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nces of the demagogues nor to the persuasions of the faint-hearted, but to stamp with the ban of their disapprobation and contempt everything tending to obstruct and retard the cause of our national independence. 6. Resolved, That we reaffirm our confidence in, and admiration for, our great and good chieftain, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and that under his leadership we will go, confident of victory, whenever and wherever he directs. 7. Resolved, That while the privations and dangers of the army have no charms for us, we will cheerfully submit to them, even unto death, for the sake of our nationality and independence, and that we will never lay down our arms until they are obtained. On motion of Lt. Col. Lowe, 31st Ga. regiment, it was ordered that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Richmond and Georgia papers. The 13th Ga. regiment being on picket was not present, otherwise would have been represented in the meeting. On motion the meeting adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], From Georgia — the battle of Kennesaw Mountain. (search)
sly, Colonel Trigg, commanding Reynolds's brigade, Capt Mathews, A A G, Capt J H Jossey, a gallant son of Georgia, and Lieut Patton, all of Reynolds's staff, and gallant and chivalrous officers, had their horses shot under them. Capt Whitfield of the same staff had his right arm paralysed by a blow on the shoulder from a piece of spent shell. In Brown's brigade, Capt H J Cheney, A A G, and Lieut J T Brown, A D C, had their horses shot while gallantly charging the enemy's works, and Capt G H Lowe, of the same staff, received a Minnie ball through his hat. The loss of field officers in very heavy. Col C H Walker, of the 3d Tenn, a gallant officer, was killed by a shell, which struck him on the head, shattering it and causing instant death. His loss will be felt in the brigade. Adj't J M Douglass, of the 18th Tenn, was also killed. The wounded are Major J P Brewster, 56th Ga; Lt Col Bradly, 34th Ga: Adj't slide, 2d Ga State Troops, all of Cumming's brigade. In Brown's brigade,
orted a bill, which was placed on the calendar and ordered to be printed, to exempt from all military service all skilled artisans and mechanics who are engaged in the employment of the Confederate States during the time they are so employed. Mr. Burnett, from the Committee on Claims, reported back, with the recommendation that it pass, House joint resolution for the relief of the Virginia Mechanics' Institute. The resolution was considered and passed. Bill for the relief of Power, Lowe & Co., of Wilmington, North Carolina, was postponed till to-day. Senate resumed consideration of Senate bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves in the army, the pending question being Mr. Orr's motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on the previous day, disagreed to the House amendment striking out the clause of the bill limiting to forty thousand the number of slaves to be employed in the army. Messrs. Watson, Simms, Vest and Walker addressed the Se
burg lines. All quiet at Petersburg. There has been no movement of importance since yesterday week. The enemy hold their newly-acquired position on Hatcher's creek, and their pickets are thrown out a short distance to the west of that point. Their new lines take in a very extensive piece of wood land, which will prove a great comfort to them. They are building observatories at several points along their lines. With the Yankees, the observatory seems completely to have superseded Professor Lowe and his balloons. Important from North Carolina--a heavy Yankee column Threatening an advance on Raleigh. Unofficial intelligence has been received here that a force of the enemy, estimated at twenty thousand men, have landed at Newbern. It is believed to be their object to advance at once upon Raleigh, or at least upon our lines of railroad in North Carolina. They are said to have brought with them five locomotives and railroad iron sufficient to lay forty or fifty miles of t