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his columns. A ball passing through his leg, he fell, and before 

 he recovered himself, another penetrated below the knee, in 

 the same leg, and ranging along the bone of the thigh, lodged 

 in the hip, from which it was never extracted. He survived 

 his wounds several weeks, and died in the city of Mexico, 

 deeply regretted by the whole army. The Commanding Ge- 

 neral of Division, in this terrible battle, remarked of Colonel 

 Mcintosh : " In my official reports it has been among my most 

 pleasing and grateful duties to do full justice to an officer and 

 soldier, than whom none, not one, is left of higher gallantry or 

 patriotism. He died as he lived, the true-hearted friend, the 

 courteous gentleman, the gallant soldier and patriot." In 

 honouring his memory, the Legislature of Georgia directed his 

 remains to be removed from Mexico to his native State, and 

 the citizens of Savannah testified their respect for his virtues 

 by a military and civic procession, and placed his remains in 

 the tomb of his venerated kinsman, Major General Lachlan 

 Mcintosh, on the 18th of March, 1848. 



In personal appearance, Colonel Mcintosh was soldierly, of 

 middling stature, and well formed for strength and activity; 

 fair complexion, of a rather warm temperament, taciturn among 

 strangers, but with friends kind and cheerful. He left, to mourn 

 their loss, four sons and a daughter. 



MERIWETHER. 



Boundaries, Extent. — This county is bounded N. by 

 Coweta, E. by Pike and Upson, S. by Talbot and part of 

 Harris, and W. by Troup. Its length is 26 miles, breadth 

 17 miles. Laid out from Troup, in 1827. 



Rivers, Creeks. — Flint river, dividing the county from 

 Pike and Upson, is the principal stream. The creeks are Red 

 Oak, White Oak, Pigeon, Cane, Walnut, and Bear. 



Post Offices. — Greeneville, Erin, Farmersville, Flat 

 Shoals, Gold Hill, Rocky Mount, Texas, Warm Springs, 

 White Sulphur Springs, Woodbury, Wood House. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — In 1845, the po- 



