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Company D of the 27th Georgia Infantry, part of Colquitt’s Brigade in the Confederate States Army, was organized here in early 1861 and fought at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and the Seven Days Battles. At South Mountain, Maryland, on September 14, 1862, against great odds, the men of this company withstood four attacks by a heavy Federal force in a great display of bravery. They later fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Charleston. At Olustee, Florida, on February 20, 1864, they helped drive the Federals from Florida. Until Lee’s arrival, they helped hold Grant’s army in check at Petersburg, Virginia. They fought their last battle at Bentonville and surrendered at Durham, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865.
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Oakwood, Georgia · United States
