New Lecture Series
The Union County
Historical Society has begun a new lecture series. These
lectures will feature speakers on "Life in the Mountains." They
will be held in the courtroom of the Historic Union County Court
House on the Square on the second Saturday of each month at 7:00
p.m.
This lecture will be on Saturday, February
9th. The Speaker
will be John Latty. He will speak on the Confederate 11th
Georgia Volunteer Calvary Regiment. They were primarily young men and boys
led by veterans who had gone to war in the early, heady days, and
experienced firsthand the horrible carnage. The result was a
military unit with a fascinating history. This regiment was
commanded by Union County officers and all of the men were from the
mountains. Most of the men were from Union or Towns counties. The
11th Georgia fought Sherman at Atlanta and during his
March to the
Sea. They were
also engaged against local bushwhackers and
deserters.
John Latty is the author of
the new book A Fine Body of
Athletic Soldiers: A History of the 11th Georgia Calvary
Regiment. He is
also the author of The Gallant Little 7th: A history
of the 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment and A Place Called Calvary, a history
of Calvary Baptist Church of Gainesville,
Georgia.
The 11th Georgia
Cavalry
The 11th was organized near Athens, Ga.
in November of 1864. It was created from the newly formed 30th
Georgia Cavalry Battalion and 4 independent companies. One of these
companies was Young's Company from Union County.
Dr.
Andrew Young of the
30th became Colonel, commanding on 11/14/1864. H. W. Barclay
of the 30th became Lt.
Colonel, later commandingl of the 11th Ga. Barclay was formerly of
the 23rd Ga. Vol. Inf. They fought at Atlanta and in North-east
Georgia. Most of the 11th was captured at Savannah and
Macon.
A letter from
Hugh W. Barclay telling of a battle at Olustee,
Florida.
Click here to download H.W. Barclay's letter
about the Olustee battle PDF
The Barclay Brothers of Union County
[All Confederate]
Elihu S. Sandy
Barclay
Colonel commanding,
Infantry Battalion, Phillip’s Legion, as a major was
severely
wounded and captured
at the Battle of South Mountain, P.O.W.
at Fort Delaware,
exchanged. Effects of his wounds forced him to drop out of the
Gettysburg Campaign. State Representative during the war.
Burial: St Andrews Cemetery, Darien, Ga
William P.
Barclay
Colonel
commanding, 23rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment,
Killed In Action,
leading his men at Sharpsburg (Antietam) on the bloodiest day of
the war.
Burial: among the unknown dead from Antietam
Hugh W. Barclay
Lt. Colonel commanding, 30th Battalion
Georgia Volunteer Cavalry, then Lt. Colonel commanding 11th Georgia
Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Originally in 23rd G.V.I.R.,
P.O.W.,
exchanged,
Burial: Austin,Texas
Julius
Barclay
The
youngest brother Julius Barclay was Captain of Co G “Blood Mountain
Tigers”, 52nd G.V.I.R. and was
Killed In Action at
the Battle of Atlanta.
Burial: Unknown
Dr. Andrew
Young
Lt.
Colonel commanding, 30th Ga. Cavalry Battalion, Colonel commanding
11th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Young was a
physician/surgeon. Brother-in- Law of the Barclay brothers
Burial: Texas
Union
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