THE COLUMBUS GUARDS 2ND GEORGIA INFANTRY
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THE COLUMBUS GUARDS WERE A UNIT ALSO KNOWN AS THE RED JACKETS THEY WERE FROM COLUMBUS COUNTY GEORGIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR THEY BECAME THE 2ND GEORGIA INFANTRY AND FOUGHT MANY OF THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR THIS COAT BUTTON HAS THE PREWAR HORSTMAN and ALLIEN NY BACK MARK THIS IS THE EARLY BACK MARK IT IS MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE AND IS THE SAME BACK MARK AS THE EARLY ARKANSAS BUTTON TO JOIN THIS UNIT YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO KILL YOUR ENEMY WITH A SMOOTH BORE MUSKET AT 100 YARDS THEY WERE THE ESCORT AND HONOR GUARD FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS AT HIS INAUGURATION IN MONTGOMERY AL THEY WERE A LARGE COMPANY (AROUND 138 MEN) AND SURRENDERED 2 OFFICERS AND 11 MEN AT APPOMATTOX VA WITH THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA THIS BUTTON COMES WITH A CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE WHICH HAS AN 11 PAGE HISTORY ARTICLE AND MANY PERIOD PICTURES ALSO SHOWN IS AN IDENTIFIED JACKET THIS BUTTON IS MORE RARE THAN THE I J G OR REPUBLICAN BLUES BUTTONS
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