You heard a great deal of the Civil War; the fighting, the death, the loss of a great President, but sometimes among all the pain and sadness of war we can't hear some of the amazing things that became apart of our history that bring true sadness to the heart and courage to the spirit.
In NW Georgia, there is a place often called the Gibraltar Of Georgia named Kennesaw Mountain, where one of the later battle of the Civil War occurred, killing thousands of men on both sides. This battle took place for two weeks with the dead growing each day. One day, the two sides parlayed so as to take two hours to bury their comrades and in that time there was peace. No fighting. No yelling, just to different set of men coming together. Playing cards, talking, remembering things before the war. Two hours of peace before the war came back. Another occurrence was Sherman buried Georgia from Atlanta to the outskirts of Savannah but stop upon seeing the beauty of Georgia. The shining river and wondrous lands that we know all too well.
But the one that I will say truly makes me shiver is the funeral anthem. One of the last battles of the Civil War with the Confederates out numbered and the knowledge of death coming, with their leader, General Patrick Cleburne, an Irish man, who ordered his bagpipers to play one last sing in remembrance of the lost and of the battle ahead. The Union solders said, "We could see the flag; the blue and white flag of Cleburne's men, and we know we were in for a fight. But there something else we couldn't quite distinguish, something there." That something was the bagpipers, playing the last song, Amazing Grace, knowing there going to died and were ready.
Thanks for reading! Added below is a link to Amazing Grace and if sometime today, if you would just sit back and let it play and remember, not just these men, but all the men and women who ever fought for our country!
Your Girl Scout,
MJ
Amazing Grace - Celtic Woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFlOJ2BvVcc
For More Info:
The Battle Of Jonesbro - http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/battle_of_jonesboro
General Patrick Cleburne - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cleburne
Monday, February 23, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Revolutionary War Soldier Settled in Georgia
Good day, Everyone!
Today's blog post is by one of the best ladies I know, who just so happens to be my Girl Scout Mentor for this project!
This is a story of a young Revolution soldier who settled in Georgia and became a successful plantation owner.
In Winterville, Clarke County, Georgia an undated marker, placed by the DAR, identifies the grave of a Revolutionary War soldier, Hiram Howard. According to his tombstone he served in the Georgia Militia. Mr. Howard’s service is also noted in Abstract of Graves of Revolution Patriots Volume 2 by Patricia Law Hatcher. He served in NC Troops and GA Continental Line.
The grave is on the right side of Suddeth Street which is a short dead end street off of Main Street in Winterville, Georgia.
Hiram was the first born to Henry Howard (1729 – 1781) and Priscilla {Farrrar} Howard in 1763 in Luneberg Co., Virginia. His father, Henry, received a grant of 285 ½ acres in Franklin Co., GA (the part which later became Oglethorpe County, GA.)
Hiram married Lucretia Giles and they had four daughters that are mentioned in his Will dated August 13, 1821. Divina married J. Wiley Embry; Priscilla married John P. Weaver; Polly married Robert Orr, and Judith married Issac Jackson. Descendents of this family still live around Winterville, Georgia.
Howard Hiram was a successful plantation owner and according to his Will he owned three hundred twenty five acres on the waters of Shole Creek in Clarke Co., GA. When he died in 1822 he left this plantation* and thirteen slaves to his wife and children. In addition to this plantation where he raised his children he owned another one hundred twelve and one half acres in Clarke County, Ga. plus a lot of land in Early County, Ga. He left instructions that after his death “this land should be sold with the money arising from the sale to be applied in the discharge of my just debt.”
Another historical note: Hiram Howard’s maternal grandmother, Judith Jefferson, was the aunt to President Thomas Jefferson.
* In the Abstract of Graves of Revolution Patriots Volume 2 Hiram Howard’s place of burial simply states: His home. Therefore it is assumed that this short dead end street was once part of a great plantation. Present day it is known as Suddeth Street.
Today's blog post is by one of the best ladies I know, who just so happens to be my Girl Scout Mentor for this project!
This is a story of a young Revolution soldier who settled in Georgia and became a successful plantation owner.
In Winterville, Clarke County, Georgia an undated marker, placed by the DAR, identifies the grave of a Revolutionary War soldier, Hiram Howard. According to his tombstone he served in the Georgia Militia. Mr. Howard’s service is also noted in Abstract of Graves of Revolution Patriots Volume 2 by Patricia Law Hatcher. He served in NC Troops and GA Continental Line.
The grave is on the right side of Suddeth Street which is a short dead end street off of Main Street in Winterville, Georgia.
Hiram was the first born to Henry Howard (1729 – 1781) and Priscilla {Farrrar} Howard in 1763 in Luneberg Co., Virginia. His father, Henry, received a grant of 285 ½ acres in Franklin Co., GA (the part which later became Oglethorpe County, GA.)
Hiram married Lucretia Giles and they had four daughters that are mentioned in his Will dated August 13, 1821. Divina married J. Wiley Embry; Priscilla married John P. Weaver; Polly married Robert Orr, and Judith married Issac Jackson. Descendents of this family still live around Winterville, Georgia.
Howard Hiram was a successful plantation owner and according to his Will he owned three hundred twenty five acres on the waters of Shole Creek in Clarke Co., GA. When he died in 1822 he left this plantation* and thirteen slaves to his wife and children. In addition to this plantation where he raised his children he owned another one hundred twelve and one half acres in Clarke County, Ga. plus a lot of land in Early County, Ga. He left instructions that after his death “this land should be sold with the money arising from the sale to be applied in the discharge of my just debt.”
