...speaking of the "Bee Brigade," which was opposed to the "Burnside Brigade," says : "The 8th Georgia had suffered heavily, being exposed as it took and...maintained its position, to a fire from the enemy already 1861] 207 posted within a hundred yards of their front and right, sheltered by fences and undercover....

...stated in their reports, numbering over six thousand bayonets, which had found a passage across the run about eight hundred yards above the stone bridge,...numbers and in the personal worth of the slain. The Eighth Georgia Regiment had suffered heavily, being exposed, as it took and maintained its position,...

...First Manassas, General Beauregard, speaking of the time when the Confederates were hard pressed, says: "Heavy losses had now been sustained on our side,...numbers and in the personal worth of the slain. The Eighth Georgia regiment had suffered heavily, being exposed, as it took and maintained its position,...