869)

These men never would shy away from what they felt was appropriate even though a bit
un orthodox to other folks in other lands.

			Shane Forrester

Bibliography
Lady. (1869). About babies. In T. S. Aurthor, Authors Home Magaizine (p. 110).
Princeton: TS Author & Company.
Sell, E. S., McIntosh, H. T., Wheeler, J. T., Garrett, F., Martin, B. F., Dennison,
H. E., et al. (1942). The Story of Georgia. Atlanta: A Science Research Associates.
Walker, S. (2005). Hells Broke Loose in Georgia (1st ed.). Athens, GA: Univervsity
of Georgia.



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