Another historical note: Hiram Howard’s maternal grandmother, Judith Jefferson, was the aunt to President Thomas Jefferson.
* In the Abstract of Graves of Revolution Patriots Volume 2 Hiram Howard’s place of burial simply states: His home. Therefore it is assumed that this short dead end street was once part of a great plantation. Present day it is known as Suddeth Street.
~Mrs. Gwen, Girl Scout Leader and Mentor
Thank you, Mrs. Gwen! Not only for your wonderful blog post but also for all you've done to help me with this project!
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
MJ
Monday, February 2, 2015
America's Plane
Here is a wonderous video on a piece of history that needs to be preserved. It maybe not be Georgia's history but it's our's and America's history and that's just as important!
Enjoy!
MJ
Ike's Plane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&v=ehwvZXVKmPU&x-yt-ts=1422579428
Enjoy!
MJ
Ike's Plane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&v=ehwvZXVKmPU&x-yt-ts=1422579428
Happy Birthday, Dr. Denmark!
Hello, Everyone and Happy February!
I'm still looking for January! Anybody know where it went?
But to start off this month of love, we shall hear about someone who helped give so many of the children we love a second chance: Dr. Leila Denmark.
“Every child should have a chance. Do what you can to help.” Probably some of the greatest words ever spoken and that great woman is speaking about your baby.
Leila Alice Daughtery was born in the small town of Portal, Georgia to Mr. and Mrs. Elerbee Daughtery on February 1, 1898, two years before the great turn. As the third of twelve children life could never had been easy but still she behaved as children should and kept up in her school studies. In 1918 she attend Bessie Tift College in South Georgia, which at the time was a small Baptist college for woman and she graduated in 1922.
After two years of teaching science in schools in Acworth and Claxton, Georgia she decided that teaching just wasn't her thing and enrolled at Emory University to study medicine. After being rejected (Most likely because of her gender as was common in that era) she was accepted into the Medical College of the University of Georgia in Augusta. She was the only woman in a class of some 50 men.
After her graduation in 1928 from Medical School she married John Eustace Denmark who was also from Portal. After their marriage they moved to Atlanta where she began volunteering at Grady Hospital. Later in the summer of that year Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children (now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) opened it's door to it's first intern, Leila Denmark who admitted their first patient. During the 1930s she started her own clinic in her home as a pediatric doctor and continued this practice until May of 2001. During this time she researched the disease whooping cough or pertussis and created a vaccine that for over 75 years has saved thousands of children.
Leila and John we're married for 62 years with their only child, Mary. John Denmark died in the year 1990. Leila Denmark continued her practice until 2001 and in 2004 started to resided with her daughter. Over the many years she had developed many hobbies including traveling, sewing, gardening and even golf. On April 1st, 2012 Dr. Leila Denmark died at the age of 114 at the time being the 4th oldest person in the world.
Leila Denmark was an inspiring person and lived to save the lives of hundreds and even thousands of children. They were her little angels and always will be. She once said, “You keep on doing what you do best as long as you can. I enjoyed every minute of it. If I could live over again, I’d do exactly the same thing and marry the same man.” And that is something to quote.
Thanks for reading! Don't forget to comment and wish Dr. Denmark a Happy Birthday!
MJ
Dr. Leila Denmark: Family Website - http://drleiladenmark.com/
Dr. Leila Denmark: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Denmark
I'm still looking for January! Anybody know where it went?
But to start off this month of love, we shall hear about someone who helped give so many of the children we love a second chance: Dr. Leila Denmark.
“Every child should have a chance. Do what you can to help.” Probably some of the greatest words ever spoken and that great woman is speaking about your baby.
Leila Alice Daughtery was born in the small town of Portal, Georgia to Mr. and Mrs. Elerbee Daughtery on February 1, 1898, two years before the great turn. As the third of twelve children life could never had been easy but still she behaved as children should and kept up in her school studies. In 1918 she attend Bessie Tift College in South Georgia, which at the time was a small Baptist college for woman and she graduated in 1922.
After two years of teaching science in schools in Acworth and Claxton, Georgia she decided that teaching just wasn't her thing and enrolled at Emory University to study medicine. After being rejected (Most likely because of her gender as was common in that era) she was accepted into the Medical College of the University of Georgia in Augusta. She was the only woman in a class of some 50 men.
After her graduation in 1928 from Medical School she married John Eustace Denmark who was also from Portal. After their marriage they moved to Atlanta where she began volunteering at Grady Hospital. Later in the summer of that year Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children (now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) opened it's door to it's first intern, Leila Denmark who admitted their first patient. During the 1930s she started her own clinic in her home as a pediatric doctor and continued this practice until May of 2001. During this time she researched the disease whooping cough or pertussis and created a vaccine that for over 75 years has saved thousands of children.
Leila and John we're married for 62 years with their only child, Mary. John Denmark died in the year 1990. Leila Denmark continued her practice until 2001 and in 2004 started to resided with her daughter. Over the many years she had developed many hobbies including traveling, sewing, gardening and even golf. On April 1st, 2012 Dr. Leila Denmark died at the age of 114 at the time being the 4th oldest person in the world.
Leila Denmark was an inspiring person and lived to save the lives of hundreds and even thousands of children. They were her little angels and always will be. She once said, “You keep on doing what you do best as long as you can. I enjoyed every minute of it. If I could live over again, I’d do exactly the same thing and marry the same man.” And that is something to quote.
Thanks for reading! Don't forget to comment and wish Dr. Denmark a Happy Birthday!
MJ
Dr. Leila Denmark: Family Website - http://drleiladenmark.com/
Dr. Leila Denmark: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Denmark
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