A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . ROMES SPLENDID WATERWORKS PLANT. At top is the Fort Jackson filter station, and at bottom Sam P. Frye^ superintendent,at one of the immense outdoor tanks. In center is a peek at North Rome from the plantelevation. A FAMOUS FLAG.—Miss SallieHoward, daughter of the Rev. Howard (owner of SpringBank plantation and school near oldCassville, Bartow County), and sis-ter of the late Miss Frances ThomasHoward, author of In and Out ofthe Lines
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . ROMES SPLENDID WATERWORKS PLANT. At top is the Fort Jackson filter station, and at bottom Sam P. Frye^ superintendent,at one of the immense outdoor tanks. In center is a peek at North Rome from the plantelevation. A FAMOUS FLAG.—Miss SallieHoward, daughter of the Rev. Howard (owner of SpringBank plantation and school near oldCassville, Bartow County), and sis-ter of the late Miss Frances ThomasHoward, author of In and Out ofthe Lines, is the possessor of a hand-some water color sketch of the old bat-tle flag of the Eighth Georgia Reg-iment. The original flag, she says,was borne aloft in the following hec-tic engagements: First Battle of Manassas, SevenDays Battle, Second Battle of Ma-nassas, Chantilly, Boonesborough, Suf-folk, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Get-tysburg, Frankstown, various skirm-ishes on Jones Island, near Charles- ton, Campbells Station, E. Tennesseeengagements, siege of Knoxville, at-tack on Fort Sanders, Battle of theWilderness, Spottsylvania Court Hous
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