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Our Connection With Savannah: History Of The 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters1862-1865
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by Russell K. Brown
Sales Rank: 1669314
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 294 pages
Published by: Mercer University Press May 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0865549168
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0865549166
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Reader Reviews
"Our Connection with Savannah" is the latest offering from Russell Brown, author of To the Manner Born, the acclaimed biography of General William H. T. Walker. His clear style and attention to detail has resulted in a concise yet comprehensive history of the evolution of a small and obscure Confederate battalion from Georgia. The 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters formed in Savannah during the spring and summer of 1862. Following the promotion of its first commanding officer, Major (later Brigadier General) Robert H. Anderson, leadership passed to Major Arthur Shaaf, a former U.S. army lieutenant from Maryland who had served with the 4th U.S. Infantry in Indian territory. Brown calls the creation of the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters "an experiment once noble and harmful." Confederate companies were composed largely of men from the same community who were accustomed to "the comfortable companionship of their neighbors and friends." Although elite units had been successful in other armies, the idea of separating men from their home companies and regiments to form a special battalion met with a degree of resistance. Nonetheless, Anderson and Shaaf molded the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters into a small force recognized for its efficiency at drill and bravery in battle. In all, no more than 360 officers and men served in the battalion's ranks (the maximum strength was 270 men during May 1863). The men of the battalion came from all over Georgia, but the unit considered Savannah its home city. The Sharpshooters first camped in the vicinity of the Georgia seaport where it aided in the defense of nearby Fort McAllister, located southwest of Savannah on the Great Ogeechee River. Later assigned to the brigade of General William H. T. Walker (the Walker-Wilson-Stevens-Jackson Georgia brigade), the battalion departed its home state and took part in the abortive effort to relieve Vicksburg, seeing action at Jackson, Mississippi in May and July 1863. The Sharpshooters proceeded to join the Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga in August 1863 and participated in the battle of Chickamauga which reduced the battalion to forty-nine effectives. By November 1863 only twenty-five effectives were present, too few to be of much help when the Yankees pushed the Rebel army off of Missionary Ridge. The Sharpshooters strength "resurged" to 129 effectives while camped near Dalton during the winter of 1864, but further attrition during the Atlanta campaign and the battalion's decimation at Jonesboro in September 1864 left just forty-eight officers and men. Most of the battalion's remnant who made the ill-fated trek into Tennessee were captured at Nashville on December 16. The Sharpshooters likely acted as brigade skirmishers, pickets, or flank guards but once battle was joined, the battalion would regroup as a unit and take its place on the left of the line. While the battalion's effectiveness waned as its strength dissipated, the Sharpshooters rightly enjoyed a reputation for steadfastness and gallantry under fire. Loss of men from the ranks due to desertion, disease, or battle tremendously impacted the remaining soldiers of the undersized 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, an issue Brown presents as an underlying theme of "Our Connection with Savannah." Research and documentation is always Brown's strong suit. The author combed compiled service records, entries from Lillian Henderson's Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, census schedules, city directories, county histories, genealogies, and newspapers to assemble a detailed battalion roster. More importantly, he incorporated this information into his narrative, delving into the lives of the rank-and-file, exploring their pasts and recounting their comings and goings from the battalion as it formed and deployed. This task is often neglected in unit histories dealing with a larger body of men. The battle history of the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters notwithstanding, the manner in which Brown integrates the personal experiences of the individual soldiers into a coherent narrative is the compelling aspect of this book. Chip Bragg Thomasville, Georgia
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