Chronology of Wartime Service

October 19, 1863

An Appeal for Clothing, Shoes and
Blankets for the 26th Ga. Regiment.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 19th, 1863.

To the Citizens of Glynn, Wayne, Pierce, Ware, Clinch, Coffee, Appling, Lowndes, [illegible] and Twiggs Counties:

I may be pardoned for appealing to you in behalf of my old comrades of the 26th Georgia Regiment‹They are nearly all from your counties‹they are your kindred‹and the time was when you and they held me responsible for their comfort, and applauded the energy and industry that secured all that of right they could claim, and supplied them with every article necessary in the camp and field. They are poorly clad‹barefooted and almost destitute of blankets. Shall this state of things be allowed to exist while it is in your power to afford relief? I think not. I have just returned from a campaign with these men‹and I write what I know‹what I have seen and felt. I have been with them in the camps, the march and on the battlefield, and though they are too proud to ask you to furnish them, I tell you they need blankets, shoes and clothing and you must supply them‹the nights in Virginia are already chilling. The Government cannot supply all, and but few of the soldiers who, like Gordon's Brigade, are kept constantly close up in the enemy's front, are furnished with any thing from the remote parts and store houses in the rear.

Respectfully your obedient servant,
[Illegible] W. Styles.

Source: SAVANNAH [GA] REPUBLICAN, November 3, 1863, p. 2, c. 3

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