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Certainly Not The Shady Rest
This antique postcard says this scene depicts
the Bon Air Hotel in Summerville, Georgia.
Unless we have missed something, tiis
magnificient structure is not located any
where in Chattooga County. The cop_vrigKt
says that the card was done in 1903 by De
Chattooga County Confederate Serapbook
James Clay Tate: A Teenager In
The Army Of Northern Virginia
By JIM DAY
In 1860, James Clay Tate
was a mere youth, just turning 16
years of age. He resided in the
Chattooga Valley District of the
count{and was a member of the
household that included L. Tate,
a 21-year-old farmer, Amanda J.
Tate, the 18-year-old wife of L.
Tate and the young couple’s 3-
month-old daughter, Martha.
Although records are somewhat
vague, it appears that James Clay
was the younger brother of L.
Tate.
As 1861 rolled around and
the war fever swept the county,
James joined an infantry com
pany being organized in the
county. This company would be
come Company K of the 21st
Georgia Regiment. By the time of
his induction, James Clay had
turned 17. He was named a pri
vate on 28 August 1861 and be
came a member of Thomas J.
“Stonewall” Jackson’s Army of
the Shenandoah.
Private Tate was wounded
for the first time on 25 May 1862
at the Battle of First Winchester,
Va. This engagement was the
first actual com%)at for the Chat
tooga County unit. Tate’s wound
ing was not detailed in any
records and proved to be not se
rious as the young soldier was
present at the Battle of Cross
Keys, Va., some 14 days later. It
was at the Battle of Cross Keys
that a most interesting and
somewhat amusing story dealin
with Clay and two a(fditiona%
members of Company K oc
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troit Photographic Co. Trionite Robert Over
street brought the card by to share with read
ers of The News. Overstreet collected antique
cards and documents pertaining to (tflie
county.
curred. (Robert K. Krick has
written a detailed history of the
battles and movements that
made up Jackson’s Shenandoah
Campaign of 1862. The book is
entitled Conquering The Valley.
Stonewall Jackson at Port Re
public. William Morrow and
Company, Inc. New York, 1996.)
Krick's book relates how
Chattooga resident, Lieutenant
Kinchen Rambo Forester en
tered into the fighting at Cross
Kevs carrying a sm:fil caliber
boot pistol. Although the boot
pistol was not a normal part of
an officer’'s equipment, many
soldiers carried additional weap
ons brought from home. In tlfi)e
process of clearing a fence line,
during the initial movements of
the unit, the weapon accidentally
discharged and struck Private
James C%ay Tate in the back. The
company commander, Captain
John B. Akridge became enraged
at the negligence of Forester and
proceeded to verbally reprimand
and abuse his second in com
mand. Forester and Akridge's
verbal battle became more
heated and cooler heads had to
restrain the two soldiers. As the
battle was about to be joined, the
two men realized that more im
portant business was at hand.
After the combat, Captain
Akridge visited the field hospital
to determine Private Tate's con
dition. Tate’s wound was found
to be of a minor nature as the
small caliber round had lodged
in the fatty tissue of the back and
was easily extracted. The small
caliber bullet matched the type
of weapon that Forester carried
and again, Akridge flew into a
rage. The company commander
stated that Forester was so afraid
that he could not determine the
enemy from his own men. For
ester took exception to Akridge’s
comments and onlookers, again
intervened to prevent a more se
rious situation.
James Clay Tate survived
the friendly fire, only to be
wounded, for a third time, later
in the war. Tate was an example
of one who started to deff' all
odds. He proved to be a good sol
dierand tEe epitome of persever
ance. Tate served in the Army of
Northern Virginia throughout
the war and was standing in the
ranks when the Army surren
dered at Appomattox in 1865. He
had alrea(‘g' seen and experi
enced a lifetime. He was a very
old 21 years of age.
Forester and Akridge
mended their differences and
served side by side until
Akridge’s death at the Battle of
Drewry’s Bluff in 1864. Foster
became the company com
mander and was later a prisoner
of war. He survived the war and
is buried in the Lyerly Cemetery.
Jim Day is Commander of
Chattooga County Camp 507,
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Use NEWS Classifieds!
Cases Involving Children Get
Review At Four-Day Seminar
Law Enforcement, DFCS Officials Attend Meet
By D. J. LAAN
Staff Writer
Several law enforcement of
ficers and personnel with the
Chattooga Count{ Department
of Family and Children Services
(DFCS) have attended a four-day
seminar in investigative tech
niques, with an emphasis on
cases involving children.
It was a multi-sponsored
event with attendees ?rom four
North Georgia counties — Chat
tooFa, Catoosa, Dade and
Walker. It was held at the
Children’s Advocacy Center
(CAC) in Fort Oglethorpe.
The CAC, which opened in
early 1998, is a safehouse where
law enforcement officers take for
interviews the victims of alleged
or suspected child abuse ancci{or
children who are suspected of
having been sexually attacked by
a preé’ator. The center was de
signed and created to be child
friendly, officials said.
“Three top-notch law en
forcement chilg advocates from
the Florida Bureau of Investiga
tion taught the forensic investi
gation course,” said Investigator
Nelda Campbell of the Chattooga
County Sheriff’s Office.
