Twiggs County honored its soldiers and those who sacrificed all to establish the independence of the South during 1861-1865, remembering the Twiggs Volunteers under Capt. Jas. Folsom of the 4th Ga. Reg., the Twiggs Guards under Capt. Jms. Barclay of the 6th. Ga. Reg., the Faulk Invincibles under Capt. E.S. Griffin of the 26th. Ga. Reg, and the Slappey Guards under Capt. U.A. Rice of the 48th. Ga. Reg.