April 15, 1863, The Charleston Mercury
Now that the immediate pressure of the impending Yankee attack upon Charleston is somewhat removed, we feel a peculiar pleasure in complimenting those brave troops of our sister Georgia, who came, under the lead of one of their most efficient as well as most popular Generals, Brigadier-General W. H. T. WALKER, to assist us in our hour of danger, perhaps of need. Without an invidious distinction, we are enabled to spread upon record the roll of the First Regiment Georgia State Troops. These troops, it will be remembered, were raised for State defence, without the least probability that they would ever be called beyond the limits of that State. With one accord, they felt that Georgia was best to be defended at Charleston; that the threatened point was the post of honor; and they could not abide the thought that they could rest comfortably at Savannah, while the balls of the enemy were hurtling over the roofs of Charleston. The officers of this regiment express themselves alone apprehensive that they would be retained at Savannah, under the plea that the regiment was too recently organized to be effective on the field. The alacrity with which they have obeyed the coveted summons, and the enthusiasm which pervades their ranks, are a sufficient guarantee that the apprehension was unfounded.
The commissions of the regiment, issued by Governor BROWN, above the Lieutenants of the Line, are borne by the following named gentlemen:
E. M. GALT, Colonel.
JAMES BRYAN, Lieutenant Colonel.
JOHN M. BROWN, Major.
JESSE J. NORTHCUTE, Captain, A. Q. M.
GEO. A. GORDON, Lieutenant, A. Q. M.
SMITH LEMON, Captain, A. C. S.
Dr. A. P. BROWN, Surgeon.
Dr. J. H. SPEAR, Assistant Surgeon.
EMMETT WATERS, Adjutant.
ALBERT HOWELL, Captain Co. A, 120 men.
J. H. PATRICK, Captain Co. B, 100 men.
ROBT. A. GRAHAM, Captain Co. D, 100 men.
F. M. COWEN, Captain Co. E. 90 men.
E. G. NELSON, Captain Co. F, 85 men.
LITTLETON STEPHENS, Captain Co. G, 100 men.
A. J. WEST, Captain Co. H, 95 men.
Companies C, I and K, 260 men, are absent from the regiment, on detached service at different points in Northwestern Georgia.