Georgians give their lives for Texas

Sympathetic Georgians rallied at Macon on Nov. 12, 1835 to show their support for the struggle for Texas independence. At the end of the emotional evening, 32 volunteers stepped forward to form the nucleus of the famed and ill-fated Georgia Battalion. Despite the crude communications of the times, southerners managed to keep abreast of exciting events in Mexico’s northernmost province. Since…