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Fort Gaines Guards

Organized in 1836 under the command of Col. J. E. Brown, for 74 years the Fort Gaines Guards was one of the best and, later, the oldest military organization in western Georgia. Kept intact...

Organized in 1836 under the command of Col. J. E. Brown, for 74 years the Fort Gaines Guards was one of the best and, later, the oldest military organization in western Georgia. Kept intact between wars, the Guards fought in the Indian and Mexican War, in 1861. 120 men under Capt. B. A. Turnipseed, Co. D. 9th Ga. Regiment, Tige Anderson´s Brigade, Longstreet´s Corps, fought gallantly through the War Between the States. Of the original 120 only 13 remained to surrender at Appomattox. Reorganized in 1868, a detachment of the Guards under L. E. A. Greece volunteered service in 1898 in the Spanish American War. The Guards were disbanded about 1910.

GHM 030-7 Georgia Historical Commission 1957

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Ken Moser.

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