A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . erwards, reports werebrought into these Head Quarters, andall other quarters, to the effeck that10,000 Yankees were kummin, and 5,-000 and 2,000, and any other number;that they were ten miles from town,and 6 miles, and 2 miles, and anyother number of miles; that they wereon the Alabam road, and the CaveSpring road, and the River road, andany other road; that they were cross-in the river at Quins Ferry, and Wil-liamsons Ferry, and Bells Ferry, and
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . erwards, reports werebrought into these Head Quarters, andall other quarters, to the effeck that10,000 Yankees were kummin, and 5,-000 and 2,000, and any other number;that they were ten miles from town,and 6 miles, and 2 miles, and anyother number of miles; that they wereon the Alabam road, and the CaveSpring road, and the River road, andany other road; that they were cross-in the river at Quins Ferry, and Wil-liamsons Ferry, and Bells Ferry, andany other ferry; that they had tuckthe Steembote Laura Moore, and Chi-rokee and Alfaratta, and any othersteembote; that they had shot at aComanchy rider, and hit him in thecoat tail, or his hosses tail, or anyother tale; that they had seezed SisMorris, or Bill Morris, or Jep Mor-ris, or any other Morris. In fak, aman could hear anything by gwineabout, and more too. Shore enuf, however, the importantcrisis which were to have arriven didactually arriv, about 10 oklock in themornin, a. m., on May 3rd, 1863. Iam thus portikler, Mr. Editurs, bekaus. JUDGE JNO. W. MADDOX, who entered theConfederate Army at 15, and served severalterms in Congress from the Seventh District. 168 A History of Rome and Floyd County it are to be entered on next yearsalmynak as a remarkabul event. Thehead of the raid did aktully arriv atthe suburbin villa of Mr. Myers, andthar it stoped to rekonnoiter. Tharthey learned as how we had 600 headof artillery, and 6,000 kotton bags, anda permiskous number infantry taktix,and we were only waitin to see thewhites of their eyes. Also that the his-tory of Gen. Jackson at New Orleanswer red in publik, and that everythingwere inspired to do sumthin; where-upon the head of the raid turned pale,and sent forward a picket. At thisonspishus moment a foot skout on ourside let fly a whistlen bullit, whichtuk effek somewhat in those were reasonably suposed that oneYa
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