Appling-Bacon-Pierce County GaArchives Military Records.....Moody, George W May 3, 1903 Civilwar 54th Georgia Regiment ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shane Forrester shaneforrester@mrhs.org June 9, 2009, 10:47 am 54th Georgia Infantry Reunion 228 Confederate Veteran May 1903. INQUIRIES. W. A. O'Neal, Commerce, Tex. I want to correspond with my comrades who fought and suffered with me in the sixties, while contending for the principles that we then knew were right. We who still live continue to know that those principles are immortal. Though they went down in defeat, they still live and manifest themselves in many ways. I want to meet surviving members of my old company at New Orleans. Our regiment, the Fifty Fourth Georgia Infantry, fought with that grand and knightly soldier, Joseph E. Johnston, and the gallant and daring John B. Hood, from Chattanooga, Tenn., up to the last day at Greensboro, N. C., where the bitter cup was passed and the fight was ended and our faces were again turned homeward. Our Capt. N. B. Roberts and Lieut. G. E. Thomas were from Columbus, Ga., and better soldiers or braver men never lived. Lieut. Tom Granbery was idolized by the entire company. The noble and brave Lieut. Sam McLeary fell at my side on July 18, 1864, at Kennesaw Mountain, with a bullet through his brain. I sent his body to his wife in Harris County, Ga. I would be glad to see her if she still lives, and also the faithful negro servant, Lairy, who accompanied the body home. Also First Sergts. R. P. ("Pack") Hammond and J. J. Jones, who were wounded by my side at Lovejoy Station, Ga., Sergt S. B. Harned, who was a native of the North, but as true to the South as any of us, and Corporals Stribling, Slaughter, Webb, and the many brave, daring private soldiers who stood shoulder to shoulder with me in all those trying scenes. Such men as A. D. Aron, Jesse Bryan, J. A. Clegg, the Dawkins boys, Jim Ellison, Jim Hammock, W. A. Laws, John Mulkey, the Granbery and McDonald boys. My tent and Blanket mates were J. B. Ogletree and W. S. Wade. God bless them if they still live, for their reward is great! I also recall Corp. Parker, George Tarvin, George Taylor, John Thornton, the Williams boys, whose memory is as fresh to me as if it were yesterday. Let those who still live whose names I have written meet me at New Orleans at Georgia headquarters, and let every one wear the letter of his company and number of his regiment on his hat or breast, so we may know each other and have a hallowed reunion. I would be very glad to see Col. Charlton H. Way or Lieut. Col. Morgan Rauls. Our adjutant, T. M. Brantley, was a handsome officer, and so was Capt. George W. Moody, who commanded Company B, and who greatly resembled the sainted Bishop and General. Leonidas Polk. Let us meet and greet each other once more. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/appling/military/civilwar/other/moody446gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb