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Vol. I.
The Death of the Standard-
Bearer.
In “ The Mountain Campaigns in
Georgia; or War Scenes on the W. &
A.” occurs the following description of
an incident of the great battle of Ken
nesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864:
“In the midst of the melee attend
ing this last dash, a United States flag
was planted on Cheatham’s works. A
Confederate captain instantly sprang
to the top to gain possession of this.
The Federal color-bearer faced him
bravely, and a hand-to-hand struggle
ensued between the two, over the flag,
which resulted in the Tennesseean’s be
ing shot dead by his antagonist. But
the next instant a dozen bullets fired
from within the intrenchments, rid
dled the intrepid color-bearer, and he
fell, slain, with his hand tightly clasp
ed around the staff of the banner he
had defended so well; but which now
became the trophy of the exultant Con
federates.”
There is something almost romantic
in the attachment which a soldier feels
for his flag. No matter whether he
be an American, an Englishman, a
Frenchman, a Mexican, or one of any
other nationality, his flag is to him the
symbol of all that appeals to honor, to
patriotism, and the highest and noblest
impulses which one’s nationality can
arouse in the human mind and heart.
Our artist has caught the inspiration
of the scene, and placed it well before
us. But, happily, the strife is over.
The flag for whose possession the two
men died, as shown in our picture, is
now the flag for which tens of thou
sands of ex-Confederates and Federals
would die to-day if our government
should call them to arms, even if in
answer to the calls of that duty death
should necessarily be the result.
This is a grand country of ours. This
is a grand people of ours —a people,
great and noble enough to rise above
the passions and prejudices which had
been blazing for a generation, and
bury all past differences, and unite in
a common endeavor to make the United
States the grandest government the
world has ever known and the centre
of liberty and human enjoyment.
“Bill Arp” lives in Bartow county,
only about a half dozen miles from
Cartersville, on the Western & Atlantic
railroad.
-A. humorous dare-devil—tHe very man to suit my purpose. Bulwer.
“OUR FIRST EXTRA 7 NUMBER.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad
does not claim to be a ‘‘great system,”
but claims to have more attractions
for the tourist than some “great sys
tems” several times its size, and offers
more advantages in the way of smooth
road-bed, sure schedules and union
depot terminals, than its “great sys
tem” competitors. It depends upon
its natural as well as artificial advan
tages, and equally with its honesty of
dealing with the public, for its patron
age, and its past record is the best
guarantee of its future course.
The wonderful Georgia marble quar
ries, which are well worth a trip of
three hundred miles to see, can only
be reached via the Western and Atlan
tic railroad and Marietta.
ATLANTA, CA., NOVEMBER, 15, 1886.
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DEATH OF THE STANDARD BEARER.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
runs through the wild and picturesque
scenery among the Allatoona Moun
tains after going northward through
Allatoona Pass.
There are few more charming spots
in the south, if you take the rugged
and striking landscape into considera
tion.
A wild country this is to travel
through in a palace car in times of
peace. How impressive, therefore, it
must have appeared to the tens of
thousands of soldiers who fought and
flanked each other through thisjeoun
try in the days of ’64!
Only via the Western and Atlantic
railroad can you ■‘healthiest
county inJJeorgia. jXnot in America.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE
Double Daily
Sleeping Car Unes
From the Ohio River to Jacksonville, Fla.
CHOICE OF THREE ROUTES TO FLORIDA.
Three Daily Connections to Aiken.
The Western & Atlantic R. R.
SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF TOURISTS’
Comfort and laixury.
We take great pleasure in announc
ing to our patrons that the Western
& Atlantic Railroad Company and
its connections have established mag
nificent palace and buffet sleeping
car lines from Cincinnati and Lou
isville to Jacksonville, and from Nash
ville to Atlanta, and also splendid
through palace coach lines from Little
Rock, Ark., to Atlanta, and from Chat
tanooga to Jacksonville, which are un
rivalled in the facilities for comfort to
the traveling public.
The superb through Pullman Buffet
and Mann Boudoir Bufiet sleeping car
line from Cincinnati to Jacksonville
via Cincinnati Southern, Western &
Atlantic, Central of Georgia, Bruns
wick & Western and Savannah, Flor
ida & Western Railroads is continued.
This magnificent line has command
ed a lion’s share of the travel for over
a year past, by reason of the regularity
of its schedules and all the luxuries of
its equipment, and “we grow better all
the time” is its motto.
These sleeping car?, southward, leave
Cincinnati at 8:10 p. m., Boyce, (Chat
tanooga) at 8:05 a. m., Marietta at
12:53 p. m., arrive at Atlanta at 1:44
p. m., leave Atlanta at 2:00 p. m., Ma
con at 6:00 p. m., Albany ht 10:15 p.
m., Ty-Ty at 11:27 p. m., Waycross
at 3:10 a. m., and arrive at . Jack
sonville at 6:15 in the morning, mak
ing close connection at Jacksonville
with diverging lines for western and
southern Florida points.
These sleeping cars also connect in
the Union Depot, Atlanta, with the
I Georgia R. R. trains, leaving at 2:45
NO.— EXTRA.
