The Valdosta Times Saturday, January 8, 1887
A Good Soldier.
Mr. Hardy Giddens, of this county, went into the army at the commenceme nt of the war and fought through till the close. In the battle of Chickama uga his clothing was torn in twenty-seven places by bullets, only two of w hich touched his flesh, cutting the skin on the left hip and grazing the l ittle finger on the left hand. One bullet cut shoe-string in two, anoth er burst his canteen, one cut his cartridge belt in two, one tore the le af of his cap off and one cut the breach of his gun in two while shootin g. His regiment, the Twenty-Ninth, Georgia, went into the fight with abo ut 700 men and came out with twenty-seven.
His company, Company K, were all killed, wounded and captured, except o ne and his clothing was riddled with bullets. Mr. Giddens is now 46 yea rs old, is hale and hardy, and is one of Berrien's solid farmers.
-Alapaha Star.
We learn that since the above started on the rounds, Mr. Giddens has fall en a victim at last to a bullet fired by some one at a country
frolic in Berrien County.
A Good Soldier.
Mr. Hardy Giddens, of this county, went into the army at the commenceme nt of the war and fought through till the close. In the battle of Chickama uga his clothing was torn in twenty-seven places by bullets, only two of w hich touched his flesh, cutting the skin on the left hip and grazing the l ittle finger on the left hand. One bullet cut shoe-string in two, anoth er burst his canteen, one cut his cartridge belt in two, one tore the le af of his cap off and one cut the breach of his gun in two while shootin g. His regiment, the Twenty-Ninth, Georgia, went into the fight with abo ut 700 men and came out with twenty-seven.
His company, Company K, were all killed, wounded and captured, except o ne and his clothing was riddled with bullets. Mr. Giddens is now 46 yea rs old, is hale and hardy, and is one of Berrien's solid farmers.
-Alapaha Star.
We learn that since the above started on the rounds, Mr. Giddens has fall en a victim at last to a bullet fired by some one at a country
frolic in Berrien County.
The Valdosta Times Saturday, January 8, 1887
A Good Soldier.
Mr. Hardy Giddens, of this county, went into the army at the commenceme nt of the war and fought through till the close. In the battle of Chickama uga his clothing was torn in twenty-seven places by bullets, only two of w hich touched his flesh, cutting the skin on the left hip and grazing the l ittle finger on the left hand. One bullet cut shoe-string in two, anoth er burst his canteen, one cut his cartridge belt in two, one tore the le af of his cap off and one cut the breach of his gun in two while shootin g. His regiment, the Twenty-Ninth, Georgia, went into the fight with abo ut 700 men and came out with twenty-seven.
His company, Company K, were all killed, wounded and captured, except o ne and his clothing was riddled with bullets. Mr. Giddens is now 46 yea rs old, is hale and hardy, and is one of Berrien's solid farmers.
-Alapaha Star.
We learn that since the above started on the rounds, Mr. Giddens has fall en a victim at last to a bullet fired by some one at a country
frolic in Berrien County.
A Good Soldier.
Mr. Hardy Giddens, of this county, went into the army at the commenceme nt of the war and fought through till the close. In the battle of Chickama uga his clothing was torn in twenty-seven places by bullets, only two of w hich touched his flesh, cutting the skin on the left hip and grazing the l ittle finger on the left hand. One bullet cut shoe-string in two, anoth er burst his canteen, one cut his cartridge belt in two, one tore the le af of his cap off and one cut the breach of his gun in two while shootin g. His regiment, the Twenty-Ninth, Georgia, went into the fight with abo ut 700 men and came out with twenty-seven.
His company, Company K, were all killed, wounded and captured, except o ne and his clothing was riddled with bullets. Mr. Giddens is now 46 yea rs old, is hale and hardy, and is one of Berrien's solid farmers.
-Alapaha Star.
We learn that since the above started on the rounds, Mr. Giddens has fall en a victim at last to a bullet fired by some one at a country
frolic in Berrien County.
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