Excerpts from the article entitled "Judge Sampson Harris, New Adjutant General" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 16 October 1903, front page):
"Judge Sampson W. Harris, of the Coweta circuit, will succeed General J. W. Robertson as adjutant general of Georgia, December 1 next; Honorable T. A. Atkinson, present solicitor of the circuit, will go upon the bench, and Hon. Hewlett A. Hall, of Newnan, will succeed Mr. Atkinson as solicitor general. These appointment were made by Governor Terrell upon his receipt yesterday afternoon of the acceptance of Judge Harris, and commissions for the offices named were issued."
"In the appointment of Judge Harris, Governor Terrell gives to the state an officer of magnificent record and one who since the war has served his state upon the bench for a period of twenty-two years, having been first elected January 1, 1881. Judge Harris entered the confederate service as first lieutenant of company K, of Oglethorpe county, Sixth Georgia regiment, Colonel Alfred H. Colquitt commanding. He remained with the Sixth Georgia all the way through the war in Virginia, until, towards the close, his regiment and brigade were ordered to Florida. There he participated in the battle of Olustee, in which he was severely wounded. He returned to Virginia with his regiment and served with it until January, 1865. His division was then ordered to Wilmington, N. C., and he served in that department until the battle of Bentonville, in the latter part of March, 1865, in which he was twice wounded. This was the last battle in which his regiment took part. He was surrendered with General Johnston's army at Raleigh, N. C. He entered the army as first lieutenant, was afterwards made a captain of his company, from which position he was promoted to be lieutenant colonel, and when the war closed he was the commanding officer of the regiment."
"Judge Sampson W. Harris, of the Coweta circuit, will succeed General J. W. Robertson as adjutant general of Georgia, December 1 next; Honorable T. A. Atkinson, present solicitor of the circuit, will go upon the bench, and Hon. Hewlett A. Hall, of Newnan, will succeed Mr. Atkinson as solicitor general. These appointment were made by Governor Terrell upon his receipt yesterday afternoon of the acceptance of Judge Harris, and commissions for the offices named were issued."
"In the appointment of Judge Harris, Governor Terrell gives to the state an officer of magnificent record and one who since the war has served his state upon the bench for a period of twenty-two years, having been first elected January 1, 1881. Judge Harris entered the confederate service as first lieutenant of company K, of Oglethorpe county, Sixth Georgia regiment, Colonel Alfred H. Colquitt commanding. He remained with the Sixth Georgia all the way through the war in Virginia, until, towards the close, his regiment and brigade were ordered to Florida. There he participated in the battle of Olustee, in which he was severely wounded. He returned to Virginia with his regiment and served with it until January, 1865. His division was then ordered to Wilmington, N. C., and he served in that department until the battle of Bentonville, in the latter part of March, 1865, in which he was twice wounded. This was the last battle in which his regiment took part. He was surrendered with General Johnston's army at Raleigh, N. C. He entered the army as first lieutenant, was afterwards made a captain of his company, from which position he was promoted to be lieutenant colonel, and when the war closed he was the commanding officer of the regiment."
Excerpts from the article entitled "Judge Sampson Harris, New Adjutant General" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 16 October 1903, front page):
"Judge Sampson W. Harris, of the Coweta circuit, will succeed General J. W. Robertson as adjutant general of Georgia, December 1 next; Honorable T. A. Atkinson, present solicitor of the circuit, will go upon the bench, and Hon. Hewlett A. Hall, of Newnan, will succeed Mr. Atkinson as solicitor general. These appointment were made by Governor Terrell upon his receipt yesterday afternoon of the acceptance of Judge Harris, and commissions for the offices named were issued."
"In the appointment of Judge Harris, Governor Terrell gives to the state an officer of magnificent record and one who since the war has served his state upon the bench for a period of twenty-two years, having been first elected January 1, 1881. Judge Harris entered the confederate service as first lieutenant of company K, of Oglethorpe county, Sixth Georgia regiment, Colonel Alfred H. Colquitt commanding. He remained with the Sixth Georgia all the way through the war in Virginia, until, towards the close, his regiment and brigade were ordered to Florida. There he participated in the battle of Olustee, in which he was severely wounded. He returned to Virginia with his regiment and served with it until January, 1865. His division was then ordered to Wilmington, N. C., and he served in that department until the battle of Bentonville, in the latter part of March, 1865, in which he was twice wounded. This was the last battle in which his regiment took part. He was surrendered with General Johnston's army at Raleigh, N. C. He entered the army as first lieutenant, was afterwards made a captain of his company, from which position he was promoted to be lieutenant colonel, and when the war closed he was the commanding officer of the regiment."
"Judge Sampson W. Harris, of the Coweta circuit, will succeed General J. W. Robertson as adjutant general of Georgia, December 1 next; Honorable T. A. Atkinson, present solicitor of the circuit, will go upon the bench, and Hon. Hewlett A. Hall, of Newnan, will succeed Mr. Atkinson as solicitor general. These appointment were made by Governor Terrell upon his receipt yesterday afternoon of the acceptance of Judge Harris, and commissions for the offices named were issued."
"In the appointment of Judge Harris, Governor Terrell gives to the state an officer of magnificent record and one who since the war has served his state upon the bench for a period of twenty-two years, having been first elected January 1, 1881. Judge Harris entered the confederate service as first lieutenant of company K, of Oglethorpe county, Sixth Georgia regiment, Colonel Alfred H. Colquitt commanding. He remained with the Sixth Georgia all the way through the war in Virginia, until, towards the close, his regiment and brigade were ordered to Florida. There he participated in the battle of Olustee, in which he was severely wounded. He returned to Virginia with his regiment and served with it until January, 1865. His division was then ordered to Wilmington, N. C., and he served in that department until the battle of Bentonville, in the latter part of March, 1865, in which he was twice wounded. This was the last battle in which his regiment took part. He was surrendered with General Johnston's army at Raleigh, N. C. He entered the army as first lieutenant, was afterwards made a captain of his company, from which position he was promoted to be lieutenant colonel, and when the war closed he was the commanding officer of the regiment."
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