The following excerpt of the birth and principal events in the life of Colonel Hogan are taken from the address Judge Chadwick, delivered at the funeral ceremonies:

"Ridgeway B. Hogan was born January 26, 1825, in Jones county, Georgia, but moved in childhood with his parents to Campbell County, Georgia, where he was reared to manhood. He joined the Confederate army at the first suggestion of hostilities between the north and the south, and served until the surrender of General Lee. He entered the army as a captain under Stonewall Jackson, and was with that great general at the time he was fatally wounded by one of his own soldiers, being one of the number who sustained him and removed him from the place where he had fallen. He was afterwards promoted and served as colonel of the 19th Georgia under General Lee until near the close of the war.

"Few men have seen more actual service than did Colonel Hogan. He participated in 56 battles and engagements during the war and was twice wounded. The principal engagements in which he participated were Gettysburg, Manassas Junction, Antietam, Chickamauga and Bull Run. During the last year of the war he was with the army of General Joseph E. Johnston and at the close of the war was discharged in the state of North Carolina.

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