She said that although the
seminar’s emphasis inc%uded
techniques to %etter deal with
criminal investigations in child
victim cases, several other re
lated topics were discussed.
FEARS
“Children have so many
fears to deal with after being
sexually abused,” said Investiga
tor Eddie Colbert of the Chat
tooga County Sheriff’s Office.
Chi%dren sometimes fear they
will be blamed for what someone
has done to them.
He said some children feel
that adults will not believe them
if they tell what has happened.
“There’s so much more that
the child must deal with, such as
whether they’ll be rejected by
their friends if they tell what hap
pened to them,” Colbert said.
“They wonder if they will be
taken from their home or if the
perpetrator will harm them if
they tell what happened.”
He pointed out that law en
forcement officials have to win a
child’s confidence by letting the
child know the officer is not go
ing to hurt them but rather help
them get through the situation.
Inv. Colbert and Mark
Schrader, another deputy, have
recently been assigned to help
Inv. Camg}bcll with child abuse
cases in Chattooga County.
BACKGROUND
Although many child abuse
cases are handled at a fast pace
once officially reported, Inv.
Cam{)bell said, each case usually
involves collecting background
information very quickly so the
investigator can determine how
best to interview the child.
“If I have the time before the
initial interview, I try to check
with the schools if t'file child is
school age to find out about his
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Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office investiga
tors am% Summerville Police Department
personnel participated in a recent six-day
seminar on childpabuse and forensic evi
dence. It was taught by Florida law enforce
ment child advocates at the Child Advocacy
Center in Fort Oglethorpe. Clockwise, seated
left against the wall are Terry Thomas, a child
Authority: Court Lacks Jurisdiction
U.S. District Court in Rome
doesn’t have jurisdiction over a
lawsuit filed by Lewis and Pat
Strange, two political activists
who are seeking records from the
Summerville Housing Authority
(SHA), according to papers filed
in federal court.
The SHA’s response to the
Strange’s lawsuit was handled
for the SHA by Cartersville attor
ney William Shepard Helton. It
was filed on Feb. 16.
DISMISS
Instead of responding to the
Stranges’ allegations, the attor
ney asked a federal judge to dis
miss the case because it lacked
jurisdiction in the matter. Helton
said the request for a dismissal
was filed instead of a response to
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or her developmental skills and
determine if the child has a
handicap or has exhibited behav
ioral problems,” she said.
The officers said they were
Investigative Skills Discussed
the Strange’s allegations that the
SHA had refused to provide it
with certain records.
The SHA is “a local housing
authority governed and run
solely by a board of directors ap
pointed by the mayor of the
Town of Summerville,” the
agency stated in its response.
“The board in turn hires an ex
ecutive director that is respon
sible for handling the day-to-day
affairs of the housing authority
“...(The SHA) is not a fed
eral agency,” the authority
stated.
NOT OBLIGATED
While it does obtain funds
from the federal department of
Housing and Urban Develop
taught some new techniques in
interviewing children, gealing
with secrecy and entrapment is
sues, reconstruction of the crime
scene through the children’s eyes
advocate with the Florida Department of In
vestigations and Chattooga County Sheriff’s
Office Investigator Nelda Campbell; clock
wise from letgt around the talgle, Skipper
Dunn, deputy director of the LaFayette Pub
lic Safetfy Department; Detective Steve
Blevins of the Fort Oglethorpe Police Depart
ment. (Contributed Photo).
ment (HUD), it is not obligated
to receive those funds, the SHA’s
response indicated.
“The United States does not
have any dealings in the day-to
day affairs of the (SHA) whatso
ever” and it operates under the
laws of the state of Georgia, the
SHA stated.
The local Authorit?' was not
created by any federal agency,
the response stated. Officials of
the SHA had informed the
Stranges that it was not covered
by the federal Freedom of Infor
mation Act, which applies only
to federal departments, agencies
and units of the executive
branch, the SHA added.
SEEKS COSTS
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and using anatomical dolls. An
other area of intensive instruc
tion helped officers inter&et
drawings children made about
sexual incidents, Inv. Campbell
said.
INSTRUCTION
“You can’t get enough in
struction on how to work more
effectively with children and
with the increasing numbers of
sexual child abuse in this county,
this kind of skill enhancement
course is really helpful,” Inv.
Colbert said.
He said he worked on his
first case involving young chil
dren who were suspected of be
ing abused about two years ago.
“You can think that as po
lice officers we can handle most
anything,” he said. “But seein
and being a part of that sexua%
attack on a child — even though
it is secondhand, is devastating
to us. To look into a child’s eyes
and see the shame and some
times hear the guilt in their
voices . . . well, it tears you up,
no matter how tough a cop you
think you are.”
PARTICIPANTS
Investigators who partici
pated in the training from Chat
tooga were Mrs. Campbell and
Col%ert; Kandy Dodd and Det.
Terry Williamson of the Sum
merville Police Department and
Melissa Willingfiam, Donna
Mincey and Kim Ballard of the
Chattooga DFCS.
the Stranges’ suit be dismissed,
the SHA also asked that the
couple be required to pay all
costs, including attorney’s fees
and court expenses to the Au
thority.
The Stranges’ original litiga
tion said it ha(§ been refused ac
cess to records of the SHA but
they did not specify in their ac
tion precisely what information
they were seeking from the Au
thority.
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