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Source: Ed Quillian

WHEN CONFEDERATE VETERANS MET

WP CAPE KILLED JJ POOLE
AT 1897 VETS’ REUNION


CAPE FOUND NOT GUILTY
OF REUNION MURDER


THE BATTLE HISTORY
OF THE GLADE GUARDS


MUSTER ROLL FOR
THE GLADE GUARDS


MY ANCESTORS SERVING
IN THE GLADE GUARDS




THE EVACUATION OF
CIVIL WAR CHARLESTON





Many thanks to Ed Quillian, a descendent of Andrew Jackson Pool, for researching and sharing so much valuable information
on the Glade Guard Volunteer Rifles.

 

When Georgia Confederate Veterans Met 30 Years On

The June 11, 1975, edition of the Jackson Herald included this photo of a Civil War soldiers’ reunion that occurred in the 1890s as Company I of the 24th reserve regiment, known as the Glade Guard Volunteer Rifles. The special centennial edition of the Jackson County, Georgia, newspaper identified several members, some of whom were lifetime residents of the Glade District of Hall County.

Seated on the front row from left are: Noah Martin (1), Isaac Hawkins (3), Tom Garrison (5), Marion Cape (8), and Rev. John B. Poole (10). Standing in the second row from left are: [Joseph Marion Martin (5)], Sid Cape (6), Richard Martin (9), and George Bryant (10). Standing in the back from left: Hillair Brooks (4), and a partially identified Mr. Miller (6).

Marion and Cicero Cape, John B. Pool, Isaac Hawkins, and Joseph, Richard and Noah Martin, were all residents of the Glade District of Hall County, Georgia. And most were related by marriage or by blood.  The Bryants, Garrisons and Millers were also well-known families in the Glade District. Not all of them served in Company I.

The photo is unique in that it combined members of different regiments and companies, including companies F and K of the 43rd Infantry Regiment (the Hall Light Guards and Brown’s Boys), and other local units including company I of the reserve 24th Infantry Regiment (the Glade Guards Volunteer Rifles). The photo was taken during the 1897 annual reunion on Soldiers’ Day. The annual event rotated locations, but in 1897 it occurred at the Bethlehem Baptist Church near Lula, Georgia, where the unit was formed.

Noah Martin, Isaac Hawkins, and John Pool were members of Company I of the 24th reserve regiment, while Richard Martin fought for Company K of the 43rd infantry regiment, and Joseph Martin served in Company F. Richard and Joseph were both brothers of Noah Martin. The other members listed on the photo are not in these companies, but the proper regiments have not been identified.

Cicero H. Cape was the father of William Powell Cape, the only W. P. Cape known in the area.  Sidney Cape is identified by the family as Marion Cape. W. P. Cape is reported to have stabbed to death William H. Poole’s son, James J. Poole, while attending this reunion.

On 1 February 1856, Andrew J. Pool was commissioned by the Governor of Georgia as a Brigadier General of the First Brigade, Seventh Division of Hall County’s General Militia. He formed the reserve company and led it to the end of 1863 when he resigned due to a disability. He returned home where he lived until 1881. At the time of this photo, he was buried in the cemetery at Bethlehem Baptist Church not far from where he trained his men.

Gainesville Times reporter Sybil McRay provided a quote from the August 28, 1897 issue of “The Georgia Cracker” that detailed the 1897 reunion of the Glade Guards on the Bethlehem Baptist Church grounds. According to McRay, Andrew Jackson Pool, who formed the unit, “...spent much time drilling the men under the pine trees alongside Bethlehem Baptist Church near Lula.”

The Georgia Cracker Newspaper
28 August 1897


“Company I of the 24th Georgia Regiment Volunteers, held its annual reunion at Bethlehem church one and a half miles from Lula on August 24.  A large crowd gathered to witness the exercises which were very interesting and entertaining.  The meeting was called to order by Captain J. B. Pool, and prayer was offered by the chaplain.  The annual reunion sermon was delivered by Rev. Noah Martin, who took for his theme, Luke 22:15, “With desire I have desire to eat the passover with you, before I suffer.”.

“After the sermon the roll was called and an invitation extended to all old soldiers both Federal and Confederate, to join the organization. Capt. Pool was re-elected chairman, and other routine business was transacted, after which all present were invited to participate in the sumptuous and delightful basket dinner which the good wives of the old soldiers had prepared.

“After dinner a photo of the company and friends was taken before returning to the house. In the afternoon addresses were made by Col. J.H. Huegins and Rev. Noah Martin. The reunion will be held again next year, beginning August 24th and it is earnestly hoped there will be nothing to mar the pleasure of the occasion.” [The last sentence is likely to be a polite reference to the murder of W.P. Cape that day.]


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