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Capt Hardeman Owen “Hardy” Collier

Birth
Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia, USA
Death
20 Jun 1864 (aged 27–28)
Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
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Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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From the diary of Jim White, Sgt. in Hardeman Owen Collier's company:. . .Jake Mayo gun becoming lead bound Capt. Collier directed me to go to Barkers for Mayo. We got the gun without being shot. The yanks once across the swamp come in line of battle capturing our shirmish line, on the retreat to our battle line Capt. Collier was killed near our breastworks. I heard and saw where the minnie ball struck him before he fell dropping on the knee. I asked if he was hurt much, in response, running up to our breastworks we secured a litter and bore him over the works while minnie balls flew thick and fast. He died in about an hour without speaking.

Marietta Journal/ Issue of Friday, April 19, 1872 p 3
List of Confederate Soldiers killed and died near Kennesaw Mountain, June 1864, and whose remains lay interred now near the said mountain. The citizens are making preparations for having them placed in the Confederate Cemetery:

H. J. Albers, Co. A, 24th SCV, killed June 23, 1864
Capt. H. O. Collier, Co. B, 40th GA. . .

The Cherokee Advance 29 Jan 1886 p 2
The grass in the confederate cemetery in Marietta, caught on fire recently from a passing engine and the blaze lighted up the town and called out the fire engine. The decaying head boards were burned and other damage was done.
From the diary of Jim White, Sgt. in Hardeman Owen Collier's company:. . .Jake Mayo gun becoming lead bound Capt. Collier directed me to go to Barkers for Mayo. We got the gun without being shot. The yanks once across the swamp come in line of battle capturing our shirmish line, on the retreat to our battle line Capt. Collier was killed near our breastworks. I heard and saw where the minnie ball struck him before he fell dropping on the knee. I asked if he was hurt much, in response, running up to our breastworks we secured a litter and bore him over the works while minnie balls flew thick and fast. He died in about an hour without speaking.

Marietta Journal/ Issue of Friday, April 19, 1872 p 3
List of Confederate Soldiers killed and died near Kennesaw Mountain, June 1864, and whose remains lay interred now near the said mountain. The citizens are making preparations for having them placed in the Confederate Cemetery:

H. J. Albers, Co. A, 24th SCV, killed June 23, 1864
Capt. H. O. Collier, Co. B, 40th GA. . .

The Cherokee Advance 29 Jan 1886 p 2
The grass in the confederate cemetery in Marietta, caught on fire recently from a passing engine and the blaze lighted up the town and called out the fire engine. The decaying head boards were burned and other damage was done.

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