AJC Article – Confederate memorials in metro Atlanta
Thought you all would like to see the latest regarding the monuments. Hope to See you all on Wednesday v/r, Martin A. Howley (Article may […]
History
Gate City Guard Flag at AHC (Updated)
Shared by COL Dietrichs – Updated with an excerpt from an article detailing the arrival of our captured flag in Ft. Wayne Indiana in 1861 […]
Balloons of Fire & Why was the discovery of the jet stream largely ignored?
This month’s history talk was presented by Col. Henry Taylor. Henry was kind enough to share some of his background information from the May 2020 […]
April 10, 1865 – Lee’s Farewell
From COL Dietrich Many of you know that I am the President of the Atlanta Civil War Round Table this year. Just wrote and sent […]
Origin of the Old Guard – Napoleon
The Oldest Old Guard Belt Buckle Of historical interest to The Old Guard – Many of you know the origin of our name in 1893 […]
Gate City Guard Exhibit
If your not familiar with a wonderful collection of Old Guard memorabilia on display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in […]
A Brief History of The Old Guard & Our Connection with Alexander H. Stephens
Submitted by COL John Dietrich The Gate City Guard of Atlanta was Chartered by Governor Joe Brown in 1858 as the first Militia group to […]
Kennesaw Museum Photos & Proposal
from COL Dietrich… Several years ago (2011) our OG relics, with the exception of the 1861 flag, were transferred to the Kennesaw Museum for storage […]
13 Days of Christmas – Fanny Cohen’s 1864 Journal
Fanny Yates Cohen (1840-1938) was the great grandmother of our COL Henry Taylor. During our Christmas party this year, 2019, COL Taylor read a section […]
The Battle of Cowpens, SC – 1/17/1781
On January 17, 1781, American Colonial forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan conducted the only “double envelopment” of the Revolutionary War when they engaged the British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton. The battle was a turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British. This presentation from LTC Martin Howley explains how this battle unfolded.