Book excerpt: Milledgeville resident and local historian Hugh Harrington leads visitors and locals alike through the fascinating and often bizarre stories of this quintessential Southern town. Whether it is the battle for a bridge, the loss of life and limb by cannon fire or the efforts of the community to fight a fire and save the old statehouse, readers will delight in this journey through the town s important and often colorful past. Harrington s Round and About column has appeared in the Baldwin Bulletin over one hundred times. His work has appeared in Georgia Backroads, Georgia Historical Quarterly, America s Civil War, Muzzle Blasts and other magazines. He is also the author of Civil War Milledgeville: Tales from the Confederate Capital of Georgia and More Milledgeville Memories. He lives with his wife in Milledgeville, Georgia."